Patents Assigned to Robert
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Patent number: 8020789Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a solenoid coil; an armature acted upon in a closing direction by a restoring spring; and a valve needle, which is connected to the armature in force-locking manner and on which a valve-closure member is formed, which forms a sealing seat together with a valve seat surface. The armature strikes against a stop face of an inner pole of the solenoid coil by way of a stop face, and the armature stop face is provided with a coating. The coating has a surface structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manfred Roessler, Achim Degel, Rolf Keller, Markus Gesk, Guido Pilgram, Bernd Einwiller, Norbert Keim, Michael Lingner
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Patent number: 8020307Abstract: A system for aligning a device on a body of a vehicle relative to a drive axis of the vehicle defined by a pair of rear wheels. A bar is configured to be wedged against the pair of rear wheels to assume an orientation perpendicular to the vehicle drive axis. A target is configured to be positioned in the line of sight of the device to be oriented. Two substantially equal length elongated members are coupled between the bar and the target such that a parallelogram is created by the bar, the target, and the two elongated members, regardless of the position of the target relative to the vehicle and the bar. Multiple alignment methods are capable of being carried out with the alignment system.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Oliver Frank Schwindt
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Patent number: 8020266Abstract: Methods of making an energy harvesting device are described. A case and integrated piezoelectric cantilever to harvest vibration energy from an environment being sensed is produced via a print forming method injection molding method. The cantilever device consists of a piezoelectric material member, and a proof mass of high density material coupled to the piezoelectric member. The print forming method is used to build up the base and walls of the device as well as the neutral layers of the piezoelectric member. Metal layers are printed to form the electrode layers of the piezoelectric member and the electrical contact portions of the device. Passive components can also be formed as part of the layers of the device. The entire assembly can be encapsulated in plastic.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbhInventors: Markus Ulm, Brian Stark, Matthias Metz
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Patent number: 8020374Abstract: invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, in the exhaust gas section of which is arranged at least one SCR catalytic converter, which is hit with a reagent that contributes to NOx conversion in the SCR catalytic converter, and to a device for implementing the method. At least one measure is calculated for the NOx concentration downstream after the SCR catalytic converter. An NOx sensor, which is arranged downstream after the SCR catalytic converter, generates an exhaust gas sensor signal which corresponds to at least the NOx concentration and optionally, as a result of cross sensitivity, to a reagent slip. A reagent signal, which determines the dosage of reagent, is influenced by a correction signal as a function of the difference and as a function of a measure for the temperature of the SCR catalytic converter.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Walz, Matthias Loehr, Andreas Rudolph
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Patent number: 8024188Abstract: An optimal selection or decision strategy is described through an example that includes use in dialog systems. The selection strategy or method includes receiving multiple predictions and multiple probabilities. The received predictions predict the content of a received input and each of the probabilities corresponds to one of the predictions. In an example dialog system, the received input includes an utterance. The selection method includes dynamically selecting a set of predictions from the received predictions by generating ranked predictions. The ranked predictions are generated by ordering the plurality of predictions according to descending probability.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Junling Hu, Fabrizio Morbini, Fuliang Weng, Xue Liu
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Patent number: 8021201Abstract: An electrical contact configuration having a test contact point and a contacting element belonging to a testing device for manually touch-contacting the test contact point. The test contact point is a recess, and the contacting element has a contact region producing at least one line contact with the recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Christian Lang, Daniel Huber, Achim Silberbauer, Jochen Kircher, Adolf Dillmann
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Patent number: 8024103Abstract: A method and a device are described for monitoring an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, which allow a diagnosis of the oil supply to an exhaust gas turbocharger. In at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine, a variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger is ascertained. A variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger is ascertained in the at least one operating state of the internal combustion engine. An operating state which is characterized by a change in the exhaust gas mass flow, which is linked to a change in the variable that is characteristic for the rotational speed of the exhaust gas turbocharger within a predefined tolerance range, is selected as the at least one operating state.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Uwe Kassner
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Patent number: 8024104Abstract: In a method for controlling a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, wherein the fuel injection system comprises a high pressure pump, whose flow rate is controllable, a control parameter of the high pressure pump is evaluated during the operation of the internal combustion engine. Said control parameter makes a detection of a bottleneck with the high pressure pump with respect to fuel quantity possible.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Norbert Mueller, Peter Roth, Heiko Straub
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Publication number: 20110221396Abstract: An energy consumption output device for outputting the still remaining usability of an electrical consumer which may be connected to an energy storage. The energy consumption output device has the following features: a unit for providing a residual capacity of the electrical energy storage; a power consumption ascertainment unit which is configured to ascertain a power consumption rate in an instantaneous operating mode of the electrical consumer; and an output unit which is configured to determine information concerning the maximum usability for a user of the energy consumption output device with regard to the instantaneous operating mode, using the provided residual capacity and the ascertained power consumption rate, and to output this information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBHInventor: Rainer Glauning
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Publication number: 20110221291Abstract: Transmission drive unit (10), in particular for adjusting movable parts in the motor vehicle, having a drive motor (12) and a transmission (14) which is driven thereby, wherein the transmission (14) has an output element (70) and a self-locking device (60) with a locking element (63, 55), and the locking element locks the transmission (12) with respect to torques which are applied to the transmission (12) by the output element (70), wherein the transmission (12) with its transmission toothing (47) and a motor shaft bearing (32, 28) is designed to have optimized efficiency and minimal friction, and the drive motor (12) has, as an exciter magnet, a sleeve-shaped annular magnet (18) which is arranged in a pole pot (16) which forms a magnetic return.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Tarek Mili, Detlef Lauk, Uwe Merkelbach
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Publication number: 20110222981Abstract: A router table clamp system for attaching a router to a router table, wherein the system includes a first plate that is fixed with respect to the router table, a second plate that is configured to cooperate with the first plate to enable the router to be removably attached to the router table, and a clamping mechanism configured and arranged to move the second plate with respect to the first plate between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the clamping mechanism is in the locked position, the router is securely attached to the router table. The clamping mechanism also includes a lever assembly configured and arranged to move the second plate in a locking direction and an unlocking direction, which directions are both generally coincident with a plane defined by the second plate, wherein the locking direction is opposite of the unlocking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: John Charles Derler, Creighton Wade Nachtigall, Hagen Walter Dost, Juan Javier Ibarra Sandoval, Patrick Michael McAuliffe, Bobby Brent Boyd
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Publication number: 20110221267Abstract: Control devices can be destroyed or damaged by their supply voltage in the event of malfunction. The voltage supply according to the present invention comprises a means (12) having a primary part (121) and secondary part (122), the primary part (121) being connected to the voltage source (10) and being controllable by means of the voltage output (112) of the voltage converter (11), and the secondary part (122) comprising a first and a second mutually independent winding, a supply voltage for the control device being made available by means of the first winding, and the second winding being connected to the voltage input (111) of the voltage converter (11) so that a supply voltage, additional to the voltage source (10), for the voltage converter (11) is implemented by means of the second winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Gerhard Wecht
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Publication number: 20110223024Abstract: A free-tipped axial fan assembly has a skew distribution which reduces fan noise while minimizing radial tip deflection. The difference between the maximum value of leading-edge skew and the value of leading-edge skew at the fan radius is at least 10 degrees. The ratio of the difference of the leading-edge skew between the maximum value and the value at the fan radius to the difference of the trailing-edge skew between the maximum value and the value at the fan radius is at least 2.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Robert J. Van Houten
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Publication number: 20110220084Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine (10) for a motor vehicle, said internal combustion engine (10) comprising an exhaust gas system (26) having at least one catalytic converter (28; 30) and at least one lambda probe (38; 40). The internal combustion engine (10) is operated alternately with a lean and a rich fuel-air mixture after a cold start for heating the catalytic converter (28; 30). The lambda probe (40) is heated after the cold start in such a way that it is ready for operation after at most 10 s and the internal combustion engine (10) is operated with a two-level control based on a signal (UL) from the lambda probe (40), such that the change between the operation with lean fuel-air mixture and the operation with rich fuel-air mixture is in each case initiated by the signal (UL) from the lambda probe (40).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Ingmar Burak, Klaus Winkler
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Publication number: 20110220769Abstract: The invention relates to a support device (60) for fixing a bearing (28) on a bearing shield (13.1, 13.2) of a housing (13) of an electric machine (10). Rotatably mounted in the support device is a rotor (20) with a shaft (27). The support device (60) is substantially flat and comprises a plurality of fastening openings (62) that are grouped about a central opening (64). The support device (60) comprises at least one design break point (66, 68; 72, 74; 76, 78; 92) that acts to provide a local limit to the excess stresses in the material of the support device (60).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Stefan Einbock, Vincent Riou, Ruediger Schroth
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Publication number: 20110219562Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device (10) for the articulated connection of a wiper blade (28) of flat bar construction to a wiper arm (12), which comprises a hook-shaped end (14) having a first leg (16), which is arranged toward the wiper arm (12) and which is connected to a second leg (18) through a bend (20), wherein a connection element (36) is fastened to the wiper blade (28). Said connection element is connected in an articulated manner to an adapter (62), which in turn can be connected to the hook-shaped end (14) of the wiper arm (12) and comprises contact surfaces (72) for the first and second legs (16, 18) and the bend (20) of the hook-shaped end (14) on outward facing sides.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Inigo Op't Roodt
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Publication number: 20110221455Abstract: A method for producing a micromechanical component, includes providing a first substrate, developing a micropattern on the first substrate, the micropattern having a movable functional element, providing a second substrate, and developing an electrode in the second substrate for the capacitive recording of a deflection of the functional element. The method further includes connecting the first and the second substrate, a closed cavity being formed which encloses the functional element, and the electrode bordering on the cavity in an area of the functional element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Ando Feyh
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Patent number: 8018830Abstract: In a method for transmitting a data stream in a digital transmission system, the data stream is transmitted in a transmitted signal using successive OFDM symbols; a number of OFDM symbols are combined in a transmission frame; a number of transmission frames are transmitted in one transmission superframe; each transmission superframe has an information block having one or more OFDM symbols in an established position of the transmission superframe; a first transmitted signal having a first data stream in a first carrier frequency range and a second transmitted signal having a second data stream having the same information content as the first data stream are transmitted in a second carrier frequency range; and the time duration of the transmission superframes of the first transmitted signal is an integer multiple of the time duration of the transmission superframes of the second transmitted signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Frank Hofmann
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Patent number: 8018351Abstract: A method providing assistance during the parking maneuver of a vehicle into a parking space situated laterally to the vehicle to be parked, an erroneous length of the parking space being detected with the aid of a sensor system of the vehicle while the vehicle drives past the parking space on a curved trajectory. To determine the actual length of the parking space, a trajectory of the vehicle differing from a straight trajectory of the vehicle is additionally detected while driving past the parking space, for example, on the basis of the steering angle of the vehicle, and a correction value for the detected length of the parking space is ascertained therefrom. The actual length of the parking space is determined with a high degree of accuracy without the need for other measured values to be detected, for example, the orientation of parked vehicles or the depth of the parking space.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Hering, Benno Albrecht
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Method and control unit for operating a non-volatile memory, in particular for use in motor vehicles
Patent number: 8019931Abstract: A method for operating a nonvolatile memory, wherein the nonvolatile memory is configured to read out an erased data pattern when reading out a memory area that has not been written in, and performing the operations or tasks of setting a memory area for storing operating variable data that are to be written, providing operating variable data to be written in the nonvolatile memory, checking whether the operating variable data to be written correspond to the erased data pattern of the memory area set, writing the operating variable data in the determined memory area if the operating variable data that are to be written are different from the erased data pattern, and if the operating variable data that are to be written correspond to the erased data pattern, preventing writing the operating variable data in the determined memory area.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joern Boettcher, Jens Liebehenschel, Markus Schmid
