Patents by Inventor Alan Pfetzer

Alan Pfetzer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12715396
    Abstract: A device for minimizing soiling of an environmental sensor of a vehicle having an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine information about objects in the environment of the vehicle which are potentially set up to cause soiling of the environmental sensor in a region of a field of view of the environmental sensor, to determine minimum distances between the respective objects on the basis of the determined information, compliance with which is suitable for minimizing soiling of the environmental sensor, and to generate and provide a signal representing the determined minimum distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schaeuble, Alan Pfetzer, Alexander Dudek, Anisha Saxena, Daniel Weiler, Hubert Lamm, Johann Klaehn, Jonas Frick, Marcel Knick, Oliver Enzmann, Stephan Lenor
  • Publication number: 20250206267
    Abstract: A cleaning system for a vehicle includes a first medium unit, an acceleration unit, a second medium unit, a third medium unit, and a control unit. The first medium unit is configured to guide a first medium, in particular a cleaning agent, into the acceleration unit, the acceleration unit being configured to guide the first medium from the cleaning system in a predetermined fluidic flow via a first outlet opening, the second medium unit being configured to introduce a second medium, in particular a pressurized gas, into the fluidic flow via a second outlet opening, the third medium unit being configured to guide a third medium obliquely in the direction of the fluidic flow via a third outlet opening, and the control unit being configured to control a flow of the third medium in order to adjust a characteristic of the fluidic flow by the third medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Adam Ugron, Alan Pfetzer, Alexander Dudek, Anisha Saxena, Godelieve Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20240326754
    Abstract: A device for minimizing soiling of an environmental sensor of a vehicle having an evaluation unit, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to determine information about objects in the environment of the vehicle which are potentially set up to cause soiling of the environmental sensor in a region of a field of view of the environmental sensor, to determine minimum distances between the respective objects on the basis of the determined information, compliance with which is suitable for minimizing soiling of the environmental sensor, and to generate and provide a signal representing the determined minimum distances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schaeuble, Alan Pfetzer, Alexander Dudek, Anisha Saxena, Daniel Weiler, Hubert Lamm, Johann Klaehn
  • Publication number: 20240198972
    Abstract: A cleaning system of a vehicle, comprising: a first medium unit; an acceleration unit, a second medium unit, wherein the first medium unit is configured to direct a first medium into the acceleration unit, wherein the acceleration unit is configured to discharge the first medium from the cleaning system in a predetermined fluid flow, and wherein the second medium unit is configured to introduce a second medium into the predetermined fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Adam Ugron, Alan Pfetzer, Alexander Dudek, Anisha Saxena, Godelieve Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20210046905
    Abstract: A wiper arm device with at least one wiper arm (12), with at least one hose unit (14) which is arranged at least partially on the wiper arm (12) and comprises at least one fluid feed hose (16) and at least one wiper arm (18). The wiper arm device has at least one connecting unit (20) which fluidically connects the at least one fluid feed hose (16) and the at least one wiper arm hose (18) and which connects the at least one fluid feed hose (16) and the at least one wiper arm hose (18) to the at least one wiper arm (12), in particular is fixed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Alan Pfetzer, Godelieve Kraemer