Patents by Inventor Albrecht Geissinger
Albrecht Geissinger 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).
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Patent number: 8578903Abstract: A glow plug, in particular for use in an internal combustion engine. The glow plug includes at least one heating body and at least one housing. The heating body has at least one first terminal contact extending from a base body of the heating body into a housing. The glow plug also has a second terminal contact extending at least partially within the housing. At least one contacting element having at least one opening is provided inside the housing, the first terminal contact and the second terminal contact being introduced into the opening from opposite sides and being electrically connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Marie Merelle, Albrecht Geissinger, Pavlo Saltikov, Susanne Liemersdorf, Andreas Reissner
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Publication number: 20110180525Abstract: A glow tube, in particular for a sheathed-element glow plug. The glow tube, which has a dome-shaped, closed end section (27) and a cylindrical, open end section (28), is composed of at least two axially serially disposed glow tube parts. The one glow tube part is formed at the closed end section (27) by a seamless glow tube cap (31), and the other glow tube part is formed at the open end section (28) by a substantially cylindrical glow tube extension (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Inventors: Patrick Vedel, Albrecht Geissinger, Pavlo Saltikov
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Publication number: 20110048356Abstract: A glow plug, in particular for use in an internal combustion engine. The glow plug includes at least one heating body and at least one housing. The heating body has at least one first terminal contact extending from a base body of the heating body into a housing. The glow plug also has a second terminal contact extending at least partially within the housing. At least one contacting element having at least one opening is provided inside the housing, the first terminal contact and the second terminal contact being introduced into the opening from opposite sides and being electrically connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Marie Merelle, Albrecht Geissinger, Pavlo Saltikov, Susanne Liemersdorf, Andreas Reissner
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Patent number: 7122764Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug for self-igniting internal combustion engines has an electrical heating element which projects into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a current feed-through for providing a heating current for the heating element through an opening in the combustion chamber. A switch is positioned in the region of the current feed-through, and the heating current may be controlled by the opening and closing of the switch.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2000Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hans-Peter Bauer, Albrecht Geissinger, Johannes Locher, Werner Teschner, Jochen Neumeister
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Patent number: 7061363Abstract: A passive, high-temperature-resistant resistor element for measuring temperature is provided, the resistor element having an essentially interior insulating layer and two exterior conducting layers of a ceramic composite structure; the conducting layers being connected to one another at the tip of the resistor element; and the ceramic composite structure including trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and yttrium oxide or trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and a matrix phase of SixOyCzNw, where x signifies 1–2, y signifies 0–2, and w signifies 0–2. A combination element of this resistor element and a sheathed type glow plug, for example, is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Jens Stefan Schneider, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Ulrich Eisele, Frank Stanglmeier, Volker Rothacker, Christoph Kern, Thomas Moser
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Patent number: 6759631Abstract: A ceramic sheathed-element glow plug includes a ceramic glow element made of an electrically conductive layer and an electrically insulating layer, in which the conductive layer is made of supply layers and a heating layer. The higher specific electrical resistance of the heating layer allows the temperature of the heating layer and of the combustion chamber to be determined, and the electrical contact between a connecting element and the glow element is established by a contacting element that is composed of a pellet made of an electrically conductive powder.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Christoph Kern, Steffen Schott
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Publication number: 20040021548Abstract: A passive, high-temperature-resistant resistor element for measuring temperature is provided, the resistor element having an essentially interior insulating layer and two exterior conducting layers of a ceramic composite structure; the conducting layers being connected to one another at the tip of the resistor element; and the ceramic composite structure including trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and yttrium oxide or trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and a matrix phase of SixOyCzNw, where x signifies 1-2, y signifies 0-2, and w signifies 0-2. A combination element of this resistor element and a sheathed type glow plug, for example, is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Jens Stefan Schneider, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Ulrich Eisele, Frank Stanglmeier, Volker Rothacker, Christoph Kern, Thomas Moser
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Patent number: 6668630Abstract: A device is proposed for monitoring the combustion process in internal combustion engines, a direct monitoring and a monitoring of individual combustion processes, in particular individual combustion chambers, being possible. This is achieved using a waveguide, which is integrated in a component, which protrudes into the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eckart Kuglin, Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Johannes Locher, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Volker Rothacker, Christoph Kern
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Patent number: 6660970Abstract: A ceramic sheathed-type glow plug, whose ceramic heating element is made of an electrically conductive conducting layer and an electrically insulating layer, is described. The conducting layer is made of lead layers and a heating layer. The higher specific electrical resistance of the heating layer allows the temperature of the heating layer and the combustion chamber to be determined. The electrical contact between a connector element and the heating element is established by a contacting element, which is in the form of a pellet made of an electrically conductive powder.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Christoph Haluschka, Andreas Reissner, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Wolfgang Otterbach, Christoph Kern
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Patent number: 6621196Abstract: A ceramic sheathed-element glow plug is proposed in which a metallic tubular holder holds a ceramic U-shaped heating device in a cantilevered fashion at its combustion chamber side end and has a terminal stud for applying a voltage to the ceramic heating device on the end remote from the combustion chamber. At its end enclosed by the holder, the ceramic heating device has a segment of greatest diameter and is coated with an insulating layer which has recesses for an electrical contacting. One recess is provided at the end of the ceramic heating device remote from the combustion chamber and a second recess is provided on the external wall of the ceramic heating device. A for an electrically conductive sealing compound is provided between the external wall of the ceramic heating device and the internal wall of the holder.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Christoph Haluschka, Thomas Nething, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Horst Boeder, Matthias Rowek, Wolfgang Otterbach, Christoph Kern
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Publication number: 20030006875Abstract: Proposed is a passive, high-temperature-resistant resistor element for measuring temperature, the resistor element having an essentially interior insulating layer (9; 10) and two exterior conducting layers (8) of a ceramic composite structure; the conducting layers being connected to one another at the tip (11) of the resistor element; and the ceramic composite structure including trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and yttrium oxide or trisilicon tetranitride, a metal silicide, and a matrix phase of SixOyCzNw, where x signifies 1-2, y signifies 0-2, and w signifies 0-2. Further proposed is a combination element (3) of this resistor element and a sheathed type glow plug, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Jens Stefan Schneider, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Ulrich Eisele, Frank Stanglmeier, Volker Rothacker, Christoph Kern, Thomas Moser
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Patent number: 6437492Abstract: A ceramic sheathed element glow plug has a tubular metal casing holding a ceramic U-shaped heating device cantilevered at its end facing the combustion chamber, and on the end remote from the combustion chamber, it has a terminal pin for applying a voltage to the ceramic heating device. In the metal casing, a ceramic bushing and a ring follow the ceramic heating device at the end remote from the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2000Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Gert Lindemann, Christoph Haluschka, Thomas Nething, Wolfgang Dressler, Friederike Lindner, Horst Boeder, Matthias Rowek, Wolfgang Otterbach, Christoph Kern
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Patent number: 6054680Abstract: A sheathed type glow plug preheats the combustion chamber mixture of an auto-ignition internal combustion engine. The sheathed type glow plug comprises a ceramic heating apparatus; the resistance of the ceramic heating apparatus is increased by a reduction in cross section at the point which is most accessible to the combustion chamber mixture.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1997Date of Patent: April 25, 2000Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Johannes Locher, Albrecht Geissinger, Juergen Oberle, Werner Teschner, Horst Boeder, Karl-Heinz Heussner
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Patent number: 5961888Abstract: A ceramic electric resistor is proposed which can be made by means of ceramizing at least one organo-silicon polymer and at least one filler. The filler comprises at least one high-melting electrically conductive component, with the filler portion amounting to 20 to 50 vol. % relative to the solvent-free polymer-filler mixture. The specific electrical resistance can be set by varying the filler portion. The ceramic electric resistor is particularly suited as heating conductor for pencil-type glow plugs.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1998Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Albrecht Geissinger, Juergen Oberle, Werner Teschner, Horst Boeder, Karl-Heinz Heussner