Patents by Inventor Andreas Letsch

Andreas Letsch 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: 10449826
    Abstract: A temperature control device for a battery and for a vehicle interior, having a first heat exchanger and having a second heat exchanger that are thermally coupled, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the battery, and the first heat exchanger to a temperature control chamber that has a downstream segment that is thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and has a first upstream segment and a second upstream segment, the first upstream segment being thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and the second upstream segment to a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger being capable of being thermally coupled alternately to the first upstream segment or to the second upstream segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Schumann, Andreas Letsch
  • Patent number: 10249452
    Abstract: An assemblage having a thermally insulating switch and a thermal insulator for constituting an electrical conductor passthrough through the thermal insulator. The thermal insulator insulates an inner space from an outer space, the assemblage having inner connector on the side of the inner space and outer connector on the side of the outer space, which are electrically conductively connectable by the switch. The assemblage has a control unit for controlling the thermally insulating switch, a current flowing through the switch is detectable by the control unit, the switch is controllable by the control unit in such a way that the switch is actuatable only in a substantially zero-current state, and the switch is disposed in the thermal insulator in such a way that thermal insulation between the inner connector and the outer connector is accomplished by way of the switch in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Joerg Thielen, Martin Tenzer
  • Patent number: 9964514
    Abstract: A method for producing a gas sensor device for detecting a gaseous analyte includes providing a sensor body comprising a semiconductor substrate, in which a cavity section is shaped, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged at a surface of the substrate. The electrolyte layer is not covered by the substrate in the cavity section. The method includes producing a signal conductor layer deposited dry-chemically at a substrate side of the sensor body, such that, in the region of the electrolyte layer not covered by the substrate in the cavity section, a cutout section is shaped in the signal conductor layer, in which the signal conductor layer is removed or not deposited. The method includes applying measuring electrodes to the electrolyte layer by a wet-chemical process. One measuring electrode is arranged in the cutout section and one measuring electrode is arranged on an electrolyte layer side of the sensor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Widenmeyer, Andreas Letsch, Denis Kunz, Robert Roelver
  • Publication number: 20180005774
    Abstract: An assemblage having a thermally insulating switch and a thermal insulator for constituting an electrical conductor passthrough through the thermal insulator. The thermal insulator insulates an inner space from an outer space, the assemblage having inner connector on the side of the inner space and outer connector on the side of the outer space, which are electrically conductively connectable by the switch. The assemblage has a control unit for controlling the thermally insulating switch, a current flowing through the switch is detectable by the control unit, the switch is controllable by the control unit in such a way that the switch is actuatable only in a substantially zero-current state, and the switch is disposed in the thermal insulator in such a way that thermal insulation between the inner connector and the outer connector is accomplished by way of the switch in the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Joerg Thielen, Martin Tenzer
  • Publication number: 20170322173
    Abstract: A method for producing a gas sensor device for detecting a gaseous analyte includes providing a sensor body comprising a semiconductor substrate, in which a cavity section is shaped, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged at a surface of the substrate. The electrolyte layer is not covered by the substrate in the cavity section. The method includes producing a signal conductor layer deposited dry-chemically at a substrate side of the sensor body, such that, in the region of the electrolyte layer not covered by the substrate in the cavity section, a cutout section is shaped in the signal conductor layer, in which the signal conductor layer is removed or not deposited. The method includes applying measuring electrodes to the electrolyte layer by a wet-chemical process. One measuring electrode is arranged in the cutout section and one measuring electrode is arranged on an electrolyte layer side of the sensor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Widenmeyer, Andreas Letsch, Denis Kunz, Robert Roelver
  • Publication number: 20170054121
    Abstract: A battery pack (50) comprising at least one battery cell (2) and an enclosure (52) for thermal insulation of the at least one battery cell (2). In this case, the enclosure (52) has at least one closable ventilation opening (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Sarmimala Hore, Andreas Letsch, Andreas Jesse, Dominik Koch, Joerg Poehler
  • Patent number: 9537286
    Abstract: A circuit system includes: a first optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with an n-conductive surface facing an electrically conductive support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner; and a second optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with a p-conductive surface facing the support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Martin Astner
  • Publication number: 20160325598
    Abstract: A temperature control device for a battery and for a vehicle interior, having a first heat exchanger and having a second heat exchanger that are thermally coupled, the second heat exchanger being thermally coupled to the battery, and the first heat exchanger to a temperature control chamber that has a downstream segment that is thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and has a first upstream segment and a second upstream segment, the first upstream segment being thermally coupled to the vehicle interior and the second upstream segment to a surrounding environment of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger being capable of being thermally coupled alternately to the first upstream segment or to the second upstream segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Bernd Schumann, Andreas Letsch
  • Patent number: 9153943
    Abstract: A method is described for producing a light source, in particular a light source for optically exciting a laser device, for example a laser device of a laser ignition system of an internal combustion engine, including a diode laser having a plurality of emitters and a fiber optic device. The fiber optic device includes a plurality of optical fibers, each fiber having a first end and a lateral surface area. The first ends are situated relative to the emitters in such a way that light generated by the emitters is injected into the first ends of the optical fibers. The optical fibers are situated in abutment along their lateral surface areas, at least in the region of the first ends of the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Stoppel, Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Andreas Letsch
  • Publication number: 20150110140
    Abstract: A circuit system includes: a first optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with an n-conductive surface facing an electrically conductive support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner; and a second optoelectronic semiconductor component situated with a p-conductive surface facing the support surface and connected to the support surface in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Letsch, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Martin Astner
  • Patent number: 8761222
    Abstract: A light source, e.g., for optical excitation of a laser device, includes a diode laser having a large number of emitters and a light-guiding device, the light-guiding device including a large number of optical fibers. Each fiber has a first end and a lateral surface, the first ends being arranged relative to the emitters in such a manner that light generated by the emitters is coupled into the first ends of the optical fibers, the optical fibers being arranged in abutting relationship along their lateral surfaces at least in the region of their first ends. The optical fibers are connected in the region of their first ends to a fiber support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Stoppel, Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Andreas Letsch
  • Publication number: 20130047946
    Abstract: A laser device for a laser ignition system of an internal combustion engine includes a laser-active solid, an optical Q-switch, a first resonator in which at least the laser-active solid is situated, and a second resonator optically coupled to the first resonator. The length of the second resonator is set or modulated via actuators to optimize the ignition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Rene Hartke, Andreas Letsch, Heiko Ridderbusch
  • Publication number: 20120304959
    Abstract: A laser spark plug having an antechamber is designed to irradiate laser radiation, which is guided and/or generated in the laser spark plug on at least two ignition points which are different from one another and are lying in the antechamber. The laser spark plug is designed to irradiate the laser radiation into the antechamber in such a way that a distance between at least one first ignition point and one second ignition point adjoining thereto is larger than a minimum distance between the first and/or the second ignition point(s) and an inner surface of the antechamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Martin Weinrotter, Werner Herden, Juergen Raimann, Andreas Letsch
  • Publication number: 20120068369
    Abstract: A method is described for producing a light source, in particular a light source for optically exciting a laser device, for example a laser device of a laser ignition system of an internal combustion engine, including a diode laser having a plurality of emitters and a fiber optic device. The fiber optic device includes a plurality of optical fibers, each fiber having a first end and a lateral surface area. The first ends are situated relative to the emitters in such a way that light generated by the emitters is injected into the first ends of the optical fibers. The optical fibers are situated in abutment along their lateral surface areas, at least in the region of the first ends of the optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Klaus Stoppel, Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Andreas Letsch
  • Publication number: 20120044966
    Abstract: A light source, e.g., for optical excitation of a laser device, includes a diode laser having a large number of emitters and a light-guiding device, the light-guiding device including a large number of optical fibers. Each fiber has a first end and a lateral surface, the first ends being arranged relative to the emitters in such a manner that light generated by the emitters is coupled into the first ends of the optical fibers, the optical fibers being arranged in abutting relationship along their lateral surfaces at least in the region of their first ends. The optical fibers are connected in the region of their first ends to a fiber support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Stoppel, Werner Herden, Hans-Jochen Schwarz, Andreas Letsch