Patents by Inventor Andreas Michaels

Andreas Michaels 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).

  • Weed control device
    Patent number: 10548306
    Abstract: A device for damaging weed is provided, the device having a working tool, which is designed to damage the weed; a classification unit, which has positional data of the weed and/or which is designed to detect weeds; a localization unit, which is designed to ascertain a relative position between the working tool and the weed; and a manipulator unit, which is designed to correspondingly position the working tool as a function of the ascertained relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels
  • WEED-DAMAGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190297869
    Abstract: A device for damaging weeds, having a movably arranged plunger, which has a plunger end for applying pressure to a weed to damage the weed mechanically, and to an active-substance dispensing unit, which is configured to dispense an active substance onto the plunger end of the plunger to damage chemically the mechanically damaged weed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Michaels, Steffen Petereit
  • WEED-CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180160673
    Abstract: A device for damaging weeds, the device having a pressure-conveyance unit, which is designed to convey a fluid under pressure, and a fluid-dispensing unit, which is fluidically connected to the pressure-conveyance unit and is furthermore developed to dispense the pressurized fluid to the weed in order to damage the weed, the fluid-dispensing unit including at least one valve that has a piezo-actuator or an electroactive polymer actuator or a magnetoresistive actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels, Christian Glunk, Simon Boeck
  • WEED CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180139947
    Abstract: A device for damaging weed is provided, the device having a working tool, which is designed to damage the weed; a classification unit, which has positional data of the weed and/or which is designed to detect weeds; a localization unit, which is designed to ascertain a relative position between the working tool and the weed; and a manipulator unit, which is designed to correspondingly position the working tool as a function of the ascertained relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels