Patents by Inventor Andreas Rottmann

Andreas Rottmann 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: 10215726
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a level of a gas component in the measured gas or a temperature of the measured gas. The sensor element includes at least one solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer has at least one plated-through hole. The sensor element further includes a conductive element, which produces an electrically conductive connection through the plated-through hole. In the plated-through hole, the solid electrolyte layer is electrically insulated from the conductive element by an insulating element. At least one opening region of the plated-through hole is stabilized against phase transition by a stabilizing element. The stabilizing element is made at least partially of a material, which includes a noble metal and an element selected from the group consisting of: V, Nb, Ta, Sb, Bi, Cr, Mo, W. A method for manufacturing the sensor element is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bischoff, Andreas Rottmann, Antje Taeuber, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Oliver Dotterweich, Peter Alt, Thomas Juestel
  • Patent number: 10132772
    Abstract: A sensor element, in particular for detection of a physical property of a gas, in particular for detection of the concentration of a gas component or of the temperature or of a solid constituent or of a liquid constituent of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the sensor element including, a solid electrolyte film and including, located oppositely from one another in its longitudinal direction, first and second end regions, the sensor element including outside the second end region, in particular in the first end region, a functional element electrically conductively connected to a contact surface disposed in the second end region on the outer surface of the sensor element, the contact surface having a rounding, which is a radius, on its side facing away from the first end region. The contact surfaces each include three sub-regions: head region, neck region, and body region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Rosenland, Andreas Rottmann, Carsten Gallinger, Markus Lux, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Patent number: 10036720
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a physical property of a gas includes: a first end region and a second end region opposing one another; a functional element in the first end region interior that is electroconductively connected to a contact area disposed in the second end region exterior; the electrically conductive connection between the functional element and the contact area having a conductor in the interior of the sensor element essentially extending in the longitudinal direction, and having a leadthrough that essentially extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the sensor element. The ratio between an electrical resistance of the conductor and an electrical resistance of the leadthrough is between 3 and 1/3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Rottmann, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Patent number: 9841397
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a physical property of a gas includes: a solid electrolyte film; a first end area and a second end area situated diametrically opposite in the longitudinal direction; a functional element in the first end area in the interior which is electrically conductively connected to a contact surface situated in the second end area on the outer surface, the electrically conductive connection having a strip conductor running essentially in the longitudinal direction in the interior of the sensor element; and a reference gas channel running essentially in the longitudinal direction of the sensor element communicating with a reference gas outside of the sensor element via a reference gas opening, the strip conductor and the reference gas channel being situated in such a way that at least a partial overlap occurs between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rottmann, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20170030858
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a level of a gas component in the measured gas or a temperature of the measured gas. The sensor element includes at least one solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer has at least one plated-through hole. The sensor element further includes a conductive element, which produces an electrically conductive connection through the plated-through hole. In the plated-through hole, the solid electrolyte layer is electrically insulated from the conductive element by an insulating element. At least one opening region of the plated-through hole is stabilized against phase transition by a stabilizing element. The stabilizing element is made at least partially of a material, which includes a noble metal and an element selected from the group consisting of: V, Nb, Ta, Sb, Bi, Cr, Mo, W. A method for manufacturing the sensor element is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Bischoff, Andreas Rottmann, Antje Taeuber, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Oliver Dotterweich, Peter Alt, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20160161442
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a physical property of a gas includes: a first end region and a second end region opposing one another; a functional element in the first end region interior that is electroconductively connected to a contact area disposed in the second end region exterior; the electrically conductive connection between the functional element and the contact area having a conductor in the interior of the sensor element essentially extending in the longitudinal direction, and having a leadthrough that essentially extends orthogonally to the longitudinal direction of the sensor element. The ratio between an electrical resistance of the conductor and an electrical resistance of the leadthrough is between 3 and ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Rottmann, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20160153928
    Abstract: A sensor element, in particular for detection of a physical property of a gas, in particular for detection of the concentration of a gas component or of the temperature or of a solid constituent or of a liquid constituent of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the sensor element including, a solid electrolyte film and including, located oppositely from one another in its longitudinal direction, first and second end regiona, the sensor element including outside the second end region, in particular in the first end region, a functional element electrically conductively connected to a contact surface disposed in the second end region on the outer surface of the sensor element, the contact surface having a rounding, which is a radius, on its side facing away from the first end region. The contact surfaces each include three sub-regions: head region, neck region, and body region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Marc Rosenland, Andreas Rottmann, Carsten Gallinger, Markus Lux, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20160153929
    Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a physical property of a gas includes: a solid electrolyte film; a first end area and a second end area situated diametrically opposite in the longitudinal direction; a functional element in the first end area in the interior which is electrically conductively connected to a contact surface situated in the second end area on the outer surface, the electrically conductive connection having a strip conductor running essentially in the longitudinal direction in the interior of the sensor element; and a reference gas channel running essentially in the longitudinal direction of the sensor element communicating with a reference gas outside of the sensor element via a reference gas opening, the strip conductor and the reference gas channel being situated in such a way that at least a partial overlap occurs between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rottmann, Frank Buse, Jens Schneider, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20120111726
    Abstract: A sensor element and a method of producing a sensor element is described. The sensor element being especially for identifying a physical property of a gas, especially for identifying the concentration of a gas component or the temperature of an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The sensor element has a first solid electrolyte layer, the first solid electrolyte layer having a plated- through hole. The sensor element also has a conducting element which produces an electrically conducting connection from the upper side of the first solid electrolyte layer to the lower side of the first solid electrolyte layer through the plated-through hole. The first solid electrolyte layer in the plated-through hole is electrically insulated from the conducting element by an insulating element. The wall of the plated-through hole has a bevel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Dulce Maria Couto Petri, Oliver Dotterweich, Antje Taeuber, Jens Schneider, Thomas Leuschner, Christoph Renger, Michael Sauerhammer, Andreas Rottmann
  • Patent number: 6367702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling communication between a terminal and a number of chip cards. Electromagnetic waves are continuously emitted by the terminal to form a communication zone within which communication between the terminal and the chip cards is initiated and sustained. After the sequence emitted by a first chip card, an identifier is generated in the terminal identifying the same chip card and is stored in the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Orga Kartensysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Hanno Dietrich, Andreas Rottmann