Patents by Inventor Andreas Weh

Andreas Weh 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: 7168929
    Abstract: A pump unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system with traction control has an electric motor driving a radial piston pump. A rotor shaft of the pump unit has a hollow shaft with two standardized, hardened cylindrical pins that are press-fitted into the ends of the hollow shaft. The rotor shaft can be produced simply, economically, and without metal-cutting machining. The hollow shaft has high bending and torsional strength. The rotor shaft has a small diameter at the bearing points, which makes a small bearing diameter and thus a small installation space for the pump unit possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Alexander Bareiss
  • Patent number: 7131463
    Abstract: Pressure pulsations are damped in and a hydraulic unit by a device including a housing with an inlet and an outlet having a throttle and a filter preceding the throttle. The filter and the throttle are combined into a one-piece function element, which can be produced without metal-cutting machining and which can be fixed in the interior of the housing. This preceding filter prevents clogging of the throttle by contaminants in the pressure fluid, without requiring additional expense for parts or assembly. The function element can be produced economically in a minimum number of work steps, can be manipulated without problems, and in an advantageous refinement makes it possible to avoid unwanted accumulations of air in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20060198738
    Abstract: A piston pump for an electronically controllable vehicle brake system including a particularly simple, inexpensive, and space-saving throttle, and a filter hydraulically upstream of it, which prevents the throttle from becoming clogged with impurities. The pressure fluid outlet is routed at least partway along the circumferential surface of the bushing and, in the region of this section, the filter and throttle are embodied in one piece with the circumferential surface of the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20060113835
    Abstract: An electronically regulatable vehicle brake system, in which a master cylinder cooperates with a hydraulic unit having electronically triggerable valves for modulating the brake pressure of the system. A triggerable, externally driven pressure generator is provided for this purpose; its intake side can be made to communicate with the master cylinder via an intake line controllable by an intake valve unit. For this purpose, an electronically triggerable magnet valve and a mechanical blocking valve are connected in parallel. The blocking valve has a blocking valve member, which when a pressure threshold in the master cylinder is exceeded can be moved out of an open basic position into a blocking position counter to the force of a compression spring. As the electromagnet valve of the intake valve unit, a valve that is structurally identical to one of the valves for modulating the brake pressure can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Frank Krueger, Andreas Weh
  • Patent number: 6869152
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for an electronically controllable brake system of a vehicle includes a housing block with mounting faces for instance for an electric motor and an electronic control unit; a plurality of connections for hydraulically contacting the block; and installation chambers, for pump elements, valves, and damping devices. These damping devices are connected hydraulically downstream to the pump elements, in order to damp operation-caused pressure pulsations and noises. Installation chambers (18i-k) for the damping devices and the installation chambers (18a-h) of the valves extend to a common mounting face of the housing block intended for mounting the electronic control unit. The damping devices protrude past this mounting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Tomoya Ideguchi, Nathan McCormick, Douglas Patterson
  • Publication number: 20050056331
    Abstract: Pressure pulsations are damped in and a hydraulic unit by a device including a housing with an inlet and an outlet having a throttle and a filter preceding the throttle. The filter and the throttle are combined into a one-piece function element, which can be produced without metal-cutting machining and which can be fixed in the interior of the housing. This preceding filter prevents clogging of the throttle by contaminants in the pressure fluid, without requiring additional expense for parts or assembly. The function element can be produced economically in a minimum number of work steps, can be manipulated without problems, and in an advantageous refinement makes it possible to avoid unwanted accumulations of air in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20050029861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing block in an anti-lock hydraulic vehicle brake system, including a plurality of bores, conduits or holes intended for the function of the anti-lock arrangement. The invention provides that of these function-specific bores, conduits or holes, at least one bore (8), one conduit, or one hole is provided with an engagement face (14) for the positive engagement of a clamping means (16) of a machine tool. As a result, the production of separate clamping bores can be dispensed with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Schnurr, Isao Inoue, Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Masahiro Edamoto, Paul Hanson, Douglas Patterson
  • Patent number: 6846050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for an anti-lock vehicle brake system, having a housing block with a first row of valve receiving chambers for receiving inlet valves, and a second row of valve receiving chambers for receiving outlet valves a pump receiving chamber, whose longitudinal axis extends at least approximately perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers and between the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers of the first row and the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers of the second row; low-pressure reservoir receiving chambers, which are disposed on a side, remote from the pump receiving chamber, of the valve receiving chambers of the second row, and whose longitudinal axis extends at least approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers and to the longitudinal axis of the pump receiving chamber; and a separate, direct connection between each valve receiving chamber of an outlet valve and an associated low-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Douglas Patterson
  • Publication number: 20040217559
    Abstract: A device for damping pressure pulsations, in electronically regulatable vehicle brake systems for damping the pressure pulsations that are caused by pressure generators in a hydraulic circuit connected to it. The device has a housing which encloses a damping chamber and also has at least one hydraulic connection opening into the damping chamber, and a throttle device. The housing and throttle device are embodied as a compact damping unit that can be preassembled, is economical, and can be anchored in only a few work steps to the hydraulic block of an electronically regulatable vehicle brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Peter Roth, Bernd Lutz, Sabine Ertl, Tomoya Ideguchi
  • Publication number: 20040160120
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for an electronically controllable brake system of a vehicle includes a housing block with mounting faces for instance for an electric motor and an electronic control unit; a plurality of connections for hydraulically contacting the block; and installation chambers, for pump elements, valves, and damping devices. These damping devices are connected hydraulically downstream to the pump elements, in order to damp operation-caused pressure pulsations and noises. Installation chambers (18i-k) for the damping devices and the installation chambers (18a-h) of the valves extend to a common mounting face of the housing block intended for mounting the electronic control unit. The damping devices protrude past this mounting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Tomoya Ideguchi, Nathan McCormick, Douglas Patterson
  • Publication number: 20040090115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for an anti-lock vehicle brake system, having a housing block with a first row of valve receiving chambers for receiving inlet valves, and a second row of valve receiving chambers for receiving outlet valves a pump receiving chamber, whose longitudinal axis extends at least approximately perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers and between the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers of the first row and the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers of the second row; low-pressure reservoir receiving chambers, which are disposed on a side, remote from the pump receiving chamber, of the valve receiving chambers of the second row, and whose longitudinal axis extends at least approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the valve receiving chambers and to the longitudinal axis of the pump receiving chamber; and a separate, direct connection between each valve receiving chamber of an outlet valve and an associated low-
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Isao Inoue, Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Douglas Patterson
  • Publication number: 20040020358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit (10) for a hydraulic vehicle brake system with traction control. The pump unit (10) has an electric motor (12) and a radial piston pump (14), which can be driven by the electric motor (12). The invention proposes embodying a rotor shaft (18) of the pump unit (10) with a hollow shaft (20) and with two standardized, hardened cylindrical pins (22, 24) that are press-fitted into the ends of the hollow shaft (20). The invention has the advantage that the rotor shaft (18) can be produced simply, economically, and without metal-cutting machining. Because of its embodiment as a hollow shaft (20), the rotor shaft (18) has high bending and torsional strength. Because of the press-fitted pins (22, 24), the rotor shaft (18) has a small diameter at the bearing points, which makes a small bearing diameter and thus a small installation space for the pump unit (10) possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Michael Schlitzkus, Harol Bitzer, Joerg Eigenmann, Andreas Weh, Alexander Bareiss
  • Publication number: 20030155809
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit (11) is elastically supported by means of elastomer elements (17, 18), through which bolts (15, 16) pass, on two legs (13, 14) of a mounting bracket (12) that extend perpendicular to one another. The leg (14) of the mounting bracket (12) has recesses, open counter to the mounting direction (45) of the unit (11), for receiving the elastomer element (18). With clamping means (34, 35, 36) disposed on the bolt (16), the elastomer element (18) is axially shortened and pressed against both the recess and side faces, located on either side of the recess, of the leg (14) of the mounting bracket (12). With the shortened elastomer element (18), a positive and nonpositive engagement with the leg (14) of the mounting bracket (12) is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Rainer Schwarz, Andreas Weh
  • Patent number: 6471496
    Abstract: To enable economical production of a piston for a piston pump, the piston is made from a tubular deformed part and a closure plug, which is press-fitted with a protrusion into the deformed part. The piston has the advantage that the piston can be made without metal cutting in the form of deformed parts, for instance by extrusion, and hence can be produced quickly and economically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Deter Merklein, Andreas Weh, Michael Hellebrandt
  • Patent number: 6457956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. To make a piston of the piston pump easy and inexpensive to manufacture, the invention proposes that the piston be comprised of a sleeve-like shaped part and a valve seat part that is made of plastic and is press-fitted into the shaped part. A high-pressure-side sealing lip is formed onto the valve seat part and is of one piece with it. By means of a tubular support body, a restoring spring is supported on the valve seat part spaced apart from a valve seat of the valve seat part and spaced apart from the sealing lip, which prevents the valve seat and the sealing lip from being impaired by the force of the restoring spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Walter Kremsreiter, Thorsten Duermeier, Juergen Reiner, Werner Rittler, Ursula Eckstein, Andreas Weh, Erika Mank
  • Patent number: 6361295
    Abstract: A piston pump for a hydraulic brake system of a vehicle with slip control. The piston pump has a piston which is received in a bush that is inserted into a cylinder bore of a pump housing that is closed in pressure-tight fashion by a closure part. For simpler assembly, the closure part is connected to the bush by means of a snap or detent connection. As a result, a preassembled unit that can be manipulated easily before insertion into the pump housing is obtained in a simple way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Andreas Weh
  • Patent number: 6340295
    Abstract: A piston pump intended especially for use in a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. The piston pump is inserted into a cylinder bore, the piston pump has a piston, a bush, and a closure element that tightly closes the cylinder bore. The closure element is joined radially movably to the bush, for instance via caulking. This joint has the advantage that the piston pump can be assembled into a compact, easily manipulated, and sturdy component unit, and that the closure element and the bush are aligned with one another on being inserted into the cylinder bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Wolfgang Schuller, Julius Bayrhof, Walter Kremsreiter, Joachim Evertz, Joerg Zielke, Ralf Zitzelsberger, Andreas Weh, Bernd Allenzon, Michael Hellebrandt
  • Patent number: 6334762
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a piston pump for a hydraulic vehicle brake system. For simple and inexpensive manufacturability, the piston pump embodies an outlet conduit as a groove in a sleeve bottom and a sealing part. As a result, the sleeve and the sealing part can be manufactured in a non-cutting manner by means of forming. Another advantage of letting the outflow conduit into the sleeve bottom is that the outlet conduit is disposed a small distance in the axial direction from a valve seat of an outlet valve, which counteracts noise production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Wolfgang Schuller, Julius Bayrhof, Siegfried Fritsch, Walter Kremsreiter, Franz Mayer, Joachim Evertz, Joerg Zielke, Ralf Zitzelsberger, Andreas Weh, Bernd Allenzon, Michael Hellebrandt, Tobias Fluck
  • Patent number: 6283724
    Abstract: A piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. For the sake of economical production, the piston pump is embodied with a plastic bush and with a needle of a needle bearing as the piston, and that an inlet valve is accommodated in a valve seat part (96) that is inserted into the bush (16). The invention has an advantage that both the inlet valve and an outlet valve can be mounted coaxially on the bush, and that the bush, because of its elasticity since it is made of plastic, brings about a favorable closing performance of the two valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Alaze, Siegfried Fritsch, Andreas Weh
  • Patent number: 6283733
    Abstract: A piston pump which is intended for use in a vehicle for a hydraulic, slip-controlled braking system. To enable producing the piston pump inexpensively, a bush is made without undercuts as an upset part integrally with a bottom which has a valve seat for the outlet valve of the piston pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Merklein, Siegfried Fritsch, Ralf Zitzelsberger, Andreas Weh, Michael Hellebrandt