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).

  • Publication number: 20010016171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for a hydraulic vehicle brake system with slip control. The piston pump (10) has a piston (16), which is received in a bush (26) that is inserted into a cylinder bore (12) of a pump housing (14) that is closed in pressure-tight fashion by a closure part (68). For simpler assembly, the invention proposes that the closure part (68) be connected to the bush (26) by means of a snap or detent connection (72, 80). As a result, a preassembled unit that can be manipulated easily before insertion into the pump housing (14) is obtained in a simple way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Inventors: WOLFGANG SCHULLER, ANDREAS WEH
  • Patent number: 6276909
    Abstract: A piston pump for a hydraulic brake system for a vehicle with a slip control system. For economical production, the piston pump includes a piston as a composites part with a core of steel that is surrounded by a lubricant jacket of plastic. By way of example, the lubricant jacket is applied to the core by spray-coating, or is pressed onto the core or slipped onto the core. The lubricant jacket economizes by dispensing with expensive post-machining of the piston surface by grinding, for instance, and improves the sliding properties of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Dieter Merklein, Joachim Ehrlich, Andreas Weh, Michael Hellebrandt, Tobias Fluck, Michael Schlitzkus
  • Patent number: 6267457
    Abstract: A damper unit in which a structural volume of the unit is reduced. The hydraulic unit includes a damper chamber formed by a stepped bore. A diameter-to-length ratio of the chamber is between 1:3 and 1:12. A closure element of the damper chamber is received with radial pressure in the bore and is retained on the discharge end by an embossed connection. The smaller-diameter portion of the damper chamber bore, when the hydraulic unit is in the position for use, is offset eccentrically upward from the larger-diameter bore portion with an at least approximately horizontally extending bore axis, so that the jackets of both bore portion merge at least approximately in alignment with one another at at least one point. The damper chamber is of slender design and intended to be disposed in a housing block of the hydraulic unit in a way that economizes on installation space and is intended to be simple to vent. The hydraulic unit is intended for use in slip-controlled motor vehicle brake systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Carsten Pabst, Johann Guggemos, Norbert Schnurr, Peter Eberspaecher, Rolan d Benzinger, Michael Hellebrandt, Shawn Sullivan, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20010002978
    Abstract: A piston pump which is intended in particular for a vehicle hydraulic, slip-controlled brake system. To reduce idle volume in the piston pump, a positive-displacement body is mounted on the piston by means of a retaining part. The displacement body protrudes into an interior of a valve closing spring, embodied as a helical spring, of an inlet valve integrated with the piston. The embodiment of the valve closing spring and of a piston restoring spring with a rectangular coil cross section also contributes to reducing the idle volume of the piston pump. Reducing the idle volume increases the efficiency of the piston pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Publication date: June 7, 2001
    Inventors: HEINZ SIEGEL, DIETER MERKLEIN, JOACHIM EHRLICH, ANDREAS WEH, MICHAEL HELLEBRANDT, TOBIAS FLUCK, MICHAEL SCHLITZKUS
  • Patent number: 6161466
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump (10) with a piston (20) axially displaceable in a bush (12). In order to keep the piston (20) captive in the bush (12), the invention proposes that an annular loss-prevention means (90), with conically protruding spring tongues (96), be inserted in the manner of a snap connection into a V-shaped groove (80) in the bush (12), whose spring tongues (96) resiliently press a groove side (98) of a groove (34) made in the piston (40) into the groove (34), engaging it from behind, when the piston (20) is introduced into the bush (12). (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Andreas Weh, Tobias Fluck
  • Patent number: 6082244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump having a piston that is axially displaceable in a bush. In order to keep the piston in the bush in a manner secured against loss, a tubular filter is secured to the bush in the extension thereof; the filter has a smaller inside diameter than the bush and in this way keeps the piston in the bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Dieter Merklein, Wolfgang Schuller, Julius Bayrhof, Walter Kremsreiter, Joachim Evertz, Joerg Zielke, Ralf Zitzelsberger, Andreas Weh, Bernd Allenzon