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: 8128180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic braking system having a device for controlling brake slip, drive slip, and/or the driving stability of a vehicle. Among other things, such devices use pumps, valves, and reservoirs to control brake pressure in the wheel brakes in accordance with wheel slip occurring at the particular wheels. These components are in contact with each via a hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit is built into a hydraulic block that has spaces for installing the components and channels for hydraulic contact. The invention makes possible a particularly compact and reduced-weight design of the hydraulic block and at the same time low manufacturing costs. For this purpose an advantageous layout and sealing of channels relative to each other and to the surrounding area is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Matthias Mayr
  • Patent number: 8123308
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for suspending a unit, especially a hydraulic unit of an electronically traction-controlled brake system of a motor vehicle. The unit is suspended in a receptacle provided on the vehicle such that vibrations are damped. Hydraulic units of vehicle brake systems are usually equipped with an electric motor for driving pumps located in the hydraulic unit. The brake pressure in the wheel brakes can be modulated via the pumps. The pump drive can cause mechanical and hydraulic vibrations in the unit which can result in unwanted operational noise in case the vibrations are transmitted to the vehicle body without being damped. The improved device is manually preloaded due to limited space for using tools. A clamping mechanism is guided in an axially movable manner on an armature which is fixed to the hydraulic unit and which can be moved from a basic position into a clamping position. The clamping mechanism is interlocked with the armature in both positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Matthias Mayr
  • Patent number: 8042884
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic vehicle brake system having a service brake which can be actuated by muscle force and having a device for regulating the wheel slip. It is proposed in such a vehicle brake system to use suction pumps in connection with specially-designed accumulators. The accumulators have separating elements which in each case separate a first accumulator chamber from a second accumulator chamber. An inflow opens out into the first accumulator chamber, and an outflow, which is separate from the inflow, outlets out of the first accumulator chamber. The separating element is arranged so as to be freely movable between two end positions, and in one of its end positions, blocks a pressure medium connection of the inflow to the outflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Juergen Tandler
  • Patent number: 7992300
    Abstract: A method of assembling a hydraulic fluid accumulator in a bore defined in a housing structure is disclosed. The method includes (a) inserting an annular seal into a second bore portion of the bore so that the annular seal is positioned in contact with the first ledge, (b) inserting a piston into the bore so that the piston is located in a first bore portion of the bore as well as the second bore portion of the bore, and (c) inserting a cover having an annular rim into the bore so that (i) the annular rim is positioned in contact with the annular seal, and (ii) the annular seal is located in an annular space defined by the first ledge, the annular rim, the piston, and an internal wall of the housing structure that partially defines the second bore portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Bernhard Gnamm
  • Patent number: 7883158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the invention provides that the electric motor is provided with a radial flange, which is overlapped by a surrounding bead of the hydraulic block. The bead is designed so that it overlaps, in a radial inward manner, the radial flange of the electric motor by a joining process, for example, a surrounding caulking. The electric motor is sealingly connected to the hydraulic block in a simple manner by the surrounding joining process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Reiner, Rainer Schwarz, Andreas Weh, Tomoya Ideguchi, Dietmar Hofmann, Josef Hipp
  • Publication number: 20100287923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure accumulator, especially for a hydraulic unit of a hydraulic vehicle braking system with electronic wheel slip regulation. Pressure accumulators having an accumulator piston acted on by a piston spring are known according to prior art. In order to save costs on parts for the piston spring and to save space in terms of the pressure accumulator, a piston spring having at least one first spring winding is used. According to the invention, the outer diameter of the first winding is smaller than the inner diameter of a second spring winding connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Bareiss, Dieter Merklein, Andreas Weh, Holger Fischer, Taro Segawa
  • Publication number: 20100276925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic assembly of a vehicle brake system with traction control. Hydraulic assemblies include a housing block, which is to be fitted with hydraulic components, and an electronic control unit for activating the components. It is known for a hydraulic connection for a pressure sensor to be provided on a housing block and for the signal of the pressure sensor to be taken into consideration for brake pressure regulation in the control unit. The invention proposes an advantageous arrangement of at least one second hydraulic connection for a second pressure sensor on the housing block in combination with blind bores of the hydraulic connections. The blind bores can be positioned in a variable fashion and formed with different lengths during the production of the housing block. In this way, it is possible for the pressure in different hydraulic partial regions of a vehicle brake system to be sensed in an application-specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Alexander Bareiss, Andreas Weh, Tomoya Ideguchi
  • Publication number: 20100263368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit of a vehicle hydraulic brake system having a hydraulic block, a storage unit, and a holding unit. The storage unit is inserted into the hydraulic block, and the holding unit is adjusted for holding the hydraulic block locally fixed to an associated vehicle. The storage unit is constructed with a holding surface which forms a section of the outer side of the hydraulic unit, and the holding unit engages with the holding surface of the storage unit in order to hold the hydraulic block locally fixed above the storage unit. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a storage unit where one outer surface of the storage unit which forms an outer side of the hydraulic unit is constructed as a holding surface for attaching the hydraulic block in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Bernhard Gnamm, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20100244552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic vehicle brake system having a service brake which can be actuated by muscle force and having a device for regulating the wheel slip. It is proposed in such a vehicle brake system to use suction pumps in connection with specially-designed accumulators. The accumulators have separating elements which in each case separate a first accumulator chamber from a second accumulator chamber. An inflow opens out into the first accumulator chamber, and an outflow, which is separate from the inflow, outlets out of the first accumulator chamber. The separating element is arranged so as to be freely movable between two end positions, and in one of its end positions, blocks a pressure medium connection of the inflow to the outflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Juergen Tandler
  • Publication number: 20100207446
    Abstract: The invention is based on a hydraulic unit for regulating the brake pressure in a vehicle brake system. Hydraulic units of such a type are the core component of an anti-lock vehicle brake system, of a drive slip vehicle brake system or of a vehicle brake system which regulates driving stability. The invention proposes a particularly advantageous arrangement of the required recesses in a housing block of a hydraulic unit. On account of the arrangement, the housing block can be reduced in terms of its dimensions, and can be produced with a lower weight and more simply in terms of production. For this purpose, according to the invention, the pressure fluid connection from one of the ports of the master brake cylinder to the suction side of one of the pump elements extends through the valve receptacle of the switching valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Juergen Tandler, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20100182752
    Abstract: A structural unit having a control unit housing and a hydraulic assembly housing is proposed. The control unit housing and the hydraulic assembly housing form a receiving chamber with a covering for at least one electrical component. The at least one electrical component is arranged in the receiving chamber in a sealed manner at least in the region of contact faces between the component and the chamber. For each component, one seal is applied in a fluid process and is assigned individually to the relevant electrical component to be arranged. The seal is applied in the region of the contact faces between the component and the covering of the electrical component, the control unit housing, and the hydraulic assembly housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Andreas Weh
  • Patent number: 7510163
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit is elastically supported by means of elastomer elements, through which bolts pass, on two legs of a mounting bracket that extend perpendicular to one another. The leg of the mounting bracket has recesses, open counter to the mounting direction of the unit, for receiving the elastomer element. With clamping means disposed on the bolt, the elastomer element is axially shortened and pressed against both the recess and side faces, located on either side of the recess, of the leg of the mounting bracket. With the shortened elastomer element, a positive and nonpositive engagement with the leg of the mounting bracket is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Rainer Schwarz, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20090072616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic braking system having a device for controlling brake slip, drive slip, and/or the driving stability of a vehicle. Among other things, such devices use pumps, valves, and reservoirs to control brake pressure in the wheel brakes in accordance with wheel slip occurring at the particular wheels. These components are in contact with each via a hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic circuit is built into a hydraulic block that has spaces for installing the components and channels for hydraulic contact. The invention makes possible a particularly compact and reduced-weight design of the hydraulic bloc and at the same time low manufacturing costs. For this purpose an advantageous layout and sealing of channels relative to each other and to the surrounding area is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Matthias Mayr
  • Publication number: 20080251335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic unit for a hydraulic vehicle brake system having anti-skid control. The hydraulic unit includes a hydraulic block and an electric motor for driving hydraulic pumps inside the hydraulic block. The hydraulic block and electric motor are joined at a circumferential joint. For connection, the invention provides that the electric motor is provided with a radial flange, which is overlapped by a surrounding bead of the hydraulic block. The bead is designed so that it overlaps, in a radial inward manner, the radial flange of the electric motor by a joining process, for example, a surrounding caulking. The electric motor is sealingly connected to the hydraulic block in a simple manner by the surrounding joining process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Juergen Reiner, Rainer Schwarz, Andreas Weh, Tomoya Ideguchi, Dietmar Hofmann, Josef Hipp
  • Publication number: 20080240852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maintaining device which comprises a nut a bolt and a damping element, which secures a housing of motor vehicle assembly to a maintaining element. According to the invention, the nut, the bolt and the damping element are premounted as a pre-assembly, which can be inserted into a pre-prepared hole in the housing of the motor vehicle assembly. The damping element, which is arranged in the housing of the motor vehicle assembly, supports the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Nathan McCormick
  • Publication number: 20080217824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for suspending a unit, especially a hydraulic unit of an electronically traction-controlled brake system of a motor vehicle. The unit is suspended in a receptacle provided on the vehicle such that vibrations are damped. Hydraulic units of vehicle brake systems are usually equipped with an electric motor for driving pumps located in the hydraulic unit. The brake pressure in the wheel brakes can be modulated via the pumps. The pump drive can cause mechanical and hydraulic vibrations in the unit which can result in unwanted operational noise in case said vibrations are transmitted to the vehicle body without being damped. The improved device is manually preloaded due to limited space for using tools. A clamping mechanism is guided in an axially movable manner on an armature which is fixed to the hydraulic unit and which can be moved from a basic position into a clamping position. The clamping mechanism is interlocked with the armature in both positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Matthias Mayr
  • Publication number: 20080191547
    Abstract: A pressure fluid reservoir for a traction-controlled vehicle brake system; a reservoir unit including a plurality of pressure fluid reservoirs; and a method for producing a pressure fluid reservoir are disclosed. The pressure fluid reservoir with its structural size unchanged, has a larger installation space for a restoring element cooperating with a reservoir piston and at the same time can be produced economically. To that end, as the reservoir piston, a component reshaped in non-metal-cutting fashion from a sheet-metal material is proposed, on whose circumference an encompassing receptacle for a piston seal is integrally formed, likewise in non-metal-cutting fashion. The reservoir piston can be produced by deep drawing; the receptacle for the piston seal can be produced by roller-burnishing. Both method steps can be performed economically in one combined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Alexander Bareiss, Nathan McCormick, Holger Fischer
  • Patent number: 7240696
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh, Peter Roth, Bernd Lutz, Sabine Ertl, Tomoya Ideguchi
  • Patent number: 7237474
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Andreas Weh
  • Publication number: 20070057422
    Abstract: A vibration-damping device for mounting a unit on a mounting face, including a bell-shaped housing, a damping body of vibration-damping material disposed in the housing, a rigid core received in the damping body, and fastening means associated with both the core and the housing. The damping body is cup-shaped and offset in its outside diameter at least once jointly with the core, and the open end of the housing is closed with a closure whereby a positive engagement is established among the components. As a result, the device is capable of damping tensile and compressive forces on the unit equally. The damping devices can be disposed on a common outside area of the unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Michael Schlitzkus, Matthias Mayr