Patents by Inventor Ben Ferguson

Ben Ferguson 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: 20250340193
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic actuator for a brake system. The actuator includes: a housing defining an interior space and having first and second openings; a master brake cylinder positioned in the first opening and attached to the housing so that the first opening is sealed in a fluid-tight manner; an electric motor arranged on the housing; and a transmission in the interior space and kinematically coupled to the master brake cylinder. The transmission includes a transmission intermediate part which is moveable along a longitudinal axis and subdivides the housing, into a first housing region in which the master brake cylinder is arranged, and a second housing region facing the second opening. The actuator includes a compensating membrane closing the second opening in a fluid-tight manner and elastically deformable to reduce a pressure difference between the first and second housing region when an axial displacement of the transmission intermediate part occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
  • Publication number: 20250319856
    Abstract: An actuation device for a brake system. The actuation device includes: an electric machine, wherein a rotor of the electric machine is arranged on a rotatably mounted drive shaft in a rotationally fixed manner; a displaceably mounted pressure element; and a transmission device, using which the drive shaft is operatively connected to the pressure element, wherein the transmission device has a displaceable threaded spindle, wherein a rotation-locking element is rotationally fixed to the threaded spindle, and wherein the rotation-locking element interacts with a housing of the actuation device and/or with an element of the actuation device that is arranged on the housing in a fixed manner, in order to form an anti-rotation device for the threaded spindle. The rotationally-fixed connection between the rotation-locking element and the threaded spindle is formed by a form-fitting connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Guenter Escher, Janos Tamas Csoti, Mark Boehm
  • Publication number: 20250162560
    Abstract: A brake booster device. The brake booster includes a reservoir and a master brake cylinder having at least one chamber and at least one piston arranged in the chamber. The chamber can be connected to the pressure regulator so that the piston can be at least partially by returned via the pressure regulator, wherein the chamber can be connected to the reservoir, wherein a valve is arranged between the chamber and the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
  • Patent number: 11590953
    Abstract: A support element for positioning a first element, in particular a cover, on a second element, in particular a housing, includes an annular disk-shaped base body that can be positioned on a support rod fastened on the second element, the base body having on a first end face a support surface for making supporting contact with the first element, where the support element has, on the first end face, a plastically deformable projection forming the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt
  • Publication number: 20200353912
    Abstract: A support element for positioning a first element, in particular a cover, on a second element, in particular a housing, includes an annular disk-shaped base body that can be positioned on a support rod fastened on the second element, the base body having on a first end face a support surface for making supporting contact with the first element, where the support element has, on the first end face, a plastically deformable projection forming the support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt
  • Patent number: 10683857
    Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
  • Patent number: 10611353
    Abstract: A bearing device for an electromechanical brake booster, it being optionally possible to fasten the first sliding bearing in the first receiving opening when the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening or to fasten the second sliding bearing in the second receiving opening when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening, and, if the first sliding bearing is fastened on a first fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a first interspace, and, if the second sliding bearing is fastened on a second fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a second interspace. An electromechanical brake booster for a motor vehicle is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Giammaria Panunzio, Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt, Willi Nagel
  • Publication number: 20190152462
    Abstract: A bearing device for an electromechanical brake booster, it being optionally possible to fasten the first sliding bearing in the first receiving opening when the second sliding bearing is float-mounted in the second receiving opening or to fasten the second sliding bearing in the second receiving opening when the first sliding bearing is float-mounted in the first receiving opening, and, if the first sliding bearing is fastened on a first fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a first interspace, and, if the second sliding bearing is fastened on a second fastening element, it being possible to situate the bearing device between the two support elements spaced apart by a second interspace. An electromechanical brake booster for a motor vehicle is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Giammaria Panunzio, Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt, Willi Nagel
  • Patent number: 9994206
    Abstract: A screw drive for an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system of a motor vehicle includes: a threaded nut; and a threaded spindle engaged with the threaded nut. The threaded nut includes an outer section which is connectable to a drive unit for driving the threaded nut, and an inner section having a thread for accommodating the threaded spindle. The inner section and the outer section of the threaded nut are connected by a damping unit for damping the torsion of the threaded nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ignaz Hatt, Harald Guggenmos, Ben Ferguson, Remy Garnier
  • Publication number: 20180149151
    Abstract: A pump device, in particular for a brake system of a motor vehicle, includes two hydraulic chambers, a linear drive, and a pump piston. Each of the chambers has at least two fluid connections. The pump piston interacts with the chambers. The linear drive is embodied as a reluctance drive and includes a longitudinally movable armature, a housing-fastened stator that is configured to receive current, and at least one spring element. The at least one spring element is associated with the armature, and is configured to counteract a drive force of the reluctance drive. The armature is connected to the pump piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
  • Publication number: 20160068147
    Abstract: A screw drive for an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system of a motor vehicle includes: a threaded nut; and a threaded spindle engaged with the threaded nut. The threaded nut includes an outer section which is connectable to a drive unit for driving the threaded nut, and an inner section having a thread for accommodating the threaded spindle. The inner section and the outer section of the threaded nut are connected by a damping unit for damping the torsion of the threaded nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Ignaz Hatt, Harald Guggenmos, Ben Ferguson, Remy Garnier