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).
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Patent number: 12703340Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
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Publication number: 20260175821Abstract: An actuating device for a brake system. The actuating device includes an actuatable master brake cylinder, with a transmission device, which includes a displaceably mounted transmission element, with an electric motor for driving the transmission device, with a displaceably mounted pressure force transmitter, which is connected to an input rod in such a way that the pressure force transmitter is displaceable by the input rod, wherein the master brake cylinder is actuatable both by a displacement of the transmission element as well as by a displacement of the pressure force transmitter, and with a sensor, which includes a first sensor part that is displaceable together with the pressure force transmitter and a second sensor part that is displaceable together with the transmission element. The first and the second sensor parts are displaceably mounted on a common carrier element of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: June 25, 2026Inventors: Christoph Voelkel, Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Klaus Lerchenmueller, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
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Publication number: 20250340193Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
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Publication number: 20250319856Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: October 16, 2025Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Guenter Escher, Janos Tamas Csoti, Mark Boehm
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Publication number: 20250162560Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2024Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
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Patent number: 11590953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt
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Publication number: 20200353912Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt
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Patent number: 10683857Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
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Patent number: 10611353Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Giammaria Panunzio, Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt, Willi Nagel
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Publication number: 20190152462Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Giammaria Panunzio, Ben Ferguson, Ignaz Hatt, Willi Nagel
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Patent number: 9994206Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Ignaz Hatt, Harald Guggenmos, Ben Ferguson, Remy Garnier
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Publication number: 20180149151Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Guenter Escher, Gerhard Stransky, Ben Ferguson, Dietmar Kratzer, Franz Mayer, Michael Specker, Stefan Achilles, Bernd Lutz, Alice Schacherl, Anton Paweletz, Hermann Bamberger, Roland Heller
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Publication number: 20160068147Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Ignaz Hatt, Harald Guggenmos, Ben Ferguson, Remy Garnier