Patents by Inventor Benno SCHMIEG

Benno SCHMIEG 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: 11225237
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an electromechanical-brake-booster of a vehicle, having: an electronic-device to control an electric-motor of the electromechanical-brake-booster so that an output piston, connected indirectly to the electric-motor, of the electromechanical-brake-booster is displaceable out of its initial-position by the controlled electric-motor, such that only after a displacement of the output-piston out of its initial-position by at least a predefined limit displacement travel does a frictional engagement exist between the output-piston and an input-piston that is indirectly connected to the brake-pedal and is displaced by the actuation of the brake-pedal, and such that a speed of the output-piston displaced out of its initial-position by less than the limit displacement travel is at first increased from a reference-speed to a maximum-speed and is then reduced from the maximum-speed to the reference-speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dominic Zipprich, Benno Schmieg, Rafael Gonzalez Romero
  • Publication number: 20210078558
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an electromechanical-brake-booster of a vehicle, having: an electronic-device to control an electric-motor of the electromechanical-brake-booster so that an output piston, connected indirectly to the electric-motor, of the electromechanical-brake-booster is displaceable out of its initial-position by the controlled electric-motor, such that only after a displacement of the output-piston out of its initial-position by at least a predefined limit displacement travel does a frictional engagement exist between the output-piston and an input-piston that is indirectly connected to the brake-pedal and is displaced by the actuation of the brake-pedal, and such that a speed of the output-piston displaced out of its initial-position by less than the limit displacement travel is at first increased from a reference-speed to a maximum-speed and is then reduced from the maximum-speed to the reference-speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Dominic Zipprich, Benno Schmieg, Rafael Gonzalez Romero
  • Patent number: 9718450
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle brake system, having a control device/arrangement by which a closing signal is outputtable to an isolation valve via which a first brake circuit is hydraulically connected to a main brake cylinder, and at least one first control signal is outputtable to at least one first hydraulic component, so that a first actual brake pressure in the first brake circuit can be varied, an existing functional impairment of the at least one first hydraulic component and/or of at least one further brake system component being determinable, or a warning signal being receivable, and, if warranted, a closing signal being outputtable to a changeover valve of a second brake circuit, and, after or simultaneously with an outputting of the closing signal to the changeover valve, an opening signal being outputtable to the isolation valve. Also described is a related method for operating the vehicle brake system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bruex, Benno Schmieg
  • Patent number: 9676379
    Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system including: establishing a virtual setpoint brake pressure variable; and establishing a setpoint differential travel variable with respect to a setpoint differential travel at least by: establishing a first intermediate value while taking into consideration a first weighting relation and a minimum from a first value set including the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable and a jump-in pressure variable; and establishing a second intermediate value while taking into consideration a second weighting relation and a maximum from a second value set including zero and a value of a difference using the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable as the minuend and the jump-in pressure variable as the subtrahend. A method for operating a recuperative braking system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Benno Schmieg, Benoit Herve
  • Publication number: 20160207515
    Abstract: A method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a braking system including: establishing a virtual setpoint brake pressure variable; and establishing a setpoint differential travel variable with respect to a setpoint differential travel at least by: establishing a first intermediate value while taking into consideration a first weighting relation and a minimum from a first value set including the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable and a jump-in pressure variable; and establishing a second intermediate value while taking into consideration a second weighting relation and a maximum from a second value set including zero and a value of a difference using the virtual setpoint brake pressure variable as the minuend and the jump-in pressure variable as the subtrahend. A method for operating a recuperative braking system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Benno Schmieg, Benoit Herve
  • Publication number: 20140084675
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle brake system, having a control device/arrangement by which a closing signal is outputtable to an isolation valve via which a first brake circuit is hydraulically connected to a main brake cylinder, and at least one first control signal is outputtable to at least one first hydraulic component, so that a first actual brake pressure in the first brake circuit can be varied, an existing functional impairment of the at least one first hydraulic component and/or of at least one further brake system component being determinable, or a warning signal being receivable, and, if warranted, a closing signal being outputtable to a changeover valve of a second brake circuit, and, after or simultaneously with an outputting of the closing signal to the changeover valve, an opening signal being outputtable to the isolation valve. Also described is a related method for operating the vehicle brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas BRUEX, Benno SCHMIEG