Patents by Inventor Bernard Walle

Bernard Walle 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: 8291943
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas conduction component that is effective as a vibration decoupling element and can be installed in an exhaust-gas system for conducting the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas conduction component (1) has an outer pipe (2) with a corrugated metal tube section (3; 4) and an inner pipe (8) that is coaxial with the outer pipe (2) and separated from the latter by an annular gap. The outer pipe (2) also has a smooth central section (5), first and second corrugated metal tube sections (3; 4) and smooth first and second end sections (6; 7). The inner pipe (8) is permanently fixed to the outer pipe (2) by a continuous joint (9) extending around the central section (5) and the rectilinear exhaust-gas conduction component (1) is approximately axially symmetrical in relation to a central transverse axis (10). The exhaust-gas conduction component is especially suitable in utility vehicles for linking an emission control unit to an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Witzenmann GmbH
    Inventors: Bernard Walle, Michael Pluschke
  • Patent number: 8099858
    Abstract: A winding device for producing a field coil including a double-layer multiple-circuit winding for an electric motor includes a drive. The drive is configured to operate upon a winding mandrel with multiple lamellas arranged to be swung radially outwardly and inwardly by the drive in order to produce the double-layer multiple-circuit winding as a plurality of winding stacks that are arranged in separate slots and electrically connected in series, in parallel or both. At least two axially-separated winding stacks can be produced at the same time by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer
  • Publication number: 20110056582
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas conduction component that is effective as a vibration decoupling element and can be installed in an exhaust-gas system for conducting the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine. The exhaust-gas conduction component (1) has an outer pipe (2) with a corrugated metal tube section (3; 4) and an inner pipe (8) that is coaxial with the outer pipe (2) and separated from the latter by an annular gap. The outer pipe (2) also has a smooth central section (5), first and second corrugated metal tube sections (3; 4) and smooth first and second end sections (6; 7). The inner pipe (8) is permanently fixed to the outer pipe (2) by a continuous joint (9) extending around the central section (5) and the rectilinear exhaust-gas conduction component (1) is approximately axially symmetrical in relation to a central transverse axis (10). The exhaust-gas conduction component is especially suitable in utility vehicles for linking an emission control unit to an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: WITZENMANN GMBH
    Inventors: Bernard Walle, Michael Pluschke
  • Publication number: 20100068554
    Abstract: In a system having at least one metal part which is in contact with at least one plastic component, the metal part has a galvanically applied aluminum surface coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Lutz Mueller, Bernard Walle
  • Publication number: 20090145995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for producing a field coil (30) for an electric machine, especially a field coil (30) having a double-layer multiple-circuit winding, the field coil being formed by a plurality of winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a . . . 31j, 32j, 33j) that are connected in series and/or in parallel. The inventive device is characterized by a winding mandrel (10) on which at least two axially spaced-apart winding stacks (31a, 32a, 33a) can be produced at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Helmut Kreuzer, Eberhard Rau, Dirk Wolf, Alexander Puhahn, Olaf Simon, Yvonne Goebel, Bernard Walle, Thomas Harrer