Patents by Inventor Bernhard Mader

Bernhard Mader 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: 10804752
    Abstract: Method for contactlessly transmitting electrical energy to a load (17) using a transmission system (1), having the steps of: converting alternating current from an alternating current source (4) into direct current using a primary rectifier (5), converting the direct current generated by the primary rectifier (5) into alternating current using a primary inverter (7), changing a primary parameter (di) at a component (38) of a primary part (2) of the transmission system, such that the electrical power consumed by a load (17) is changed as a result, contactlessly transmitting the electrical energy of the alternating current generated by the primary inverter (7) from a primary coil (9) to a secondary coil (12), converting the alternating current generated in the secondary coil (12) into direct current using a secondary rectifier (15), changing a secondary parameter at a component (16) of a secondary part (3) of the transmission system (1), such that the electrical power consumed by the load (17) is changed as a r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Schumann, Bernhard Mader, Oliver Blum
  • Publication number: 20200254894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating an inductive transmission apparatus comprising a transmitting coil and a receiving coil, wherein the receiving coil is arranged in a vehicle and the transmitting coil is arranged in a fixed location, wherein the following steps are carried out: emission of a magnetic field by the transmitting coil; movement of the vehicle in the direction of a parking position, wherein the receiving coil at least partially overlaps the transmitting coil in the parking position; measurement of a magnetic flux linkage of the receiving coil; reduction in a speed of the vehicle when a first threshold value for the magnetic flux linkage through the receiving coil is exceeded; detection of undershooting of a second threshold value; detection of a point without effective magnetic flux linkage through the receiving coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Bernhard Mader, Ulrich Brenner
  • Publication number: 20190260234
    Abstract: Method for contactlessly transmitting electrical energy to a load (17) using a transmission system (1), having the steps of: converting alternating current from an alternating current source (4) into direct current using a primary rectifier (5), converting the direct current generated by the primary rectifier (5) into alternating current using a primary inverter (7), changing a primary parameter (di) at a component (38) of a primary part (2) of the transmission system, such that the electrical power consumed by a load (17) is changed as a result, contactlessly transmitting the electrical energy of the alternating current generated by the primary inverter (7) from a primary coil (9) to a secondary coil (12), converting the alternating current generated in the secondary coil (12) into direct current using a secondary rectifier (15), changing a secondary parameter at a component (16) of a secondary part (3) of the transmission system (1), such that the electrical power consumed by the load (17) is changed as a r
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Philipp Schumann, Bernhard Mader, Oliver Blum
  • Patent number: 10232723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transferring energy by induction, for a vehicle, between at least one emitter coil and at least one receiver coil of the vehicle, said at least one receiver coil being arranged at a distance from said at least one emitter coil, a field concentrator being arranged between the at least one emitter coil and the at least one receiver coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Schumann, Achim Henkel, Bernhard Mader
  • Publication number: 20170313204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the transferring energy by induction, for a vehicle, between at least one emitter coil and at least one receiver coil of the vehicle, said at least one receiver coil being arranged at a distance from said at least one emitter coil, a field concentrator being arranged between the at least one emitter coil and the at least one receiver coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp Schumann, Achim Henkel, Bernhard Mader
  • Patent number: 9488147
    Abstract: A starter for an internal combustion engine comprises a starter motor and a starter pinion which can be displaced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the motor. The starter pinion is rotatably mounted in an eccentric component which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a rotatable transmission component of a transmission that is disposed between the starter motor and the starter pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Quack, Gerd-Peter Schmieder, Bernhard Mader, Andreas Jesse
  • Patent number: 9367516
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a data processing system is configured to process data in multiple modules. The circuit arrangement is configured to provide a clock as well as a time base and/or a base of at least one further physical quantity for each of the multiple modules. The circuit arrangement also comprises a central routing unit, which is connected to several of the multiple modules. Via the central routing unit, the modules can periodically exchange data based on the time base and/or on the base of the at least one further physical quantity. The several modules are configured to process data independently of and in parallel to other modules of the several modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Boehl, Ruben Bartholomae, Matthias Knauss, Stephen Schmitt, Thomas Wagner, Andreas Hempel, Dieter Thoss, Bernhard Mader, Achim Schaefer, Juergen Hanisch, Uwe Scheurer, Andreas Merker, Rolf Kurrer, Bernd Becker, Bernard Pawlok
  • Patent number: 9252625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-stage charging device for a battery of a battery operated electrical motor. The multistage charging device comprises a buck converter, an intermediate circuit and a boost converter in order to generate a suitable direct charging current from a (one or three-phase) alternating current provided by a power connection. According to the invention, components of the electrical drive are used for the boost converter and the intermediate circuit: the electrical motor functions as an intermediate circuit and the drive converter functions as a boost converter. According to the invention, the coupling of the electrical motor to the network-side buck converter occurs so that at least half the charging current flows through at least one of the at least three coils of the electrical drive. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a corresponding use of the drive components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Dittmer, Edwin Eberlein, Jie Ge, Bernhard Mader, Christoph Van Booven, Andreas Mittag, Peter Eitner, Bernd Eckert
  • Publication number: 20140260796
    Abstract: A starter for an internal combustion engine comprises a starter motor and a starter pinion which can be displaced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the motor. The starter pinion is rotatably mounted in an eccentric component which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a rotatable transmission component of a transmission that is disposed between the starter motor and the starter pinion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Quack, Gerd-Peter Schmieder, Bernhard Mader, Andreas Jesse
  • Publication number: 20140232301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-stage charging device for a battery of a battery operated electrical motor. The multistage charging device comprises a buck converter, an intermediate circuit and a boost converter in order to generate a suitable direct charging current from a (one or three-phase) alternating current provided by a power connection. According to the invention, components of the electrical drive are used for the boost converter and the intermediate circuit: the electrical motor functions as an intermediate circuit and the drive converter functions as a boost converter. According to the invention, the coupling of the electrical motor to the network-side buck converter occurs so that at least half the charging current flows through at least one of the at least three coils of the electrical drive. The invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a corresponding use of the drive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Dittmer, Edwin Eberlein, Jie Ge, Bernhard Mader, Christoph Van Booven, Andreas Mittag, Peter Eitner, Bernd Eckert
  • Publication number: 20130111189
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a data processing system is configured to process data in multiple modules. The circuit arrangement is configured to provide a clock as well as a time base and/or a base of at least one further physical quantity for each of the multiple modules. The circuit arrangement also comprises a central routing unit, which is connected to several of the multiple modules. Via the central routing unit, the modules can periodically exchange data based on the time base and/or on the base of the at least one further physical quantity. The several modules are configured to process data independently of and in parallel to other modules of the several modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Eberhard Boehl, Ruben Bartholomae, Matthias Knauss, Stephen Schmitt, Thomas Wagner, Andreas Hempel, Dieter Thoss, Bernhard Mader, Achim Schaefer, Juergen Hanisch, Uwe Scheurer, Andreas Merker, Rolf Kurrer, Bernd Becker, Bernard Pawlok
  • Patent number: 7830218
    Abstract: A communications device includes a supply terminal which is able to be connected to a two-position-controlled power supply; a pulse width recording device, which is coupled to the supply terminal and which records a pulse width of current pulses that flow through the supply terminal, and a signal processing device which assigns a first logical level to a first recorded pulse width and a second logical level to a second recorded pulse width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schauer, Bernhard Mader, Ingo Pietsch, Timo Schmidt, Thomas Holst
  • Publication number: 20080049829
    Abstract: A communications device includes a supply terminal which is able to be connected to a two-position-controlled power supply; a pulse width recording device, which is coupled to the supply terminal and which records a pulse width of current pulses that flow through the supply terminal, and a signal processing device which assigns a first logical level to a first recorded pulse width and a second logical level to a second recorded pulse width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Schauer, Bernhard Mader, Ingo Pietsch, Timo Schmidt, Thomas Holst