Patents by Inventor Bernhard Matrohs

Bernhard Matrohs 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: 20180297582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a drive device (1) of a motor vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine (2) having a first exhaust gas turbocharger (5) and a second exhaust gas turbocharger (6), and comprising at least one electric machine (3), wherein the exhaust gas turbochargers (5, 6) are connected in series, wherein at least the second exhaust gas turbocharger (6) has means for varying the output thereof, and wherein the output at least of the second exhaust gas turbocharger (6) is varied in accordance with a required target torque of the drive device (1). According to the invention, the electric machine (3) is controlled in accordance with the time of the variation, in order to compensate for a deviation of an actual torque of the drive device (1) from the target torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Theiss, Bernhard Matrohs, Detlev Bareuther
  • Patent number: 9211787
    Abstract: In a method for calibrating a measuring signal of an exhaust gas probe or a control signal of a fuel dosing device of a vehicle equipped with a hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor, the vehicle being able to be driven also by an electric motor exclusively, the gas transport for calibrating the signal of the exhaust gas probe or the fuel dosing device is induced by an engine drag operation of the vehicle, in which the internal combustion engine is dragged by the at least one electric motor while the fuel supply is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Ledermann, Andreas Michalske, Christian Horn, Klaus Theiss, Bernhard Matrohs
  • Publication number: 20150142231
    Abstract: In a method for calibrating a measuring signal of an exhaust gas probe or a control signal of a fuel dosing device of a vehicle equipped with a hybrid drive including an internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor, the vehicle being able to be driven also by an electric motor exclusively, the gas transport for calibrating the signal of the exhaust gas probe or the fuel dosing device is induced by an engine drag operation of the vehicle, in which the internal combustion engine is dragged by the at least one electric motor while the fuel supply is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Bernhard Ledermann, Andreas Michalske, Christian Horn, Klaus Theiss, Bernhard Matrohs