Patents by Inventor Bertrand Eric MELI

Bertrand Eric MELI 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: 10175285
    Abstract: A device for monitoring an operation of an inductive element, includes a current-measuring device is switched in series with the inductive element. The device is configured to ascertain a first time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device; to ascertain a second time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device and has a predefinable time shift in relation to the first signal; and to infer the presence of a shunt from a comparison of the first signal with the second signal. Also described is a method for monitoring the operation of the inductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Martini, Bernd Mueller, Uwe Guenther, Bertrand Eric Meli, Frank Henkel
  • Publication number: 20150123675
    Abstract: A device for monitoring an operation of an inductive element, includes a current-measuring device is switched in series with the inductive element. The device is configured to ascertain a first time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device; to ascertain a second time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device and has a predefinable time shift in relation to the first signal; and to infer the presence of a shunt from a comparison of the first signal with the second signal. Also described is a method for monitoring the operation of the inductive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Marco MARTINI, Bernd MUELLER, Uwe GUENTHER, Bertrand Eric MELI, Frank HENKEL