Patents by Inventor Boris Buchtala

Boris Buchtala 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: 20220205223
    Abstract: A method calculates an excavation volume that was excavated by a construction machine using a tool. A motion trajectory of the tool over time is determined using one or more of the following sensors: inertial measurement unit, angle sensors, and linear sensors. At least part of the motion trajectory is classified based on machine load data as an excavation trajectory during which excavation occurs. The excavation volume is calculated using the excavation trajectory and dimensions of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Krause, Markus Schleyer, Boris Buchtala, Steffen Rose, Kai Liu, Horst Wagner, Erik Hass, Bilge Manga
  • Publication number: 20190313574
    Abstract: A fertilizing system for agricultural soils includes an application device for applying fertilizer and including a test device for detecting a nitrous oxide content in or on the agricultural soil to be fertilized. The test device includes multiple nitrous oxide sensors including in each case a first transmission device for transmitting measuring data, and including a data processing device that includes a first receiving device for receiving the measuring data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Johanna Link-Dolezal, Jochen Fehse, Boris Buchtala, Tillmann Falck
  • Patent number: 10006441
    Abstract: A management system for a wind energy plant including at least one control unit, and a method using the management system are disclosed. The management system is used to coordinate component modules of the wind energy plant with vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules, wherein a sensor system supplies data of the operating states of the component modules for a system analysis. For this purpose, reactive vibrations and/or predictive forecasts of vibrations of the wind energy plant, and predictive disturbance variables are registered, and the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules in the control unit are activated, wherein an actuator carries out damping measures and/or load reduction measures on the component modules in accordance with the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Patent number: 9810203
    Abstract: A method for determining total damage to at least one rotating component of a drive train in a system, in particular a wind or wave energy system, includes determining over time during operation of the system a variable characterizing a rotational speed of the component and a variable characterizing a torque transmitted by the component. A load collective is determined in a calculator unit from the temporal progression of the variables, and the total damage is determined from a comparison of the determined load collective and a reference load collective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Guenter Berger, Tobias Herrmann, Boris Buchtala
  • Publication number: 20170284376
    Abstract: A method for measuring a load on a rotor blade of a wind power plant includes deriving a deflection of the rotor blade from an acceleration value, determining a signal drift component of the deflection by using an absolute value, and determining the load by using the signal drift component and the deflection and material characteristics of the rotor blade. The acceleration value represents an acceleration on the rotor blade, and the absolute value represents an absolute measured value from an absolute sensor on the rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Boris Buchtala, Felix Hess
  • Patent number: 9617978
    Abstract: A method for preventing a lateral oscillation of a tower of a wind power installation having at least two rotor blades with adjustable attitude angles includes determining a manipulated variable for setting the attitude angles on the basis of information about a pitch torque and a yaw torque of the head of the tower. In this context, a counteracting torque is generated which counteracts the pitch torque and the yaw torque without exciting a lateral oscillation of the tower if the attitude angles are set on the basis of the manipulated variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Boris Buchtala
  • Patent number: 9212601
    Abstract: A device for a vehicle or a production machine, having: a first hydraulic pump, which hydraulically drives a load; an internal combustion engine, which mechanically drives the first hydraulic pump; a second hydraulic pump, which is hydraulically coupled to the first hydraulic pump; an apparatus, which drives the second hydraulic pump while utilizing the energy in the exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine; the load on the output side being directly connected to a tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Hinrich Meinheit, Boris Buchtala, Bojan Ferhadbegovic
  • Patent number: 9048768
    Abstract: A stationary energy generation plant includes a control device that serves to control current and energy flow. The energy generation plant includes at least one mechanically driven rotor and a generator mechanically coupled to the rotor. To this end, power electronics operationally connected to the generator enable variable energy flow from the rotor through the generator and the power electronics to a load. In order to compensate for vibrational loads on the generator side, at least one current control is made possible by means of a first intermediate circuit storage of the power electronics. In order to compensate for mechanical vibrational loads and transients of a drivetrain, an energy flow control is provided by means of at least one additional second intermediate circuit storage disposed in the power electronics and having a multiple of the storage capacity of the first intermediate circuit storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Anton Paweletz, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Publication number: 20130272874
    Abstract: A method for determining a bending angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine system includes step of reading in an acceleration signal which represents an acceleration of the rotor blade acting essentially perpendicularly with respect to a rotor plane. In addition, the method includes a step of determining the bending angle of the rotor blade of the wind turbine using the acceleration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Martin Voss, Boris Buchtala, Christian Eitner
  • Publication number: 20130209254
    Abstract: A method for preventing a lateral oscillation of a tower of a wind power installation having at least two rotor blades with adjustable attitude angles includes determining a manipulated variable for setting the attitude angles on the basis of information about a pitch torque and a yaw torque of the head of the tower. In this context, a counteracting torque is generated which counteracts the pitch torque and the yaw torque without exciting a lateral oscillation of the tower if the attitude angles are set on the basis of the manipulated variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Boris Buchtala
  • Publication number: 20130195654
    Abstract: A device for reducing loads in a drive train of a wind turbine includes a machine support. The wind turbine includes a sensor means, a controllable damper means, an actuating means. The sensor means is configured to detect at least one variable characterizing vibrations and/or misalignments in the drive train. The controllable damper means is configured to produce at least one adjusting torque which compensates at least one torque associated with the load in the drive train. The actuating means is configured to actuate the damping means based on the at least one variable detected by the sensor means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Berger, Stefan Zimmermann, Joachim Breidert, Boris Buchtala, Bernd Schnurr, Sebastian Schmidt, Volker Knoblauch
  • Publication number: 20130191043
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining an estimated value for at least one measured variable of a wind turbine. The measured variable represents a bending torque on a blade root of a rotor blade of the wind turbine from a rotor plane. The method includes reading in the measured variable and an angle of attack for the rotor blade. The method further includes adapting a model, which simulates an estimated value of the measured variable on the basis of a modeling instruction for a relationship between the measured variable and the angle of attack. The model is adapted using the read-in measured variable and the read-in angle of attack. The method also includes providing the estimated value for the at least one measured variable using the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosh GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Eitner, Felix Hess, Martin Voss, Boris Buchtala
  • Publication number: 20130174541
    Abstract: A device for a vehicle or a production machine, having: a first hydraulic pump, which hydraulically drives a load; an internal combustion engine, which mechanically drives the first hydraulic pump; a second hydraulic pump, which is hydraulically coupled to the first hydraulic pump; an apparatus, which drives the second hydraulic pump while utilizing the energy in the exhaust gas stream of the internal combustion engine; the load on the output side being directly connected to a tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Hinrich Meinheit, Boris Buchtala, Bojan Ferhadbegovic
  • Publication number: 20120200087
    Abstract: A management system for a wind energy plant including at least one control unit, and a method using the management system are disclosed. The management system is used to coordinate component modules of the wind energy plant with vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules, wherein a sensor system supplies data of the operating states of the component modules for a system analysis. For this purpose, reactive vibrations and/or predictive forecasts of vibrations of the wind energy plant, and predictive disturbance variables are registered, and the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules in the control unit are activated, wherein an actuator carries out damping measures and/or load reduction measures on the component modules in accordance with the vibration damping modules and/or load reduction modules of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Publication number: 20120032440
    Abstract: A stationary energy generation plant includes a control device that serves to control current and energy flow. The energy generation plant includes at least one mechanically driven rotor and a generator mechanically coupled to the rotor. To this end, power electronics operationally connected to the generator enable variable energy flow from the rotor through the generator and the power electronics to a load. In order to compensate for vibrational loads on the generator side, at least one current control is made possible by means of a first intermediate circuit storage of the power electronics. In order to compensate for mechanical vibrational loads and transients of a drivetrain, an energy flow control is provided by means of at least one additional second intermediate circuit storage disposed in the power electronics and having a multiple of the storage capacity of the first intermediate circuit storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schindele, Boris Buchtala, Anton Paweletz, Bernd Schnurr, Andreas Vath
  • Patent number: 7661652
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve for brake systems in motor vehicles, comprises a hydraulic part and an electric part. The valve is partially placed inside a valve block, in which an inlet borehole and an outlet borehole for a hydraulic fluid are made. The hydraulic part comprises a valve element inside of which a transversal borehole is made that communicates with the inlet borehole. In addition, a number of longitudinal boreholes, which are connected to the outlet borehole, are made in the valve element. The transversal borehole and the longitudinal boreholes are connected via a closing element. The valve enables a controlled opening and closing of the closing element thereby making a low-noise switching of the valve possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sezgin Acar, Jens Kolarsky, Boris Buchtala, Erich Ludewig, Dietmar Sommer, Massimiliano Ambrosi, Valentin Schubitschew, Ingo Buchenau, Rafael Gonzalez Romero, Dietmar Kratzer, Michael Hilden
  • Publication number: 20080093573
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve for brake systems in motor vehicles, comprises a hydraulic part and an electric part. The valve is partially placed inside a valve block, in which an inlet borehole and an outlet borehole for a hydraulic fluid are made. The hydraulic part comprises a valve element inside of which a transversal borehole is made that communicates with the inlet borehole. In addition, a number of longitudinal boreholes, which are connected to the outlet borehole, are made in the valve element. The transversal borehole and the longitudinal boreholes are connected via a closing element. The valve enables a controlled opening and closing of the closing element thereby making a low-noise switching of the valve possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Sezgin Acar, Jens Kolarsky, Boris Buchtala, Erich Ludewig, Dietmar Sommer, Massimiliano Ambrosi, Valentin Schubitschew, Ingo Buchenau, Rafael Romero, Dietmar Kratzer, Michael Hilden