Patents by Inventor Chris Schimmel

Chris Schimmel 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: 11165226
    Abstract: A spark plug is provided, including a housing, an insulator situated within a housing, the insulator having a longitudinal axis, an insulator foot, body, head, and seat. Inside the housing is a housing seat which is in contact with the insulator seat of the insulator. An inner seal is situated between the housing seat and the insulator seat, so that the inner seal, the housing seat, and the insulator seat form a sealing system. The insulator seat includes a step that has a first section and a second section having an angle ? to one another that is greater than 0° and the first section being parallel to the insulator longitudinal axis. The inner seal is in contact with this first section, so that a radial sealing surface is formed at the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Herzberg, Chris Schimmel
  • Publication number: 20210151958
    Abstract: A spark plug is provided, including a housing, an insulator situated within a housing, the insulator having a longitudinal axis, an insulator foot, body, head, and seat. Inside the housing is a housing seat which is in contact with the insulator seat of the insulator. An inner seal is situated between the housing seat and the insulator seat, so that the inner seal, the housing seat, and the insulator seat form a sealing system. The insulator seat includes a step that has a first section and a second section having an angle ? to one another that is greater than 0° and the first section being parallel to the insulator longitudinal axis. The inner seal is in contact with this first section, so that a radial sealing surface is formed at the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias Herzberg, Chris Schimmel
  • Patent number: 10916921
    Abstract: A spark plug includes an insulator, a housing, and a deformable sealing washer disposed between the insulator and the housing, the insulator having an annular full-perimeter shoulder against which the sealing washer rests, and the shoulder having a radius in a range of between 0.20 mm and 0.60 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Schimmel, Ugur Yilmaz
  • Patent number: 10886705
    Abstract: A spark plug is described as including an insulator which is situated in a spark plug housing and which has a longitudinal axis and an opening along the longitudinal axis. Furthermore, a center electrode is situated in the opening of the insulator. Furthermore, at least one ground electrode is provided at the spark plug housing. The insulator has a first insulator section and a second insulator section, the first insulator section extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis over a first insulator section length having a first inner diameter. The second insulator section extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis over a second insulator section length having a second inner diameter. Here, the first inner diameter is smaller than the second inner diameter, the first insulator section merging directly into the second insulator section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ugur Yilmaz, Chris Schimmel, Helene Kasjanow, Hermann Kersting
  • Publication number: 20200014176
    Abstract: A spark plug includes an insulator, a housing, and a deformable sealing washer disposed between the insulator and the housing, the insulator having an annular full-perimeter shoulder against which the sealing washer rests, and the shoulder having a radius in a range of between 0.20 mm and 0.60 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Chris Schimmel, Ugur Yilmaz
  • Publication number: 20190296525
    Abstract: A spark plug is described as including an insulator which is situated in a spark plug housing and which has a longitudinal axis and an opening along the longitudinal axis. Furthermore, a center electrode is situated in the opening of the insulator. Furthermore, at least one ground electrode is provided at the spark plug housing. The insulator has a first insulator section and a second insulator section, the first insulator section extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis over a first insulator section length having a first inner diameter. The second insulator section extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis over a second insulator section length having a second inner diameter. Here, the first inner diameter is smaller than the second inner diameter, the first insulator section merging directly into the second insulator section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Ugur Yilmaz, Chris Schimmel, Helene Kasjanow, Hermann Kersting
  • Patent number: 10340665
    Abstract: A spark plug, including an insulator, a casing including a sealing surface, and a gasket which rests against the sealing surface, the sealing surface including a plurality of recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ba Thien Chuong Vo, Chris Schimmel
  • Publication number: 20180323582
    Abstract: A spark plug, including an insulator, a casing including a sealing surface, and a gasket which rests against the sealing surface, the sealing surface including a plurality of recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ba Thien Chuong Vo, Chris Schimmel
  • Patent number: 9979161
    Abstract: A spark plug with an improved heat-dissipating capacity of the center electrode. The spark plug includes a ground electrode, a center electrode and a ceramic insulator, which is designed to accommodate the center electrode. The center electrode has a center-electrode head which lies in the direction of an electrical connection region of the spark plug and which includes an end face that is in contact with an electrically conductive connection element disposed between the electrical connection region and the center-electrode head. At its outer periphery, the center-electrode head is at least regionally in heat-conducting contact with the ceramic insulator and forms a heat-conducting contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Chris Schimmel, Nicolai Claus
  • Publication number: 20170338629
    Abstract: A spark plug with an improved heat-dissipating capacity of the center electrode. The spark plug includes a ground electrode, a center electrode and a ceramic insulator, which is designed to accommodate the center electrode. The center electrode has a center-electrode head which lies in the direction of an electrical connection region of the spark plug and which includes an end face that is in contact with an electrically conductive connection element disposed between the electrical connection region and the center-electrode head. At its outer periphery, the center-electrode head is at least regionally in heat-conducting contact with the ceramic insulator and forms a heat-conducting contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Chris Schimmel, Nicolai Claus
  • Patent number: 7727016
    Abstract: In a plug for an electrical plug connection, having a contact carrier joined together of an upper part and a lower part, the upper part and the lower part having plug chambers that are aligned with one another, and the plug chambers of the lower part having electrical contacts for contacting by electrical contacts of a mating connector that reach through the plug chambers of the upper part, having a matting seal for sealing the plug chambers and having a pressure plate pressing on the matting seal, it is provided that the matting seal is situated between the upper and lower parts of the contact carrier, and the pressure plate is integrated into the upper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mohamed Lamdiziz, Chris Schimmel
  • Publication number: 20070249214
    Abstract: In a plug for an electrical plug connection, having a contact carrier joined together of an upper part and a lower part, the upper part and the lower part having plug chambers that are aligned with one another, and the plug chambers of the lower part having electrical contacts for contacting by electrical contacts of a mating connector that reach through the plug chambers of the upper part, having a matting seal for sealing the plug chambers and having a pressure plate pressing on the matting seal, it is provided that the matting seal is situated between the upper and lower parts of the contact carrier, and the pressure plate is integrated into the upper part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Mohamed Lamdiziz, Chris Schimmel