Patents by Inventor Christof Rau

Christof Rau 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).

  • Method and device for correcting a signal of a sensor
    Publication number: 20090222231
    Abstract: A method and a device for correcting a signal of a sensor provide for maximally accurate drift compensation of a characteristics curve of the sensor. At least one characteristic quantity of the signal of the sensor is compared with a reference value. The signal of the sensor is corrected as a function of the comparison result. A value of the at least one characteristic quantity of the signal of the sensor derived from the signal of the sensor is formed as the reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Joachim Berger, Roland Klatt, Reinhold Danner, Heinrich Barth, Anndreas Pfaeffle, Rainer Strohmaier, Thomas Bleile, Michael Scheidt, Matthias Illing, Wolfgang Dressler, Torsten Handler, Christof Rau, Thomas Pauer, Gottfried Flik, Udo Schulz, Wolfgang Fischer, Matthias Schueler, Jan Bahlo, Jean-Pierre Hathout
  • Ceramic Resistor Element or Sensor Element
    Publication number: 20090169900
    Abstract: A ceramic resistor element or sensor element includes a ceramic substrate, which is exposable to a gas atmosphere containing carbon compounds, the ceramic substrate being provided with a coating. The coating includes copper, cerium and/or vanadium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Juergen Oberle, Pia Mondal, Thomas Brinz, Christof Rau, Ilona Ullmann, Heike Schluckwerder, Joerg Jockel, Sigrid Wagner, Jens Schneider
  • Ceramic composite
    Patent number: 6777361
    Abstract: A ceramic composite material, for example, a ceramic molded body or a layer obtained by pyrolysis of a starting mixture, containing at least one polymer precursor material and at least one filler, which has an average particle size of less than 200 nm. Such a composite material may be used, for example, for producing fibers, filters, catalyst support materials, ceramic sheathed-element glow plugs, metal-containing reactive composite materials, porous protective shells for sensors, ceramic or partially ceramic coatings or microstructured ceramic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Wolfgang Dressler, Christof Rau, Volker Knoblauch, Alexander Kloncynski, Horst Boeder
  • Sheath heater
    Patent number: 6710305
    Abstract: A sheath heater in a sheathed-type glow plug for diesel engines is described, having at least one generally internal insulation layer and at least one generally external conductive layer, both layers making up a ceramic composite structure. The sheath heater has a generally uniform overall cross-section, generally over its entire length, and, in the area of a tip of the sheath heater, the proportion of the insulation layer in the overall cross-section increases, whereas the proportion of the conductive layer in the overall cross-section decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gert Lindemann, Wilfried Aichele, Andreas Reissner, Friedericke Lindner, Christof Rau, Guenter Knoll
  • Sheath Heater
    Publication number: 20030106885
    Abstract: A sheath heater in a sheathed-type glow plug for diesel engines is described, having at least one generally internal insulation layer and at least one generally external conductive layer, both layers making up a ceramic composite structure. The sheath heater has a generally uniform overall cross-section, generally over its entire length, and, in the area of a tip of the sheath heater, the proportion of the insulation layer in the overall cross-section increases, whereas the proportion of the conductive layer in the overall cross-section decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Gert Lindemann, Wilfried Aichele, Andreas Reissner, Friedericke Lindner, Christof Rau, Guenter Knoll
  • Ceramic composite
    Publication number: 20030092557
    Abstract: A ceramic composite material, for example, a ceramic molded body or a layer obtained by pyrolysis of a starting mixture, containing at least one polymer precursor material and at least one filler, which has an average particle size of less than 200 nm. Such a composite material may be used, for example, for producing fibers, filters, catalyst support materials, ceramic sheathed-element glow plugs, metal-containing reactive composite materials, porous protective shells for sensors, ceramic or partially ceramic coatings or microstructured ceramic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Wilfried Aichele, Wolfgang Dressler, Christof Rau, Volker Knoblauch, Alexander Kloncynski, Horst Boeder