Patents by Inventor Detlef Prahl

Detlef Prahl 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: 9673686
    Abstract: In an electronically commutated DC motor having a stator unit (5) and a rotor unit (1) which is in the form of an external rotor, and having stationary sintered bearings (8, 9), the invention proposes that the rotor unit (1) is conductively connected to the shaft (3) in order to connect a conductive shielding, which is formed on the rotor unit (1), to a defined electrical potential, and that the sintered bearing (8, 9) is conductively connected to the potential, so that the shielding of the rotor unit (1) is capacitively coupled to the potential by means of the electrically insulating, oil-filled bearing gap which is arranged between the shaft (3) and the sintered bearing (8, 9). Therefore, a sliding contact is not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Rothfuss, Michael Maelzer, Juergen Munz, Michael Hermann, Detlef Prahl, Siegmar Schoser, Joerg Brandes, Andreas Schiel, Tamas Banky, Zsolt Dudas
  • Publication number: 20150171713
    Abstract: In an electronically commutated DC motor having a stator unit (5) and a rotor unit (1) which is in the form of an external rotor, and having stationary sintered bearings (8, 9), the invention proposes that the rotor unit (1) is conductively connected to the shaft (3) in order to connect a conductive shielding, which is formed on the rotor unit (1), to a defined electrical potential, and that the sintered bearing (8, 9) is conductively connected to the potential, so that the shielding of the rotor unit (1) is capacitively coupled to the potential by means of the electrically insulating, oil-filled bearing gap which is arranged between the shaft (3) and the sintered bearing (8, 9). Therefore, a sliding contact is not required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Tobias Rothfuss, Michael Maelzer, Juergen Munz, Michael Hermann, Detlef Prahl, Siegmar Schoser, Joerg Brandes, Andreas Schiel, Tamas Banky, Zsolt Dudas
  • Publication number: 20120093650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan wheel (6) for a blower module (2), comprising a hub (5) and a radial fan ring (8) composed of a plurality of fan blades (12) and further comprising means for resolving imbalances in the fan wheel (6). According to the invention, balancing weights (18) can be fastened to the radial ends of the fan blades (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Huber, Detlef Prahl
  • Publication number: 20110229349
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan device for a vehicle, the fan device comprising a regulating device and a motor for actuating a ventilation device of the fan device, characterized in that the fan device is designed such that the motor and the regulating device can be cooled by a common air flow of the ventilation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schiel, Dubravko Barkic, Martin Huber, Christian Aumann, Detlef Prahl
  • Patent number: 6359363
    Abstract: A small commutator motor (1), in particular a blower motor for motor vehicles, has a rotor shaft (2) rotatably mounted in at least one rotor bearing (12) in a motor housing (8, 9). A commutator (18) and an armature winding (21) electrically connected with the commutator (18) are arranged on the rotor shaft (2) so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it. Further, brush guides (11) for receiving brushes (16) held in sliding contact at the commutator (18) and an end shield (10) which fixes the first rotor bearing (12) in place are provided. The end shield (10) and the brush guides (11) are formed as a one-piece structural component part which is a component part of the motor housing (8, 9) as a first motor housing part (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Foerstera, Hartmut Nitzsche, Bernhard Merschroth, Detlef Prahl, Michael Hermann
  • Patent number: 5422528
    Abstract: A drum commutator for electrical machines has an isolating material drum and a plurality of commutator plates composed of an electrically conductive material, the commutator plates being mounted on a periphery of the isolating material drum near one another and electrically separated from one another by axial slots, each of the commutator plates being provided with a surface coating composed of carbon material and with a connecting lug for an armature winding of an electrical machine, each of the commutator plates having at least one depression at its lower side placed on the isolating material drum and being also provided with a radial passage which opens in the depression and has a reduced size relative to the depression, the carbon material of the surface coating filling the passage and the depression as a one-piece structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Detlef Prahl
  • Patent number: 5312195
    Abstract: An electromagnetic driving device for driving a print needle of a printer employing an E-shaped magnetic yoke. In order to improve print speed, the armature and arms of the yoke are specifically dimensioned. The precise lengths and widths of the armature and yoke provide an inductive circuit that minimizes both magnetic losses and inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
    Inventors: Dieter Grandke, Heinrich Hoffmann, Detlef Prahl, Ralf Reinkemeier, Rolf Roeschlein