Patents by Inventor Dietrich Eckstein

Dietrich Eckstein 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: 11757337
    Abstract: An electric machine (10), in particular for the adjustment of movable parts in the motor vehicle, includes a stator housing (22) which receives a stator (12) and a rotor (14), the rotor (14) having a rotor shaft (16), on which a commutator (18) is arranged and which can be energized by electric brushes (20), and the stator housing (22) having an axial opening (24), through which the rotor shaft (16) protrudes out of the stator housing (22), an electrically conducting shielding plate (29) being inserted axially between a brush holder plate (55) and a bearing plate (56) for the rotor shaft (16) in order to form a sandwich component (70), the sandwich component (70) extending transversely with respect to the rotor shaft (16) and covering substantially the entire opening (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Benecke, Bettina Straub, Dietrich Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20220060089
    Abstract: An electric machine (10), in particular for the adjustment of movable parts in the motor vehicle, includes a stator housing (22) which receives a stator (12) and a rotor (14), the rotor (14) having a rotor shaft (16), on which a commutator (18) is arranged and which can be energized by electric brushes (20), and the stator housing (22) having an axial opening (24), through which the rotor shaft (16) protrudes out of the stator housing (22), an electrically conducting shielding plate (29) being inserted axially between a brush holder plate (55) and a bearing plate (56) for the rotor shaft (16) in order to form a sandwich component (70), the sandwich component (70) extending transversely with respect to the rotor shaft (16) and covering substantially the entire opening (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Benecke, Bettina Straub, Dietrich Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20170187266
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric machine (10) with commutating brushes (12) and an electric interference-suppression component (14). The brushes (12) are arranged in an annular brush support (18), and the brush support (18) sits on an axial end (22) of a housing part (24) of the electric machine (10), which is preferably a pole housing (240). The interference-suppression component (14) is arranged radially outside of the housing (24), and the brush support (18) has a protrusion (30) which extends in the radial direction (2). The protrusion (30) extends radially towards the outside so as to extend outside of the housing (24), the interference-suppression component (14) being arranged on the protrusion (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Andras Paroczi, Andreas Lienig, Bettina Straub, Dietrich Eckstein
  • Patent number: 6288468
    Abstract: Proposed is a commutation device for a direct-current motor, designed to improve the ripples in the signal course (40, 50) for the commutation current, so as to obtain reliably and error-free speed information with the aid of an electronic circuit. With the commutation device design according to the invention, the longitudinal edges of the collector bars (11, 21, 31) form an angle (&agr;) of more than zero degrees with the front longitudinal edge (18, 28, 38) of the contact face (16, 26, 36). On the one hand, this results in a reduction of the brush noise (airborne sound) and, on the other hand, in a lowering of the noise development (structure-born sound).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Eckstein, Hans Bertsch