Patents by Inventor Dirk Merbold

Dirk Merbold 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: 5897302
    Abstract: The invention is based on a reciprocating piston pump having two radial pistons disposed symmetrically to one another, which are drivable to a reciprocating motion by an eccentric disposed between them and are held in contact with the eccentric by a hoop spring that engages the pistons. For ease of installation, the invention proposes embodying the hoop spring as a bent wire part, with two open, hooklike eyelets on their ends, which ends are inserted into annular grooves of the pistons and enter into a snap connection with them in order to hold the pistons tightly against the eccentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Siegel, Ernst-Dieter Schaefer, Guenter Krenz, Dirk Merbold
  • Patent number: 5374167
    Abstract: A feed pump for a hydraulic system that is equipped with at least one outlet valve whose valve-closing body is loaded by a valve spring. The valve-closing body is held at a distance form its valve seat by means of a gas-filled hollow-body ring so that the feed pump can be evacuated through its outlet valve for subsequent filling with a hydraulic pressure medium. With a first increase in pressure in the system, the hollow-body ring is pressed together, so that the valve-closing body slips through the hollow-body ring and reaches its valve seat, thus making the outlet valve operational. The feed pump is suitable for use as a return pump for anti-skid systems of hydraulic brake systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Merbold