Patents by Inventor Dirk Vollmer

Dirk Vollmer 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).

  • Publication number: 20180235092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing (1), in particular for a control unit of a fan motor, having at least two housing elements (10, 30) and having a connecting element (50), wherein the housing elements (10, 30) interact with the connecting element (50), and wherein the brought-together housing elements (10, 30) form an interior region (5). According to the invention, a duct (40) is formed which, before and/or during the assembly of the housing (1), in particular before and/or during the bringing-together of the housing elements (10, 30), connects the interior region (5) and the surroundings of the housing (1) and permits a fluid flow between the interior region (5) and the surroundings, and which, upon the completion of the assembly process, is closed off by way of the interaction of at least one housing element (10, 30) and the connecting element (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Schermann, Asli Arslan-Huerst, Dirk Vollmer, Linh-Thao Stubenbord, Ralf Lehmann, Wolfgang Glueck
  • Publication number: 20160283898
    Abstract: Inventory management system having a plurality of filling devices, which are to be filled with merchandise elements, a plurality of merchandise elements in and/or at the filling devices, detector devices, which are assigned to the filling devices and/or merchandise elements, and which are for detecting sensor data that are indicative of a fill state of at least some of the filling devices with the merchandise elements, and a control device that is configured to determine a current stock of at least some of the filling devices and/or of at least some of the merchandise elements, particularly in and/or at the filling devices, on the basis of the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Herbert REUTHER, Dirk VOLLMER, Wolfgang HOHL, Oliver OBERNDÖRFER, Simon KOCH
  • Patent number: 9136549
    Abstract: A cooling system (1) for a fuel cell system (11), in particular for a vehicle, which comprises a fuel cell cooling circuit (10) for cooling the fuel cell system (11), and a battery cooling circuit (20) for cooling a battery (21), with an exchange of thermal energy between the fuel cell cooling circuit (10) and the battery cooling circuit (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Vollmer, Oliver Pfeil
  • Publication number: 20130022888
    Abstract: A cooling system (1) for a fuel cell system (11), in particular for a vehicle, which comprises a fuel cell cooling circuit (10) for cooling the fuel cell system (11), and a battery cooling circuit (20) for cooling a battery (21), with an exchange of thermal energy between the fuel cell cooling circuit (10) and the battery cooling circuit (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vollmer, Oliver Pfeil
  • Publication number: 20120090905
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric drive (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) for a vehicle (1), in particular a motor vehicle. The electric drive (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) has an electric motor (10), wherein the electric motor (10) has at least one electric drive means (12, 14, 16) for producing a rotary movement. The electric drive (10, 12, 14, 16) also has a heating apparatus (20, 22, 25) which is operatively connected to the electric motor (10) and is designed to dissipate operating heat losses (34), which are produced by the electric motor (10) during production of the rotary movement, and to transfer them to a passenger compartment (26) of the vehicle (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vollmer, Andreas Ewert, Markus Liedel, Thomas Helming
  • Patent number: 8104739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulse valve (10) with a closing body (18) that cooperates with a valve seat (22) and, in a first switching position, establishes a flow connection between a supply channel (12) and a discharge channel (14) and, in a second switching position, blocks the flow connection. The closing body (18) periodically alternates between the two switching positions during the actuation of the pulse valve (10), its movement being hydraulically damped by a throttle point (70). It is provided that the hydraulic damping occurs only in a subrange of motion (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Vollmer, Reinhold Weible
  • Publication number: 20070158603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulse valve (10) with a closing body (18) that cooperates with a valve seat (22) and, in a first switching position, establishes a flow connection between a supply channel (12) and a discharge channel (14) and, in a second switching position, blocks the flow connection. The closing body (18) periodically alternates between the two switching positions during the actuation of the pulse valve (10), its movement being hydraulically damped by a throttle point (70). It is provided that the hydraulic damping occurs only in a subrange of motion (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Dirk Vollmer, Reinhold Weible
  • Publication number: 20030051759
    Abstract: The invention concerns a valve for controlling flow volumes in the heating and cooling system of a motor vehicle comprising a valve housing (12, 112, 212) and a valve chamber (14, 114, 214) from which at least one intake passage (16, 116, 216) and at least one outlet passage (18, 118, 218) branch off, and comprising at least one valve flap (28, 128, 228) that is arranged in the valve chamber (14, 114, 214) and is rotatable around the axis of a shaft (34, 134, 234), which said valve flap has a valve linkage (30, 130, 230) and a valve sealing head (32, 132, 232) that interacts with at least one valve seat (22, 122, 222) of the valve chamber (14, 114, 214).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Roland Schmidt, Gerta Rocklage, Dirk Vollmer, Nizar Taghouti, Claude Berling