Patents by Inventor Erik Weissenborn

Erik Weissenborn 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: 11159072
    Abstract: An electrical machine (10), in particular a machine which can be operated in electric generator mode and/or in electric motor mode, comprising a rotor (14) which has a shaft (13), wherein a part of a turbomachine (68) is formed on the shaft (13) and the part is a fan (60), wherein the fan (60) has a circumference (83) with a circumferential direction (85), and a housing (63) of an electrical unit (45) is adjacent to the fan (60) and serves as a housing of the turbomachine (68), and there is a gap (65) between the fan (60) and the housing (63) of the electrical unit (45), characterized in that the gap (65) has a radial width (B65R) which has a different magnitude depending on a circumferential position (U602) on the fan (60) which is arranged on the shaft (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Ruck, Erik Weissenborn, Dimitra Neufeld, Sebastian Udich
  • Publication number: 20190165640
    Abstract: An electrical machine (10), in particular a machine which can be operated in electric generator mode and/or in electric motor mode, comprising a rotor (14) which has a shaft (13), wherein a part of a turbomachine (68) is formed on the shaft (13) and the part is a fan (60), wherein the fan (60) has a circumference (83) with a circumferential direction (85), and a housing (63) of an electrical unit (45) is adjacent to the fan (60) and serves as a housing of the turbomachine (68), and there is a gap (65) between the fan (60) and the housing (63) of the electrical unit (45), characterized in that the gap (65) has a radial width (B65R) which has a different magnitude depending on a circumferential position (U602) on the fan (60) which is arranged on the shaft (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias Ruck, Erik Weissenborn, Dimitra Neufeld, Sebastian Udich
  • Patent number: 10079094
    Abstract: A capacitor (1) wherein the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) form an overlap region (4) in which the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) are arranged parallel to one another, separated by a gap (5), on a base side (6) of the capacitor (1), directly above one another, and wherein the at least one first pole terminal (12) extends in lateral continuation of the first voltage layer (11) and, in parallel with this, the at least one second pole terminal (22) extends in lateral continuation of the second voltage layer (21) over and beyond the overlap region (4), and in this way form at least one contact lug pair (7) protruding from the base side (6) of the capacitor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 10020658
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power transmission arrangement having an electromagnetic convertor unit, the input side of which can be coupled to an AC voltage source, a first DC voltage circuit, the input side of which is coupled to the electromagnetic converter unit and the output side of which can be coupled to a first electrical DC voltage sink, and which is designed to provide a first DC voltage on the output side, and a second DC voltage circuit, the input side of which is coupled to the electromagnetic converter unit and the output side of which can be coupled to a second electrical DC voltage sink, and which is designed to provide a second DC voltage on the output side, wherein one of the DC voltage circuits has a DC voltage converter for the purpose of adjusting its output-side DC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Calin Purcarea, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler, Wolfgang Haas
  • Patent number: 9793850
    Abstract: A system for charging at least one energy reservoir cell in a controllable energy reservoir for controlling/supplying electrical energy to an n-phase electrical machine. The controllable energy reservoir has n parallel energy supply branches each having at least two series connected energy reservoir modules, each encompassing at least one electrical reservoir cell having an associated controllable coupling unit. The energy supply branches are connectable to a reference bus and a respective phase of the machine. As a function of control signals, the coupling units interrupt the respective energy supply branch or bypass the cells or switch the associated cells into the respective energy supply branch. To enable charging of at least one cell, at least two phases of the machine are connectable via at least one respective freewheeling diode to a positive pole of a charging device, and the reference bus is connectable to a negative pole of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9776518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (100) with a battery charging device (20) with output terminals and an vehicle electrical system power supply stage (10). The vehicle electrical system power supply stage has a step-up/step-down converter (12), which is designed to raise an input voltage of the vehicle electrical system power supply stage to an intermediate circuit voltage, a direct current intermediate circuit (13), which is coupled to the step-up/step-down converter (12) at intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b), and a vehicle electrical system d.c.-d.c. converter (11), which is coupled to the direct voltage intermediate circuit at the intermediate circuit nodes, and which is designed to convert the intermediate circuit voltage into a direct voltage for a vehicle electrical system (1, 2), the output terminals of the battery charging device (20) being coupled to the direct voltage intermediate circuit (13) via the intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Jochen Fassnacht
  • Patent number: 9667087
    Abstract: Switchable energy storage device (10), having: —at least two energy storage modules (1) connected in series, wherein each energy storage module (1) comprises at least one electrical energy storage cell (3) which can be connected into an operating current circuit by means of a semiconductor switch (2), characterized in that the energy storage device (10) has an electrically isolated, inductive coupling device (5) for charging the energy storage cells (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kessler, Erik Weissenborn, Peter Feuerstack
  • Patent number: 9634601
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage device for generating an n-phase supply voltage, wherein n>1, comprising n energy supply branches connected in parallel, which are each coupled to a respective output connection of the energy storage device, wherein each of the energy supply branches has a plurality of energy storage modules connected in series. The energy supply branches each have a respective energy storage cell module, which has at least one energy storage cell, and a respective coupling device having first coupling elements, which are designed to selectively connect the energy storage cell module into the respective energy supply branch or bypass the energy storage cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kessler, Erik Weissenborn
  • Publication number: 20170062132
    Abstract: A capacitor (1) wherein the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) form an overlap region (4) in which the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) are arranged parallel to one another, separated by a gap (5), on a base side (6) of the capacitor (1), directly above one another, and wherein the at least one first pole terminal (12) extends in lateral continuation of the first voltage layer (11) and, in parallel with this, the at least one second pole terminal (22) extends in lateral continuation of the second voltage layer (21) over and beyond the overlap region (4), and in this way form at least one contact lug pair (7) protruding from the base side (6) of the capacitor (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9577441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for charging energy storage cells of an energy storage device with a plurality of energy storage modules which are connected in series in an energy supply line, each energy storage module comprising an energy storage cell module which has at least one energy storage cell and comprising a coupling device with coupling elements. The coupling elements are designed to selectively connect the energy storage cell module in the energy supply line or to bridge the energy storage cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Fassnacht, Martin Kessler, Erik Weissenborn, Peter Feuerstack
  • Patent number: 9502989
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage device for generating an n-phase supply voltage for an electrical machine, where n?1, or for an inverter, with n energy supply branches connected in parallel, each of which can be connected to one of n phase lines, each of the energy supply branches comprising a plurality of series-connected energy storage modules, each comprising: an energy storage cell module and a coupling device configured to selectively connect the energy storage cell module into the respective energy supply branch or to bypass said module, the energy storage cell modules of respective first energy storage modules of an energy supply branch each comprising at least one first energy storage cell, the energy storage cell modules of respective second energy storage modules of an energy supply branch each comprising at least one second energy storage cell, and the first energy storage cells having a lower internal resistance than the second energy storage cells below a predetermined temperature thre
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9425723
    Abstract: A system includes an n-phase separately excited electrical machine, wherein n?1, and a controllable first energy store that has n parallel energy supply branches. Every energy supply branch includes a first connection that is connected to a respective phase connection of the electrical machine, and a second connection that is connected to a common reference bus. The reference bus is connected to a neutral point of the electrical machine via an exciter winding of the electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9379553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a controllable energy store (2) with n parallel energy supply branches (3-1, 3-2, 3-3), wherein n?1, each said branch having a first energy supply sub-branch (3-11; 3-21; 3-31) and a second energy supply sub-branch (3-12; 3-22; 3-32) that is connected in parallel to said first energy supply sub-branch. Each energy supply sub-branch (3-11; 3-12; 3-21; 3-22; 3-31; 3-32) has at least one energy storing module (4), each of which comprises at least one electric energy storing cell (5) with a corresponding controllable coupling unit (6). The coupling units (6) disconnect the energy supply sub-branch (3-11; 3-12; 3-21; 3-22; 3-31; 3-32) or bridge the respective corresponding energy storing cells (5) or connect the respective corresponding energy storing cells (5) into the respective energy supply sub-branch (3-11; 3-12; 3-21; 3-22; 3-31; 3-32) dependent on control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9373970
    Abstract: A system for charging at least one energy reservoir cell in a controllable energy reservoir serving to control/supply electrical energy to an n-phase electrical machine (n?2). The controllable energy reservoir has n parallel energy supply branches each having at least two series connected energy reservoir modules, each encompassing at least one electrical energy reservoir cell having an associated controllable coupling unit, are connected to a reference bus, and are connected to a respective phase of the machine. As a function of control signals, the coupling units interrupt the respective energy supply branch or bypass the associated reservoir cells or switch the associated reservoir cells into the respective energy supply branch. To charge at least one cell, at least two phases of the machine are connectable via at least one respective free-wheeling diode to a negative pole of a charging device. The reference bus is connectable to the negative pole of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9362771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an energy storage device that comprises n output connections, wherein n?2, for producing a supply voltage at each of the output connections, and n energy supply branches, which are each coupled to one of the output connections, wherein each of the energy supply branches comprises a plurality of series-connected energy storage modules that each comprise an energy storage cell module comprising at least one energy storage cell, and a coupling device having coupling elements in a full bridge circuit that is designed to connect or bridge the energy storage cell module selectively in the respective energy supply branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Holger Rapp
  • Patent number: 9350053
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage device (1) for generating an n-phase supply voltage for an electric machine (2), wherein n?1, with n energy supply branches which are connected in parallel and which can each be connected to one of n phase conductors (2a, 2b, 2c), wherein each of the energy supply branches has a large number of energy storage modules (1a, 1b) which are connected in series and which each comprise: an energy storage cell module (5, 7) which has at least one energy storage cell (5a, 7a) and a coupling device (3), which is designed to connect the energy storage cell module (5, 7) selectively into the respective energy supply branch or to bridge said energy storage cell module, wherein in each case at least one of the energy storage modules (1b) also has in each case one heating element (8) for the at least one energy storage cell (7a); and a heating device (9), which is connected to the heating elements (8) and which is designed to actuate the heating elements (8) for heating the energy
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9343914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for charging the energy storage cells of an energy storage device, which comprises: n first output connections, wherein n>1, for issuing a supply voltage at each of the output connections, a second output connection, wherein a charging device can be connected between the first output connections and the second output connection, and n parallel-connected energy supply branches, which are each coupled between a first output connection and the second output connection, wherein each of the energy supply branches comprises a plurality of series-connected energy storage modules, which each comprise an energy storage cell module comprising at least one energy storage cell, and a coupling device having coupling elements that are designed to selectively connect or bridge the energy storage cell module in the respective energy supply branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Dwertmann, Peter Feuerstack, Karlheinz Lunghard, Wolfgang Haas, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9331515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for charging at least one energy storing cell (5) in a controllable energy store (2) that is used to control and supply electric energy to an n-phase electric machine (1), wherein n ?1. The controllable energy store (2) has n parallel energy supply branches (3-1, 3-2, 3-3), each of which has at least two serially connected energy storing modules (4), each said energy storing module comprising at least one electric energy storing cell (5) with a corresponding controllable coupling unit (6). The energy supply branches (3-1, 3-2, 3-3) can be connected to a reference bus (T-), and each energy supply branch can be connected to a phase (U, V, W) of the electric machine (1). The coupling units (6) bridge the respective corresponding energy storing cells (5) or connect same into the respective energy supply branch (3-1, 3-2; 3-3) dependent on control signals. The aim of the invention is to allow at least one energy storing cell (5) to be charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9312692
    Abstract: An energy supply network has an n-phase electrical machine where n?1 and a controllable first energy reservoir which serves to control and supply electrical energy to the electrical machine. The first energy reservoir has n parallel energy supply branches that each have at least two energy reservoir modules, connected in series, that each encompass at least one electrical energy reservoir cell having an associated controllable coupling unit and are connected on the one hand to a reference bus, and on the other hand to a respective phase of the electrical machine. As a function of control signals, the coupling units either bypass the respectively associated energy reservoir cells or switch the respectively associated energy reservoir cells into the energy supply branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Feuerstack, Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 9306407
    Abstract: A battery system comprising at least two battery modules, wherein each battery module consists of at least one battery and a controllable first switching apparatus, which is designed to connect the respective battery module into a current path of the battery system or to electrically bridge the respective battery module, comprising at least one controllable second switching apparatus, which is designed to electrically connect the at least two battery modules in parallel or in series and comprising a control device, which is designed to control the controllable first switching apparatuses and the controllable second switching apparatus as a function of the requested electrical power. In addition, the present invention discloses a method of operating a battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler