Patents by Inventor Felix Hess

Felix Hess 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: 20190249693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge pressure scale (30) consisting of at least one valve housing (41) having at least three fluid connection points in the form of a functional connector (A), a return flow connector (T) and a control connector (28), wherein a valve piston (52) is guided such that it moves longitudinally against the effect of an energy accumulator (42), moving from a respective opening or regulating position, against a valve seat (94), into a closed position, wherein the control (28) and return flow connectors (T) are separated from one another, characterised in that the fluid pressure present at the control connector (28) can be guided onto a pressure-active surface (A1*) of the valve piston (52) by means of a pressure compensation device (70) in such a way that it moves into its respective opening or regulating position in a pressure-compensated manner due to the force of the energy accumulator (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Philipp HILZENDEGEN, Markus BILL, Maximilian Felix HESS
  • Patent number: 10282992
    Abstract: A method, which can be performed by a system executing instructions on a computer-readable medium, for generating space to park for a motor vehicle includes determining a need for a parking area in a geographic area that includes a roadway, determining a need for road space for the roadway, determining, based on the determined need for the parking area and the determined need for road space, whether a lateral region of the roadway should be set for use as a parking area, and, in response to a positive result of the determination, setting the lateral region of the roadway for use as the parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Murphy, Felix Hess, Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180253970
    Abstract: A method, which can be performed by a system executing instructions on a computer-readable medium, for generating space to park for a motor vehicle includes determining a need for a parking area in a geographic area that includes a roadway, determining a need for road space for the roadway, determining, based on the determined need for the parking area and the determined need for road space, whether a lateral region of the roadway should be set for use as a parking area, and, in response to a positive result of the determination, setting the lateral region of the roadway for use as the parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Murphy, Felix Hess, Gerrit Quast, Stefan Nordbruch
  • Publication number: 20180039291
    Abstract: A pressure-regulating valve having a valve piston (I0) which is subjected to the action of an energy store and which is guided in longitudinally displaceable fashion in a valve housing (12), which valve housing has ports such as a supply port (14), a utility port (16) and a tank port (18), which ports can be actuated, by way of a control part (20) which closes with a sealing action, such that, in the case of a fluidic connection from the supply port to the utility port, a pressure reduction function is realized, and in the case of a fluidic connection from the utility port to the tank port, a pressure-limiting function is realized, characterized in that the control part (20) has a control rod (22) with two control bodies (24, 26) held spaced apart from one another, of which control bodies one (24) controls at least the fluidic connection between supply port (14) and utility port (16), and the other control body (26) controls at least the fluidic connection between utility port (16) and tank port (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Maximilian Felix HESS, Markus BILL
  • Patent number: 9884620
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of a motor vehicle on a traffic area of a parking facility includes the steps of scanning a camera image of the traffic area including the motor vehicle, determining a position of the motor vehicle based on the camera image, scanning the motor vehicle with the aid of a stationary sensor on the traffic area, and validating or correcting the determined position based on the scanning with the aid of the stationary sensor. The stationary sensor is configured like a parking facility sensor, which is configured to determine the presence of a motor vehicle parked in a parking space of the parking facility, the parking space being reachable with the aid of the motor vehicle via the traffic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Felix Hess
  • Publication number: 20170303190
    Abstract: A method for communicating between a parking facility management system of a parking facility and a motor vehicle driving in a driverless fashion within the parking facility, the parking facility including multiple spatially distributed base stations, based on a present position of the motor vehicle within the parking facility and on a digital map of the parking facility, which includes the positions of the multiple base stations, a base station being selected from the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is to change next from a present base station of the multiple base stations to which the motor vehicle is presently connected, to connect itself to the selected base station in order to communicate with the parking facility management system. A corresponding device, a motor vehicle, a parking facility management system, and a computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Florian Koch, Felix Hess, Muhammad Irfan Rafique
  • Publication number: 20170284376
    Abstract: A method for measuring a load on a rotor blade of a wind power plant includes deriving a deflection of the rotor blade from an acceleration value, determining a signal drift component of the deflection by using an absolute value, and determining the load by using the signal drift component and the deflection and material characteristics of the rotor blade. The acceleration value represents an acceleration on the rotor blade, and the absolute value represents an absolute measured value from an absolute sensor on the rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Boris Buchtala, Felix Hess
  • Patent number: 9617978
    Abstract: A method for preventing a lateral oscillation of a tower of a wind power installation having at least two rotor blades with adjustable attitude angles includes determining a manipulated variable for setting the attitude angles on the basis of information about a pitch torque and a yaw torque of the head of the tower. In this context, a counteracting torque is generated which counteracts the pitch torque and the yaw torque without exciting a lateral oscillation of the tower if the attitude angles are set on the basis of the manipulated variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Boris Buchtala
  • Publication number: 20160318510
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of a motor vehicle on a traffic area of a parking facility includes the steps of scanning a camera image of the traffic area including the motor vehicle, determining a position of the motor vehicle based on the camera image, scanning the motor vehicle with the aid of a stationary sensor on the traffic area, and validating or correcting the determined position based on the scanning with the aid of the stationary sensor. The stationary sensor is configured like a parking facility sensor, which is configured to determine the presence of a motor vehicle parked in a parking space of the parking facility, the parking space being reachable with the aid of the motor vehicle via the traffic area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Felix HESS
  • Patent number: 8955394
    Abstract: A device for measuring the torque, the direction of rotation, and the speed of rotation of a shaft of a transmission, in particular an output shaft of an azimuth transmission, includes bands configured to be mounted in a fixed position on an outer circumference of the shaft. The bands are configured to be detected by measuring sensors and allow torsion of the shaft to be measured. Each of the measuring sensors has a Hall effect sensor, and the bands are respectively arranged at two different positions on the outer circumference of the shaft. Each of the bands includes polygonal apertures and/or depressions having webs located between the apertures and/or depressions. The webs are configured to be detected by the measuring sensors. A method includes operating the device to measure the torque, the direction of rotation, and the speed of rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Voss, Felix Hess, Ralf Schmidt, Jochen Fehse, Ulrich Vieth
  • Publication number: 20140161610
    Abstract: A method for reducing a pitching moment that loads a rotor of a wind power plant includes determining a manipulated variable in order to set an azimuth angle of the wind power plant. A horizontal oblique incoming flow against the rotor is brought about by a wind acting on the rotor by use of the azimuth angle so as to reduce a portion of the pitching moment that is caused by vertical wind shear acting on the wind power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Stefan Kapp
  • Publication number: 20130272874
    Abstract: A method for determining a bending angle of a rotor blade of a wind turbine system includes step of reading in an acceleration signal which represents an acceleration of the rotor blade acting essentially perpendicularly with respect to a rotor plane. In addition, the method includes a step of determining the bending angle of the rotor blade of the wind turbine using the acceleration signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Martin Voss, Boris Buchtala, Christian Eitner
  • Publication number: 20130209254
    Abstract: A method for preventing a lateral oscillation of a tower of a wind power installation having at least two rotor blades with adjustable attitude angles includes determining a manipulated variable for setting the attitude angles on the basis of information about a pitch torque and a yaw torque of the head of the tower. In this context, a counteracting torque is generated which counteracts the pitch torque and the yaw torque without exciting a lateral oscillation of the tower if the attitude angles are set on the basis of the manipulated variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Hess, Boris Buchtala
  • Publication number: 20130191043
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining an estimated value for at least one measured variable of a wind turbine. The measured variable represents a bending torque on a blade root of a rotor blade of the wind turbine from a rotor plane. The method includes reading in the measured variable and an angle of attack for the rotor blade. The method further includes adapting a model, which simulates an estimated value of the measured variable on the basis of a modeling instruction for a relationship between the measured variable and the angle of attack. The model is adapted using the read-in measured variable and the read-in angle of attack. The method also includes providing the estimated value for the at least one measured variable using the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosh GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Eitner, Felix Hess, Martin Voss, Boris Buchtala