Patents by Inventor Franco Zeleny

Franco Zeleny 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: 10998656
    Abstract: An electrical assembly for a motor vehicle transmission includes a printed circuit board (PCB), at least two contact surfaces, at least two contact elements, and a potting compound. The PCB has a component side and the two contact surfaces are arranged on the component side. The contact elements are each electrically connected by a PCB-side first end portion to one of the contact surfaces. The potting compound is arranged on the component side of the PCB, and the contact elements are partly embedded therein. The potting compound directly contacts the contact surfaces and the PCB-side end portions of the contact elements and covers the same. The contact elements protrude from the potting compound by second end portions facing away from the PCB. The electrical assembly includes a chip protection frame that protrudes outward from the potting compound and forms contact chambers for the second end portions of the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd-Guenter Sippel, Peter Zweigle, Helmut Deringer, Franco Zeleny, Uwe Katzenwadel, Jens Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20200194912
    Abstract: An electrical assembly for a motor vehicle transmission includes a printed circuit board (PCB), at least two contact surfaces, at least two contact elements, and a potting compound. The PCB has a component side and the two contact surfaces are arranged on the component side. The contact elements are each electrically connected by a PCB-side first end portion to one of the contact surfaces. The potting compound is arranged on the component side of the PCB, and the contact elements are partly embedded therein. The potting compound directly contacts the contact surfaces and the PCB-side end portions of the contact elements and covers the same. The contact elements protrude from the potting compound by second end portions facing away from the PCB. The electrical assembly includes a chip protection frame that protrudes outward from the potting compound and forms contact chambers for the second end portions of the contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Bernd-Guenter Sippel, Peter Zweigle, Helmut Deringer, Franco Zeleny, Uwe Katzenwadel, Jens Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10148020
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a first electrical component with a first conductor, a second electrical component with a second conductor, and an accommodating chamber which is formed on the electrical assembly and in which an electrical contact point between the first and second conductors is arranged. The first conductor is arranged in a first insulating part and has at a free conductor end that protrudes from the first insulating part. The second conductor is arranged in a second insulating part and has a free conductor end that protrudes from the second insulating part. The accommodating chamber is partially filled with a potting mass such that the contact point and the free conductor ends are covered by the potting mass and the potting mass is bounded by an inner wall of the accommodating chamber. The inner wall of the accommodating chamber is formed by wall surfaces of the insulating parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Zweigle, Franco Zeleny
  • Publication number: 20160315401
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a first electrical component with a first conductor, a second electrical component with a second conductor, and an accommodating chamber which is formed on the electrical assembly and in which an electrical contact point between the first and second conductors is arranged. The first conductor is arranged in a first insulating part and has at a free conductor end that protrudes from the first insulating part. The second conductor is arranged in a second insulating part and has a free conductor end that protrudes from the second insulating part. The accommodating chamber is partially filled with a potting mass such that the contact point and the free conductor ends are covered by the potting mass and the potting mass is bounded by an inner wall of the accommodating chamber. The inner wall of the accommodating chamber is formed by wall surfaces of the insulating parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Peter ZWEIGLE, Franco ZELENY
  • Publication number: 20120080849
    Abstract: A seal for a perpendicular plug feed-through is disclosed for electrically contacting a control device which is arranged within a housing. The seal includes a sealing piece which has at least one sealing lip and which is surrounded by a guiding piece. The sealing piece has at least one sealing lip, which is designed in a circumferential manner or in alternating segmentation and which has a slope declining in the radial direction towards the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Zweigle, Franco Zeleny
  • Patent number: 6910719
    Abstract: A connecting device (20) for connecting a connection hose or connection tube to a receiving device includes a tubular connection neck (2), an actuating sleeve (28), and a support sleeve (38). The receiving device, to which the connecting device (20) can be connected, includes at least one detent element, which is actuatable by means of at least one actuating element mounted on the receiving device. The connection neck (2) is connectable to the connection hose or connection tube and has a detent lug (20) or detent groove, which can be brought into engagement with the detent element of the receiving device. The actuating sleeve (28) serves to actuate the actuating element of the receiving device. The support sleeve (38) is braced on the receiving device and is axially displaceable relative to the actuating sleeve (28), prestressing a first spring (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Franco Zeleny, Thomas Raff
  • Patent number: 6860008
    Abstract: A method for producing fuel rails, which contain a hollow chamber that communicates with a fuel source via a connection. The fuel rail supplies fuel to a number of injection valves. At least one preassembled unit of an injection valve is integrated into the fuel rail by means of a materially adhesive connection during the production of the fuel rail and an electrical contacting of the individual injection valves is produced at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Bodenhausen, Franco Zeleny, Horst Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20040000292
    Abstract: An intake tract for an internal combustion engine, including a number of divided intake line sections corresponding to the number of cylinders in the internal combustion engine. These intake line sections are mountable on the internal combustion engine in the intake area. A fuel distributor and at least one injector supply fuel to the combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine. At least one injector unit, the mounting locations thereof as well as fuel supply components and their contacting elements are integrated into a cover element to be joined to a lower-shell-shaped intake manifold section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Bodenhausen, Franco Zeleny, Horst Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20030019477
    Abstract: A method for producing fuel rails, which contain a hollow chamber that communicates with a fuel source via a connection. The fuel rail supplies fuel to a number of injection valves. At least one preassembled unit of an injection valve is integrated into the fuel rail by means of a materially adhesive connection during the production of the fuel rail and an electrical contacting of the individual injection valves is produced at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Bodenhausen, Franco Zeleny, Horst Kirschner