Patents by Inventor Frank Nitsche

Frank Nitsche 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: 11261853
    Abstract: A piston pump, in particular a high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, includes a pump housing, a pump piston, and a delivery chamber that is delimited at least by the pump housing and the pump piston. The piston pump further includes a seal configured to seal the delivery chamber and a separate guide element configured to guide the pump piston. The seal and the guide element are arranged between the pump piston and the pump housing. The seal is formed as a plastic ring with a substantially sleeve-shaped base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Andreas Plisch, Dietmar Uhlenbrock, Olaf Schoenrock, Jurij Giesler, Ekrem Cakir
  • Patent number: 11168677
    Abstract: A piston pump, in particular high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, includes a pump housing, a pump piston and a conveying chamber defined at least by the pump piston and the pump housing. A seal for sealing the conveying chamber and a separate guide element for guiding the pump piston may be arranged between the pump piston and the pump housing. The seal is designed as a metal sleeve, and may have a radially outwardly projecting web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Olaf Schoenrock, Jurij Giesler, Andreas Plisch, Dietmar Uhlenbrock, Ekrem Cakir
  • Patent number: 10890167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
  • Publication number: 20200224646
    Abstract: A piston pump, in particular high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, includes a pump housing, a pump piston and a conveying chamber defined at least by the pump piston and the pump housing. A seal for sealing the conveying chamber and a separate guide element for guiding the pump piston may be arranged between the pump piston and the pump housing. The seal is designed as a metal sleeve, and may have a radially outwardly projecting web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Olaf Schoenrock, Jurij Giesler, Andreas Plisch, Dietmar Uhlenbrock, Ekrem Cakir
  • Publication number: 20200191129
    Abstract: A piston pump, in particular a high-pressure fuel pump for an internal combustion engine, includes a pump housing, a pump piston, and a delivery chamber that is delimited at least by the pump housing and the pump piston. The piston pump further includes a seal configured to seal the delivery chamber and a separate guide element configured to guide the pump piston. The seal and the guide element are arranged between the pump piston and the pump housing. The seal is formed as a plastic ring with a substantially sleeve-shaped base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Andreas Plisch, Dietmar Uhlenbrock, Olaf Schoenrock, Jurij Giesler, Ekrem Cakir
  • Patent number: 10619628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel pump (1) which comprises a pump housing (2), a delivery element (3) for delivering fuel, a heat-generating actuator (4) for actuating the delivery element (3), a first fuel path (5) which leads from an inlet (20) to a delivery space (7), and a second fuel path (6) which leads from the inlet (20) past the heat-generating actuator (4) to a first housing opening (21), wherein the first housing opening (21) is arranged above the inlet (20) in the vertical direction (V). The present invention also relates to a fuel pump arrangement which comprises a fuel pump (1) according to the invention and a fuel tank (10) in which the fuel pump (1) is at least partially and preferably entirely arranged. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel pump (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Gmbh
    Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Joerg Heyse, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Tim Reule
  • Patent number: 10443587
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing with a housing wall and a damping device configured to damp inlet-side pressure pulses by varying a damping volume with an elastically deformable wall. At least one section of the elastically deformable wall is formed from one or more of at least one part of a jacket-like area of the housing wall and at least one part of a sealing support. The section is embodied such that it includes at least one main part configured to vary the damping volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Juergen Koreck, Andreas Plisch, Gerd Teike
  • Publication number: 20180340522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
  • Publication number: 20170268469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel pump (1) which comprises a pump housing (2), a delivery element (3) for delivering fuel, a heat-generating actuator (4) for actuating the delivery element (3), a first fuel path (5) which leads from an inlet (20) to a delivery space (7), and a second fuel path (6) which leads from the inlet (20) past the heat-generating actuator (4) to a first housing opening (21), wherein the first housing opening (21) is arranged above the inlet (20) in the vertical direction (V). The present invention also relates to a fuel pump arrangement which comprises a fuel pump (1) according to the invention and a fuel tank (10) in which the fuel pump (1) is at least partially and preferably entirely arranged. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel pump (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Joerg Heyse, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Tim Reule
  • Publication number: 20170254317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for injection systems for motorized two-wheeled vehicles and/or for motorized three-wheeled vehicles, which piston pump comprises a housing, at least one magnetic coil, a cylinder, a piston arranged in the cylinder, and an armature plate having a stop for the piston, wherein the piston can be moved in the direction of the stop by a magnetic field produced by the magnetic coil, and wherein a magnetic circuit can be formed in the piston pump on the basis of the magnetic field, wherein in particular the piston, the cylinder, the housing, the armature plate, and the stop are components of the magnetic circuit, wherein at the stop-side reversal point of the piston, in particular when the piston hits the stop, the magnetic circuit has at least one region that has a non-magnetic material, in particular having a relative permeability ?r of not greater than 1.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
  • Publication number: 20160131120
    Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing with a housing wall and a damping device configured to damp inlet-side pressure pulses by varying a damping volume with an elastically deformable wall. At least one section of the elastically deformable wall is formed from one or more of at least one part of a jacket-like area of the housing wall and at least one part of a sealing support. The section is embodied such that it includes at least one main part configured to vary the damping volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Juergen Koreck, Andreas Plisch, Gerd Teike
  • Publication number: 20150285164
    Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine is configured to operate with at least two fuel types, and includes an electrically driven high-pressure fuel pump for at least one of the two fuel types. The high-pressure fuel pump is connected on an outlet side to a high-pressure line which is common to the two fuel types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Gluschke, Frank Nitsche, Martin Maier, Winfried Langer, Peter Schenk, Thorsten Allgeier, Henri Barbier
  • Patent number: 9039539
    Abstract: An arrangement transmits a torque between a shaft and a hub. The hub has at least approximately the interior geometry of an equilateral n-sided polygon, the side surfaces of which at least approximately bear against a clutch portion, which is of circular overall cross section, of the shaft, and wherein the shaft has at least one driver portion which is rotationally conjoint with respect to the clutch portion and which extends in the direction of a corner of the n-sided polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flo, Frank Nitsche, Juergen Arnold
  • Patent number: 8985186
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a mostly linearly displaceable sleeve for forming at least one piston pin bore and at least one slider that can be displaced at least mostly linearly and diagonally to the sleeve for forming at least one recess under a ring zone of the piston. The sleeve and the slider are at least indirectly coupled, such that the sleeve at least partially carries the slider when displaced. A method for opening and/or closing a casting device for a piston for an internal combustion engine, wherein a mostly linearly displaceable sleeve at least partially carries a slider that can be displaced mostly linearly and diagonally to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Nitsche, Achim Jager
  • Publication number: 20140305409
    Abstract: A fuel system comprises a first reservoir for a first fuel in liquid phase that has a first vapor pressure, and a second reservoir for a second fuel in liquid phase that has a second vapor pressure. The second vapor pressure is higher than the first vapor pressure. The fuel system further includes a mixing device for mixing the first fuel in liquid phase with the second fuel in liquid phase, and an injector which is hydraulically connected to the mixing device and is configured so that as, or immediately after, the mixture passes through an outlet opening of the injector, the second fuel changes from the liquid phase to a gaseous phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Arndt, Siamend Flo, Alexander Gluschke, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Martin Maier, Roman Grzeszik, Henri Barbier, Andreas Herzig, Winfried Langer, Guenther Hohl, Juergen Arnold
  • Publication number: 20130284393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a casting device for a piston for an internal combustion engine, having at least one at least mostly linearly displaceable sleeve for forming at least one piston pin bore and at least one slider that can be displaced at least mostly linearly and diagonally to the sleeve for forming at least one recess under a ring zone of the piston, characterized in that the sleeve and the slider are at least indirectly coupled, such that the sleeve at least partially carries the slider when displaced. The invention further relates to a method for opening and/or closing a casting device for a piston for an internal combustion engine, wherein that east one mostly linearly displaceable sleeve at least partially carriers at least one slider that can be displaced mostly linearly and diagonally to the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Frank Nitsche, Achim Jager
  • Publication number: 20130281220
    Abstract: An arrangement transmits a torque between a shaft and a hub. The hub has at least approximately the interior geometry of an equilateral n-sided polygon, the side surfaces of which at least approximately bear against a clutch portion, which is of circular overall cross section, of the shaft, and wherein the shaft has at least one driver portion which is rotationally conjoint with respect to the clutch portion and which extends in the direction of a corner of the n-sided polygon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Siamend Flow, Frank Nitsche, Juergen Arnold
  • Publication number: 20050256929
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of automated screening systems that assist in screening the content of message data prior to public posting of the messages. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing the screening of messages that are posted to on-line guest books and message boards associated with on-line obituaries and the like in order to substantially reduce and/or eliminate the posting of messages with inappropriate or undesirable content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Bartol, Elizabeth Ferguson, Jeffrey Mills, Frank Nitsche