Patents by Inventor Franz Schmich
Franz Schmich 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).
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Patent number: 8448512Abstract: A sensor system is provided having a base plate, a sensor module, a damping element and a support frame, the base plate having a main plane of extension and a recess that is perpendicular to the main plane of extension; the support frame being fastened in the recess; the damping element being situated between the support frame and the recess; and the sensor module further being pressed into the support frame in a form-locking and a force-locking manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Reinhold Jocham, Juergen Kurle, Franz Schmich
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Publication number: 20110041602Abstract: A sensor system is provided having a base plate, a sensor module, a damping element and a support frame, the base plate having a main plane of extension and a recess that is perpendicular to the main plane of extension; the support frame being fastened in the recess; the damping element being situated between the support frame and the recess; and the sensor module further being pressed into the support frame in a form-locking and a force-locking manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Reinhold Jocham, Juergen Kurle, Franz Schmich
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Patent number: 7323766Abstract: A sensor module, in particular for measuring an acceleration or rotational speed, having a housing base body made of a plastic material, a lead frame extending through the housing base body and having leads which have connector pins for attachment to a circuit board, a sensor system having at least one sensor chip, the sensor system being in contact with the lead frame via conductor bonds, a cover, which is connected to the base body and at least one connector pin and is made of a conductive material. A simple construction having a high shielding effect is achieved due to the fact that the conductive cover is connected to the connector pin. The cover, a lid, for example, may be contacted directly via the connector pin together with the other connector pins when the components are mounted on the circuit board. The sensor module may be molded or may have a premolded housing. The edge or a contact of the cover may be welded, soldered, glued, or pressed to a ground lead of the lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Kurt Weiblen, Franz Schmich, Harald Emmerich, Klaus Offterdinger, Hansjoerg Beutel, Johann Wehrmann, Florian Grabmaier
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Publication number: 20050101161Abstract: A sensor module, in particular for measuring an acceleration or rotational speed, having a housing base body made of a plastic material, a lead frame extending through the housing base body and having leads which have connector pins for attachment to a circuit board, a sensor system having at least one sensor chip, the sensor system being in contact with the lead frame via conductor bonds, a cover, which is connected to the base body and at least one connector pin and is made of a conductive material. A simple construction having a high shielding effect is achieved due to the fact that the conductive cover is connected to the connector pin. The cover, a lid, for example, may be contacted directly via the connector pin together with the other connector pins when the components are mounted on the circuit board. The sensor module may be molded or may have a premolded housing. The edge or a contact of the cover may be welded, soldered, glued, or pressed to a ground lead of the lead frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Kurt Weiblen, Franz Schmich, Harald Emmerich, Klaus Offterdinger, Hansjoerg Beutel, Johann Wehrmann, Florian Grabmaier
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Patent number: 6837660Abstract: A fastening device on a support panel, having at least one structural element, is to be designed in such a way that under predefined tightening of the fastening device on the support panel no lasting damage occurs. To achieve this, a holding part of the fastening device has a step at a point of connection with the support panel, and a spacer of the fastening device has a double bushing having an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve. The two sleeves are positioned with respect to each other in such a way that when the fastening device is tightened the inner bushing comes into contact with the step and the indentation of the support panel into the spacer is limited. The fastening device is preferably intended for use in the automobile industry.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Franz Schmich
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Patent number: 6811409Abstract: A connecting device for flexible electrical connection of circuit boards using a plurality of flexible electrical conductors positioned adjacent to each other. The flexible electrical conductors are jointly surrounded by an insulation of an flexible electrically non-conductive material. The end areas of the flexible electrical conductors have a first and a second contact area without insulation. The flexible electrical conductors and the insulation are plastically deformable, and are shaped in such a way that the flexible electrical conductors form a loop in the area of the insulation and run out in the form of a shoulder in the direction of the contact areas. The shoulder is shaped in such a way that the flexible electrical conductors and the insulation may be picked up by a tool and the contact areas may be connected to a circuit board by machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Kurle, Franz Schmich, Michael Klink
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Publication number: 20040137766Abstract: A connecting device for flexible electrical connection of circuit boards using a plurality of flexible electrical conductors positioned adjacent to each other. The flexible electrical conductors are jointly surrounded by an insulation of an flexible electrically non-conductive material. The end areas of the flexible electrical conductors have a first and a second contact area without insulation. The flexible electrical conductors and the insulation are plastically deformable, and are shaped in such a way that the flexible electrical conductors form a loop in the area of the insulation and run out in the form of a shoulder in the direction of the contact areas. The shoulder is shaped in such a way that the flexible electrical conductors and the insulation may be picked up by a tool and the contact areas may be connected to a circuit board by machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Juergen Kurle, Franz Schmich, Michael Klink
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Publication number: 20030161701Abstract: A fastening device (11) on a support panel (12), having at least one structural element (17), is to be designed in such a way that under predefined tightening of the fastening device (11) on the support panel (12) no lasting damage occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventor: Franz Schmich
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Patent number: 6396709Abstract: To increase the elasticity of an elastically deformable middle section of a printed-circuit board having at least two rigid circuit board sections provided with electric and/or electronic components and interconnected by the middle section, the middle section being provided with printed circuit traces extending from the first rigid section to the second rigid section, at least one opening is made in the elastically deformable middle section, the region of the middle section surrounding the opening forming at least two bars extending in a direction from the first rigid section to the second rigid section and laterally bordering the at least one opening, the printed circuit traces being arranged on the bars.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Franz Schmich
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Patent number: 5940279Abstract: A metal support element having electronic components or circuit supports, in particular hybrid circuits, the connections of which are guided through from the component side, via a plurality of connector pins melted into glass passthroughs, to the opposite side of the support element. The connector pins are glass-mounted into pin blocks produced independently of the support element. The pin blocks are inserted into associated cutouts of the support element and fastened therein. The arrangement and number of the connector pins in the pin blocks can thereby be flexibly adapted to particular requirements with no need for modifications to the design of the support element. The material and the geometrical properties of the pin blocks can be optimally adapted to the glass-mounting process of the connector pins, while the material of the support element can be matched to the coefficient of thermal expansion of the attached circuit support.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Lothar Gademann, Franz Schmich, Reinhold Danner, Bernd Maihoefer
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Patent number: 5734107Abstract: An acceleration sensor having a piezoelectric sensor element, which is supported as a flexural resonator in a holding module and whose electrodes are connected to an evaluation circuit. The holding module mechanically fixes the sensor element in position and provides, at the same time, for its electrical contacting.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Herbert Boehm, Ulrich Goebel, Franz Schmich, Gerald Hopf, Roland Feucht, Albert-Andreas Hoebel, Botho Ziegenbein, Bernd Maihoefer