Patents by Inventor Gebhard Wuerth

Gebhard Wuerth 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: 10000191
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel-brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20170190327
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel-brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker MEHL, Michael Kunz, Matthias LEIBLEIN, Werner QUIRANT
  • Patent number: 9630602
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Patent number: 9205789
    Abstract: A method for avoiding error messages due to maintenance work on a vehicle, which are generated by a monitoring unit if one or multiple operating parameters of a monitored vehicle system are outside of a predefined, admissible value range. Accordingly, the general driving operation is monitored with the aid of a vehicle's own sensor system with respect to a maintenance state and, if a maintenance state is established, the admissible value range be automatically extended or at least one operating parameter is ignored during monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Michael Kunz, Ralf Kinder, Thilo Stephan
  • Patent number: 8950827
    Abstract: A brake device for motor vehicles has at least two hydraulic brake circuits which are directly connected to a master brake cylinder, as well as an additional brake circuit, which is able to be actuated via a control device, independently of the master brake cylinder. Because of the separate hydraulic brake circuits in the region of the front axle, redundancy is provided, while the third brake circuit, that is able to be actuated independently of the master brake cylinder and typically acts on the rear wheels, during automatic actuation, permits taking into account a braking effect by additional active assemblies, such as a driven generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Patent number: 8770673
    Abstract: In a brake device for a motor vehicle having a first and a second hydraulic brake circuit, the second brake circuit is decoupled from the main brake cylinder in partial braking operations, and is operated with the aid of a pressure accumulator controlled by a control device, which takes an additional deceleration effect due to an active power component, e.g., a generator, into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Patent number: 8651586
    Abstract: In a braking device for a motor vehicle having a first group and a second group of brake circuits, each brake circuit being associated with one group of wheels, and at least the first group of brake circuit being implemented as hydraulic brake circuits, at least one group of wheels being connected to at least one operating unit, which may cause a deceleration of the wheels, the task of a comfortable connection of recuperation brake applications to conventional brake applications is achieved in that a control unit controls the brake application of the brake circuit or circuits of the second group and optionally the deceleration effect of the operating unit or assemblies, the first group of brake circuits being activatable directly by the driver using a brake operating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20130054081
    Abstract: A method for avoiding error messages due to maintenance work on a vehicle, which are generated by a monitoring unit if one or multiple operating parameters of a monitored vehicle system are outside of a predefined, admissible value range. According The general driving operation is monitored with the aid of a vehicle's own sensor system with respect to a maintenance state and, if a maintenance state is established, the admissible value range be automatically extended or at least one operating parameter is ignored during monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Michael Kunz, Ralf Kinder, Thilo Stephan
  • Publication number: 20110175435
    Abstract: In a brake device for a motor vehicle having a first and a second hydraulic brake circuit, the second brake circuit is decoupled from the main brake cylinder in partial braking operations, and is operated with the aid of a pressure accumulator controlled by a control device, which takes an additional deceleration effect due to an active power component, e.g., a generator, into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20110108375
    Abstract: A brake device for motor vehicles has at least two hydraulic brake circuits which are directly connected to a master brake cylinder, as well as an additional brake circuit, which is able to be actuated via a control device, independently of the master brake cylinder. Because of the separate hydraulic brake circuits in the region of the front axle, redundancy is provided, while the third brake circuit, that is able to be actuated independently of the master brake cylinder and typically acts on the rear wheels, during automatic actuation, permits taking into account a braking effect by additional active assemblies, such as a driven generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20110049973
    Abstract: In a braking device for a motor vehicle having a first group and a second group of brake circuits, each brake circuit being associated with one group of wheels, and at least the first group of brake circuit being implemented as hydraulic brake circuits, at least one group of wheels being connected to at least one operating unit, which may cause a deceleration of the wheels, the task of a comfortable connection of recuperation brake applications to conventional brake applications is achieved in that a control unit controls the brake application of the brake circuit or circuits of the second group and optionally the deceleration effect of the operating unit or assemblies, the first group of brake circuits being activatable directly by the driver using a brake operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20100276239
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle is described, having a main brake cylinder which is designed to detect an actuation of a brake input element and to provide a pressure signal corresponding to the actuation of the brake input element, and a first brake circuit having a first wheel brake cylinder which is configured to exert a force on a first wheel corresponding to the pressure signal, having a first switching valve which is situated between the main brake cylinder and the first wheel brake cylinder and which is designed as an isolating valve, having a first pump and a storage chamber, the storage chamber in a neutral state having a storage volume on a side facing the first pump, and having a first wheel outlet valve which is associated with the first wheel and which is configured to control a flow of braking medium between the first wheel brake cylinder and the storage chamber. A method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Publication number: 20100276240
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder, which provides a pressure signal, having a brake-medium reservoir connected to the master brake cylinder, and a first brake circuit, which is coupled by a first input to the master brake cylinder and by a second input to the brake-medium reservoir, and having at least one first wheel brake cylinder, which is mounted at a first wheel, in order to exert a force corresponding to the pressure signal onto the first wheel, and having a separator valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder, to prevent further transmission of the pressure signal upon receipt of a supplied closing signal; and having a control valve, which is configured between the first input and the first wheel-brake cylinder; in order to control an inflow of a brake medium from brake-medium reservoir to the first wheel-brake cylinder. In addition, a method for controlling a corresponding brake system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Volker Mehl, Michael Kunz, Matthias Leiblein, Werner Quirant
  • Patent number: 6860284
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling at least one valve, in response to a detected leak in the system including the valve. An activation signal is generated which opens the valve briefly for flushing purposes and closes it again, or moves the valve ball at great speed onto the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Matthias Schanzenbach, Juergen Binder, Timo Jahnz, Ulrich Gottwick, Michael Schubert
  • Publication number: 20040025941
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling at least one valve, in response to a detected leak in the system including the valve. An activation signal is generated which opens the valve briefly for flushing purposes and closes it again, or moves the valve ball at great speed onto the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Matthias Schanzenbach, Juergen Binder, Timo Jahnz, Ulrich Gottwick, Michael Schubert
  • Patent number: 6648427
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a brake system, where a braking intention value, which is used for controlling the brake system, is determined from at least one brake pedal actuation parameter. When the braking intention value is determined from the actuation parameter, its direction of change is taken into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Christian Zimmermann, Ulrich Gottwick
  • Patent number: 6560539
    Abstract: A method and device that determines a quantity describing a speed of a vehicle. In this method, for at least two wheels, the speeds of these wheels are ascertained, and the quantity describing the speed of the vehicle is ascertained at least as a function of the speed of one selected wheel. The selection of the wheel required for determining the quantity describing the speed of the vehicle takes place at least as a function of an operating state of the vehicle, which is described at least by the speeds of at least two wheels or the quantity ascertained as a function at least of these speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Mueller, Friedrich Kost, Gebhard Wuerth
  • Patent number: 6149251
    Abstract: A device and a process for controlling the braking force at at least one wheel of a vehicle include at least a first arrangement for determining a criterion which describes and/or influences the vehicle movement, a second arrangement for determining a variable which describes the wheel dynamics of the wheel in question, and a third arrangement with which it is determined, at least as a function of the criterion which was determined, whether a driver-independent brake intervention at a wheel is foreseeable. Furthermore, the device and the process contain a fourth arrangement with which a slight activation of the actuators assigned to the wheel, with variable duration, can be performed if the requirement of a foreseeable driver-independent brake intervention is met, this activation occurring before this driver-independent brake intervention. The duration of the slight activation of the actuators is determined at least as a function of the variables which describe the wheel dynamics of the wheel in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Elmar Mueller, Frank Leibeling, Dieter Schuetz
  • Patent number: 6061620
    Abstract: An device and a process for controlling the braking force at at least one wheel of a vehicle, including: a first arrangement with which a braking force can be at least built up at at least one wheel of a vehicle; a second arrangement with which an activation time for the first means to reach at least one defined state of the first means is determined; a third arrangement with which the activation time that is determined is compared with a pertinent predefined time which describes the defined state of the first means, and with which a correction factor is determined therefrom; fourth arrangement with which the activation times for the first means are corrected, as a function of the correction factor, in order to build up a selectable braking force at one wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Elmar Mueller, Dieter Schuetz, Frank Leibeling
  • Patent number: 6052641
    Abstract: An instability value for at least one wheel is derived from the detected variables such as rotational velocity of the wheels, and as a function of this instability value, the brake systems are actuated to change the brake pressure, such that in addition, the present invention can calculate a variable which modifies or represents the driving dynamics of the vehicle and wherein the instability value can be modified as a function of the calculated driving dynamics variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gebhard Wuerth, Elmar Mueller, Ruediger Poggenburg, Bernd Grossardt, Eberhard Sonntag