Patents by Inventor Gerd Busch

Gerd Busch 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: 6641234
    Abstract: A method for controlling a braking system in an all-wheel drive vehicle having a viscous coupling or a viscous lock, wherein a viscous torque acting on a wheel is estimated, the viscous torque is taken into account in estimating a desired braking pressure for the wheel, and the desired braking pressure is applied to the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Kost, Gerd Busch, Dieter Kunz, Matthias Reichhelm, Ralf Gutmann
  • Publication number: 20020005663
    Abstract: A method for controlling a braking system in an all-wheel drive vehicle having a viscous coupling or a viscous lock, wherein a viscous torque acting on a wheel is estimated, the viscous torque is taken into account in estimating a desired braking pressure for the wheel, and the desired braking pressure is applied to the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Friedrich Kost, Gerd Busch, Dieter Kunz, Matthias Reichhelm, Ralf Gutmann
  • Patent number: 6174033
    Abstract: A method and a device which are used for forming and/or adapting a driving signal of an arrangement for delivering a pressurized medium in a braking system. The driving signal, in particular, of a pump of a braking system, is a function of at least one driving signal and/or the formation of the driving signal of a shut-off device, in particular, of at least one valve, for the inlet and/or outlet and/or passage of the pressurized medium. A delivery rate of the pump is adapted in a manner compatible with the situation, including the valve position resulting from the driving signal and/or its formation and/or the prevailing pressure ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Busch, Manfred Gerdes
  • Patent number: 5668724
    Abstract: A method for improving the controllability of motor vehicles during braking wherein desired slip values are determined and adjusted with the aid of a wheel slip controller. According to the method, the following are measured: the yaw rate .psi., the steering angle .delta., the wheel speeds V.sub.Ri, the inlet pressure P.sub.inlet or wheel brake pressure P.sub.i, and, if required, the engine speed and the throttle valve angle. The following variables are estimated using the measured values: the longitudinal vehicle speed V.sub.X, the longitudinal vehicle acceleration V.sub.X, the wheel slip values .lambda..sub.i, the braking forces F.sub.Bi, the tire forces F.sub.Ri, and the transverse speed V.sub.Y. Desired slip values .lambda..sub.i * are then determined from these measured and estimated variables with the aid of a simple vehicle model and supplied to the slip controller to control the vehicle wheel brake pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ehret, Friedrich Kost, Uwe Hartmann, Rainer Erhardt, Anton Van Zanten, Gerd Busch, Karl-Josef Weiss, Wolf-Dieter Ruf
  • Patent number: 5211453
    Abstract: Brake pressure is varied briefly by means of pressure pulses at regular intervals during phases when brake pressure is otherwise maintained constant, and any variations in transverse acceleration at each axle are determined. These variations at the axles are used to modify the wheel slip by varying the brake pressure in order to increase stability while retaining an adequate steerability reserve or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Anton Van Zanten, Friedrich Kost, Wolf-Dieter Ruf, Karl-Josef Weiss, Uwe Hartmann, Gerd Busch