Patents by Inventor Gerhard Stokmaier

Gerhard Stokmaier 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: 9139179
    Abstract: A magnetic valve includes a valve body having a valve seat which can be closed by a sealing element, at least one outlet channel which leads into a fluid chamber of the magnetic valve, receiving the sealing element at least in parts, and a flow guiding element which surrounds the sealing element at least in parts. The sealing element is operatively connected to a magnet armature arranged in a magnet armature chamber embodied on one side of the flow guiding element facing away from the fluid chamber. The valve body and the flow guiding element together form at least one connection channel producing a fluidic connection between the fluid chamber and the magnet armature chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Edgar Kurz, Gerhard Stokmaier, Dietmar Kratzer
  • Patent number: 9133957
    Abstract: A magnet valve configured to control a fluid includes an armature with a base region, a casing region, and a head region. The magnet valve also includes a valve element that is connected to the armature and an armature housing component. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature housing component. The flow path runs from a lower armature chamber to an upper armature chamber and back to the lower armature chamber. The head region of the armature has a flattened section, and the upper armature chamber is defined between the armature housing component and the flattened section. At least one groove is formed on the casing region of the armature starting from the base region. The at least one groove ends in the casing region before the flattened section of the head region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Massimiliano Ambrosi, Elmar Vier, Andreas Karl, Andreas Lechler, Stephan Steingass, Nicolas Houis, Jens Norberg, Gerhard Stokmaier
  • Patent number: 8740178
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature having a base region, a lateral region and a head region. The solenoid valve includes a valve member connected to the armature. The solenoid valve further includes an armature casing component in which the armature is positioned. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature casing component, the flow path extending from a lower armature space to an upper armature space and back to the lower armature space. A junction region is arranged between the head region and the lateral region. The junction region has at least one groove formed therein to facilitate an overflow between the lateral region and the head region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Karl, Massimiliano Ambrosi, Nicolas Houis, Jens Norberg, Stephan Steingass, Elmar Vier, Andreas Lechler, Gerhard Stokmaier
  • Patent number: 8651453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, having a capsule, a magnetic armature that is movably guided within the capsule, a valve insert that is inserted into the capsule at a first end, and a valve body, which is pressed into a second end of the valve insert and has a main valve seat. The magnetic armature, moved by a generated magnetic force, moves a tappet guided within the valve insert. The tappet has a closing element with a sealing element which plunges into the main valve seat of the valve body in a sealing manner for carrying out a sealing function, and an associated solenoid valve. According to the invention the valve insert is configured as a one-part slotted bushing, and the valve body is configured as a bonnet-shaped bushing. The valve body configured as a bushing is pressed into a second end of the valve insert configured as a slotted bushing such that the main valve seat is disposed within the valve insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Reinhard Fink, Florian Richter, Jean-Guillaume Pic, Daniel Brenndoerfer, Volkmar Wetschorek, Harald Speer, Florian Rispler, Oliver Holz, Friedrich Mueller, Nicolas Houis, Anton Fritz, Alice Schacherl, Franz Neuhauser, Hubert Rapp, Martin Haas, Christoph Kasper, Joerg Fricke-Schmidt, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner, Elmar Vier, Stefan Eichmann, Jens Kolarsky, Gerhard Stokmaier, Dietmar Kratzer, Kurt Mueller
  • Patent number: 8579251
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve, particularly for controlling the brake pressure of a wheel brake of a slip-controllable hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle. In known solenoid valves, there is a first hydraulically effective connection of an armature chamber of the solenoid valve to an outlet through the guide of a tappet in a valve insert. The first hydraulically effective connection ends in the form of a blind hole and thus does not permit flushing out gas bubbles which possibly have accumulated in the armature chamber. In order to solve this problem, the invention proposes a second hydraulically effective connection which is arranged away from the guide of the tappet, uncoupled from the first hydraulically effective connection. Thus, a closed pressure medium path is effected within a valve cartridge of the solenoid valve, the closed pressure medium path making possible an effective flushing of the armature chamber and thus a flushing out of gas bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Massimiliano Ambrosi, Nicolas Houis, Gerhard Schuster, Siegfried Huber, Gerhard Stokmaier, Ingo Buchenau, Michael Hilden
  • Publication number: 20120267554
    Abstract: A magnetic valve includes a valve body having a valve seat which can be closed by a sealing element, at least one outlet channel which leads into a fluid chamber of the magnetic valve, receiving the sealing element at least in parts, and a flow guiding element which surrounds the sealing element at least in parts. The sealing element is operatively connected to a magnet armature arranged in a magnet armature chamber embodied on one side of the flow guiding element facing away from the fluid chamber. The valve body and the flow guiding element together form at least one connection channel producing a fluidic connection between the fluid chamber and the magnet armature chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Edgar Kurz, Gerhard Stokmaier, Dietmar Kratzer
  • Publication number: 20120161047
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a housing which extends in the axial direction and has at least one axial section which is embodied as a circular hollow cylinder, and a solenoid armature which is removably guided in the housing along a cylinder inner wall in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis of said housing and the solenoid armature having a solenoid armature casing wall. At least one axial flow duct for a medium is located in the housing and is provided to permit a flow around the solenoid armature. The flow duct has a first and a second duct wall region, and the first duct wall region is formed by a section of the cylinder inner wall and the second duct wall region is formed by a section of the solenoid armature casing wall. The second duct wall region is embodied as a planar second duct wall region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Massimiliano Ambrosi, Elmar Vier, Andreas Karl, Andreas Lechler, Nicolas Houis, Gerhard Stokmaier, Stephan Steingass, Jens Norberg
  • Publication number: 20110215270
    Abstract: A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature having a base region, a lateral region and a head region. The solenoid valve includes a valve member connected to the armature. The solenoid valve further includes an armature casing component in which the armature is positioned. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature casing component, the flow path extending from a lower armature space to an upper armature space and back to the lower armature space. A junction region is arranged between the head region and the lateral region. The junction region has at least one groove formed therein to facilitate an overflow between the lateral region and the head region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Karl, Massimiliano Ambrosi, Nicolas Houis, Jens Norberg, Stephan Steingass, Elmar Vier, Andreas Lechler, Gerhard Stokmaier
  • Publication number: 20110198522
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve, particularly for controlling the brake pressure of a wheel brake of a slip-controllable hydraulic brake system of a motor vehicle. In known solenoid valves, there is a first hydraulically effective connection of an armature chamber of the solenoid valve to an outlet through the guide of a tappet in a valve insert. The first hydraulically effective connection ends in the form of a blind hole and thus does not permit flushing out gas bubbles which possibly have accumulated in the armature chamber. In order to solve this problem, the invention proposes a second hydraulically effective connection which is arranged away from the guide of the tappet, uncoupled from the first hydraulically effective connection. Thus, a closed pressure medium path is effected within a valve cartridge of the solenoid valve, the closed pressure medium path making possible an effective flushing of the armature chamber and thus a flushing out of gas bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Massimiliano Ambrosi, Nicolas Houis, Gerhard Schuster, Siegfried Huber, Gerhard Stokmaier, Ingo Buchenau, Michael Hilden
  • Publication number: 20100264342
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, having a capsule, a magnetic armature that is movably guided within the capsule, a valve insert that is inserted into the capsule at a first end, and a valve body, which is pressed into a second end of the valve insert and has a main valve seat. The magnetic armature, moved by a generated magnetic force, moves a tappet guided within the valve insert. The tappet has a closing element with a sealing element which plunges into the main valve seat of the valve body in a sealing manner for carrying out a sealing function, and an associated solenoid valve. According to the invention the valve insert is configured as a one-part slotted bushing, and the valve body is configured as a bonnet-shaped bushing. The valve body configured as a bushing is pressed into a second end of the valve insert configured as a slotted bushing such that the main valve seat is disposed within the valve insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Klaus Heyer, Reinhard Fink, Florian Richter, Jean-Guillaume Pic, Daniel Brenndoerfer, Volkmar Wetschorek, Harald Speer, Florian Rispler, Oliver Holz, Friedrich Mueller, Nicolas Houis, Anton Fritz, Alice Schacherl, Franz Neuhauser, Hubert Rapp, Martin Haas, Christoph Kasper, Joerg Fricke-Schmidt, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner, Elmar Vier, Stefan Eichmann, Jens Kolarsky, Gerhard Stokmaier, Dietmar Kratzer, Kurt Mueller
  • Patent number: 6244526
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines includes a core which serves as the internal pole is made of a soft magnetic powder composite material. This powder composite material is an iron powder provided with a polymer additive, where the individual iron particles are coated with an electrically insulating layer. Such a powder composite material ensures a substantial minimization of eddy currents in the magnetic circuit in comparison with materials known previously, such as chromium steel, which are usually used as magnetic materials. The core which is mechanically sensitive and is sensitive to fuel is encapsulated at least with respect to the parts of the injection valve carrying the fuel. A sleeve passes through an internal longitudinal opening in the core which permits fuel flow in its interior and is fixedly attached to a pole part which seals the core toward the bottom. The core and the magnetic coil are thus not exposed to any wetting by fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Schuldt, Ferdinand Reiter, Martin Mueller, Bo Yuan, Andreas Eichendorf, Christiane Glumann, Thomas Sebastian, Gerhard Stokmaier, Rainer Norgauer, Christian Preussner, Rainer Schneider, Norbert Keim, Ottmar Martin
  • Patent number: 5865213
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuated, controllable valve with first and second valve stages, of which the first stage is actuated by an armature and the second stage functions automatically. An opening cross-section of the first valve stage is small and an opening cross-section of the second valve stage is larger than said opening cross section of said first stage. The first valve stage when in a closed position keeps the second valve stage closed. When the first valve stage opens a spring element opens the second valve stage. The valve according to the invention has an advantage of an only slight actuating force, and the total actuating force is actuatable exclusively to the first valve stage, and the further advantage of a large opening cross-section and hence a low flow resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Scheffel, Gerhard Stokmaier, Hans-Friedrich Schwarz
  • Patent number: 5810330
    Abstract: A magnetic valve that switches at high differential pressures and furnishes a large flow cross section. The magnetic valve has an armature, which when current is supplied to a coil is movable toward a pole core counter to the force of a restoring spring. The armature is capable of opening an auxiliary valve of small sealing diameter directly and a main valve of large sealing diameter indirectly. The auxiliary valve and the main valve have a common closing body, which is movable relative to the armature with a limited stroke. The auxiliary valve communicates through a bore of the closing body with the outflow side of the magnetic valve. In the open position of the magnetic valve, the closing body is held in a position that blocks the auxiliary valve by the action of the second restoring spring. The magnetic valve is suitable in particular for slip-controlled hydraulic brake systems of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Eith, Helmut Staib, Michael Friedow, Martin Scheffel, Juergen Lander, Gerhard Stokmaier
  • Patent number: 5735582
    Abstract: A valve assembly with a housing, a master valve and an auxiliary valve and an armature for the auxiliary valve and an electromagnet is proposed. In previous valve assemblies, in which the auxiliary valve, openable via the armature, serves to open the master valve, a master valve closing element is coupled via an idle stroke arrangement to the armature of the auxiliary valve closing element. If the armature traverses a first partial stroke, then the auxiliary valve is opened; if the armature traverses a further partial stroke, then via the idle stroke arrangement it can lift the master valve closing element from a master valve seat, if hydraulic forces are slight enough. Instead of the idle stroke arrangement, the master valve closing element is given its own armature, which is rigidly joined to the master valve closing element and acts in the opening direction. The valve assembly of the invention can advantageously be used in hydraulic vehicle brake systems that are set up for automatic braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Eith, Helmut Staib, Michael Friedow, Martin Scheffel, Jurgen Lander, Gerhard Stokmaier, Hans-Friedrich Schwarz
  • Patent number: 5730509
    Abstract: A magnetic valve that furnishes a large flow cross section and switches at high differential pressures. The magnetic valve has an armature, which when current is supplied to a coil is movable toward a pole core counter to the force of a first restoring spring. Guided on the armature is a valve closing member, movable longitudinally relative to the armature, of a seat valve. Also supported in the armature is a second restoring spring, which exerts a force acting in the direction of the pole core upon the valve closing member. The magnetic valve is especially suitable for slip-controlled hydraulic brake systems of motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Eith, Helmut Staib, Michael Friedow, Juergen Lander, Gerhard Stokmaier
  • Patent number: 5400824
    Abstract: A microminiature valve in multi-layered structure for switching or controlling fluid flows is proposed, having an inlet and a closing element. The inlet is embodied in a first layer in the form of at least one through-opening. The closing element is structured out of a second layer which is applied on the first layer. This second layer has at least one further through-opening in the area of the closing element. The closing element is displaceable by actuation means, in particular electrical ones, essentially parallel to the first layer and the second layer, so that in at least one first position of the closing element the at least one through-opening of the inlet, together with the at least one further through-opening in the second layer, forms at least one flow-through opening. The cross section of the at least one flow-through opening can be varied by actuating the closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Gschwendtner, Jiri Marek, Michael Mettner, Gerhard Stokmaier, Thomas Grauer