Patents by Inventor Gerhard Wetzel
Gerhard Wetzel 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: 8792242Abstract: A control unit housing, especially for a transmission control module of a transmission of a motor vehicle. The control unit housing includes a first housing part and a second, cover-shaped housing part. A circuit carrier having at least one electronic component is accommodated in the first housing part. The first housing part is designed in the shape of a tub, whose floor is designed as a heat dissipation surface to an additional housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Helmut Deringer, Ulrich Trescher, Hans-Dieter Siems, Eckhard Schaefer
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Publication number: 20130147267Abstract: A control module for a motor vehicle having a base plate and electronic modules situated thereon is described. The electronic modules are encapsulated and the insulating compound which protects against environmental influences and is used for this purpose is a distance away from the edge of the base plate over the entire circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Patent number: 8379395Abstract: An electrical component system and method is provided. In an embodiment, the electrical component system includes a circuit carrier onto which at least one electrical component has been mounted. The circuit carrier is injection molded around using a molding compound. An embedding length of a circuit-board conductor in the molding compound, situated between the contacting area on the circuit carrier and the exit location, is maximized.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Publication number: 20120017708Abstract: A mounting element for receiving a sensor has a sensor receptacle having an essentially cylindrical or funnel-shaped geometry. The sensor receptacle has openings for wetting of the sensor by a medium. The sensor is fixed in the sensor receptacle without gaps or play by a filling compound, which is in turn mounted by a mechanical undercut.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Dirk Pohle, Gerhard Wetzel, Hans-Dieter Siems
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Patent number: 7900314Abstract: A device for drying and/or wetting a mop with a removable container for receiving a liquid. The device has a receiver for the container with a collecting base which is located underneath the container when the container is disposed in the receiver, and the device has liquid conveying devices for removing or feeding the liquid. The collecting base extends underneath the liquid conveying devices. The liquid conveying devices have a motor for driving a pump for wetting the mop with liquid from the container and for driving a drying device for removing liquid from the mop. The drying device and the motor are fixedly connected to the device and the pump is arranged in the container. The pump is operatively connected to the motor via a separable coupling in a driving manner.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventors: Joachim Damrath, Markus Spielmannleitner, Gerhard Wetzel
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Publication number: 20110044005Abstract: The invention relates to a controller housing, particularly for a transmission control module of a transmission of a motor vehicle. The controller housing (12) comprises a first housing part (24) and a second cover-shaped housing part (40). A circuit carrier (30) having at least one electronic component (52) is received in the first housing part (24). The first housing part (24) is configured in the shape of a basin (28), the base of which is configured as a heat dissipation surface (14) to a further housing (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Helmut Deringer, Ulrich Trescher, Hans-Dieter Siems, Eckhard Schaefer
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Patent number: 7859852Abstract: In a controller, in particular for motor vehicle transmissions, having a holder (1) on which an electronic circuit component (2) and at least one flexible printed-circuit film (3) connected to the electronic circuit component (2) by means of electric connection means (7) are arranged, it is proposed to arrange on the holder (1) a frame component (5) which surrounds the electronic circuit component (2), and to connect the electric connection means (7) connected to the electronic circuit component electrically to the at least one flexible printed-circuit film (3), through at least one opening (15) in the frame component (5).Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke, Ulrich Trescher
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Publication number: 20100232120Abstract: An electrical component system and method is provided. In an embodiment, the electrical component system includes a circuit carrier onto which at least one electrical component has been mounted. The circuit carrier is injection molded around using a molding compound. An embedding length of a circuit-board conductor in the molding compound, situated between the contacting area on the circuit carrier and the exit location, is maximized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2008Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Patent number: 7763811Abstract: A housing for an electronic circuit is provided with a single-part seal for sealing a clearance space between a floor plate and a cover, through which exposed electrical conductors are led, which connect the circuit on the inside of the housing to the surroundings. The floor plate, the cover and the conductors are made of the same kind of material, e.g., a metal. The floor plate and the cover are made of aluminum and the conductors of copper.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Patent number: 7749134Abstract: A control module, in particular for a transmission of a motor vehicle, has a substrate part, a control unit situated on a substrate part, which has a first housing part and a second housing part and a housing interior situated between the first housing part and the second housing part, in which an electronic circuit component attached to the first housing part is situated, and has at least one flexible printed circuit foil for electrically connecting the circuit component to electric components situated outside the housing interior on the substrate part, the first housing part of the control unit being situated flat on a contact area of the substrate part and the second housing part being situated within the contact area on the first housing part.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke, Martin Gerhaeusser
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Publication number: 20100149763Abstract: In a controller, in particular for motor vehicle transmissions, having a holder (1) on which an electronic circuit component (2) and at least one flexible printed-circuit film (3) connected to the electronic circuit component (2) by means of electric connection means (7) are arranged, it is proposed to arrange on the holder (1) a frame component (5) which surrounds the electronic circuit component (2), and to connect the electric connection means (7) connected to the electronic circuit component electrically to the at least one flexible printed-circuit film (3), through at least one opening (15) in the frame component (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke, Ulrich Trescher
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Patent number: 7656674Abstract: A control module, in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, which includes a first housing part, on which an electronic circuit part is located, a second housing part, and a carrier, on which a flexible conductor film is located; the flexible conductor film is electrically connected—in a housing interior located between the first housing part and the second housing part—with the circuit part and the flexible conductor film is electrically connected outside of the housing interior—with electrical components mounted on the carrier, the control module having a stack-shaped design, with which the carrier rests, via a first side, on an interior side of the first housing part on which the circuit part is mounted, the circuit part is located in a recess in the carrier, the flexible conductor film is located on the second side of carrier, which faces away from the first housing part, and the second housing part is mounted on a side of the flexible conductor film facing away from the second side of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke
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Publication number: 20080266821Abstract: A housing for an electronic circuit is provided with a single-part seal for sealing a clearance space between a floor plate and a cover, through which exposed electrical conductors are led, which connect the circuit on the inside of the housing to the surroundings. The floor plate, the cover and the conductors are made of the same kind of material, e.g., a metal. The floor plate and the cover are made of aluminum and the conductors of copper.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2005Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Publication number: 20080141477Abstract: A method cleans a wet mop having a planar holding device on which a mop cover is disposed. The method uses a washing apparatus for washing the mop cover disposed on the holding device, the washing apparatus has an electromotive drive unit which is supplied with power from an accumulator and by which the wet mop is retracted and conveyed to the washing apparatus. The power input from the accumulator is limited during the time the wet mop is retracted. Additionally or alternatively, retracting of the wet mop is supported by an energy store that has previously been supplied with power from the accumulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Stefan Holzer, Markus Spielmannleitner, Gerhard Wetzel
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Publication number: 20080108478Abstract: A control module, in particular for a transmission of a motor vehicle, has a substrate part, a control unit situated on a substrate part, which has a first housing part and a second housing part and a housing interior situated between the first housing part and the second housing part, in which an electronic circuit component attached to the first housing part is situated, and has at least one flexible printed circuit foil for electrically connecting the circuit component to electric components situated outside the housing interior on the substrate part, the first housing part of the control unit being situated flat on a contact area of the substrate part and the second housing part being situated within the contact area on the first housing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2005Publication date: May 8, 2008Inventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke, Martin Gerhaeusser
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Publication number: 20080019106Abstract: A control module is provided, in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, with a first housing part 6, on which an electronic circuit part 7 is located, a second housing part 14, and with a carrier 2, on which a flexible conductor film 9 is located; the flexible conductor film 9 is electrically connected—in a housing interior 16 located between the first housing part and the second housing part—with the circuit part and the electrical components 4, 3 mounted on carrier 2 outside the housing interior; a stack-shaped design is provided, with which carrier 2, 2a, 2b rests, with a first side, on an interior side 6a of first housing part 6 on which the circuit part is mounted, circuit part 7 is located in a recess 31 in carrier 2, 2a, 2b, flexible conductor film 9 is located on the second side of carrier 2, 2a, 2b, which faces away from first housing part 6, and second housing part 14 is mounted on flexible conductor film 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2006Publication date: January 24, 2008Inventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Peter Sprafke
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Publication number: 20070226942Abstract: A device for drying and/or wetting a mop with a removable container for receiving a liquid. The device has a receiver for the container with a collecting base which is located underneath the container when the container is disposed in the receiver, and the device has liquid conveying devices for removing or feeding the liquid. The collecting base extends underneath the liquid conveying devices. The liquid conveying devices have a motor for driving a pump for wetting the mop with liquid from the container and for driving a drying device for removing liquid from the mop. The drying device and the motor are fixedly connected to the device and the pump is arranged in the container. The pump is operatively connected to the motor via a separable coupling in a driving manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2005Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Joachim Damrath, Markus Spielmannleitner, Gerhard Wetzel
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Patent number: 7193852Abstract: The present invention relates to a control unit (1), for automotive applications in particular, with: a frame (8) that includes a recess (9) across which electrical conductive tracks (10) extend to supply electrical power; a base plate (11) that is inserted in the frame (8); a circuit carrier (12) on which electronic components are mounted and which is installed on the base plate (11); an electrical connection (14) for connecting the circuit carrier (12) with the conductive tracks (10); and a cover (4) for hermetically sealing the control unit (1), the cover including a shaped section that is insertable in the associated recess (9) in the frame (8); whereby a sealing gel (16) is provided in recess (9) with a viscosity such that the sealing gel (16) can flow around the electrical conductive tracks (10) that extend across the recess (9). The present invention further relates to a manufacturing method for manufacturing a control unit (1) of this type.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Publication number: 20060023431Abstract: The present invention relates to a control unit (1), for automotive applications in particular, with: a frame (8) that includes a recess (9) across which electrical conductive tracks (10) extend to supply electrical power; a base plate (11) that is inserted in the frame (8); a circuit carrier (12) on which electronic components are mounted and which is installed on the base plate (11); an electrical connection (14) for connecting the circuit carrier (12) with the conductive tracks (10); and a cover (4) for hermetically sealing the control unit (1), the cover including a shaped section that is insertable in the associated recess (9) in the frame (8); whereby a sealing gel (16) is provided in recess (9) with a viscosity such that the sealing gel (16) can flow around the electrical conductive tracks (10) that extend across the recess (9). The present invention further relates to a manufacturing method for manufacturing a control unit (1) of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventor: Gerhard Wetzel
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Patent number: 6474963Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump (10) for a hydraulic slip-controlled vehicle brake system. In order to reduce a structural length of the piston pump (10), the invention proposes embodying the piston (16) of the piston pump (10) as a hollow piston whose inner chamber constitutes a displacement chamber (40) of the piston pump (10) and inserting an inlet valve (20) of the piston pump (10) into the inner chamber of the piston (16).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Gerhard Wetzel, Wolfgang Schuller