Patents by Inventor Guenther Schnalzger

Guenther Schnalzger 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: 11072315
    Abstract: A valve for adjusting a fluid flow includes a valve cartridge with at least one first fluid opening, at least one second fluid opening, a preliminary stage with a first valve seat and a first closing element, and a main stage with a second valve seat and a second closing element. The first valve seat is at a first axial through-opening of the second closing element, which is at least partly in a preliminary stage sleeve. The first valve seat is within the preliminary stage sleeve, and a flow path from the at least one first fluid opening to the preliminary stage leads through at least one inflow opening, which is radially introduced in the preliminary stage sleeve. An axial filter gap formed between an actuation element and the preliminary stage sleeve overlaps the at least one inflow opening at least in some regions and together form a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Edelmann, Andrej Gardt, Guenther Schnalzger, Valentin Schubitschew, Christoph Eisele
  • Publication number: 20210101573
    Abstract: A valve for adjusting a fluid flow includes a valve cartridge with at least one first fluid opening, at least one second fluid opening, a preliminary stage with a first valve seat and a first closing element, and a main stage with a second valve seat and a second closing element. The first valve seat is at a first axial through-opening of the second closing element, which is at least partly in a preliminary stage sleeve. The first valve seat is within the preliminary stage sleeve, and a flow path from the at least one first fluid opening to the preliminary stage leads through at least one inflow opening, which is radially introduced in the preliminary stage sleeve. An axial filter gap formed between an actuation element and the preliminary stage sleeve overlaps the at least one inflow opening at least in some regions and together form a filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Edelmann, Andrej Gardt, Guenther Schnalzger, Valentin Schubitschew, Christoph Eisele
  • Patent number: 10173654
    Abstract: An electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a human-powered master brake cylinder, a pressure generator, an electronically actuatable valve device, a wheel brake, and an electronically actuatable actuator. The wheel brake is connected to the master cylinder and the pressure generator. The pressure generator is drivable via an external force and is configured to supply pressurized brake fluid to the wheel brake. The valve device is configured to control pressure medium connections from the master brake cylinder to the wheel brake and to a suction side of the pressure generator, and includes three pressure medium connections. The actuator is configured to switch the valve device between three different positions whereat the pressure medium connections are connected to or block from each other in different combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kasper, Guenther Schnalzger, Juergen Reiner
  • Publication number: 20170137007
    Abstract: An electronically slip-controllable vehicle brake system includes a human-powered master brake cylinder, a pressure generator, an electronically actuatable valve device, a wheel brake, and an electronically actuatable actuator. The wheel brake is connected to the master cylinder and the pressure generator. The pressure generator is drivable via an external force and is configured to supply pressurized brake fluid to the wheel brake. The valve device is configured to control pressure medium connections from the master brake cylinder to the wheel brake and to a suction side of the pressure generator, and includes three pressure medium connections. The actuator is configured to switch the valve device between three different positions whereat the pressure medium connections are connected to or block from each other in different combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph KASPER, Guenther SCHNALZGER, Juergen REINER
  • Patent number: 9637100
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip control system of a hydraulic vehicle brake system comprises a hydraulic block including a socket, a first port, a pressure change damper, and a second port. The socket has a base and defining a first interior. The first port is located at the base of the socket. The pressure change damper defines a second interior and is positioned in the socket in engagement with the first port. The first port is in fluidic communication with the second interior. The second port is in fluidic communication with the second interior via a portion of the first interior outside of the pressure change damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Reiner, Matthias Hurst, Guenther Schnalzger
  • Publication number: 20150360658
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit for a slip control system of a hydraulic vehicle brake system comprises a hydraulic block including a socket, a first port, a pressure change damper, and a second port. The socket has a base and defining a first interior. The first port is located at the base of the socket. The pressure change damper defines a second interior and is positioned in the socket in engagement with the first port. The first port is in fluidic communication with the second interior. The second port is in fluidic communication with the second interior via a portion of the first interior outside of the pressure change damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen Reiner, Matthias Hurst, Guenther Schnalzger
  • 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: 8528879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a high-pressure-tight connection between a pole core and a valve sleeve of a solenoid valve and to an associated valve cartridge for a solenoid valve. According to the invention, the pole core is placed in a two-part compression mold, which comprises a middle die and an outer die, in such a way that a joining gap is produced between an inner bore of the outer die and the placed-in pole core. Subsequently, the pole core is placed against the valve sleeve and the valve sleeve is inserted into the joining gap. Then, the middle die and the outer die are pressed simultaneously with the pole core such that the valve sleeve passes into the joining gap. When a pressed diameter of the pole core is reached, the valve sleeve expands and is shaped in the joining gap between a first shaping edge and a second shaping edge and is joined onto the pole core. The diameter of the inner bore tapers between the first shaping edge and the second shaping edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Mueller, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Patent number: 7954511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-stage valve for controlling fluids, in particular a hydraulic fluid. The valve includes an actuating element, a pilot stage having a first valve seat and a first closing body, which is connected to the actuating element, and a main stage having a second valve seat and a second closing body. The second closing body is provided with a fastening region and a main region having a passage opening. The first valve seat is arranged at the passage opening. The second closing body is connected to the actuating element via the fastening region. The fastening region is designed elastically in such a way as to open the pilot stage by elastically deforming during actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerold Kohlberger, Guenther Schnalzger, Ingo Buchenau, Regine Kraft, Hans-Peter Bartosch
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20100206252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure pump for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, having at least one inlet valve device with a valve element, a valve seat for the valve element, and an actuating tappet which can positively push the valve element in an opening direction. In order to create a high-pressure pump for a fuel system of an internal combustion engine which can be produced even more cost-effectively and which has a lower level of wear and therefore a longer service life, it is proposed that the valve element have a positioning mechanism which centers the valve element on the valve seat when the valve element comes into contact or is in contact with the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Bernd Schroeder, Markus Becker, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20100187453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a high-pressure-tight connection between a pole core and a valve sleeve of a solenoid valve and to an associated valve cartridge for a solenoid valve. According to the invention, the pole core is placed in a two-part compression mold, which comprises a middle die and an outer die, in such a way that a joining gap is produced between an inner bore of the outer die and the placed-in pole core. Subsequently, the pole core is placed against the valve sleeve and the valve sleeve is inserted into the joining gap. Then, the middle die and the outer die are pressed simultaneously with the pole core such that the valve sleeve passes into the joining gap. When a pressed diameter of the pole core is reached, the valve sleeve expands and is shaped in the joining gap between a first shaping edge and a second shaping edge and is joined onto the pole core. The diameter of the inner bore tapers between the first shaping edge and the second shaping edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Friedrich Mueller, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Patent number: 7731304
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically regulatable vehicle brake system with traction control, in which a master cylinder is connected indirectly via a hydraulic unit to at least one wheel brake. The hydraulic unit has electromagnet valves and an externally triggerable pressure generator, for modulating the wheel brake pressure, optionally independently of the driver. For preventing wheel slip, the pressure generator is connected by its intake side to an intake conduit, among other things, that is controllable by an intake valve. To enhance the dynamics and improve the regulatability of a vehicle brake system, a self-aspirating pressure fluid storage unit is connected to the intake conduit and makes an aspiration volume available to the pressure generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Groll, Guenther Schnalzger
  • Publication number: 20100059698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve having a magnetic assembly and a valve cartridge. The valve cartridge includes a capsule, a valve insert connected to the capsule and an armature that is mobile in the capsule. The armature includes a tappet having a first closing element. A magnetic force produced by the magnetic assembly displaces the armature towards the valve insert. As a result, the first closing element sealingly plunges into a main valve seat. The invention is provided with a valve sleeve which is placed on the valve insert in which the main valve seat is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Harald Guggenmos, Florian Rispler, Christoph Kasper, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20100051839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve comprising a magnetic assembly and a valve cartridge. The valve cartridge comprises a capsule, a valve insert connected to the capsule and an armature that is mobile in the capsule. The armature includes a tappet having a first closing element. A magnetic force produced by the magnetic assembly displaces the armature towards the valve insert. As a result, the first closing element sealingly plunges into a main valve seat. The valve insert is configured as a valve insert sleeve into which a valve sleeve including the main valve seat is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Harald Guggenmos, Florian Rispler, Christoph Kasper, Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20090139588
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-stage valve for controlling fluids, in particular a hydraulic fluid, The valve includes an actuating element, a pilot stage having a first valve seat and a first closing body, which is connected to the actuating element, and a main stage having a second valve seat and a second closing body. The second closing body is provided with a fastening region and a main region having a passage opening. The first valve seat is arranged at the passage opening. The second closing body is connected to the actuating element via the fastening region. The fastening region is designed elastically in such a way as to open the pilot stage by elastically deforming during actuation of the actuating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Gerold Kohlberger, Guenther Schnalzger, Ingo Buchenau, Regine Kraft, Hans-Peter Bartosch
  • Publication number: 20080224534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve arrangement for an automotive braking system which arrangement is configured as a three-position/three-way valve. The invention is improved over the prior art in that two armatures and a single armature winding are assembled together such that both armatures can be displaced by the single armature winding. Each of the two armatures is associated with a respective sealing seat and the two sealing seats are situated on one side of the solenoid valve device, viewed in the axial direction of the armatures. The two sealing seats are embodied in a particularly advantageous fashion in or on a common sealing washer. The two sealing seats are arranged in a single sealing washer in such a way that the latter can be preassembled and then inserted into a predetermined location in the final assembly of the vehicle brake system solenoid valve device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Guenther Schnalzger, Martin Kirschner
  • Publication number: 20060145532
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electronically regulatable vehicle brake system with traction control, in which a master cylinder is connected indirectly via a hydraulic unit to at least one wheel brake. The hydraulic unit has electromagnet valves and an externally triggerable pressure generator, for modulating the wheel brake pressure, optionally independently of the driver. For preventing wheel slip, the pressure generator is connected by its intake side to an intake conduit, among other things, that is controllable by an intake valve. To enhance the dynamics and improve the regulatability of a vehicle brake system, a self-aspirating pressure fluid storage unit is connected to the intake conduit and makes an aspiration volume available to the pressure generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Bernd Groll, Guenther Schnalzger
  • Patent number: 6976665
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve for hydraulic control devices in motor vehicles is embodied as a pressure-equalized seat valve in a mode of construction comprising a hydraulic part with a valve dome and an electrical part that can be slipped onto the valve dome. In a magnet valve that is normally open, the tubular tappet that supports the closing member is supported at one point in a first bearing point, in terms of the longitudinal direction, that is embodied as a slide bearing, and a bearing ring that forms the sealing point accomplishes the hydraulic pressure equilibrium with the effective sealing diameter of the closing member that together with the valve seat forms the second bearing point. With the valve, very short switching times, in particular less than 0.5 ms, can be achieved with an economical mode of construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Seitz, Andreas Schrade, Guenther Schnalzger, Hubert Hueber, Martin Kirschner, Ralph Appelt
  • Publication number: 20040251738
    Abstract: A magnet valve, including a pole core, an armature, a restoring element disposed between the pole core and the armature to restore the armature to its outset position a stop face on the pole core oriented toward the armature having at least one rib extending all the way around in the circumferential direction and protruding toward the armature, and/or a stop face of the armature oriented toward the pole core and having at least one rib extending all the way around in the circumferential direction and protruding toward the pole core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Dieter Kawa, Guenther Schnalzger, Andreas Reize, Klaus-Dieter Fietz, Christian Laier, Oliver Holz