Patents by Inventor Heiko Witte

Heiko Witte 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: 10753469
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive of a mobile working machine includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors connected to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. An electronic control unit of the hydrostatic transmission is configured to initiate and to end a braking operation by the hydrostatic transmission if a traveling speed of the mobile working machine reaches a threshold value. The threshold value is adjustable by the electronic control unit automatically or in a manner dependent on a driver demand. The braking torque is also adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Witte, Martin Behm
  • Patent number: 10690244
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors coupled to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. A braking operation by means of the transmission can be initiated in the traction drive by an electronic control unit if there is a risk of overspeeding of an associated internal combustion engine. The braking operation is initiated if at least two activation thresholds are overshot, of which a first activation threshold is variable whereas the further activation threshold is fixed or variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heiko Witte
  • Patent number: 10619734
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors coupled to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. A braking operation is introduced into the traction drive via the hydrostatic transmission, and is controlled in closed-loop fashion by an electronic control unit. A braking torque is controlled in closed-loop fashion indirectly by a swept volume of the secondary unit, for which purpose one or two closed-loop controllers are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Witte, Martin Behm
  • Patent number: 10571020
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission with which a braking operation is realized in which at least one traction motor which acts as a pump is supported via a closed circuit on an adjustable axial piston pump which acts as a motor, and which in turn is supported on an internal combustion engine. Since overspeeding of the latter should be avoided, pilot control is performed with a rotational speed that is subcritical for the internal combustion engine, and thereafter closed-loop control is performed with a closed-loop controller which outputs a corrective value in a manner dependent on the rotational speed deviation between the present rotational speed and the maximum and thus ideal rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Heiko Witte
  • Patent number: 10545121
    Abstract: Pipeline inspection systems are provided. In one embodiment, a pipeline inspection system can include at least one sensor module having a module body and a plurality of sensor holders mounted to the module body. Each sensor holder can include a holder body with a first body end, a second body end, and a plurality of sensors positioned therebetween, and a plurality of rotational guides that can be coupled to the holder body and configured to be biased towards an interior surface of the pipeline wall so as to define a standoff distance between each sensor and the interior surface of the pipeline wall. Each sensor holder can be at least partially pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the holder body extending between the first body end and the second body end. Methods of inspecting a pipeline are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: PII Pipetronix GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Frueh, Heiko Witte
  • Publication number: 20190360976
    Abstract: Pipeline inspection systems are provided. In one embodiment, a pipeline inspection system can include at least one sensor module having a module body and a plurality of sensor holders mounted to the module body. Each sensor holder can include a holder body with a first body end, a second body end, and a plurality of sensors positioned therebetween, and a plurality of rotational guides that can be coupled to the holder body and configured to be biased towards an interior surface of the pipeline wall so as to define a standoff distance between each sensor and the interior surface of the pipeline wall. Each sensor holder can be at least partially pivotable about a longitudinal axis of the holder body extending between the first body end and the second body end. Methods of inspecting a pipeline are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Volker Frueh, Heiko Witte
  • Publication number: 20180231121
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission with which a braking operation is realized in which at least one traction motor which acts as a pump is supported via a closed circuit on an adjustable axial piston pump which acts as a motor, and which in turn is supported on an internal combustion engine. Since overspeeding of the latter should be avoided, pilot control is performed with a rotational speed that is subcritical for the internal combustion engine, and thereafter closed-loop control is performed with a closed-loop controller which outputs a corrective value in a manner dependent on the rotational speed deviation between the present rotational speed and the maximum and thus ideal rotational speed of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Heiko Witte
  • Publication number: 20180231119
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive of a mobile working machine includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors connected to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. An electronic control unit of the hydrostatic transmission is configured to initiate and to end a braking operation by the hydrostatic transmission if a traveling speed of the mobile working machine reaches a threshold value. The threshold value is adjustable by the electronic control unit automatically or in a manner dependent on a driver demand. The braking torque is also adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Witte, Martin Behm
  • Publication number: 20180231122
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors coupled to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. A braking operation by means of the transmission can be initiated in the traction drive by an electronic control unit if there is a risk of overspeeding of an associated internal combustion engine. The braking operation is initiated if at least two activation thresholds are overshot, of which a first activation threshold is variable whereas the further activation threshold is fixed or variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Heiko Witte
  • Publication number: 20180231120
    Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for a traction drive includes a variable-displacement pump and one or more motors coupled to one another in a closed hydraulic circuit. A braking operation is introduced into the traction drive via the hydrostatic transmission, and is controlled in closed-loop fashion by an electronic control unit. A braking torque is controlled in closed-loop fashion indirectly by a swept volume of the secondary unit, for which purpose one or two closed-loop controllers are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Witte, Martin Behm
  • Patent number: D899775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: PII Pipetronix GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Frueh, Heiko Witte