Patents by Inventor Herbert A. Winters

Herbert A. Winters 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).

  • Sash sensor and method of sensing a sash using an array of multiplexed elements
    Patent number: 6137403
    Abstract: A fume hood sash sensor uses multiplexed sensors to measure sash position. The sensor transmitter or receiver elements may be multiplexed. Furthermore, the sensor may employ passive, passive remote powered transponder, or powered transponder elements on the sashes to measure sash position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Phoenix Controls Corporation
    Inventors: Eric M. Desrochers, Steven J. Gaul, Herbert A. Winters
  • Rack-type steering gear, particularly for use in motor vehicles
    Patent number: 4979405
    Abstract: A rack and pinion gear system in a gear casing for vehicle steering has a spring biased rack against the pinion at one side of the pinion to maintain pinion engagement with the rack. On the other side of the pinion is a generally semicircular bracing bushing encompasssing the pinion and slightly spaced therefrom to brace the pinion in event of bending due to operational stresses. The bracing bushing is carried for support against the gear casing and secured in any suitable manner or may be cast as part of it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, AG.
    Inventors: Gerhard Hagele, Ansgar Betz, Herbert Winter
  • Method for recognizing the power stroke of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 4889094
    Abstract: A method for recognition of the power stroke of an internal combustion engine is proposed, in which recognition as to whether a cylinder is currently in the power stroke is possible by means of camparison of a signal that is synchronous with the crankshaft angle and a signal that is modulated by the combustion events of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ernst Beyer, Jorg Bonitz, Robert Entenmann, Siegmar Forster, Rochus Knab, Walter Kunzel, Wolfgang Kugler, Alfred Mahlberg, Bernhard Miller, Matthias Philipp, Siegfried Rohde, Stefan Unland, Walter Viess, Herbert Winter, Jurgen Zimmermann
  • Control system for an extrinsic-ignition internal combustion engine responsive to an engine load signal provided to dual control units
    Patent number: 4762105
    Abstract: A first control unit of a multiple function control system for a motor vehicle engine controls a function, such as fuel injection, for which it is desirable to provide an engine load signal measured by the amount of air drawn or forced into the engine per unit of time, determined by what is generally known as an air quantity meter. A second control unit of the control system controls the timing of an electrical ignition system for which it has been conventional to supply an engine load signal derived from a pressure transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ernst Beyer, Jorg Bonitz, Robert Entenmann, Siegmar Forster, Rochus Knab, Walter Kunzel, Wolfgang Kugler, Alfred Mahlberg, Bernhard Miller, Matthias Philipp, Siegfried Rohde, Stefan Unland, Walter Viess, Herbert Winter, Jurgen Zimmermann