Patents by Inventor Hubertus Wienken

Hubertus Wienken 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: 12157442
    Abstract: A drivetrain for a vehicle includes a drive motor, an axle differential, and a friction brake. The drive motor is configured to drive the axle differential. The friction brake is positioned in a transmission path between the drive motor and the axle differential, and is configured to generate a braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 11987225
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a driver assistance method, in which a vehicle performs a driving manoeuvre automatically, and a braking device, in particular a parking brake, is at least partially actuated during the performance of the driving manoeuvre so that a braking action is constantly exerted on the wheels of at least one axle so that a drive of the vehicle operates counter to the braking action of the braking device in order to move the vehicle. According to the disclosure, during the driving manoeuvre at least one operating parameter which is related to an undesired increase in the braking action exerted on at least one wheel is detected and evaluated, and a braking action on at least one wheel is reduced in accordance with the result of said evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baerhle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 11945427
    Abstract: A method for securing a motor vehicle with at least one wheel brake during an automated driving maneuver includes, in order to carry out the automated driving maneuver, setting a hydraulic pressure at the wheel brake in order to generate a defined braking force large enough to securely arrest the motor vehicle during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method further includes keeping the hydraulic pressure which is set at the wheel brake essentially constant during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method may be implemented in a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 11904825
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken, Steffen Zechmeister, Norbert Kearney
  • Patent number: 11772618
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake system includes establishing a parking brake request for a first automated parking brake constructed on a first wheel located on a first side of an axle of a motor vehicle, producing a braking force at the first wheel by activating, in response to the establishing of the parking brake request, the first automated parking brake, and activating a compensation device connecting the first wheel and a second wheel located on a second side of the axle to apply a braking force to the second wheel via the first wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Wolff, Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 11565674
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle includes a master brake cylinder, a hydraulic unit, and multiple wheel brakes. The hydraulic unit Ha at least one brake circuit for modulating the braking pressure in the wheel brakes. At least one wheel brake is paired with a bistable solenoid valve, which is looped into the corresponding fluid channel directly upstream of the paired wheel brake and which enables the braking pressure in the paired wheel brake to be modulated in a de-energized open position and locks the current braking pressure in the paired wheel brake in a de-energized closed position, wherein a volume equalization device which comprises a connectable accumulator opens into the corresponding fluid channel between the bistable solenoid valve and the paired wheel brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Klaus Landesfeind, Klaus-Dieter Nijakowski, Edith Mannherz, Hubertus Wienken, Christoph Brand, Edgar Kurz, Wolfgang Schuller
  • Publication number: 20210347341
    Abstract: A method for securing a motor vehicle with at least one wheel brake during an automated driving maneuver includes, in order to carry out the automated driving maneuver, setting a hydraulic pressure at the wheel brake in order to generate a defined braking force large enough to securely arrest the motor vehicle during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method further includes keeping the hydraulic pressure which is set at the wheel brake essentially constant during the execution of the automated driving maneuver. The method may be implemented in a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Frank BAEHRLE-MILLER, Hubertus WIENKEN
  • Publication number: 20210284122
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken, Steffen Zechmeister, Norbert Kearney
  • Publication number: 20210261103
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a driver assistance method, in which a vehicle performs a driving manoeuvre automatically, and a braking device, in particular a parking brake, is at least partially actuated during the performance of the driving manoeuvre so that a braking action is constantly exerted on the wheels of at least one axle so that a drive of the vehicle operates counter to the braking action of the braking device in order to move the vehicle. According to the disclosure, during the driving manoeuvre at least one operating parameter which is related to an undesired increase in the braking action exerted on at least one wheel is detected and evaluated, and a braking action on at least one wheel is reduced in accordance with the result of said evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Baerhle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Publication number: 20210197787
    Abstract: A method for providing the clamping force generated by an electromechanical brake device in a vehicle includes setting the position of a brake piston as a function of a brake temperature when the vehicle is in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken, Burkhard Iske
  • Publication number: 20210078554
    Abstract: A hydraulic brake system for a vehicle includes a master brake cylinder, a hydraulic unit, and multiple wheel brakes. The hydraulic unit Ha at least one brake circuit for modulating the braking pressure in the wheel brakes. At least one wheel brake is paired with a bistable solenoid valve, which is looped into the corresponding fluid channel directly upstream of the paired wheel brake and which enables the braking pressure in the paired wheel brake to be modulated in a de-energized open position and locks the current braking pressure in the paired wheel brake in a de-energized closed position, wherein a volume equalization device which comprises a connectable accumulator opens into the corresponding fluid channel between the bistable solenoid valve and the paired wheel brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Klaus Landesfeind, Klaus-Dieter Nijakowski, Edith Mannherz, Hubertus Wienken, Christoph Brand, Edgar Kurz, Wolfgang Schuller
  • Publication number: 20200353907
    Abstract: A method for operating a parking brake system includes establishing a parking brake request for a first automated parking brake constructed on a first wheel located on a first side of an axle of a motor vehicle, producing a braking force at the first wheel by activating, in response to the establishing of the parking brake request, the first automated parking brake, and activating a compensation device connecting the first wheel and a second wheel located on a second side of the axle to apply a braking force to the second wheel via the first wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Helmut Wolff, Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 10821952
    Abstract: A method for performing a parking brake application process in a motor vehicle with a service brake and a parking brake includes combining a hydraulic force component and a mechanical force component to obtain a total clamping force for the parking brake application process. The two force components are combined in each parking brake application process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Hubertus Wienken
  • Publication number: 20190389437
    Abstract: A drivetrain for a vehicle includes a drive motor, an axle differential, and a friction brake. The drive motor is configured to drive the axle differential. The friction brake is positioned in a transmission path between the drive motor and the axle differential, and is configured to generate a braking torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken
  • Patent number: 9802586
    Abstract: In a method for providing the clamping force generated by a parking brake, the roadway incline is measured and in the case that the roadway incline exceeds a threshold value, a reengagement process is carried out after a defined time period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Hubertus Wienken
  • Publication number: 20170217417
    Abstract: A method for performing a parking brake application process in a motor vehicle with a service brake and a parking brake includes combining a hydraulic force component and a mechanical force component to obtain a total clamping force for the parking brake application process. The two force components are combined in each parking brake application process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Dieter Blattert, Hubertus Wienken
  • Publication number: 20130226423
    Abstract: In a method for providing the clamping force generated by a parking brake, the roadway incline is measured and in the case that the roadway incline exceeds a threshold value, a reengagement process is carried out after a defined time period has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank BAEHRLE-MILLER, Dieter Blattert, Hubertus Wienken