Patents by Inventor Jan Michl

Jan Michl 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).

  • Publication number: 20220034704
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining the fill level of a fluid (2) in a tank (1), wherein a propagation time of an ultrasonic signal between an ultrasound element (4) and a reflection at the surface (3) of the fluid (2) is measured. A first, single reflection and a second, double reflection are evaluated, wherein the measurement of the reflections is carried out with a measurement setting with an excitation energy of the ultrasonic signal and a sensitivity. The sensitivity is indicated by a gain and a comparison value (13). Via measurements with different measurement settings, a suspected first reflection and a suspected second reflection are located and a plausibility check is carried out of the propagation times of the first and second reflections with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Arthur Bastoreala, Jan Michl Hofmann, Sascha Rademann, Tania Gonzalez-Baquet, Tobias Pfister
  • Patent number: 10458304
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a quality signal (26). The quality signal (26) is provided by a quality sensor (24) used in a reagent metering system (10). The reagent metering system (10) meters a urea/water solution (14) stored in a tank (12), the quality of which is checked by the quality sensor (24), upstream of an SCR catalytic converter (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Michl Hofmann, Reinold Weinmann
  • Publication number: 20180171848
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing a quality signal (26). The quality signal (26) is provided by a quality sensor (24) used in a reagent metering system (10). The reagent metering system (10) meters a urea/water solution (14) stored in a tank (12), the quality of which is checked by the quality sensor (24), upstream of an SCR catalytic converter (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Michl Hofmann, Reinold Weinmann
  • Patent number: 4259622
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for the driving and for independent recuperation braking of a vehicle provided with DC compound traction motors, a DC feeding circuit, and pulse control for obtaining braking with so-called clean recuperation. The series windings of the motors and their armatures are connected to a tetragonal circuit with four terminals, with a pulse converter controlling the armature voltage of the motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: CKD Praha, oborovy podnik
    Inventors: Jan Kamenicky, Jan Michl, Zdenek Sindelar, Stanislav Ibl, Jaroslav Salivar