Patents by Inventor Jeannette Kopp

Jeannette Kopp 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).

  • Slide valve for a waste heat recovery system
    Patent number: 10119426
    Abstract: Slide valve (1), in particular for a waste heat recovery system of a combustion engine, having a valve housing (4), wherein an inlet passage (5) and an outlet passage (6) are formed in the valve housing (4). A substantially cylindrical slide (3) is guided in a longitudinally movable manner in a guide bore (20) in the valve housing (4), wherein the guide bore (20) can be connected hydraulically to the inlet passage (5) and to the outlet passage (6). A closing body (35, 35a) is arranged on the slide (3), wherein a slide seat (75, 75a) is formed between the guide bore (20) and the closing body (35, 35a). The guide bore (20) and the sliding body (35, 35a) form a sliding pair, wherein the sliding pair has the material combination steel-graphite or the material combination ceramic-graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeannette Kopp, Bernd Berghaenel, Luiz-Alexandre Colodel, Sophie-Charlotte Deger-Panthene, Stephan Wehr
  • SLIDE VALVE FOR A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170167308
    Abstract: Slide valve (1), in particular for a waste heat recovery system of a combustion engine, having a valve housing (4), wherein an inlet passage (5) and an outlet passage (6) are formed in the valve housing (4). A substantially cylindrical slide (3) is guided in a longitudinally movable manner in a guide bore (20) in the valve housing (4), wherein the guide bore (20) can be connected hydraulically to the inlet passage (5) and to the outlet passage (6). A closing body (35, 35a) is arranged on the slide (3), wherein a slide seat (75, 75a) is formed between the guide bore (20) and the closing body (35, 35a). The guide bore (20) and the sliding body (35, 35a) form a sliding pair, wherein the sliding pair has the material combination steel-graphite or the material combination ceramic-graphite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jeannette Kopp, Bernd Berghaenel, Luiz-Alexandre Colodel, Sophie-Charlotte Deger-Panthene, Stephan Wehr