Patents by Inventor Jochen Feinauer

Jochen Feinauer 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: 10556577
    Abstract: A control device for a brake system of a vehicle includes an electronic device configured to perform a method including determining, taking into account a specified braking of a driver of the vehicle or of an automatic control system of the vehicle, a first item of information regarding a current usability of a hydraulic device of the brake system and a second item of information regarding a current usability of a brake booster of the brake system, which first target portion of a brake pressure increase is to be provided by the hydraulic device, and which second target portion of the brake pressure increase is to be provided by the brake booster, and controlling the hydraulic device and/or the brake booster so that the first target portion of the brake pressure increase is provided by the hydraulic device and the second target portion is provided by the brake booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Jochen Feinauer, Stefan Strengert
  • Patent number: 10266165
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle includes: a front axle wheel brake cylinder; a rear axle wheel brake cylinder; and a control electronics system for controlling a first brake pressure in the front axle wheel brake cylinder and/or a second brake pressure in the rear axle wheel brake cylinder. A limiting value z-critical is defined for the braking system, which specifies a maximum braking action, at which a traction stress on the front axle of the vehicle and a traction stress on the rear axle of the vehicle are equal. The braking system is mechanically configured for a z-critical of at least 0.7 g, and the braking system is controlled by the control electronics system during operation using a z-critical value of at most 0.7 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Feinauer, Stefan Strengert, Karl-Heinz Willmann
  • Patent number: 10099668
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, including the following steps: determining a respective traction of the vehicle wheels; determining which of the respective tractions of the vehicle wheels per axle of the vehicle is the highest traction; determining which of the respective highest tractions per axle is the lowest traction; controlling a admission pressure-generating device as a function of the determined lowest traction of the respective highest tractions per axle such that the admission pressure-generating device regulates a brake pressure in a single-channel brake circuit for the vehicle wheels as a function of the determined lowest traction such that the vehicle is decelerated according to the regulated brake pressure. Also described are a corresponding device, a corresponding system, and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Feinauer, Alfred Strehle, Markus Mengelkamp
  • Publication number: 20180022335
    Abstract: A control device for a brake system of a vehicle includes an electronic device configured to perform a method including determining, taking into account a specified braking of a driver of the vehicle or of an automatic control system of the vehicle, a first item of information regarding a current usability of a hydraulic device of the brake system and a second item of information regarding a current usability of a brake booster of the brake system, which first target portion of a brake pressure increase is to be provided by the hydraulic device, and which second target portion of the brake pressure increase is to be provided by the brake booster, and controlling the hydraulic device and/or the brake booster so that the first target portion of the brake pressure increase is provided by the hydraulic device and the second target portion is provided by the brake booster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Jochen Feinauer, Stefan Strengert
  • Patent number: 9764720
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for braking a vehicle, including controlling the electric motor in such a way that the vehicle is slowed or decelerated with the aid of a motor braking torque exerted by the controlled electric motor. The method includes ascertaining whether a requested setpoint speed change is in a predefined normal range, and if so, the electric motor is controlled in such a way that a load to be applied by the electric motor remains less than or equal to a nominal load capacity of the electric motor. If the requested setpoint speed change is outside the predefined normal range, the electric motor is controlled in such a way that the load to be applied by the electric motor exceeds the nominal load capacity of the electric motor, at least during a predefined overload operation time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Erban, Jochen Feinauer, Bastian Richter, Michael Knoop
  • Publication number: 20170232942
    Abstract: A method is described for operating a vehicle, including the following steps: determining a respective traction of the vehicle wheels; determining which of the respective tractions of the vehicle wheels per axle of the vehicle is the highest traction; determining which of the respective highest tractions per axle is the lowest traction; controlling a admission pressure-generating device as a function of the determined lowest traction of the respective highest tractions per axle such that the admission pressure-generating device regulates a brake pressure in a single-channel brake circuit for the vehicle wheels as a function of the determined lowest traction such that the vehicle is decelerated according to the regulated brake pressure. Also described are a corresponding device, a corresponding system, and a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Jochen FEINAUER, Alfred STREHLE, Markus MENGELKAMP
  • Publication number: 20160355167
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for braking a vehicle, including controlling the electric motor in such a way that the vehicle is slowed or decelerated with the aid of a motor braking torque exerted by the controlled electric motor. The method includes ascertaining whether a requested setpoint speed change is in a predefined normal range, and if so, the electric motor is controlled in such a way that a load to be applied by the electric motor remains less than or equal to a nominal load capacity of the electric motor. If the requested setpoint speed change is outside the predefined normal range, the electric motor is controlled in such a way that the load to be applied by the electric motor exceeds the nominal load capacity of the electric motor, at least during a predefined overload operation time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Erban, Jochen Feinauer, Bastian Richter, Michael Knoop
  • Publication number: 20160129897
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle includes: a front axle wheel brake cylinder; a rear axle wheel brake cylinder; and a control electronics system for controlling a first brake pressure in the front axle wheel brake cylinder and/or a second brake pressure in the rear axle wheel brake cylinder. A limiting value z-critical is defined for the braking system, which specifies a maximum braking action, at which a traction stress on the front axle of the vehicle and a traction stress on the rear axle of the vehicle are equal. The braking system is mechanically configured for a z-critical of at least 0.7 g, and the braking system is controlled by the control electronics system during operation using a z-critical value of at most 0.7 g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jochen FEINAUER, Stefan Strengert, Karl-Heniz Willmann
  • Patent number: 7004733
    Abstract: A piston pump for brake systems the region of the outlet valve is provided with a pressure chamber, an opposing chamber, and a flexible wall that divides the pressure chamber from the opposing chamber. The flexible wall has an elastically resilient diaphragm that is supported in an elastically flexible body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Schepp, Werner-Karl Marquardt, Wolfgang Schuller, Jochen Feinauer, Dirk Foerch
  • Publication number: 20040234400
    Abstract: A piston pump for brake systems the region of the outlet valve is provided with a pressure chamber an opposing chamber, and a flexible wall that divides the pressure chamber from the opposing chamber. The flexible wall has an elastically resilient diaphragm that is supported in an elastically flexible body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Rene Schepp, Werner-Karl Marquardt, Wolfgang Schuller, Jochen Feinauer, Dirk Foerch