Patents by Inventor Jochen Moench
Jochen Moench 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).
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Patent number: 12351079Abstract: A method for operating electrical drive units of seat components in a motor vehicle during a detected pre-crash situation. The method moves a passenger to a target position for an impending crash based on an actual position of the passenger. The method also determines a control strategy for coordinating an adjustment of the seat components in order to actuate at least two of the drive units simultaneously or immediately successively such that the required power of the drive units is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Bjoern Andrews, Jens Schrader, Jochen Moench, Juri Hartmann, Rainer Berger
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Publication number: 20220234475Abstract: The invention relates to methods and a system for operating electrical drive units of seat components in a motor vehicle, preferably in the case of a detected pre-crash situation, wherein an optimum target position of a passenger for an imminent crash case is moved to (S1, S2) depending on a current position of the passenger, wherein, for this purpose, a rule strategy for coordinating the adjustment of the seat components is determined (S3) in order to actuate at least two of the drive units at the same time or directly in succession such that the required power of the drive units is minimized (S4).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Bjoern Andrews, Jens Schrader, Jochen Moench, Juri Hartmann, Rainer Berger
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Publication number: 20130333377Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromechanical brake booster with adjustable non-linear assistance force, comprising a brake booster piston (10), an adjustment means (50) which can be moved in a translatory fashion, and a non-linear coupling mechanism (40) for coupling the brake booster piston (10) to the adjustment means (50) in order to apply variable force to the brake booster piston (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Lin Feuerrohr, Jochen Moench, Christian Meyer, Hans-Peter Dommsch, Stefan Demont, Martin-Peter Bolz, Jean-Marc Ritt
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Patent number: 8267119Abstract: The invention relates to a valve for controlling volumetric flows in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve housing (10), from which at least one inlet channel (18) and at least one outlet channel (20, 22) branch, in addition to at least one disc-type valve body (28) for controlling the flow, said body being located in the valve housing so that it can rotate about the axis (31) of a driven shaft (30). According to the invention, the valve body (28) is operatively connected to an electromotive drive (24) by means of a gear system (64). The invention also relates to a heating and/or cooling system (110) of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve (131) of this type.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jochen Moench, Alois Hils, Georg Reeb, Roland Schmidt, Juergen Tempel, Sven Urlaub
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Publication number: 20110180737Abstract: The invention proposes a valve (1) for controlling volume flows, in particular in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, having a disk-shaped valve body (2) with at least one control opening (3) which, to control the volume flow, interacts with a disk-shaped sealing body (10) having at least one passage opening (11), wherein the disk-shaped valve body (2) has an external toothing (49) into which a pinion (42) engages in order to rotate the valve body (2). According to the invention, the pinion (42) and the external toothing (49) of the disk-shaped valve body (2) interact with one another by means of an evoloid toothing (43; 44). The valve according to the invention is provided for controlling volume flows, in particular in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Jochen Moench, Alois Hils, Georg Reeb, Claudius Muschelknautz, Sven Urlaub
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Publication number: 20100044606Abstract: The invention relates to a valve for controlling volumetric flows in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve housing (10), from which at least one inlet channel (18) and at least one outlet channel (20, 22) branch, in addition to at least one disc-type valve body (28) for controlling the flow, said body being located in the valve housing so that it can rotate about the axis (31) of a driven shaft (30). According to the invention, the valve body (28) is operatively connected to an electromotive drive (24) by means of a gear system (64). The invention also relates to a heating and/or cooling system (110) of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve (131) of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Jochen Moench, Alois Hils, Georg Reeb, Roland Schmidt, Juergen Tempel, Sven Urlaub
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Publication number: 20100037838Abstract: The invention relates to a valve for controlling volumetric flows in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, comprising a valve housing (10), from which at least one inlet channel (18) and at least one outlet channel (20, 22) branch, in addition to at least one disc-type valve body (28) for controlling the flow, said body being located in the valve housing (10) so that it can rotate about the axis (31) of a driven shaft (30). According to the invention, the valve comprises means for compensating an imbalance, said means ensuring a uniform distribution of mass about the rotational axis (31) of the valve body (28). The invention also relates to a heating and/or cooling circuit (110) of motor vehicle, comprising at least one coolant control valve (131) of this type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Jochen Moench, Alois Hils, Georg Reeb, Roland Schmidt, Sven Urlaub
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Patent number: 7479083Abstract: Gear mechanism (10), in particular for adjusting moveable parts in a motor vehicle, comprising a spur wheel (14) which is provided with external teeth (16) and meshes with an internal gear (18) that is provided with internal teeth (20), wherein the number of internal teeth (20) to generate a certain gear step-up ratio is greater by at least one than the number of external teeth (16) and the spur wheel (14) and the internal gear (18) perform an eccentric movement relative to one another, wherein the eccentric movement is directed exclusively by means of the matching tooth geometry of the internal and external teeth (20, 16).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Willi Schmidt, Jochen Moench, Daniel Cettier
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Patent number: 7362040Abstract: A device for opening and closing an opening (11), in particular in a motor vehicle, by means of a motor-driven, movable part (10), with a control unit (26) and a pinch prevention sensor (14), which is disposed essentially along an edge (20) of the part (10) and/or of a frame profile (12) bordering the opening (11) and which, during the closing of the part (10), detects an obstacle (24) that is in the movement path of the part (10) and sends a signal to the control unit (26) in order to stop or reverse the movement of the part (10), wherein the pinch prevention sensor (14) has a highly elastic, electroactive polymer (EAP) material (30), in particular polyurethane, fluoroelastomer, polybutadiene, fluorosilicone, or silicone, disposed between electrodes (28, 34, 36), which produces a voltage change in the electrodes (28, 34, 36) in the event of a deformation.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2002Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Achim Neubauer, Martin-Peter Bolz, Jochen Moench, Falk Herrmann
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Publication number: 20070138877Abstract: A connecting device (1) is used to mechanically connect a motor housing (2) of a motor (5) to a transmission housing (3) of a transmission (7). The motor (5) acts on the transmission (7) via a motor shaft (6). The connecting device (1) has a connecting element (15, 26), which can connect the motor housing (2) indirectly to the transmission housing (3). The connecting element (15, 26) is embodied so that when the motor housing (2) moves relative to the transmission housing (3) in a rotating fashion around an axis (25) predetermined by the motor shaft (6), the connecting element (15, 26) can be at least partially deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Jochen Moench, Christof Bernauer
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Publication number: 20070087887Abstract: Gear mechanism (10), in particular for adjusting moveable parts in a motor vehicle, comprising a spur wheel (14) which is provided with external teeth (16) and meshes with an internal gear (18) that is provided with internal teeth (20), wherein the number of internal teeth (20) to generate a certain gear step-up ratio is greater by at least one than the number of external teeth (16) and the spur wheel (14) and the internal gear (18) perform an eccentric movement relative to one another, wherein the eccentric movement is directed exclusively by means of the matching tooth geometry of the internal and external teeth (20, 16).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2004Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventors: Willi Schmidt, Jochen Moench, Daniel Cettier
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Patent number: 7024722Abstract: The invention concerns a fastening for a windshield wiper system on a vehicle body, in particular for motor vehicles, whereby the windshield wiper system is composed of a premanufactured assembly having at least one fastening site arranged on it. It is provided that the at least one fastening site of the windshield wiper system (32) is bonded in each case with a fastening site arranged accordingly on the vehicle body (10).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Achim Neubauer, Peter Kalchschmidt, Jochen Moench, Heiko Sponar
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Patent number: 6969934Abstract: The invention is based on a control drive for operating drive components or adjusting components in motor vehicles. The control drive comprises an electric actuator (12) that acts on force-transmitting elements (19, 13; 40, 41). With these, the adjusting motion is transmitted to the drive or adjusting components to be adjusted. A throwout element (19) is provided that interrupts the transmission of force by the force-transmitting elements (10, 13; 40, 41) in the de-energized state (23, 55) of the electric actuator.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2001Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Achim Neubauer, Joerg Aschoff, Werner Dilger, Rolf Pierenkemper, Martin-Peter Bolz, Jochen Moench
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Publication number: 20050218688Abstract: A windshield wiper apparatus (10), in particular for a motor vehicle, is proposed with at least one drive device, which is able to drive at least one wiper shaft (18) in at least a pendulum fashion, on which a wiper arm bearing a wiper blade can be fastened, whereby binders (24) to fasten the windshield wiper apparatus (10) are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventors: Achim Neubauer, Peter Kalchschmidt, Martin-Peter Bolz, Jochen Moench, Hartmut Krueger, Ken Zschweigert
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Patent number: 6897627Abstract: An electronic triggering device for a two-motor wiper system with two electric motors is proposed, in which the triggering device includes a parallel circuit of three half bridges; one of the three half bridges intended for triggering both electric motors in common. A method for triggering such a triggering device is also proposed.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jochen Moench, Hartmut Krueger
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Publication number: 20040245954Abstract: An electronic triggering device for a two-motor wiper system with two electric motors is proposed, in which the triggering device includes a parallel circuit of three half bridges; one of the three half bridges intended for triggering both electric motors in common. A method for triggering such a triggering device is also proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2004Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Jochen Moench, Hartmut Krueger
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Patent number: 6727614Abstract: A drive unit for wiper assemblies includes a housing (2, 3; 91) surrounding a drive motor, which is associated with a gear (13, 30, 50, 60, 80, 90), whose drive shaft (5, 40, 65, 97) drive wiper components. On the housing (2, 3; 91), a connecting point (27) for a control and regulating electronics, as well as for connecting to an on-board system of a motor vehicle and a position detector (12), are provided. The drive shaft (5, 40) lies either coaxial to the drive shaft of a rotationally symmetrical motor and drive unit (1, 30, 50, 80) or the axis of symmetry (93) of the motor and gear unit (60, 90) lies in a mirror plane (78).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2003Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Achim Neubauer, Jochen Moench
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Publication number: 20040070316Abstract: A device for opening and closing an opening (11), in particular in a motor vehicle, by means of a motor-driven, movable part (10), with a control unit (26) and a pinch prevention sensor (14), which is disposed essentially along an edge (20) of the part (10) and/or of a frame profile (12) bordering the opening (11) and which, during the closing of the part (10), detects an obstacle (24) that is in the movement path of the part (10) and sends a signal to the control unit (26) in order to stop or reverse the movement of the part (10), wherein the pinch prevention sensor (14) has a highly elastic, electroactive polymer (EAP) material (30), in particular polyurethane, fluoroelastomer, polybutadiene, fluorosilicone, or silicone, disposed between electrodes (28, 34, 36), which produces a voltage change in the electrodes (28, 34, 36) in the event of a deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Achim Neubauer, Martin-Peter Bolz, Jochen Moench, Falk Herrmann
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Publication number: 20040061393Abstract: A drive unit for wiper assemblies includes a housing (2, 3; 91) surrounding a drive motor, which is associated with a gear (13, 30, 50, 60, 80, 90), whose drive shaft (5, 40, 65, 97) drive wiper components. On the housing (2, 3; 91), a connecting point (27) for a control and regulating electronics, as well as for connecting to an on-board system of a motor vehicle and a position detector (12), are provided. The drive shaft (5, 40) lies either coaxial to the drive shaft of a rotationally symmetrical motor and drive unit (1, 30, 50, 80) or the axis of symmetry (93) of the motor and gear unit (60, 90) lies in a mirror plane (78).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Achim Neubauer, Jochen Moench
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Publication number: 20040041477Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit for wiper components on motor vehicles. The rive unit includes an electric drive (10), which is accommodated in a housing (3; 32, 33). The electric drive (1) includes an armature shaft (26), on which a first toothing (4) is formed. The armature shaft (26) is axially, displaceably accommodated in the housing (3; 32, 33) and is loaded via a spring element (28). On the housing (3; 32, 33), a crown wheel or a crown wheel segment (5) is pivotally accommodated. The crown wheel or crown wheel segment (5) meshes with the first toothing (4) on the armature shaft (26) of the electric drive (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Jochen Moench, Achim Neubauer, Martin-Peter Bolz, Hartmut Krueger