Patents by Inventor Juergen Wiker
Juergen Wiker 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: 12263571Abstract: A machine tool, in particular a hand-held machine tool, is disclosed. The machine tool includes at least one housing unit and at least one drive unit arranged within the housing unit. The machine tool further includes at least one separator unit which is provided to divide at least one fluid flow directed through the housing unit into at least two sub-flows, in particular according to a density of foreign bodies. One sub-flow of the sub-flows has a higher density of foreign bodies in comparison to another sub-flow of the sub-flows. The machine tool also includes at least one fluid cooling unit which is provided for cooling the drive unit by way of the at least two sub-flows.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Barth
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Patent number: 12151331Abstract: A machine tool device in one embodiment is configured to provide open-loop and/or closed-loop control of at least one machine tool function of a portable machine tool. The machine tool device includes at least one detection unit configured to detect at least one characteristic variable of the machine tool and/or of a processing tool arranged on the machine tool. The machine tool device further includes at least one brake unit, wherein at least one brake function of the brake unit is adapted at least partially automatically, and in particular dynamically, depending on the at least one detected characteristic variable.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Wiker, Matthias Schneider
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Patent number: 11607792Abstract: A machine tool device for a portable machine tool in one embodiments includes at least one coupling unit which couples a machining tool and at least one drive unit configured to drive the coupling unit. The machine tool device includes a recuperation unit which provides, in at least one deactivated state of the drive unit, electrical energy which supplies at least one functional unit from a kinetic energy of at least the coupling unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Matthias Schneider
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Publication number: 20230001561Abstract: A machine tool, in particular a hand-held machine tool, is disclosed. The machine tool includes at least one housing unit and at least one drive unit arranged within the housing unit. The machine tool further includes at least one separator unit which is provided to divide at least one fluid flow directed through the housing unit into at least two sub-flows, in particular according to a density of foreign bodies. One sub-flow of the sub-flows has a higher density of foreign bodies in comparison to another sub-flow of the sub-flows. The machine tool also includes at least one fluid cooling unit which is provided for cooling the drive unit by way of the at least two sub-flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Barth
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Patent number: 11509246Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brake device for an electric motor, which has at least one armature winding and at least one field winding, comprising at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop control and/or closed-loop control of at least one electric current through the armature winding and/or through the field winding. According to the disclosure, in the event of short-circuit braking of the electric motor, the open-loop and/or control-loop unit is intended to reduce, at least temporarily, an electric armature current flowing through the armature winding.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Wiker, Klaus Dengler, Matthias Schneider
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Publication number: 20220324075Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one motorized machining tool, at least one, particularly capacitive, sensor unit, configured to detect at least one foreign body in at least one detection area around the machining tool, and at least one closed-loop and/or open-loop control unit configured to trigger at least one action depending on at least one signal from the sensor unit. The sensor unit includes at least one antenna configured to emit at least one electrical and/or magnetic field, which defines the at least one detection area, and/or to detect the at least one foreign body depending on at least one change in the at least one electrical and/or magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein, Simon Riggenmann
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Publication number: 20220297252Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one motor-driven machining tool; at least one sensor unit, in particular a capacitive sensor unit, which is configured to detect at least one foreign body in at least one detection area around the machining tool; and at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit configured to trigger at least one action in accordance with at least one signal from the sensor unit. The sensor unit includes at least one antenna configured to emit at least one electric and/or magnetic field defining the at least one detection area and/or to detect the at least one foreign body in accordance with at least one change in at least one electric and/or magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Simon Riggenmann, Daniel Dennis, Juergen Wiker, Florian Esenwein
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Publication number: 20220055167Abstract: A safety brake device for braking a machining tool includes at least one brake device configured as an at least two-part claw clutch. The claw clutch includes a first claw-clutch part, and a second claw-clutch part. The first claw-clutch part is arranged on the output shaft so as to allow no relative rotation, the second claw-clutch part is configured to allow no relative rotation with respect to the power tool, each claw-clutch part has a respective plurality of toothing elements, the respective plurality of toothing elements are configured to engage with one another during a braking operation to stop rotation of the output shaft, and a maximum angular spacing ?max of mutually adjacent toothing elements of at least one of the first plurality of toothing elements an the second plurality of toothing elements is determined depending on a maximum rotational speed of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein, Dhananjay Raghunath Zinge
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Publication number: 20220001504Abstract: A safety braking device for a machine tool for braking a processing tool driven by means of an electric motor via an output unit, more particularly an output shaft, includes at least one braking device which is provided to halt rotation of the output unit in a braking process. The braking device has at least a first braking stage and a second braking stage. The disclosure further relates to a machine tool having the safety braking device and to a method for operating a safety braking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein
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Publication number: 20210394326Abstract: A machine tool device in one embodiment is configured to provide open-loop and/or closed-loop control of at least one machine tool function of a portable machine tool. The machine tool device includes at least one detection unit configured to detect at least one characteristic variable of the machine tool and/or of a processing tool arranged on the machine tool. The machine tool device further includes at least one brake unit, wherein at least one brake function of the brake unit is adapted at least partially automatically, and in particular dynamically, depending on the at least one detected characteristic variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Matthias Schneider
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Publication number: 20210323189Abstract: A portable circular saw has a sole plate, a housing, and a drive unit which is arranged at least partially in the housing and to which a tool receptacle for an interchangeable saw blade is assigned. The drive unit is configured to drive the interchangeable saw blade in rotation about an associated axis of rotation, and the portable circular saw is guidable along a workpiece by means of the sole plate. The saw further includes a securing device having at least one sensor element. The securing device is configured to detect at least one breaking of the portable circular saw into the workpiece during a sawing operation and, upon detecting any breaking into the workpiece, to brake and/or switch off the drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Juergen WIKER, Thomas ZIEGLER, Daniel DENNIS
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Patent number: 10967537Abstract: The disclosure relates to a circular saw, in particular a hand-held circular saw, having a housing and a drive unit, at least some sections of which are arranged in the housing and with which a tool holder for an exchangeable saw blade is associated. The drive unit is designed to rotationally drive the exchangeable saw blade about an associated axis of rotation. In the circular saw, a blade guard is associated with the exchangeable saw blade. The blade guard is mounted in the housing for rotation about the associated axis of rotation and extends around a cutting point of the exchangeable saw blade at least during a sawing operation in such a way that contact with the cutting point can be at least substantially prevented.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Wiker, Thomas Ziegler, Michael Wall, Daniel Dennis, Torsten Riek
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Publication number: 20210058014Abstract: The disclosure relates to a brake device for an electric motor, which has at least one armature winding and at least one field winding, comprising at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop control and/or closed-loop control of at least one electric current through the armature winding and/or through the field winding. According to the disclosure, in the event of short-circuit braking of the electric motor, the open-loop and/or control-loop unit is intended to reduce, at least temporarily, an electric armature current flowing through the armature winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Klaus Dengler, Matthias Schneider
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Publication number: 20200391370Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a tool housing, which extends around a drive unit, an electronic unit for the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the drive unit, and an electrical interface, around which the machine housing extends in at least one plane and which can be couplably connected to a communication unit. The machine housing has an access protection device, which is provided for protecting the interface from access, in particular, by a human finger and/or a test finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Peter Stierle, Manfred Lutz, Juergen Wiker, Thomas Schomisch, Matthias Schneider
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Publication number: 20200331139Abstract: A machine tool device for a portable machine tool in one embodiments includes at least one coupling unit which couples a machining tool and at least one drive unit configured to drive the coupling unit. The machine tool device includes a recuperation unit which provides, in at least one deactivated state of the drive unit, electrical energy which supplies at least one functional unit from a kinetic energy of at least the coupling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Matthias Schneider
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Patent number: 10661467Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a turntable rotatable in relation to the base and including a work piece support surface, a support assembly attached to the turntable, and a saw assembly attached to the support assembly and configured to cut a work piece supported on the turntable. A fence assembly includes an elongate fence body that extends along a first axis. The elongate fence body is supported by the base and positioned over the turntable. The fence body has a first connecting structure, and a fence insert defining an elongate work piece abutment surface and having a second connecting structure. The fence assembly is positionable in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the second connecting structure cooperates with the first connecting structure to secure the fence insert at a first position in relation to the fence body.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael J. Lawlor, Juergen Wiker
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Patent number: 10631130Abstract: A mobile function device, in particular a mobile tool-system function device configured to be disposed on an extremity of an operator, includes at least one sensor unit configured to sense at least one emission characteristic quantity and/or at least one position-specific characteristic quantity, and at least one communication unit configured to transmit electronic data to at least one external unit, in particular to a portable power tool and/or to an item of safety clothing. The mobile function device further includes at least one computing unit configured to generate, in dependence on the at least one sensed emission characteristic quantity and/or the at least one sensed position-specific characteristic quantity, electronic data configured to control the at least one external unit by open-loop and/or closed-loop control. The at least one communication unit configured to transmit the generated electronic data to the at least one external unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Juergen Wiker
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Publication number: 20190381688Abstract: The disclosure relates to a circular saw, in particular a hand-held circular saw, having a housing and a drive unit, at least some sections of which are arranged in the housing and with which a tool holder for an exchangeable saw blade is associated. The drive unit is designed to rotationally drive the exchangeable saw blade about an associated axis of rotation. In the circular saw, a blade guard is associated with the exchangeable saw blade. The blade guard is mounted in the housing for rotation about the associated axis of rotation and extends around a cutting point of the exchangeable saw blade at least during a sawing operation in such a way that contact with the cutting point can be at least substantially prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Thomas Ziegler, Michael Wall, Daniel Dennis, Torsten Riek
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Publication number: 20180361611Abstract: A miter saw includes a base, a turntable rotatable in relation to the base and including a work piece support surface, a support assembly attached to the turntable, and a saw assembly attached to the support assembly and configured to cut a work piece supported on the turntable. A fence assembly includes an elongate fence body that extends along a first axis. The elongate fence body is supported by the base and positioned over the turntable. The fence body has a first connecting structure, and a fence insert defining an elongate work piece abutment surface and having a second connecting structure. The fence assembly is positionable in a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the second connecting structure cooperates with the first connecting structure to secure the fence insert at a first position in relation to the fence body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Michael J. Lawlor, Juergen Wiker
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Patent number: 10021236Abstract: A mobile functional apparatus is arrangeable on a body part of a user and includes at least one communication unit configured to communicate with at least one external unit and/or at least one sensor unit configured to capture at least one user and/or environment parameter. The mobile functional apparatus further includes at least one energy harvesting unit configured to convert at least one form of energy into electric power for supplying electric power at least to the at least one communication unit and/or to the at least one sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Juergen Wiker