Patents by Inventor Lars Sodan

Lars Sodan 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: 20240068898
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor. The sensor includes a sensing element and a housing, the housing including an interior space, which is accessible through a housing opening, and the sensing element being situated in the interior space and being designed to detect a property and/or a composition of an ambient medium of the sensor. The method includes filling the interior space with a protective medium through the housing opening, the protective medium being designed to transfer the property and/or the composition of the ambient medium to the sensing element; fixing a preferably flexible diaphragm at or in the housing opening preferably for sealing the housing opening, the diaphragm including at least one diaphragm opening; and sealing the at least one diaphragm opening. A sensor, which is manufactured according to this method, is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Elmar Kroner, Friedhelm Guenter, Joachim Friedl, Joachin Kreutzer, Klaus-Volker Schuett, Michael Raedler, Patrick Stihler, Raschid Baraki, Steven Maul, Yang Zou
  • Patent number: 11841283
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor. The sensor includes a sensing element and a housing, the housing including an interior space, which is accessible through a housing opening, and the sensing element being situated in the interior space and being designed to detect a property and/or a composition of an ambient medium of the sensor. The method includes filling the interior space with a protective medium through the housing opening, the protective medium being designed to transfer the property and/or the composition of the ambient medium to the sensing element; fixing a preferably flexible diaphragm at or in the housing opening preferably for sealing the housing opening, the diaphragm including at least one diaphragm opening; and sealing the at least one diaphragm opening. A sensor, which is manufactured according to this method, is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Elmar Kroner, Friedhelm Guenter, Joachim Friedl, Joachin Kreutzer, Klaus-Volker Schuett, Michael Raedler, Patrick Stihler, Raschid Baraki, Steven Maul, Yang Zou
  • Publication number: 20230393009
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressure sensor having a pressure-sensitive medium. The method includes: providing a pressure sensor having a pressure sensor element, which is arranged in a receiving space of a housing of the pressure sensor; filling the receiving space with a pressure-sensitive medium; applying a second medium, which is immiscible with the pressure-sensitive medium, to a surface of the pressure-sensitive medium; forming a membrane in a boundary region between the pressure-sensitive medium and the second medium by way of a phase-transfer reaction between a first reactant and a second reactant, at least the first reactant or the second reactant being dissolved in the pressure-sensitive medium or in the second medium. A pressure sensor manufactured by the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Elmar Kroner, Friedhelm Guenter, Joachim Friedl, Joachim Kreutzer, Klaus-Volker Schuett, Lars Sodan, Michael Raedler, Patrick Stihler, Raschid Baraki, Steven Maul, Yang Zou
  • Patent number: 11821803
    Abstract: A sensor includes a sensing element for detecting a property and/or a composition of a surrounding medium of the sensor, a transmission medium for transmitting a property and/or a composition of the surroundings medium onto the sensing element, the transmission medium being situated in such a way that the transmission medium is applied to the sensing element, and a cover, which distances the transmission medium from the surrounding medium, the cover being manufactured from a self-healing material, in particular, the cover being designed as a flexible membrane which is made up of a self-healing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Gustav Klett, Joachim Kreutzer, Joachim Friedl, Lars Sodan
  • Patent number: 11397121
    Abstract: A micromechanical pressure sensor system, including: a substrate; a pressure sensor component connected to the substrate; and an essentially hollow frustum-shaped sleeve structure, which is connected to the substrate, which surrounds the pressure sensor component at least laterally and which has an opening at a side of the sleeve structure facing away from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Schiller, Daniel Haug, Lars Sodan, Michael Knauss, Robert Kuells, Sebastian Schuler-Watkins
  • Publication number: 20220155171
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor. The sensor includes a sensing element and a housing, the housing including an interior space, which is accessible through a housing opening, and the sensing element being situated in the interior space and being designed to detect a property and/or a composition of an ambient medium of the sensor. The method includes filling the interior space with a protective medium through the housing opening, the protective medium being designed to transfer the property and/or the composition of the ambient medium to the sensing element; fixing a preferably flexible diaphragm at or in the housing opening preferably for sealing the housing opening, the diaphragm including at least one diaphragm opening; and sealing the at least one diaphragm opening. A sensor, which is manufactured according to this method, is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Elmar Kroner, Friedhelm Guenter, Joachim Friedl, Joachin Kreutzer, Klaus-Volker Schuett, Michael Raedler, Patrick Stihler, Raschid Baraki, Steven Maul, Yang Zou
  • Patent number: 11287346
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit, the pressure sensor unit being configured with at least one sensor element which is situated in a cavity of a support structure, signal processing elements being integrated into support structure, the at least one sensor element being embeddable into the support structure to form the pressure sensor unit, and the support structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM). The pressure sensor unit is introduced into a sensor housing to be provided with a diaphragm and is supported therein, a residual volume of the sensor housing, which is provided with at least one diaphragm and to the wiring of which the pressure sensor unit is electrically connected, being filled with an incompressible fluid. Also described is a method for manufacturing such a pressure sensor system and a measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Eckart Schellkes, Thomas Klaus
  • Publication number: 20220042871
    Abstract: A sensor. The sensor include a sensing element for detecting a property and/or a composition of a surrounding medium of the sensor; a transmission medium for transmitting a property and/or a composition of the surroundings medium onto the sensing element, the transmission medium being situated in such a way that the transmission medium is applied to the sensing element; and a cover, which distances the transmission medium from the surrounding medium, the cover being manufactured from a self-healing material, in particular, the cover being designed as a flexible membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dorothee Nonnenmacher, Gustav Klett, Joachim Kreutzer, Joachim Friedl, Lars Sodan
  • Patent number: 11199461
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system having at least one pressure sensor device. The pressure sensor device has a stack having a ceramic substrate, at least one signal processing element, and at least one sensor element. The pressure sensor device is placed in a sensor housing provided with a membrane, and a residual volume of the sensor housing provided with the membrane is filled with an incompressible fluid. A method for producing such a pressure sensor system, and to a measuring device, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Vicente Amor Burgos, Vijaye Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20200386643
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system having at least one pressure sensor device. The pressure sensor device has a stack having a ceramic substrate, at least one signal processing element, and at least one sensor element. The pressure sensor device is placed in a sensor housing provided with a membrane, and a residual volume of the sensor housing provided with the membrane is filled with an incompressible fluid. A method for producing such a pressure sensor system, and to a measuring device, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Vicente Amor Burgos, Vijaye Rajaraman
  • Publication number: 20200232865
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit, the pressure sensor unit being configured with at least one sensor element which is situated in a cavity of a support structure, signal processing elements being integrated into support structure, the at least one sensor element being embeddable into the support structure to form the pressure sensor unit, and the support structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM). The pressure sensor unit is introduced into a sensor housing to be provided with a diaphragm and is supported therein, a residual volume of the sensor housing, which is provided with at least one diaphragm and to the wiring of which the pressure sensor unit is electrically connected, being filled with an incompressible fluid. Also described is a method for manufacturing such a pressure sensor system and a measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Eckart Schellkes, Thomas Klaus
  • Publication number: 20200200634
    Abstract: A micromechanical pressure sensor system, including: a substrate; a pressure sensor component connected to the substrate; and an essentially hollow frustum-shaped sleeve structure, which is connected to the substrate, which surrounds the pressure sensor component at least laterally and which has an opening at a side of the sleeve structure facing away from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Uwe Schiller, Daniel Haug, Lars Sodan, Michael Knauss, Robert Kuells, Sebastian Schuler-Watkins
  • Patent number: 10598522
    Abstract: A sensor device including a sensor casing, within which one or multiple sensors is/are situated and a mounting, the mounting being fastened to a traffic infrastructure and the sensor casing being detachably fastened in the mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Ronny Schmid
  • Publication number: 20180266855
    Abstract: A sensor device including a sensor casing, within which one or multiple sensors is/are situated and a mounting, the mounting being fastened to a traffic infrastructure and the sensor casing being detachably fastened in the mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Ronny Schmid
  • Patent number: 9963273
    Abstract: A film bag for storing a fluid, in particular a reagent or an auxiliary agent for a biochemical analysis method, includes a film, a seam, and an irreversibly destructible predetermined breaking point. The film is impermeable to the fluid and constituents of the fluid. The seam is formed in a fluid-tight manner between a first sub-region of the film and a second sub-region of the film and forms the film into a fluid-tight bag for accommodating the fluid. The bag is configured to be arranged in a chamber of a device that provides a fluid for a biochemical evaluating unit. The predetermined breaking point is formed from the film and is fluid-tight when a fluid pressure in the film bag is below a limit. The predetermined breaking point is destroyed when the fluid pressure is above the limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hortig, Yvonne Beyl, Daniel Czurratis, Sven Zinober, Lars Sodan, Martina Daub, Jochen Rupp, Holger Behrens
  • Publication number: 20160175842
    Abstract: A device for introducing a liquid sample into a microfluidic system includes an adapter component that is configured to be fluidically coupled to the microfluidic system via at least one channel. The adapter component has a receiving section that is configured to guide and accommodate a sample container. The receiving section positions the sample container in a first predetermined receiving position via a boundary element after the sample container is introduced into the receiving section. Starting from the first predetermined receiving position, the sample container is conveyed to a second predetermined receiving position within the receiving section. In the second predetermined receiving position, an opening element arranged below the receiving section in the adapter component penetrates the sample container such that the liquid sample of the sample container is configured to be conveyed to the at least one channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Holger Behrens
  • Publication number: 20150314924
    Abstract: A film bag for storing a fluid, in particular a reagent or an auxiliary agent for a biochemical analysis method, includes a film, a seam, and an irreversibly destructible predetermined breaking point. The film is impermeable to the fluid and constituents of the fluid. The seam is formed in a fluid-tight manner between a first sub-region of the film and a second sub-region of the film and forms the film into a fluid-tight bag for accommodating the fluid. The bag is configured to be arranged in a chamber of a device that provides a fluid for a biochemical evaluating unit. The predetermined breaking point is formed from the film and is fluid-tight when a fluid pressure in the film bag is below a limit. The predetermined breaking point is destroyed when the fluid pressure is above the limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Hortig, Yvonne Beyl, Daniel Czurratis, Sven Zinober, Lars Sodan, Martina Daub, Jochen Rupp, Holger Behrens
  • Patent number: 8813578
    Abstract: A sensor system has a rotational angle sensor for detecting a rotational angle and a torque sensor for detecting a torque. The rotational angle sensor has a rotatable rotational angle transmitter having index elements. The torque sensor has a rotatable torque transmitter having magnets, which generate a magnetic field, and a magnetic flux unit for amplifying the magnetic field. The index elements and the magnetic flux unit are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Kaess, Axel Kaschner, Juergen Kurle, Lars Sodan, Holger Behrens
  • Patent number: 8604363
    Abstract: A connecting element having a measuring device for a force measurement for a vehicle seat is provided. The connecting element has signal output means in a first housing part, and a measuring device in a second housing part. The measuring device itself has a holder including circuit traces for a sensor system. The sensor system and the at least two electrical components are integrally mounted on the circuit traces. The signal output means are electrically connected to the circuit traces in a force-decoupled manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Sodan, Michael Munz
  • Publication number: 20120152034
    Abstract: A sensor system has a rotational angle sensor for detecting a rotational angle and a torque sensor for detecting a torque. The rotational angle sensor has a rotatable rotational angle transmitter having index elements. The torque sensor has a rotatable torque transmitter having magnets, which generate a magnetic field, and a magnetic flux unit for amplifying the magnetic field. The index elements and the magnetic flux unit are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Udo Kaess, Axel Kaschner, Juergen Kurle, Lars Sodan, Holger Behrens