Patents by Inventor Manfred Lutz

Manfred Lutz 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: 9919409
    Abstract: An electric power tool has a tool housing and a drive motor configured to drive an insert tool. The drive motor is switched on and off by an electric switch actuated by a switching device. The switching device has at least one switching slide with a first end and a second end. The first end has a receiver configured to receive an operating element. The second end is connected to an actuating element configured to actuate the electric switch. The receiver has a first region that tapers into a second region. The operating element has a connecting web connected to a holding element. The holding element has an extent that is less than or equal to an assigned extent of the first region. The connecting web has an extent that is less than or equal to an assigned extent of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schomisch, Manfred Lutz
  • Patent number: 9868200
    Abstract: A handheld power tool includes at least one housing unit that has at least one housing element, at least one further housing element, and at least one housing connecting element that connects the housing element and the further housing element to one another. The handheld power tool also includes at least one electrical and/or electronic indication unit that has at least one at least partially circumferentially arranged indication element configured to indicate at least one handheld power tool characteristic variable. The indication element is formed at least partially integrally with the housing connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Lutz, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock, Joerg Maute, Joachim Schadow, Daniel Barth, Cornelius Boeck
  • Publication number: 20170361416
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a motor, a cooling unit, and a plurality of electronics. The housing includes a first housing part and an air intake opening. The motor is assigned to a drive train of the hand-held power tool. The cooling unit is configured to cool the motor. The plurality of electronics is located in the housing. The first housing part includes at least one air channel that is integral with the first housing part. The air intake opening is configured to conduct a cooling air flow directly to the motor via the at least one air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Manfred Lutz, Peter Stierle
  • Publication number: 20170334053
    Abstract: A machine-tool operating device includes at least one operating unit and at least one electronics unit. The at least one operating unit has at least one operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator and at least one further operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator. The at least one electronics unit is configured at least for switching at least one energy supply of a drive unit in accordance with actuation of the operating element and of the further operating element. One or more of the operating element and the further operating element are configured as a touch-sensitive electronic operating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 9816572
    Abstract: A machine tool deceleration device, in particular a hand-held machine tool deceleration device, for a portable machine tool, includes at least one magnetic deceleration unit. The magnetic deceleration unit includes at least one movably mounted claw segment element that is configured to change at least one parameter of a magnetic field of the magnetic deceleration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Paweletz, Sebastian Laber, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20170250038
    Abstract: An electric power tool has a tool receptacle and a tool housing in which a drive motor for driving the tool receptacle is arranged. The drive motor is switchable on and off via an electric switch. An operating part for indirectly actuating the switch is arranged on the tool housing and extends approximately parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tool housing. The operating part is lever-like and is pivotably arranged on the tool housing. An actuating member of the switch is displaceable approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis by an actuating force that acts on the operating part approximately perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. The drive motor is switched on by the actuating force acting on the operating part against a restoring force of the switch, and the drive motor is switched off automatically, via the restoring force, when the operating part is released by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Achim Trick, Thomas Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20170248272
    Abstract: A safety garment includes at least one sensor unit for detecting at least one user-specific characteristic value and/or at least one environment-specific characteristic value. The safety garment further includes at least one communication unit configured to transmit the detected user-specific characteristic value and/or the detected environment-specific characteristic value to at least one other safety garment in order to communicate with the other safety garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Andre Ullrich, Joachim Schadow, Manfred Lutz, Thorsten Kuehn, Cornelius Boeck, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock, Joerg Maute, Daniel Barth, Juergen Wiker
  • Publication number: 20170244262
    Abstract: A particular embodiment of a storage system includes at least one storage device. The storage device can store working clothing. The storage system further includes a wired and/or wireless charging device. The wired and/or wireless charging device can transmit electrical energy to an energy storage unit of the work clothing. The wired and/or wireless charging device can charge different work-clothing items of the work clothing. The work clothing can be disposed in the storage device. The storage system further includes a sensor device that can sense a characteristic variable of the work clothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Manfred Lutz, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Daniel Barth, Cornelius Boeck, Joerg Maute
  • Publication number: 20170230735
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a sensor module is configured to be used in a system. The sensor module includes a sensor. The sensor can detect and convert at least one parameter to be determined into a sensor signal. The sensor module also includes a communication module that can establish a data transmission connection. The sensor module also includes a power supply unit that can supply the sensor module with electrical power. The sensor module further includes a mechanical interface. The sensor module can be connected to external application units using the mechanical interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Manfred Lutz, Anna Heszler, Joern Stock, Cornelius Boeck, Joerg Maute, Florian Esenwein, Daniel Barth, Christoph Steurer
  • Patent number: 9662760
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, having a drive unit, has an electronically commutated electric motor and has an electronics system which is integrated in an appliance housing. The ratio of a weight of the hand-held power tool MHWZM to a nominal power PN is selected in such a way that, in a power range of from 0 to 1200 W, the ratio of the weight of the hand-held power tool MHWXM to the nominal power PN is at most 0.75 g/W*PN+1200 g, and, at a value of the nominal power of greater than 1200 W, the ratio of the weight of the hand-held power tool to the nominal power is at most 2.2*PN?540 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schuele, Helmut Wanek, Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Patent number: 9659720
    Abstract: A machine tool switching device, in particular for portable machine tools, includes at least one switching unit that has at least one movably mounted operating element for actuating a mechanical, electrical, and/or electronic switching element. The machine tool switching device further includes at least one blocking device for blocking at least one movement of the operating element. The blocking device includes at least one movably mounted release element provided to lift the blockage of the operating element. The release element is mounted on the operating element so as to be movable in a translatory manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Lutz, Achim Trick, Thomas Schomisch, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20170127749
    Abstract: A work shoe, in particular a safety shoe, includes at least one passive protection unit which is intended to passively protect a shoe wearer at least against mechanical and/or electrical loads, and includes at least one active protection unit which has at least one sensor unit which is intended to detect at least one characteristic variable at least in order to enable a protection function and/or a comfort function. The sensor unit is configured at least for detecting at least one person-related characteristic variable and/or at least one environmental characteristic variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20170113319
    Abstract: A hand-held machine tool has an electric-motor drive and a machining tool. The electric-motor drive has an electronically commutated electric motor, and the electric-motor drive is provided to drive the machining tool. The electronically commutated electric motor has an outer diameter, and a ratio of the outer diameter of the electronically commutated electric motor to a diameter of the machining tool is a maximum of 0.42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 9630287
    Abstract: A hand power tool includes a drive unit, an electronic unit, and a cooling device configured to cool at least one of the drive unit and the electronic unit. The hand power tool also includes at least one of an open-loop control unit and a closed-loop control unit configured to control the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Schuele, Helmut Wanek, Cornelius Boeck, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Daniel Barth
  • Patent number: 9546701
    Abstract: A power tool brake mechanism, in particular a portable power tool brake mechanism, includes at least one mechanical brake unit that has at least one brake element mounted rotatably about a rotation axis and at least one actuating unit that has at least one movably mounted actuating element. The actuating unit is configured to activate and/or deactivate the brake unit. The power tool brake mechanism further includes at least one movement converting unit that has at least one movement converting element configured to convert a movement of the actuating element into a movement of a counter-brake element of the brake unit. The movement of the counter-brake element is at least in a direction that is different from a direction extending along the rotation axis of the brake element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20170008159
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a machine tool device, in particular a handheld machine tool device, comprising at least one control and/or regulating unit and at least one drive unit sensor unit for detecting at least one drive unit parameter that can be processed at least in order to control and/or regulate a drive unit of a machine tool and/or in order to output information to an operator of the control and/or regulating unit. According to the disclosure, the machine tool device comprises at least one operator sensor unit in order to detect at least one operator-specific parameter that can be processed at least in order to control and/or regulate the drive unit and/or in order to output information to an operator of the control and/or regulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20160375570
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit and at least one drive-unit sensor unit configured to sense at least one drive-unit characteristic value, which can be processed by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of a drive unit of a machine tool and/or for an output of information to an operator. The machine tool device further includes at least one processing-tool sensor unit configured to sense at least one processing-tool characteristic value, which can be processed by the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit at least for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the drive unit and/or for an output of information to an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Patent number: 9527202
    Abstract: A hand-operated machine tool device, in particular for an angle grinder, includes a housing region and at least one operating element. The housing region is at least substantially rod-shaped and is configured to be used as a main gripping element. The at least one operating element extends in the housing region in a main extension direction of the housing region. The hand-operated machine tool device also has a least one mounting which supports at least one operating face of the at least one operating element such that the at least one operating element is configured to pivot about at least one axis aligned at least substantially parallel to the main extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Achim Trick, Thomas Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20160342142
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one open and/or closed-loop control unit and at least one drive unit sensor unit configured to determine at least one drive unit characteristic variable that can be processed at least for the purpose of open and/or closed-loop control of a drive unit of a machine tool and/or for issuing information to an operator of said open and/or closed-loop control unit. The machine tool device further includes at least one environment sensor unit configured to determine at least one environment characteristic variable that can be processed at least for the purpose of open and/or closed-loop control of the drive unit and/or for issuing information to an operator of said open and/or closed-loop control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20160312184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing dendritic cells with increased capability to activate T cells, to dendritic cells obtainable by such a method, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such dendritic cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Marion HEUER, Manfred LUTZ, Andreas BEILHACK