Patents by Inventor Martin Winkler

Martin Winkler 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: 20250162560
    Abstract: A brake booster device. The brake booster includes a reservoir and a master brake cylinder having at least one chamber and at least one piston arranged in the chamber. The chamber can be connected to the pressure regulator so that the piston can be at least partially by returned via the pressure regulator, wherein the chamber can be connected to the reservoir, wherein a valve is arranged between the chamber and the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Alice Schacherl, Ben Ferguson, Bernd Lutz, Christoph Voelkel, Guenter Escher, Ignaz Hatt, Martin Winkler, Sven Langhorst
  • Publication number: 20250100532
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a wear value of an electromechanical wheel brake unit for a motor vehicle. The wheel brake unit includes a displaceable actuator element which is movable by a controllable actuator against a brake disk to generate a braking force. The actuator includes an electric motor with a rotor rotatably mounted and operatively connected to the actuator element. In the method, depending on the displacement of the actuator element, the wear value of the wheel brake unit is determined. For ascertaining the wear value, the actuator element is first displaced against an end stop. The actuator element is subsequently moved against the brake disk. When the actuator element is moved from the end stop against the brake disk, the number of revolutions of the rotor is monitored. Depending on the sensed number of revolutions, the wear value of the wheel brake unit is ascertained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Andrej Gardt, Dietmar Kratzer, Mark Boehm, Martin Winkler
  • Publication number: 20250091562
    Abstract: A drive unit for an electromechanical brake. The drive unit includes an electric motor, a transmission, and a control unit. The control unit includes a circuit board and a housing, and the transmission includes a housing cover. The housing and the housing cover surround the motor and the circuit board, and at least partially form a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Andreas Baecker, Bernd Lutz, Dietmar Kratzer, Javier Bores, Kornelius Loew, Martin Winkler, Mitja Buhmann-Braun, Szymon Chmielewski, Toni Eger, Yakup Navruz, Andrej Gardt
  • Publication number: 20250044757
    Abstract: A control component for a household appliance has an interface for a data connection to a further control component of the household appliance; a detector for a predetermined signal on the data connection, the signal being different from data that can be transmitted between two control components; an input for a supply voltage; and a first output for enabling control of a function of the household appliance in dependence upon a voltage that is present at the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Martin Winkler, Kai Achim Kropp
  • Publication number: 20240410434
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake for a motor vehicle. The electromechanical brake includes a brake caliper forming a housing, in which is arranged a spindle drive that is drivable via a drive motor so that a brake piston is movable for applying an axial braking force. The brake caliper is formed in one piece and forms not only an axial support for the spindle drive but also a caliper body so that the braking force and a supporting force counteracting the braking force are absorbed by the brake caliper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Dietmar Kratzer, Andrej Gardt, Bernd Lutz, Janos Tamas Csoti, Mark Boehm, Martin Winkler
  • Publication number: 20240410435
    Abstract: An electromechanical brake for braking a motor vehicle. The electromechanical brake includes an electric motor having a shaft via which a brake piston can be axially moved for braking. A disk is arranged on the shaft and has a plurality of recesses arranged in the circumferential direction. In addition, the electromechanical brake includes a magnetic actuator which axially moves a pin so that one end of the pin interacts with the recesses of the disk and blocks a movement of the shaft in a brake release direction, whereby the pin can be held in a bistable manner. The magnetic actuator and a control unit, for controlling the electric motor and the magnetic actuator, are arranged in the axial direction relative to the electric motor, and the pin is movable parallel to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Bernd Lutz, Dietmar Kratzer, Felix Zimmermann, Mark Boehm, Martin Winkler
  • Patent number: 12145550
    Abstract: A braking force generator for an actuation device of a brake system. The braking force generator includes a movably supported actuator element, an electric motor which is designed to move the actuator element, a controller for controlling the electric motor, a movably supported input rod which is coupled or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a displacement sensor which is assigned to the input rod and has a transmitter and a receiver, and a communication path which is electrically connected to the receiver at one end and to the controller at the other end. The displacement sensor is arranged so as to be covered by the controller and/or adjoin the controller in plan view of the braking force generator, the viewing direction in said plan view corresponding to the movement direction of the actuator element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Kiersten, Eduard Maiterth, Martin Winkler, Stephan Roeger
  • Patent number: 12054132
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor assembly, having a housing, which has a cylindrical depression with a lateral wall which is closed in the circumferential direction of the depression, and having a cover which is assigned to the depression and bears at least one sensor unit, the cover having a cylindrical insertion portion which is partially inserted axially into the depression so that it is radially opposite the lateral wall at least in some regions, and the insertion portion being held axially in the depression by means of an interlocking connection. According to the disclosure, the interlocking connection has an elastically deformable C-ring, which is arranged coaxially with the insertion portion and is held axially between a first axial stop of the insertion portion on one side and a second axial stop of the lateral wall on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Anderson, Matthias Maidel, Silas Dehlwes, Martin Winkler, Klaus Lerchenmueller, Martin Benda
  • Publication number: 20240166173
    Abstract: An actuation device for a motor vehicle, in particular for specifying a braking and/or acceleration request, with a first and a second housing portion is disclosed. The first housing portion includes an actuating surface on a top surface facing away from the second housing portion, or a cover with the actuating surface is arranged on the top surface. The housing portions are connected to each other by a hinge. An axis of rotation of the hinge is arranged laterally spaced apart from the actuating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Guenter Escher, Bernd Lutz, Eduard Maiterth, Juergen Kissner, Manfred Fischer, Martin Baeuml, Martin Winkler, Stephan Knackert, Timo Knecht
  • Publication number: 20240149855
    Abstract: A braking force generator for an actuation device of a brake system. The braking force generator includes a movably supported actuator element, an electric motor which is designed to move the actuator element, a controller for controlling the electric motor, a movably supported input rod which is coupled or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a displacement sensor which is assigned to the input rod and has a transmitter and a receiver, and a communication path which is electrically connected to the receiver at one end and to the controller at the other end. The displacement sensor is arranged so as to be covered by the controller and/or adjoin the controller in plan view of the braking force generator, the viewing direction in said plan view corresponding to the movement direction of the actuator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Axel Kiersten, Eduard Maiterth, Martin Winkler, Stephan Roeger
  • Patent number: 11820911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition for watch elements, comprising a binder, preferably a two-component polyurethane; one or more pigments, preferably in quantities from 19 to 58% by weight of pigments (based on total solids of the composition); at least one filler; a solvent or a solvent combination, preferably butyl acetate and/or ethyl lactate. optionally one or more commonly used additives, customary auxiliaries or combinations of them. Further disclosed are a kit-of-parts, a coating on a watch element, a process for coating a watch element and a watch obtainable by said process or comprising said coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rolex SA
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Issartel, Nadji Salhi, Fernanda Rossetti, Helena Schall, Martin Winkler, Stefanie Zuber
  • Patent number: 11767835
    Abstract: A nut of a helical gear of a piston pump of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system. The nut has a plastic body that is covered by a metal sleeve. The plastic body has a through hole having a nut thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Martin Winkler, Martin Hagspiel, Matthias Mayr, Stefan Kaserer
  • Publication number: 20230165188
    Abstract: A self-propelled lawn care appliance for aerating and subsoiling the ground below a turf includes a chassis, an implement with piercing tools movable up and down for piercing the ground for subsoiling, and an optical lane recognition device comprising at least one camera and an image processing unit. In a first mode of operation of the lawn care appliance, the lane recognition device is designed to recognize a hole pattern of an area of the ground previously treated by the lawn care appliance and, based thereon, a boundary of a previously treated lane. In a second mode of operation of the lawn care appliance, the lane recognition device is designed to recognize a defined boundary of the deposited soil material of a ground area previously treated by the lawn care appliance and, based thereon, the boundary of a previously treated lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas JUNGINGER, Volker ZIPPEL, Ralph WIEDENMANN, Andreas JUNGINGER, Martin WINKLER, Sebastian HOLZBERGER, Karin WÖRZ, Uwe WIEDENMANN
  • Publication number: 20230165179
    Abstract: A mobile soil cultivation appliance includes a chassis with at least one drive axle for driving a travel movement of the soil cultivation appliance over the soil, a drive unit with a drive shaft, a work implement which is configured to be ascended and descended relative to the chassis and includes a drive shaft and at least one soil working tool which is movable for soil working upon rotation of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is connected to the output shaft by means of a power transmission means to allow the drive shaft to be driven by the drive unit, and the drive unit is connected to the work implement as a counterweight for the work implement in such a way that the drive unit descends when the work implement is ascended and ascends when the work implement is descended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas JUNGINGER, Volker ZIPPEL, Ralph WIEDENMANN, Andreas JUNGINGER, Martin WINKLER, Sebastian HOLZBERGER, Karin WÖRZ, Uwe WIEDENMANN
  • Publication number: 20230063474
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor assembly, having a housing, which has a cylindrical depression with a lateral wall which is closed in the circumferential direction of the depression, and having a cover which is assigned to the depression and bears at least one sensor unit, the cover having a cylindrical insertion portion which is partially inserted axially into the depression so that it is radially opposite the lateral wall at least in some regions, and the insertion portion being held axially in the depression by means of an interlocking connection. According to the disclosure, the interlocking connection has an elastically deformable C-ring, which is arranged coaxially with the insertion portion and is held axially between a first axial stop of the insertion portion on one side and a second axial stop of the lateral wall on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chris Anderson, Matthias Maidel, Silas Dehlwes, Martin Winkler, Klaus Lerchenmueller, Martin Benda
  • Publication number: 20220234560
    Abstract: Displacement of a piston of a power brake pressure producer of a hydraulic assembly of a hydraulic vehicle brake system by an electric motor, via a cycloidal gear and a sliding screw gear having a trapezoidal thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Martin Winkler, Martin Hagspiel, Matthias Mayr, Stefan Kaserer
  • Publication number: 20220112888
    Abstract: A nut of a helical gear of a piston pump of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system. The nut has a plastic body that is covered by a metal sleeve. The plastic body has a through hole having a nut thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Weh, Martin Winkler, Martin Hagspiel, Matthias Mayr, Stefan Kaserer
  • Publication number: 20210139738
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition for watch elements, comprising a binder, preferably a two-component polyurethane; one or more pigments, preferably in quantities from 19 to 58% by weight of pigments (based on total solids of the composition); at least one filler; a solvent or a solvent combination, preferably butyl acetate and/or ethyl lactate. optionally one or more commonly used additives, customary auxiliaries or combinations of them. Further disclosed are a kit-of-parts, a coating on a watch element, a process for coating a watch element and a watch obtainable by said process or comprising said coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Issartel, Nadji Salhi, Fernanda Rossetti, Helena Schall, Martin Winkler, Stefanie Zuber
  • Patent number: 10900817
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement has a support component, a sensor element with at least two terminals, at least two plug contacts and at least two connection elements for electrically connecting the connection elements to the control contacts. The support component receives the sensor element with at least two terminals and the at least two plug contacts. Connection elements are positioned and spaced apart from one another in the support component by means of spacer elements and separator elements. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Fleischer, Joachim Domat, Robert Remus, Ralf Walcher, Martin Winkler, Stephan Knackert, Rainer Gumpinger, Bernd Lutz, Michael Rambow
  • Publication number: 20210018079
    Abstract: An electromechanically drivable brake pressure generator for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle, having at least one threaded drive assemblage for converting an input-drive-side rotary motion into a translational motion, and a piston/cylinder unit, actuatable by the threaded drive assemblage, for hydraulic brake pressure generation. The assemblage encompasses: a spindle that has a spindle thread; and a spindle nut that has a spindle nut thread, the spindle nut being disposed on the spindle thread of the spindle so that as one of the two spindle elements rotates, the other, which is prevented from twisting using a twist preventer, is axially displaceable. The spindle nut has a spindle nut body and at least one anti-friction layer made of plastic, which is applied on the spindle nut body and has a more pronounced anti-friction property than the spindle nut body, that anti-friction layer being applied on the spindle nut thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Winkler, Sebastian Martin Reichert