Patents by Inventor Matthias Kistner

Matthias Kistner 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: 10023168
    Abstract: A hydraulic power unit for a braking system of a vehicle, including a first sub-brake circuit or brake circuit and a second sub-brake circuit or brake circuit, a first supply line branching into a first line section having a first circuit separating valve situated therein, and a second line section having a first electrically controllable reservoir separating valve and/or first check valve situated therein, and a second supply line branching into a third line section having a second circuit separating valve situated therein and a fourth line section having a second electrically controllable reservoir separating valve and/or second check valve situated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 10023163
    Abstract: A power brake system having electronic slip regulation, and a method for controlling a power brake system having electronic slip regulation. A return line is equipped with a pressure medium storage unit for storing pressure medium with a pressure that is greater than an ambient atmospheric pressure, and is equipped with a blocking device that is controllable and that is situated between the pressure medium storage device and the reservoir. In addition, there is a pressure medium connection between the pressure medium storage unit and the plunger working space. A controlling of a power brake system takes place using the blocking device in such a way that the return line is blocked relative to the reservoir as soon as a plunger piston, driven by a drive unit, has traveled a definable path in the forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Jens Wagner, Matthias Kistner, Otmar Bussmann
  • Patent number: 9969375
    Abstract: A brake booster device for a braking system of a vehicle includes: a booster body to which a brake-boosting force is exertable by an actuator device; a first piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a first contact with the booster body, the first piston rod component contacting the booster body at a first contact surface such that the first piston rod component is at least partially adjustable; and a second piston rod component to which the brake-boosting force is at least partially transmittable via a second contact with the booster body, the second piston rod component contacting the booster body at a second contact surface such that the second piston rod component is adjustable together with the first piston rod component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Karl-Heinz Willmann, Andreas Birkheim, Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9964128
    Abstract: A master brake cylinder system having a master brake cylinder housing having at least one first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, a rod piston at least partially displaceable into the first pressure chamber, a floating piston situated between the first pressure chamber and second pressure chamber, and a simulator device having a simulator piston, which is at least partially displaceable into the simulator chamber counter to a spring force of at least one simulator spring present in a simulator chamber, the simulator piston of the simulator device being situated as to the second pressure chamber so that the simulator piston is displaceable at least partially into the simulator chamber, using a pressure present in the second pressure chamber against the spring force of the at least one simulator spring. In addition, also described is a brake system for a vehicle having a master brake cylinder system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9932023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a braking device and to a braking system, each having a master brake cylinder (10) having at least one first pressure chamber (12) that is subdivided or is able to be subdivided at least into a first partial volume (12a) and a second partial volume (12b), which are hydraulically connectable or connected to a brake fluid reservoir (24), a first brake circuit (28) being hydraulically connectable or connected to the first partial volume (12a), and having a valve device (38) that is mechanically designed in such a way that a pressure buildup up to a mechanically specified limit pressure may be brought about in the second partial volume (12b), brake fluid being transferable at least into the first brake circuit (28) via at least one subcomponent (38a) of the valve device (38), and an exceeding of the limit pressure in the second partial volume (12b) being prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Herbert Vollert, Oliver Leibfried, Stefan Strengert, Sr., Urs Bauer, Volkmar Schlotter, Michael Kunz, Matthias Kistner, Karl-Heinz Willmann, Matthias Schanzenbach, Suekrue Senol, Dagobert Masur
  • Publication number: 20180079313
    Abstract: A method for operating a regenerative braking system of a vehicle by activating at least one motor employable in generator mode taking into consideration a first information with regard to a requested setpoint total braking torque and a second information with regard to an available generator braking torque which is maximally executable by the at least one motor employable in generator mode, if the setpoint total braking torque exceeds a threshold value and/or a piece of warning information regarding a transition to a backup level that is potentially imminent or has occurred of the regenerative braking system, even if the setpoint total braking torque is less than or equal to the maximally executable available generator braking torque, sufficient brake fluid is transferred via at least one hydraulic actuator to a wheel brake cylinder of the regenerative braking system that an air gap of the particular wheel brake cylinder is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Matthias Kistner, Otmar Bussmann, Rolf Ellwein, Urs Bauer, Robert Kaster
  • Patent number: 9914443
    Abstract: A brake system for a vehicle, including: a master brake cylinder having a first chamber, a rod piston, which, together with at least one first hydraulically active surface area, bounds the first chamber, a second chamber and a floating piston; the rod piston being configured with or couplable to a second hydraulically active surface area; the second hydraulically active surface area bounding an auxiliary chamber of the master brake cylinder or of another brake cylinder, and the auxiliary chamber being attached to an accumulator chamber and/or to the hydraulic reservoir via a first nonreturn valve and a restrictor that is configured in a further fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dagobert Masur, Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9908519
    Abstract: A braking system for a vehicle includes: a brake input element for an actuation to input a brake pressure signal by a driver; a brake master cylinder coupled to the brake input element and supplied with hydraulic fluid from a hydraulic fluid reservoir fluidically connected to the brake master cylinder; and a first brake circuit. The first brake circuit has: a switchover valve with controllable through flow rate for the hydraulic fluid; a pressure regulating valve with controllable through flow rate for the hydraulic fluid; a hydraulic pump for optionally building up an elevated hydraulic fluid pressure in the first brake circuit; at least one first wheel brake cylinder exerting a braking torque on a first vehicle wheel coupled to the wheel brake cylinder; and a first fluid line from the hydraulic fluid reservoir being fluidically connected to the pressure regulating valve and to the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20180056957
    Abstract: A braking device for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, including an actuatable brake pedal, a piston of a master brake cylinder mechanically coupled to the brake pedal, the piston being supported in the master brake cylinder so as to be axially displaceable in an actuation direction and in a release direction, and including at least one radial seal that acts between the piston and the master brake cylinder. At least one elastically deformable and/or displaceable damping element opposes the displacement of the piston in the release direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk Foerch, Matthias Kistner, Simon Hansmann
  • Patent number: 9896077
    Abstract: A master brake cylinder for a braking system of a vehicle is described, having a first pressure chamber. A first rod piston element is movable into at least a first partial pressure chamber of the first pressure chamber in such a way that a first partial residual volume of the first partial pressure chamber which is fillable with liquid is reducible by moving the first rod piston element. The master brake cylinder also includes a second partial pressure chamber of the first pressure chamber which is delimited from the first partial pressure chamber via at least one partial partition and into which a second rod piston element is movable in such a way that a second partial residual volume of the second partial pressure chamber which is fillable with liquid is reducible by moving the second rod piston element. Moreover, a manufacturing method is described for a master brake cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Laurent Lhuillier, Antony Auguste, Bastien Cagnac, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20180015912
    Abstract: A power brake system having electronic slip regulation, and a method for controlling a power brake system having electronic slip regulation. A return line is equipped with a pressure medium storage unit for storing pressure medium with a pressure that is greater than an ambient atmospheric pressure, and is equipped with a blocking device that is controllable and that is situated between the pressure medium storage device and the reservoir. In addition, there is a pressure medium connection between the pressure medium storage unit and the plunger working space. A controlling of a power brake system takes place using the blocking device in such a way that the return line is blocked relative to the reservoir as soon as a plunger piston, driven by a drive unit, has traveled a definable path in the forward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Jens Wagner, Matthias Kistner, Otmar Bussmann
  • Patent number: 9840148
    Abstract: A control system for an electric motor usable as a generator of a vehicle includes: a first control device and a second control device each configured to define, in consideration of at least one furnished first specification signal with regard to a driver-requested or autonomously requested braking input, at least one target braking torque variable with regard to at least one generator braking torque to be exerted by way of the at least one electric motor on at least one wheel of the vehicle and/or on at least one axle of the vehicle, and to output to the at least one electric motor, and/or to at least one electronic control system of the at least one electric motor, at least one output signal corresponding to the at least one target braking torque variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kistner, Otmar Bussmann, Bertram Foitzik, Urs Bauer, Rolf Ellwein, Robert Kaster
  • Patent number: 9776609
    Abstract: A pressure supply device is provided for a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle including a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, which are delimited by at least one piston of the pressure supply device, a motor and a gear unit, with the aid of which the at least one piston is displaceable at least in a first direction with the aid of an operation of the motor, an exceeding of a predefined maximum pressure difference between a chamber pressure present in the first pressure chamber and a reservoir pressure present in the brake fluid reservoir being preventable with the aid of a reservoir isolating valve, which is connectable to a brake fluid reservoir of the braking system, hydraulically connected to the first pressure chamber via an opening of the reservoir isolating valve. Also described here is a hydraulic braking system for a vehicle. In addition, a method is provided for operating a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9643582
    Abstract: A master brake cylinder for a braking system of a vehicle has: a first filling volume, which is fillable with liquid, and whose first dimension is variable by adjusting at least one first piston wall; a second filling volume, which is fillable with liquid, and whose dimension is variable by adjusting at least one second piston wall; and a valve unit, the first filling volume being connected via the valve unit to the second filling volume in such a way that when the valve unit is switched into a first valve state, a joint first pressure chamber pressure prevails in the first filling volume and in the second filling volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Laurent Lhuillier, Antony Auguste, Bastien Cagnac, Takeshi Kaneko, Tim Albert, Matthias Kistner
  • Patent number: 9604616
    Abstract: A brake booster and related method for its operation for a vehicle, having a master brake cylinder having a first primary piston chamber that is variable using an adjustable first primary piston component, a braking force transmission component, using which at least one driver braking force is transmittable by the adjustable first primary piston component contacted by the braking force transmission component, and an adjustable second primary piston component, the master brake cylinder having a second primary piston chamber that is variable using the adjustable second primary piston component, and the brake booster has a booster force transmission component, using which a booster force from the actuator device is transmittable at least partially to the adjustable second primary piston component contacted by the booster force transmission component, and the braking force transmission component in its force-free initial position is distanced by a first free play from the first primary piston component and/or the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20160332611
    Abstract: A hydraulic power unit for a braking system of a vehicle, including a first sub-brake circuit or brake circuit and a second sub-brake circuit or brake circuit, a first supply line branching into a first line section having a first circuit separating valve situated therein, and a second line section having a first electrically controllable reservoir separating valve and/or first check valve situated therein, and a second supply line branching into a third line section having a second circuit separating valve situated therein and a fourth line section having a second electrically controllable reservoir separating valve and/or second check valve situated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20160272175
    Abstract: A control apparatus for hydraulic components of a braking system of a vehicle, having a control application device that is designed to establish by application of control to the hydraulic components, in consideration of the braking request, at least one brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder in such a way that the braking request is satisfiable; and to execute an antilock braking function at the at least one wheel brake cylinder, the control application device additionally being designed to ascertain whether at least one furnished actual value with regard to a displacement travel (s) of a brake actuation element of the vehicle out of its initial position, and/or with regard to a simulator volume shifted out of a brake master cylinder of the vehicle into a linked simulator, lies within at least one predefined extreme value range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Rolf ELLWEIN, Urs Bauer, Bertram Foitzik, Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner, Robert Kaster
  • Publication number: 20160159223
    Abstract: A control system for an electric motor usable as a generator of a vehicle includes: a first control device and a second control device each configured to define, in consideration of at least one furnished first specification signal with regard to a driver-requested or autonomously requested braking input, at least one target braking torque variable with regard to at least one generator braking torque to be exerted by way of the at least one electric motor on at least one wheel of the vehicle and/or on at least one axle of the vehicle, and to output to the at least one electric motor, and/or to at least one electronic control system of the at least one electric motor, at least one output signal corresponding to the at least one target braking torque variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Matthias Kistner, Otmar Bussmann, Bertram Foitzik, Urs Bauer, Rolf Ellwein, Robert Kaster
  • Patent number: 9308901
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle brake having a brake servo unit and a parking brake actuator. In the case of a failure of the brake servo unit, the distance between brake linings of the vehicle brake and brake disk is reduced by actuating the parking brake actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Bertram Foitzik, Otmar Bussmann, Matthias Kistner
  • Publication number: 20160082938
    Abstract: A braking device and a braking system are provided, each having a master brake cylinder having at least one first pressure chamber that is subdivided or is able to be subdivided at least into a first partial volume and a second partial volume, which are hydraulically connectable or connected to a brake fluid reservoir, a first brake circuit being hydraulically connectable or connected to the first partial volume, and having a valve device that is mechanically designed in such a way that a pressure buildup up to a mechanically specified limit pressure may be brought about in the second partial volume, brake fluid being transferable at least into the first brake circuit via at least one subcomponent of the valve device, and an exceeding of the limit pressure in the second partial volume being prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Herbert VOLLERT, Oliver LEIBFRIED, Stefan STRENGERT, SR., Urs BAUER, Volkmar SCHLOTTER, Michael KUNZ, Matthias KISTNER, Karl-Heinz WILLMANN, Matthias SCHANZENBACH, Suekrue SENOL, Dagobert MASUR