Patents by Inventor Michael Butz

Michael Butz 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).

  • Control device for a controllable brake booster of a braking system and method for operating a controllable brake booster of a braking system
    Patent number: 10661765
    Abstract: A control device for a controllable brake booster of a braking system is configured to: establish a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint operation to be carried out with the aid of the controllable brake booster, under consideration of a provided specified variable regarding a setpoint pressure to be set in a partial volume of the braking system; establish a setpoint difference of the setpoint variable, under consideration of the specified variable and an actual variable regarding an actual pressure present in a subarea of the braking system, to establish a corrected setpoint variable taking the established setpoint difference into consideration; and output a control signal which corresponds to the established corrected setpoint variable to the controllable brake booster and/or to the power supply component of the controllable brake booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Butz, Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer
  • Method for operating a brake booster, control device for carrying out the method, and a brake system comprising the brake booster and the control device
    Patent number: 10308231
    Abstract: A method for controlling a brake booster in a hydraulic brake system, in which the smallest partial pressure target value of at least three partial pressure target values is ascertained, and is then defined as the target pressure value and is then set using a brake booster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Butz, Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer, Herbert Vollert
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE BOOSTER, CONTROL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD, AND A BRAKE SYSTEM COMPRISING THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND THE CONTROL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160200306
    Abstract: A method for controlling a brake booster in a hydraulic brake system, in which the smallest partial pressure target value of at least three partial pressure target values is ascertained, and is then defined as the target pressure value and is then set using a brake booster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Butz, Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer, Herbert Vollert
  • CONTROL DEVICE FOR A CONTROLLABLE BRAKE BOOSTER OF A BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROLLABLE BRAKE BOOSTER OF A BRAKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150032352
    Abstract: A control device for a controllable brake booster of a braking system is configured to: establish a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint operation to be carried out with the aid of the controllable brake booster, under consideration of a provided specified variable regarding a setpoint pressure to be set in a partial volume of the braking system; establish a setpoint difference of the setpoint variable, under consideration of the specified variable and an actual variable regarding an actual pressure present in a subarea of the braking system, to establish a corrected setpoint variable taking the established setpoint difference into consideration; and output a control signal which corresponds to the established corrected setpoint variable to the controllable brake booster and/or to the power supply component of the controllable brake booster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael BUTZ, Manfred GERDES, Patrick Christian SCHAEFER
  • Process for providing catalytically active platinum metal layers
    Patent number: 5855959
    Abstract: A process for depositing catalytically active platinum metal layers from an ionogenic, acidic, platinum metal ions-containing solution which further contains sulfonic acid. This activation leads to more uniform catalyst layers with greater surfaces which are catalytically more efficient. The process according to the invention can be implemented in any chemical process utilizing platinum metal catalysts, e.g. chemical synthesis, environment applications or metallization of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juergen Boecker, Michael Butz, Alfred Frey, Petra Hofmeister, Hans Dieter Schmidt
  • Solution for providing catalytically active platinum metal layers
    Patent number: 5624479
    Abstract: A process for depositing catalytically active platinum metal layers from an ionogenic, acidic, platinum metal ions-containing solution which further contains sulfonic acid. This activation leads to more uniform catalyst layers with greater surfaces which are catalytically more efficient. The process according to the invention can be implemented in any chemical process utilizing platinum metal catalysts, e.g. chemical synthesis, environment applications or metallization of surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Juergen Boecker, Michael Butz, Alfred Frey, Petra Hofmeister, Hans D. Schmidt