Patents by Inventor Michael Eppler

Michael Eppler 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: 10809108
    Abstract: A sensor is provided for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a measurement channel, in particular an intake air mass flow of an internal combustion engine. The sensor has a sensor housing, in particular a plug-in sensor that is inserted into or is insertable into a flow tube, in which sensor a measurement channel is fashioned, and has at least one sensor chip situated in the measurement channel for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor housing has an electronics compartment for accommodating an electronics module and has an electronics compartment cover for closing the electronics compartment. The electronics compartment cover has, at least in part, electrically conductive properties. For example, the electronics compartment cover is placed onto the electrical ground of the sensor and, viewed in projection, partly or completely covers the sensor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Briese, Alexander Markov, Axel-Werner Haag, Edda Sommer, Hans Beyrich, Uwe Konzelmann, Bastian Bodenberger, Frank Steuber, Gerhard Hueftle, Holger Unger, Michael Rittmann, Michael Eppler, Reinhold Herrmann, Thomas Schwartzkopff
  • Patent number: 10006793
    Abstract: A sensor device for detecting a property of a fluid medium flowing in a channel includes: (a) a channel piece through which a fluid medium is able to flow, the channel piece having (i) an inlet; (ii) an outlet; (iii) a channel piece wall including an inner wall, an outer side connecting the inlet and the outlet, and an insertion opening; and (iv) areas having electrical conductivity; (b) at least one sensor having a sensor housing and a sensor element situated in the sensor housing, the sensor housing being insertable through the insertion opening in the channel piece wall into the channel piece. The entire channel piece wall of the channel piece is completely made of electrically conductive plastic, the channel piece wall being at fixed electrical potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Unger, Edda Sommer, Manuel Blas Sancho De Castro, Ulrich Wagner, Uwe Konzelmann, Michael Eppler
  • Publication number: 20170328753
    Abstract: A sensor is provided for determining at least one parameter of a fluid medium flowing through a measurement channel, in particular an intake air mass flow of an internal combustion engine. The sensor has a sensor housing, in particular a plug-in sensor that is inserted into or is insertable into a flow tube, in which sensor a measurement channel is fashioned, and has at least one sensor chip situated in the measurement channel for determining the parameter of the fluid medium. The sensor housing has an electronics compartment for accommodating an electronics module and has an electronics compartment cover for closing the electronics compartment. The electronics compartment cover has, at least in part, electrically conductive properties. For example, the electronics compartment cover is placed onto the electrical ground of the sensor and, viewed in projection, partly or completely covers the sensor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Achim Briese, Alexander Markov, Axel-Werner Haag, Edda Sommer, Hans Beyrich, Uwe Konzelmann, Bastian Bodenberger, Frank Steuber, Gerhard Hueftle, Holger Unger, Michael Rittmann, Michael Eppler, Reinhold Herrmann, Thomas Schwartzkopff
  • Publication number: 20160153819
    Abstract: A sensor device for detecting a property of a fluid medium flowing in a channel includes: (a) a channel piece through which a fluid medium is able to flow, the channel piece having (i) an inlet; (ii) an outlet; (iii) a channel piece wall including an inner wall, an outer side connecting the inlet and the outlet, and an insertion opening; and (iv) areas having electrical conductivity; (b) at least one sensor having a sensor housing and a sensor element situated in the sensor housing, the sensor housing being insertable through the insertion opening in the channel piece wall into the channel piece. The entire channel piece wall of the channel piece is completely made of electrically conductive plastic, the channel piece wall being at fixed electrical potentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Holger Unger, Edda Sommer, Manuel Blas Sancho De Castro, Ulrich Wagner, Uwe Konzelmann, Michael Eppler