Patents by Inventor Norbert Kearney

Norbert Kearney 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: 11904825
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken, Steffen Zechmeister, Norbert Kearney
  • Patent number: 11130480
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes a generator and a control device. The generator is designed to provide energy for supplying the electric parking brake of the vehicle with energy, and the control device is designed to activate the generator for supplying the electric parking brake with energy depending on a result of a monitoring of an energy supply to the electric parking brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Bohne, Matthew Nimmo, Norbert Kearney, Steffen Ackermann, Steffen Zechmeister
  • Publication number: 20210284122
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor for an electric braking device, in particular for an electric parking brake of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in which the braking device can be put into a first operational state by operation of the electric motor in a first direction of rotation and into a second operational state by operation of the electric motor in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation, includes determining a quantity which characterizes an internal resistance of the electric motor, comparing the first quantity with a predeterminable first threshold value, controlling the electric motor for a predeterminable first control duration according to the direction of rotation which corresponds to a current operational state of the braking device when the result of the comparison is that the first quantity exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Baehrle-Miller, Hubertus Wienken, Steffen Zechmeister, Norbert Kearney
  • Patent number: 11072319
    Abstract: A device for braking a vehicle includes an actuator configured to control a brake of the vehicle for braking the vehicle. The device further includes a first battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a first switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a second battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a second switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a controller configured to detect a state of the energy supplied to the actuator by the first battery and switch the second switching device to electrically connect the second battery to the actuator instead of the first battery in order to supply energy to the actuator when the state indicates that a need exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kearney, Steffen Zechmeister, Steffen Ackermann, Thorsten Huck, Volker Weeber
  • Publication number: 20200086841
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes a generator and a control device. The generator is designed to provide energy for supplying the electric parking brake of the vehicle with energy, and the control device is designed to activate the generator for supplying the electric parking brake with energy depending on a result of a monitoring of an energy supply to the electric parking brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Bohne, Matthew Nimmo, Norbert Kearney, Steffen Ackermann, Steffen Zechmeister
  • Publication number: 20190322262
    Abstract: A device for braking a vehicle includes an actuator configured to control a brake of the vehicle for braking the vehicle. The device further includes a first battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a first switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a second battery configured to be electrically connected to the actuator via a second switching device and to supply energy to the actuator. The device further includes a controller configured to detect a state of the energy supplied to the actuator by the first battery and switch the second switching device to electrically connect the second battery to the actuator instead of the first battery in order to supply energy to the actuator when the state indicates that a need exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Kearney, Steffen Zechmeister, Steffen Ackermann, Thorsten Huck, Volker Weeber