Patents by Inventor Patrick Goerlich

Patrick Goerlich 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).

  • Sensor device with self-test capability
    Patent number: 8938364
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: a sensor module mounted on a conductor board; a sensitive element which is sensitive to a variable; a self-test control unit implementing a self-test program, the self-test control unit applying a self-test variable to the sensitive element, taking the self-test program into account; a detection unit detecting a characteristic of the sensitive element which is altered as a result of the applied self-test variable and providing an actual self-test response, taking the altered characteristic into account; and a comparator unit provided on or in the sensor module, the comparator unit comparing the actual self-test response to at least one specified setpoint self-test response and providing comparative information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Goerlich, Riad Stefo, Wolfram Bauer, Rainer Willig, Burkhard Kuhlmann, Mathias Reimann, Ermin Esch, Michael Baus, Gregor Wetekam, Michael Veith, Emma Abel, Wolfgang Fuerst
  • Data transmission method between master and slave devices
    Patent number: 8516174
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data frames between a master device and one or more slave devices via a bus system having at least one request line for transmitting request data frames from the master device to the slave devices, a response line for transmitting response data frames from the slave devices to the master device and at least one selection line for activating the slave devices, the request data frames and the response data frames being transmitted together with at least one address bit for addressing one of the slave devices, the useful data bits and at least one length-indicating bit for indicating the data frame length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Goerlich, Sabine Seemann, Ermin Esch
  • Sensor device and manufacturing method for a sensor device
    Publication number: 20110066396
    Abstract: A sensor device includes: a sensor module mounted on a conductor board; a sensitive element which is sensitive to a variable; a self-test control unit implementing a self-test program, the self-test control unit applying a self-test variable to the sensitive element, taking the self-test program into account; a detection unit detecting a characteristic of the sensitive element which is altered as a result of the applied self-test variable and providing an actual self-test response, taking the altered characteristic into account; and a comparator unit provided on or in the sensor module, the comparator unit comparing the actual self-test response to at least one specified setpoint self-test response and providing comparative information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Goerlich, Riad Stefo, Wolfram Bauer, Rainer Willig, Burkhard Kuhlmann, Mathias Reimann, Ermin Esch, Michael Baus, Gregor Wetekam, Michael Veith, Emma Abel, Wolfgang Fuerst
  • DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD BETWEEN MASTER AND SLAVE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100138576
    Abstract: A method for transmitting data frames between a master device and one or more slave devices via a bus system having at least one request line for transmitting request data frames from the master device to the slave devices, a response line for transmitting response data frames from the slave devices to the master device and at least one selection line for activating the slave devices, the request data frames and the response data frames being transmitted together with at least one address bit for addressing one of the slave devices, the useful data bits and at least one length-indicating bit for indicating the data frame length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Goerlich, Sabine Seemann, Ermin Esch