Patents by Inventor Paul Herrmann

Paul Herrmann 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).

  • Method for determining a switching point of a solenoid valve
    Patent number: 11933423
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching point of a solenoid valve. A solenoid coil is energized to raise a solenoid armature to unblock a flow opening. For a signal profile characteristic of a current profile in the solenoid coil, multiple periods each different from one another and each having the same predefined temporal length are determined. Within each period, a minimal and a maximal value of the signal profile and associated points in time are ascertained and a product of a difference between the maximal and minimal value and a difference between the associated points in time are ascertained. On the basis of the points in time of the minimal and maximal value of that period, which corresponds to a maximal value of the product, the switching point is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Rupp, Bastian Reineke, Paul Herrmann
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SWITCHING POINT OF A SOLENOID VALVE
    Publication number: 20220128170
    Abstract: A method for determining a switching point of a solenoid valve. A solenoid coil is energized to raise a solenoid armature to unblock a flow opening. For a signal profile characteristic of a current profile in the solenoid coil, multiple periods each different from one another and each having the same predefined temporal length are determined. Within each period, a minimal and a maximal value of the signal profile and associated points in time are ascertained and a product of a difference between the maximal and minimal value and a difference between the associated points in time are ascertained. On the basis of the points in time of the minimal and maximal value of that period, which corresponds to a maximal value of the product, the switching point is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Rupp, Bastian Reineke, Paul Herrmann
  • Coupling of ERP systems with process control systems for the automated transmission of plant structures and plant data
    Patent number: 8700189
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a technical plant including several components is provided. The method provides a system for planning the use of an enterprise resources system and a control system, with the enterprise resource system connected to the control system and structures of the technical plant are automatically set up in the enterprise resource system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Dürr, Paul Herrmann, Wilfried Sicking, Michael Unkelbach
  • Coupling of ERP systems with process control systems for the automated transmission of plant structures and plant data
    Publication number: 20100223087
    Abstract: A method for maintaining a technical plant including several components is provided. The method provides a system for planning the use of an enterprise resources system and a control system, with the enterprise resource system connected to the control system and structures of the technical plant are automatically set up in the enterprise resource system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Dürr, Paul Herrmann, Wilfried Sicking, Michael Unkelbach