Patents by Inventor Rainer Maier

Rainer Maier 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: 7454949
    Abstract: A gas sensor, whose purpose is to determine a physical property of a measuring gas, e.g., to determine the concentration of a gas component or the temperature of an exhaust gas. The gas sensor includes a sensor element arranged in a metal housing which is sealed by at least one sealing element arranged in a metal receptacle. The metal receptacle is affixed to the housing. The sealing element surrounds the sensor element in a centered position along its longitudinal extension L or on its half facing the measuring gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Geier, Helmut Weyl, Siegfried Nees, Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Michael Liebler, Peter Dettling, Bettina Schneider, Craig Magera
  • Patent number: 7210331
    Abstract: A detecting element is described, in particular a gas sensor for detecting the concentration of a gas component in a measuring gas, including a sensor element which is exposable to the measuring gas and has a connecting end section which is contacted by connecting cables and is exposed to a reference gas atmosphere. The end section is accommodated in a protective sleeve having a radial opening over which a gas-permeable diaphragm covering the at least one radial opening is provided, the diaphragm, in turn, being engaged by a clamping sleeve having at least one radial opening. To avoid the axial penetration of liquids between the clamping sleeve and the diaphragm, which would cause the detecting element to malfunction, the clamping sleeve is caulked axially above and below the radial openings. Both caulking zones are designed in such a way that the diaphragm is compressed with increasing force from the inner caulking edges facing each other to the outer caulking edges facing away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Michael Liebler, Peter Dettling, Lars Berger
  • Publication number: 20070033986
    Abstract: A gas-measuring probe for determining a physical characteristic of a measuring gas, in particular the concentration of a gas component or the temperature or pressure of the measuring gas, which includes a sensor element accommodated in a housing, at least one connection cable for the sensor element having an electrical conductor, which is enclosed by an insulation sheath and contacts the sensor element, and a cable channel sealing the housing end, which has at least one axial cable feedthrough through which the connection cable is guided out of the housing. To achieve long-lasting sealing at the cable-exit end of the housing even at higher temperatures, the insulation sheath of the connection cable is at least regionally welded to the cable wall of the cable feedthrough. To this end, a tube made of a material that fuses with the insulation sheath and the cable channel when heated is slipped over the cable section of the connection cable lying inside the cable channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Gregor Jaehnig, Peter Dettling, Stefan Heinzelmann, Bernd Rattay, Bastian Buchholz, Juergen Moratz
  • Publication number: 20070000304
    Abstract: A sensor unit for determining a physical sensor parameter of a measuring gas, in particular an oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a sensor housing and at least one connection cable having an electrically insulating cable sheathing, for the transmission of energy and/or the sensor parameter, the sensor housing having at least one cable opening for the connection cable and at least one sealing element for sheathing and sealing the connection cable, the cable having better sealing than the related art and/or the ability to resist higher temperature loading. According to the invention, this is achieved by at least partially forming the sealing element as tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Thomas Wahl, Juergen Wilde, Gregor Jaehnig, Peter Dettling, Stefan Heinzelmann, Bernd Rattay, Bastian Buchholz, Juergen Moratz
  • Patent number: 7124622
    Abstract: A sensing element for determining a physical property of a gas mixture, in particular the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, includes a sensor element, arranged in a housing and connected to at least one electrical cable, as well as a molded piece, which seals the housing and is made of an elastically deformable material, which encloses the at least one cable in a gas-tight manner by radial compression. To ensure the gas-tightness of the cable feed-through also under a higher temperature load, which results in decreased elasticity of the molded piece, a spring element is arranged inside the molded piece, which is able to be tensioned by the radial compression and in the tensioned state generates a force component that acts on the cables in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Rainer Maier
  • Publication number: 20060162422
    Abstract: A gas sensor, whose purpose is to determine a physical property of a measuring gas, e.g., to determine the concentration of a gas component or the temperature of an exhaust gas. The gas sensor includes a sensor element arranged in a metal housing which is sealed by at least one sealing element arranged in a metal receptacle. The metal receptacle is affixed to the housing. The sealing element surrounds the sensor element in a centered position along its longitudinal extension L or on its half facing the measuring gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Heinz Geier, Helmut Weyl, Siegfried Nees, Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Michael Liebler, Peter Dettling, Bettina Schneider, Craig Magera
  • Publication number: 20050109077
    Abstract: A sensing element for determining a physical property of a gas mixture, in particular the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, includes a sensor element, arranged in a housing and connected to at least one electrical cable, as well as a molded piece, which seals the housing and is made of an elastically deformable material, which encloses the at least one cable in a gas-tight manner by radial compression. To ensure the gas-tightness of the cable feed-through also under a higher temperature load, which results in decreased elasticity of the molded piece, a spring element is arranged inside the molded piece, which is able to be tensioned by the radial compression and in the tensioned state generates a force component that acts on the cables in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Rainer Maier
  • Publication number: 20050072211
    Abstract: A detecting element is described, in particular a gas sensor for detecting the concentration of a gas component in a measuring gas, including a sensor element which is exposable to the measuring gas and has a connecting end section which is contacted by connecting cables and is exposed to a reference gas atmosphere. The end section is accommodated in a protective sleeve having a radial opening over which a gas-permeable diaphragm covering the at least one radial opening is provided, the diaphragm, in turn, being engaged by a clamping sleeve having at least one radial opening. To avoid the axial penetration of liquids between the clamping sleeve and the diaphragm, which would cause the detecting element to malfunction, the clamping sleeve is caulked axially above and below the radial openings. Both caulking zones are designed in such a way that the diaphragm is compressed with increasing force from the inner caulking edges facing each other to the outer caulking edges facing away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Bernhard Wild, Rainer Maier, Michael Liebler, Peter Dettling, Lars Berger
  • Patent number: 5601476
    Abstract: A method for precision-grinding a bezel at the inlet of a bore of a workpiece, comprising the following steps:a. generating a bezel at the inlet of the bore of the workpiece by grinding the workpiece at the inlet of the bore with a first grinding tool into a first shape defining an angle correspondingly slightly greater than a desired nominal angle;b. honing the bore to generate a honed bore; andc. again grinding the bezel to its nominal shape by means of a second grinding tool, while simultaneously guiding the second grinding tool in the honed bore by means of a pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignees: Kadia-Maschinenbau Kopp GmbH & Co., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Maier, Rudolf Koenigswieser
  • Patent number: 5319917
    Abstract: A reserve-surface cleaning apparatus is used in combination with a ring-spinning machine having a longitudinally extending row of spindles each adapted to hold a roving sleeve and each formed below the respective sleeve with a respective reserve winding area and a longitudinally extending frame extending along a back side of the row and a service area extending along a front side of the row. The cleaning system has a guide rail extending on the frame longitudinally along the back side of the row of spindles, a cleaner carriage displaceable longitudinally along the rail past the spindles, and a drive for displacing the cleaner carriage longitudinally along the rail past the spindles. A set of tools on the cleaner carriage strips roving from the reserve surfaces as the cleaner carriage passes same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Jakob Bothner, Daniel Friedrich, Thomas Peter, Rainer Maier, Rainer Kurz, Bernd Paulisch