Patents by Inventor Reiner Dorfler

Reiner Dorfler 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: 5140851
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement is suggested for monitoring the air volume in vehicle tires which effects the most accurate possible correction of the temperature measured by a sensor fastened at the wheel to the actual air temperature in the tire. For this purpose, the temperature and pressure measurement value of the tire measured by the rotating sensor (13) of the wheel to be monitored is fed to a correction circuit (18) which is also receives a plurality of correction parameters (p, F, K, v). A corrected value for the temperature (t.sub.k) or for the air pressure in the tire is transmitted at the output of the correction circuit (18) as a function of the correction parameters (FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Hettich, Reiner Dorfler
  • Patent number: 5071259
    Abstract: A sensor for determining the pressure and temperature of the air in a vehicle tire and comprising temperature sensor elements decoupled from the temperature of the wheel rim and coupled to the temperature of the tire air. The temperature sensor elements are arranged on an insulating foil which is stretched over one of the openings of a cover cap which is fastened at the sensor housing so as to be thermally insulated. The temperature sensor elements are connected with connecting leads of the electronic circuit of the sensor via conductor paths of the insulating foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Metzger, Gerhard Hettich, Reiner Dorfler
  • Patent number: 4951502
    Abstract: A pressure probe is suggested which serves to determine the air pressure in the interior of tubeless tires on motor vehicle wheels comprising a rim. The pressure probe (10) carries a substrate (26) in a front recess (31) of the probe housing (14) facing the tire interior, at least one sensing element (24) being arranged at the substrate (26) in the outer area on the side remote of the tire interior. In order to keep the air in the vehcile tire at a distance from the sensing elements (24) on the one hand, but transmit the air pressure to the latter without falsification on the other hand, a circumferentially extending cut out portion (36) in the housing area below the sensing elements (34) is filled with a non-conducting magnetic fluid (37), a permanent magnet (39) being arranged at the base (38) of the cut out portion (36), which permanent magnet (39) secures the magnetic fluid (37) for the purpose of covering the sensing elements (24) so as to be free of stresses (FIGURE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Dorfler, Gerhard Hettich, Hans-Dieter Schmid