Patents by Inventor Robert Hengler

Robert Hengler 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: 9726565
    Abstract: A support unit for a circuit board in a sensor unit comprises a main body that defines an outer contour and includes a first joining geometry and a second joining geometry. The first joining geometry is configured to at least one of guide and electrically contact external contact elements, and includes contact receiving pockets configured to guide the external contact elements, and at least one reinforcement web that separates two adjacent contact receiving pockets. The second joining geometry is configured to join the support unit to the circuit board. The first joining geometry defines at least in part an external interface via which at least one electrical output signal of the circuit board is tapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Dmitriy Aranovich, Robert Hengler, Christian Pfleger, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel
  • Patent number: 9638599
    Abstract: A circuit carrier for a sensor unit comprises a first interface via which at least one electrical output signal is tapped at least at one connection point of a measuring cell, a second interface via which the at least one electrical output signal of the measuring cell is applied via at least one first contact element to a circuit board with an electronic circuit, and a hollow, cylindrical main body. The main body includes an inner joining geometry defined on an inner contour which defines at least in part the first interface, an outer joining geometry which defines at least in part the second interface, and configured to electrically connect to a connection point of the measuring cell in a force-free manner. The outer joining geometry is configured as a receiving pocket with a protruding collar, and includes the at least one first contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Dmitriy Aranovich, Robert Hengler, Christian Pfleger, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel
  • Publication number: 20150289381
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional, injection-molded circuit configuration includes: providing at least two injection molds, in each case having at least one effective surface; applying an electrically conductive material on at least one of the effective surfaces of at least one of the injection molds, while forming electrically conductive patterns; forming a hollow space bounded by the effective surfaces of the at least two injection molds; introducing an insulating material into the hollow space using an injection molding process, and forming a circuit substrate completely or partially accommodating the conductive patterns; and removing from the injection molds the injection-molded circuit configuration having the conductive patterns and the circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Peter DIESEL, Martin Winkler, Robert Hengler, Michael Schlitzkus
  • Patent number: 9140621
    Abstract: An arrangement for the direct contacting of contact mechanism has a first contact mechanism arranged on a contact carrier and a second contact mechanism. The second contact mechanism acts with a predetermined contact force on the first contact mechanism. The contact carrier includes a plastic injection premolding of galvanizable plastic and a nongalvanizable plastic. The galvanizable plastic has a predetermined resilient behavior and the first contact mechanism is formed by a metal layer having predetermined dimensions. The first contact mechanism can be applied onto the galvanizable plastic in a galvanic process. The resilient behavior of the galvanizable plastic and the dimensions of the metal layer form, under the predetermined contact force, a microdepression configured to guide the second contact mechanism in the first contact mechanism. A corresponding connection device for a pressure measurement cell includes such a direct contacting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Hartmut Rohde, Stefan Lehenberger, Robert Hengler, Dmitriy Aranovich, Christian Pfleger, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel
  • Patent number: 9046436
    Abstract: A sensor unit has at least one measuring cell and a circuit mount arranged in a protective sleeve. The measuring cell detects a pressure of a hydraulic block. The circuit mount has a printed circuit board, which is positioned perpendicularly relative to the measuring cell. The printed circuit board has an electronic circuit with at least one electronic and/or electrical component. The measuring cell has at least one connection point configured to tap off at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell. The circuit mount forms an internal interface which taps off the at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell and applies it to the electronic circuit. An output signal from the electronic circuit can be tapped off by an external interface. The internal interface is formed at a first end and the external interface is formed at a second end of the protective sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Robert Hengler, Dmitriy Aranovich, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel, Christian Pfleger
  • Publication number: 20150040673
    Abstract: A support unit for a circuit board in a sensor unit comprises a main body that defines an outer contour and includes a first joining geometry and a second joining geometry. The first joining geometry is configured to at least one of guide and electrically contact external contact elements, and includes contact receiving pockets configured to guide the external contact elements, and at least one reinforcement web that separates two adjacent contact receiving pockets. The second joining geometry is configured to join the support unit to the circuit board. The first joining geometry defines at least in part an external interface via which at least one electrical output signal of the circuit board is tapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Dmitrity Aranovich, Robert Hengler, Christian Pfleger, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel
  • Publication number: 20150040676
    Abstract: A circuit carrier for a sensor unit comprises a first interface via which at least one electrical output signal is tapped at least at one connection point of a measuring cell, a second interface via which the at least one electrical output signal of the measuring cell is applied via at least one first contact element to a circuit board with an electronic circuit, and a hollow, cylindrical main body. The main body includes an inner joining geometry defined on an inner contour which defines at least in part the first interface, an outer joining geometry which defines at least in part the second interface, and configured to electrically connect to a connection point of the measuring cell in a force-free manner. The outer joining geometry is configured as a receiving pocket with a protruding collar, and includes the at least one first contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Dmitriy Aranovich, Robert Hengler, Christian Pfleger, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel
  • Publication number: 20130255391
    Abstract: A sensor unit has at least one measuring cell and a circuit mount arranged in a protective sleeve. The measuring cell detects a pressure of a hydraulic block. The circuit mount has a printed circuit board, which is positioned perpendicularly relative to the measuring cell. The printed circuit board has an electronic circuit with at least one electronic and/or electrical component. The measuring cell has at least one connection point configured to tap off at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell. The circuit mount forms an internal interface which taps off the at least one electrical output signal from the measuring cell and applies it to the electronic circuit. An output signal from the electronic circuit can be tapped off by an external interface. The internal interface is formed at a first end and the external interface is formed at a second end of the protective sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schlitzkus, Stefan Lehenberger, Robert Hengler, Dmitriy Aranovich, Philip Martin Lenk, Peter Diesel, Christian Pfleger
  • Patent number: 6550873
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electro-hydraulic unit (10) for regulating a brake pressure of a hydraulic vehicle braking system. The unit (10) includes a hydraulic block (12) with a hydraulic pump (20), an electric motor (14) for driving the hydraulic pump (20), and an electronic control unit (16), which is attached to the side of the hydraulic block (12) opposite from the electric motor (14). In order to electrically connect the electric motor (14) to the electronic control unit (16), the invention proposes embodying the electric motor (14) with a tubular insulator (40), which has spreader tabs (46) on a free end, which are pushed apart from each other by electrical blade contacts (42) that are contained in the insulator (40). The spreader tabs (46) that are pushed apart from each other rest without play in a through hole (48) of the hydraulic block (12) and position the blade contacts (42) on the hydraulic block (12). (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hengler, Tobias Fluck