Patents by Inventor Rolf-Dieter Koch

Rolf-Dieter Koch 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: 11834977
    Abstract: A method (200) for heating an exhaust system (120) downstream of an internal combustion engine (1) by means of an electric heating device (14, 15). In one example, the method includes determining a current temperature (t_EHC, t_EHC{circumflex over (?)}Us, t_Cat) in the exhaust system (120), determining a heating demand (t_EHC{circumflex over (?)}Des) based on the determined current temperature (t_Cat) and a target temperature, calculating a required amount of heat (Pwr{circumflex over (?)}Des) on the basis of the heating demand and an amount of energy required to heat the electric heating device (14, 15), and controlling (Pwr{circumflex over (?)}Req) the electric heating device (14, 15) to generate the calculated amount of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bachner, Jonas Ernst, Rolf-Dieter Koch, Tahir Harman, Thomas Zein, Uwe Kossatz
  • Publication number: 20230151752
    Abstract: A method (200) for heating an exhaust system (120) downstream of an internal combustion engine (1) by means of an electric heating device (14, 15). In one example, the method includes determining a current temperature (t_EHC, t_EHC{circumflex over (?)}Us, t_Cat) in the exhaust system (120), determining a heating demand (t_EHC{circumflex over (?)}Des) based on the determined current temperature (t_Cat) and a target temperature, calculating a required amount of heat (Pwr{circumflex over (?)}Des) on the basis of the heating demand and an amount of energy required to heat the electric heating device (14, 15), and controlling (Pwr{circumflex over (?)}Req) the electric heating device (14, 15) to generate the calculated amount of heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Bachner, Jonas Ernst, Rolf-Dieter Koch, Tahir Harman, Thomas Zein, Uwe Kossatz
  • Patent number: 10174668
    Abstract: A method and a unit for operating or for the operation of a fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, and it being provided, in particular, that at least one operating variable of the internal combustion engine is detected, a dynamic operating state of the internal combustion engine is detected based on the at least one detected operating variable, and a dynamic correction to the fuel metering system of the internal combustion engine is carried out for a detected dynamic operating state of the internal combustion engine, taking into account the efficiency of an NOx exhaust gas aftertreatment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lars Engelfried, Michael Bachner, Rolf-Dieter Koch
  • Publication number: 20170268412
    Abstract: A method and a unit for operating or for the operation of a fuel metering system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, and it being provided, in particular, that at least one operating variable of the internal combustion engine is detected, a dynamic operating state of the internal combustion engine is detected based on the at least one detected operating variable, and a dynamic correction to the fuel metering system of the internal combustion engine is carried out for a detected dynamic operating state of the internal combustion engine, taking into account the efficiency of an NOx exhaust gas aftertreatment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Lars Engelfried, Michael Bachner, Rolf-Dieter Koch
  • Patent number: 9016049
    Abstract: A method is presented for controlling an internal combustion engine (10), which includes an exhaust gas system (12) having an exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22) that temporarily stores exhaust gas constituents and can be regenerated, wherein an expected value for a temperature of the exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22) is formed as a function of an increase in temperature, which arises as a result of exothermal reactions during the duration of an operating mode (BA2) of the internal combustion engine (10) which is set for the regeneration of said exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22), wherein the expected value is compared with an upper threshold value (T_max) and the control of said internal combustion engine (10) is changed when the threshold value (T_max) is exceeded, such that an expected value formed while taking the changed control into account does not exceed said threshold value (T_max).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Loehr, Stefan Scherer, Wolfram Faas, Rolf-Dieter Koch, Holger Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20140010746
    Abstract: A method for cleaning the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, wherein nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas is converted by means of hydrocarbons metered in a pulsed form into the exhaust gas duct, upstream of a nitrogen oxide catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Stefan Scherer, Rolf-Dieter Koch
  • Publication number: 20110072785
    Abstract: A method is presented for controlling an internal combustion engine (10), which includes an exhaust gas system (12) having an exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22) that temporarily stores exhaust gas constituents and can be regenerated, wherein an expected value for a temperature of the exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22) is formed as a function of an increase in temperature, which arises as a result of exothermal reactions during the duration of an operating mode (BA2) of the internal combustion engine (10) which is set for the regeneration of said exhaust gas aftertreatment component (22), wherein the expected value is compared with an upper threshold value (T_max) and the control of said internal combustion engine (10) is changed when the threshold value (T_max) is exceeded, such that an expected value formed while taking the changed control into account does not exceed said threshold value (T_max).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Loehr, Stefan Scherer, Wolfram Faas, Rolf-Dieter Koch, Holger Ziegler
  • Patent number: 6135707
    Abstract: The steam turbine has an interior chamber through which an action steam can flow. The action steam is condensed in a condenser. The condenser is connected to the interior via a cooling-steam conduit. The cooling-steam conduit can be shut off by means of a shut-off member which opens as a function of the differential steam pressure between the condenser and the interior. The method of cooling the steam turbine is effected by cooling the steam turbine with steam from the condenser in the ventilation mode of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Endries, Claus Eggert, Hans Stein, Rolf-Dieter Koch