Patents by Inventor Stefan Balz

Stefan Balz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230412164
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement for a control unit of a vehicle. The circuit arrangement includes at least one ASIC component, which comprises at least one analog input and at least one analog output, and at least one multiplexer which comprises at least one output that is electrically connected to the at least one analog input and at least two inputs and is embodied to electrically connect one of the at least two inputs to the at least one output as a function of at least one control signal. The at least one ASIC component has a multiplexer function which is embodied to generate the at least one control signal and to output the signal via the at least one analog output to at least one control input of the at least one multiplexer. A control unit comprising at least one such circuit arrangement is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Stefan Balz
  • Patent number: 11240946
    Abstract: A circuit board for a control device for a vehicle includes a clamp edge for clamping on a cover for covering circuit board, the clamp edge being formed by an electrically conductive layer that is situated on an upper side of the circuit board. The circuit board has a plurality of solder bumps for shielding an electromagnetic radiation, the solder bumps being arranged in a row in clamp edge, and each of solder bumps being insulated from the electrically conductive layer by a ring of solder resist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Balz
  • Publication number: 20180368295
    Abstract: A circuit board for a control device for a vehicle includes a clamp edge for clamping on a cover for covering circuit board, the clamp edge being formed by an electrically conductive layer that is situated on an upper side of the circuit board. The circuit board has a plurality of solder bumps for shielding an electromagnetic radiation, the solder bumps being arranged in a row in clamp edge, and each of solder bumps being insulated from the electrically conductive layer by a ring of solder resist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Stefan Balz
  • Patent number: 9539972
    Abstract: A method for operating a trigger device for an occupant protection unit includes: activating a first switch (high side) of the trigger device for occupant protection units; activating a second switch (low side) of the trigger device for occupant protection units; detecting an output voltage at the second switch (low side); and deactivating the second switch (low side) as a function of the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Balz
  • Publication number: 20150115747
    Abstract: A method for operating a trigger device for an occupant protection unit includes: activating a first switch (high side) of the trigger device for occupant protection units; activating a second switch (low side) of the trigger device for occupant protection units; detecting an output voltage at the second switch (low side); and deactivating the second switch (low side) as a function of the output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Stefan Balz