Patents by Inventor Stefan Oetinger

Stefan Oetinger 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: 9196408
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal composite component is characterized in that the composite component (60) is provided with at least two sections (61, 62, 63) of different magnetization, at least two sections (61, 62, 63) being situated on the one-piece component (60) in direct succession. The starting material for manufacturing the composite material (60) is a semi-austenitic steel, which is provided as a cylindrical blank. The blank is subsequently shaped into an intended shape of the composite component (60) and rendered magnetizable in a multistage forming and/or heat treatment process, the heat treatment being performed in such a way that the component has a saturation polarization Js=0.9-1.5 T. This is followed by a local heat treatment in a partial area under simultaneous cooling of the areas of the composite component (60) where the magnetic properties are not to be changed, in order to define strictly delimited transitional areas between the different areas of magnetization (61, 62, 63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Stefan Oetinger
  • Patent number: 8851450
    Abstract: A composite component includes at least two sections having different magnetization, the at least two sections in the integrally formed component lying directly next to each other. The base material of the composite component is a semi-austenitic steel. A first section has a higher saturation polarization JS than an adjacent second section, the second section having a minimum saturation polarization JS of 0.1 T to 1.3 T and/or a maximum relative permeability ?r of 2 to 150. The composite component is suitable for use in electromagnetic valves, e.g., in fuel injectors of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Takuya Mizobe, Stefan Oetinger
  • Patent number: 8245394
    Abstract: A method for producing a rigid magnetic circuit component for an electromagnetically operable valve includes: a) providing a base element made of a magnetic or a magnetizable material, b) complete first heat treatment of the base element, c) a local second heat treatment of the base element so as to form a subregion having a microstructure of martensite and residual austenite in the otherwise martensitic base element, and d) installing the finished processed base element as the magnetic circuit component in a magnetic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Stefan Oetinger
  • Patent number: 8245402
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve, is characterized in that the following method steps are used: a) providing a sheet metal strip made of a magnetic or magnetizable material, b) introducing an additive into a middle area of the sheet metal strip and fusing there for forming a non-magnetizable structure, c) cutting the sheet metal strip into a sheet metal piece of desired width, d) deforming the sheet metal piece into a sleeve shape, e) mutual fastening of the cut edges now facing each other and running in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve for forming a sleeve blank, f) final machining of the sleeve blank until a desired geometry of the housing is achieved. The housing is suitable in particular for use in fuel injectors in fuel injector systems of mixture-compressing spark-ignition internal combustion engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Juergen Graner, Tilla Haubold, Stefan Oetinger
  • Publication number: 20110186769
    Abstract: A composite component includes at least two sections having different magnetization, the at least two sections in the integrally formed component lying directly next to each other. The base material of the composite component is a semi-austenitic steel. A first section has a higher saturation polarization Js than an adjacent second section, the second section having a minimum saturation polarization Js of 0.1 T to 1.3 T and/or a maximum relative permeability ?r of 2 to 150. The composite component is suitable for use in electromagnetic valves, e.g., in fuel injectors of internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Takuya Mizobe, Stefan Oetinger
  • Publication number: 20110163256
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal composite component is characterized in that the composite component (60) is provided with at least two sections (61, 62, 63) of different magnetization, at least two sections (61, 62, 63) being situated on the one-piece component (60) in direct succession. The starting material for manufacturing the composite material (60) is a semi-austenitic steel, which is provided as a cylindrical blank. The blank is subsequently shaped into an intended shape of the composite component (60) and rendered magnetizable in a multistage forming and/or heat treatment process, the heat treatment being performed in such a way that the component has a saturation polarization Js=0.9-1.5 T. This is followed by a local heat treatment in a partial area under simultaneous cooling of the areas of the composite component (60) where the magnetic properties are not to be changed, in order to define strictly delimited transitional areas between the different areas of magnetization (61, 62, 63).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Stefan Oetinger
  • Publication number: 20100281691
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve, is characterized in that the following method steps are used: a) providing a sheet metal strip made of a magnetic or magnetizable material, b) introducing an additive into a middle area of the sheet metal strip and fusing there for forming a non-magnetizable structure, c) cutting the sheet metal strip into a sheet metal piece of desired width, d) deforming the sheet metal piece into a sleeve shape, e) mutual fastening of the cut edges now facing each other and running in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve for forming a sleeve blank, f) final machining of the sleeve blank until a desired geometry of the housing is achieved. The housing is suitable in particular for use in fuel injectors in fuel injector systems of mixture-compressing spark-ignition internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Juergen Graner, Tilla Haubold, Stefan Oetinger
  • Publication number: 20100126007
    Abstract: A method for producing a rigid magnetic circuit component for an electromagnetically operable valve includes: a) providing a base element made of a magnetic or a magnetizable material, b) complete first heat treatment of the base element, c) a local second heat treatment of the base element so as to form a subregion having a microstructure of martensite and residual austenite in the otherwise martensitic base element, and d) installing the finished processed base element as the magnetic circuit component in a magnetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Stefan Oetinger
  • Publication number: 20090211096
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve, includes the following operations or steps: a) providing a base element made of a magnetic or magnetizable material, b) carburizing and/or nitride-hardening of at least one subarea of the base element by diffusion of carbon and/or nitrogen under thermal treatment for forming a non-magnetizable structure in the area of the diffusion zone, and c) finishing the base element so created until an intended geometry of the housing is achieved. The housing is suitable in particular for use in fuel injectors in fuel injector systems of mixture-compressing spark-ignition internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Max Seitter, Juergen Graner, Stefan Oetinger