Patents by Inventor Thorsten Allgeier
Thorsten Allgeier 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).
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Publication number: 20220250645Abstract: A method for controlling a plurality of driving functions in an automated or autonomous vehicle, a control unit designed to carry out the method, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium on which the computer program is stored are provided. In the method, the plurality of driving functions is described in each case by finite state machines. At least one finite state machine is of the Moore type, and includes a structure with a finite set of states. The states are linked to one another via edges. An edge defines from the finite set of states a transition from a starting state to a target state, in that an associated edge condition is true or false. The finite state machine is accessible during runtime based on the structure, so that an access to the states and the edges is made possible to change the states and/or the edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Lukas Koenig, Michael Messer, Sarah Weissenberger, Thorsten Allgeier
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Patent number: 10989186Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump (10) which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet. A piston (2) of the piston pump (10) can be moved in a cylinder (3) for pumping purposes by means of the electromagnet. A voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on period such that a current flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, said voltage being applied by means of an actuation device (11). A time curve of an electric state variable (I, U) of the coil (1) is qualitatively detected, and the curve or a curve derived therefrom is analyzed in order to detect an impact of the piston (2) against a stop. The invention further relates to an actuation device and a piston pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andrea Krusch, Andreas Gutscher, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Patent number: 10890167Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Patent number: 10781814Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for injection systems for motorized two-wheeled vehicles and/or for motorized three-wheeled vehicles, having a compression chamber, a piston, an inlet valve, and an outlet valve. A fluid can flow into the compression chamber via the inlet valve, and the fluid can flow out of the compression chamber via the outlet valve. A region in the form of a channel, which is arranged fluidically upstream of the outlet valve, in particular directly upstream of the outlet valve, has a cross-section which is reduced compared to a compression chamber region at a distance from the outlet valve. The invention is characterized in that a piston end face facing the channel has a region which can be immersed into the channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Plisch, Jurij Giesler, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Lena Maren Baessler
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Patent number: 10619628Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel pump (1) which comprises a pump housing (2), a delivery element (3) for delivering fuel, a heat-generating actuator (4) for actuating the delivery element (3), a first fuel path (5) which leads from an inlet (20) to a delivery space (7), and a second fuel path (6) which leads from the inlet (20) past the heat-generating actuator (4) to a first housing opening (21), wherein the first housing opening (21) is arranged above the inlet (20) in the vertical direction (V). The present invention also relates to a fuel pump arrangement which comprises a fuel pump (1) according to the invention and a fuel tank (10) in which the fuel pump (1) is at least partially and preferably entirely arranged. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel pump (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbhInventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Joerg Heyse, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Tim Reule
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Patent number: 10443587Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing with a housing wall and a damping device configured to damp inlet-side pressure pulses by varying a damping volume with an elastically deformable wall. At least one section of the elastically deformable wall is formed from one or more of at least one part of a jacket-like area of the housing wall and at least one part of a sealing support. The section is embodied such that it includes at least one main part configured to vary the damping volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Juergen Koreck, Andreas Plisch, Gerd Teike
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Publication number: 20180340522Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump, which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet, wherein a piston (2) of the piston pump can be moved against a restoring force by means of the electromagnet, wherein a voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on duration such that a current (I) flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, wherein two different quenching methods are used for the current (I) in the coil (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Publication number: 20180023557Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump (10) which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet. A piston (2) of the piston pump (10) can be moved in a cylinder (3) for pumping purposes by means of the electromagnet. A voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on period such that a current flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, said voltage being applied by means of an actuation device (11). A time curve of an electric state variable (I, U) of the coil (1) is qualitatively detected, and the curve or a curve derived therefrom is analyzed in order to detect an impact of the piston (2) against a stop. The invention further relates to an actuation device and a piston pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Andrea Krusch, Andreas Gutscher, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Publication number: 20170314550Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for injection systems for motorized two-wheeled vehicles and/or for motorized three-wheeled vehicles, having a compression chamber, a piston, an inlet valve, and an outlet valve. A fluid can flow into the compression chamber via the inlet valve, and the fluid can flow out of the compression chamber via the outlet valve. A region in the form of a channel, which is arranged fluidically upstream of the outlet valve, in particular directly upstream of the outlet valve, has a cross-section which is reduced compared to a compression chamber region at a distance from the outlet valve. The invention is characterized in that a piston end face facing the channel has a region which can be immersed into the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Jurij Giesler, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Lena Maren Baessler
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Publication number: 20170268469Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel pump (1) which comprises a pump housing (2), a delivery element (3) for delivering fuel, a heat-generating actuator (4) for actuating the delivery element (3), a first fuel path (5) which leads from an inlet (20) to a delivery space (7), and a second fuel path (6) which leads from the inlet (20) past the heat-generating actuator (4) to a first housing opening (21), wherein the first housing opening (21) is arranged above the inlet (20) in the vertical direction (V). The present invention also relates to a fuel pump arrangement which comprises a fuel pump (1) according to the invention and a fuel tank (10) in which the fuel pump (1) is at least partially and preferably entirely arranged. The present invention also relates to a method for operating a fuel pump (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Joerg Heyse, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer, Tim Reule
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Publication number: 20170254317Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump, in particular for injection systems for motorized two-wheeled vehicles and/or for motorized three-wheeled vehicles, which piston pump comprises a housing, at least one magnetic coil, a cylinder, a piston arranged in the cylinder, and an armature plate having a stop for the piston, wherein the piston can be moved in the direction of the stop by a magnetic field produced by the magnetic coil, and wherein a magnetic circuit can be formed in the piston pump on the basis of the magnetic field, wherein in particular the piston, the cylinder, the housing, the armature plate, and the stop are components of the magnetic circuit, wherein at the stop-side reversal point of the piston, in particular when the piston hits the stop, the magnetic circuit has at least one region that has a non-magnetic material, in particular having a relative permeability ?r of not greater than 1.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Andreas Plisch, Frank Nitsche, Siamend Flo, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Publication number: 20170114783Abstract: A method and a device for actuating a piston pump, the piston pump being actuated with a clock-pulse rate, the off-times being varied stochastically.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Michael Fischer, Sebastian Wedman, Thorsten Allgeier, Walter Maeurer
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Publication number: 20160131120Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump includes a pump housing with a housing wall and a damping device configured to damp inlet-side pressure pulses by varying a damping volume with an elastically deformable wall. At least one section of the elastically deformable wall is formed from one or more of at least one part of a jacket-like area of the housing wall and at least one part of a sealing support. The section is embodied such that it includes at least one main part configured to vary the damping volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Siamend Flo, Oliver Albrecht, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Juergen Koreck, Andreas Plisch, Gerd Teike
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Publication number: 20150285164Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine is configured to operate with at least two fuel types, and includes an electrically driven high-pressure fuel pump for at least one of the two fuel types. The high-pressure fuel pump is connected on an outlet side to a high-pressure line which is common to the two fuel types.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Alexander Gluschke, Frank Nitsche, Martin Maier, Winfried Langer, Peter Schenk, Thorsten Allgeier, Henri Barbier
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Publication number: 20140305409Abstract: A fuel system comprises a first reservoir for a first fuel in liquid phase that has a first vapor pressure, and a second reservoir for a second fuel in liquid phase that has a second vapor pressure. The second vapor pressure is higher than the first vapor pressure. The fuel system further includes a mixing device for mixing the first fuel in liquid phase with the second fuel in liquid phase, and an injector which is hydraulically connected to the mixing device and is configured so that as, or immediately after, the mixture passes through an outlet opening of the injector, the second fuel changes from the liquid phase to a gaseous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Stefan Arndt, Siamend Flo, Alexander Gluschke, Frank Nitsche, Thorsten Allgeier, Martin Maier, Roman Grzeszik, Henri Barbier, Andreas Herzig, Winfried Langer, Guenther Hohl, Juergen Arnold
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Patent number: 8560212Abstract: In a method for generating an internal combustion engine configured to run on both a gas fuel and a liquid fuel, the shutoff valve of the gas injection system is initially closed, the engine is then operated with the liquid fuel, and subsequently all gas injection valves of the gas injection system are opened in a predefined pattern while the shutoff valve is still closed.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Alfred Kratt, Juergen Foerster, Christian Mengler, Thorsten Allgeier, Rudolf Moz, Winfried Langer, Jens Thurso
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Patent number: 8287628Abstract: An absorption fluid reservoir having a fluid inlet for receiving gases during a charging event and a gas analysis unit for detecting unwanted impurities in the gases prior to being received in the reservoir and a control unit for eliminating the gases having the impurities.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Werner Gruenwald, Thorsten Allgeier, Kai Oertel, Ian Faye, Stephan Leuthner, Jan-Michael Graehn
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Patent number: 8205765Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel reservoir for gaseous fuel in a vehicle, in particular a sorption reservoir. The fuel reservoir is delimited by at least one wall and includes a sorption material that is contained in its interior. The fuel reservoir has a tank inlet valve containing a shut-off valve and a throttle restriction valve. The restriction of the gaseous fuel takes place inside the fuel reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Werner Gruenwald, Thorsten Allgeier, Kai Oertel, Ian Faye, Stephan Leuthner, Jan-Michael Graehn, Markus Schubert
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Patent number: 8057584Abstract: Hydrogen or methane gas pressure container having a minimum volume of 1 m3 a prescribed maximum filling pressure, has a filter through which oxygen, methane respectively, can flow during uptake. The filter has an adsorbent for adsorbing impurities selected from the group consisting of a higher hydrocarbon, ammonia, an odorous substance, hydrogen sulfide and a mixture of two or more of these substances. The pressure container and the filter comprise porous metal organic frameworks as adsorbent.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Schubert, Ulrich Müller, Michael Hesse, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Kai Oertel, Ian Faye, Thorsten Allgeier, Jan-Michael Graehn
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Publication number: 20100299047Abstract: In a method for generating an internal combustion engine configured to run on both a gas fuel and a liquid fuel, the shutoff valve of the gas injection system is initially closed, the engine is then operated with the liquid fuel, and subsequently all gas injection valves of the gas injection system are opened in a predefined pattern while the shutoff valve is still closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Alfred Kratt, Juergen Foerster, Christian Mengler, Thorsten Allgeier, Rudolf Moz, Winfried Langer, Jens Thurso