Patents by Inventor Tobias Richter
Tobias Richter 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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Patent number: 11952207Abstract: A product tank for receiving a liquid product, and a device for filling containers with a filling product, for example in a beverage filling plant, wherein the product tank includes: an outlet for discharge of the product from the product tank along a discharge direction; and a flow guide device which is arranged in the interior of the product tank and is configured to create a cross-flow oriented towards the discharge direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KRONES AGInventors: Tobias Ehrismann, Christina Laumer, Michael Grauham, Volker Richter
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Patent number: 11955953Abstract: The invention relates to a protection for a semi-conductor switch against over voltages. A capacitive element is provided on an inlet connection of the semi-conductor switch. The load amount, which flows into said capacitive element, is integrated in order to trigger a protection function when a threshold value is exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Peter Sinn, Tim Bruckhaus, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20240081958Abstract: Dental implant, comprising an external thread arranged on an outside of the dental implant for fastening the dental implant to a jawbone. Further, the implant comprises an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the dental implant, in which opening an internal thread for fastening a superstructure to the dental implant is arranged. Still further, the implant comprises an interface for fastening the superstructure to the dental implant, which interface is arranged at a front end of the dental implant. The interface is suitable for direct attachment of a superstructure to the dental implant without the use of an abutment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Sandro VENANZONI, Rafael PEREZ, Ronald JUNG, Tobias RICHTER
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Patent number: 11926459Abstract: A foil cartridge Tillable with a fluid, includes a film bag cartridge forming a cartridge sleeve, and a solid head part including at least one outlet opening to dispense the fluid out of the foil cartridge and an external thread to attach the foil cartridge to a support sleeve. The film bag cartridge is attached to the head part in an area of the external thread.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Tobias Bodenmüller, Marcel Richter, Richard Lavelanet
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Patent number: 11911239Abstract: Dental implant, comprising an external thread arranged on an outside of the dental implant for fastening the dental implant to a jawbone. Further, the implant comprises an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the dental implant, in which opening an internal thread for fastening a superstructure to the dental implant is arranged. Still further, the implant comprises an interface for fastening the superstructure to the dental implant, which interface is arranged at a front end of the dental implant. The interface is suitable for direct attachment of a superstructure to the dental implant without the use of an abutment.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TRI Dental Implants Int. AGInventors: Sandro Venanzoni, Rafael Perez, Ronald Jung, Tobias Richter
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Patent number: 11831305Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (100), comprising a control circuit (104) and a switch element (101) for switching between a first and a second switching state of the switch element (101). The control circuit (104) is designed to provide a variable pre-control voltage dependent on the switching state of the switch element. The pre-control voltage is a voltage that is switched as the control voltage at the switch element (101) during one of the two switching states. The control circuit (104) is also designed to vary the pre-control voltage during each of the switching states.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Alexander Kaiser, Moritz Schollbach, Peter Sinn, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20230268703Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of electrical connection of cables and the like, for all industries and in particular in the aeronautic or automotive industry. A single pass-through connector for connecting first cables and second cables disposed in respective first area and second area of a vehicle, the single pass-through connector having a frame body and a plurality of first communication network connectors for receiving portions of the first cables and of the second cables, each first communication network connector has a back portion and a front portion, and wherein each first communication network connector is arranged for receiving the corresponding first cable from the back portion, and for receiving the corresponding second cable from the front portion, so as to connect the corresponding first cable and the corresponding second cable together and pass-through a separation between the two areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Tobias Richter-Brockmann, Lukas Püllen, Benny Pekka Herzogenrath, Daniel Staudt
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Publication number: 20230077114Abstract: A rack assembly unit for mounting a control unit to a vehicle rack system is provided; a rack chassis and a tray are configured to receive the control unit for coupling to a vehicle system. The tray is movably coupled to the rack chassis at a coupling mechanism, which provides for movement of the tray relative to the rack chassis between open and closed positions. At the open position, the tray is spaced apart from rack chassis to facilitate user access to the tray and receiving the control unit therein. At the closed position, the tray is located fully inserted relative to the rack chassis and such that the control unit located in the tray is provided at a control unit operating position thermally coupled to a cold plate of a cooling system to provide for cooling of components of the control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Jakub Antoni Korta, Tobias Richter-Brockmann, Peter Reinhold
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Publication number: 20220345125Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (200) for controlling a plurality of semiconductor switches connected in parallel, having an activation connection (213) and a deactivation connection (214), and having a plurality of control connections (220), each provided for connection to a control connection (123) of one of the plurality of semiconductor switches, wherein the activation connection (213) and the deactivation connection (214) are each connected to each of the plurality of control connections (220), and wherein a circuit breaker (230) is provided between the activation connection (213) and at least one of the control connections (220), furthermore having at least one detection and control arrangement which is designed to detect a current flow in the at least one of the control connections (220) and, if a short-circuit is detected on the basis of the current flow, to control the circuit breaker (230) to open.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Calin Purcarea, Daniel Schweiker, Matthias Boesing, Tim Bruckhaus, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20220278679Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (100), comprising a control circuit (104) and a switch element (101) for switching between a first and a second switching state of the switch element (101). The control circuit (104) is designed to provide a variable pre-control voltage dependent on the switching state of the switch element. The pre-control voltage is a voltage that is switched as the control voltage at the switch element (101) during one of the two switching states. The control circuit (104) is also designed to vary the pre-control voltage during each of the switching states.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Alexander Kaiser, Moritz Schollbach, Peter Sinn, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20220216862Abstract: The invention relates to a protection for a semi-conductor switch against over voltages. A capacitive element is provided on an inlet connection of the semi-conductor switch. The load amount, which flows into said capacitive element, is integrated in order to trigger a protection function when a threshold value is exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Peter Sinn, Tim Bruckhaus, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20220217868Abstract: An apparatus or system can act as a cooling device configured for cooling a plurality of high-power electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The apparatus includes a plurality of cooling plate assemblies, the cooling plate assemblies each including a cooling plate for mating to one of the high-power electronic components and an enclosure mounted to the cooling plate for defining a coolant transport path over at least part of a surface thereof. The apparatus further includes one or more flexible conduits that connect between the cooling plate assemblies for fluid communication between their respective coolant transport paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Frank H. Adam, Klaus Kaufmann, Tobias Richter-Brockmann
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Publication number: 20210392780Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a plurality of electronic components mounted on a circuit board. The device includes a contact sheet shaped for conforming to the plurality of electronic components and comprising a mating face for mating against the plurality of electronic components and a cooled face. An enclosure is mounted to the cooled face and defines a coolant transport circuit for circulating coolant liquid there thorough. A coupling may be provided for biassing the mating face toward the plurality of electronic components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Frank H. Adam, Klaus Kaufmann, Tobias Richter-Brockmann
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Patent number: 11031931Abstract: A protective device for protection of a semiconductor switch against overvoltages during a deactivation process. A compensation signal is provided at an input of a driver stage for a semiconductor switch to be deactivated if the voltage at the output of the semiconductor switch exceeds a specified threshold, and simultaneously a request to open the semiconductor switch is detected at an input of the driver stage for the semiconductor switch. The compensation signal is limited to a specified duration. On the basis of the compensation signal provided in the aforementioned manner, the driver stage for the semiconductor switch partly controls the semiconductor switch in order to prevent an excessively quick opening of the semiconductor switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Matthias Heil, Peter Sinn, Sebastian Laich, Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20210068932Abstract: Dental implant, comprising an external thread arranged on an outside of the dental implant for fastening the dental implant to a jawbone. Further, the implant comprises an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the dental implant, in which opening an internal thread for fastening a superstructure to the dental implant is arranged. Still further, the implant comprises an interface for fastening the superstructure to the dental implant, which interface is arranged at a front end of the dental implant. The interface is suitable for direct attachment of a superstructure to the dental implant without the use of an abutment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Sandro VENANZONI, Rafael PEREZ, Ronald JUNG, Tobias RICHTER
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Patent number: 10624373Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for the high-pressure treatment of products, particularly of packaged foodstuffs. The device comprises a high-pressure chamber and a discharge valve for discharging high-pressure medium out of the high-pressure chamber. The invention is characterized in that a controllable actuator is provided for adjusting the rate of the pressure decrease in the high-pressure chamber at least over a predetermined pressure range. The disclosure also relates to a method for the high-pressure treatment of products, wherein pressure decrease takes place in a first phase and in a second phase, and the mean pressure decrease rate in the first phase is higher than in the second phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KGInventor: Tobias Richter
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Publication number: 20190245531Abstract: The invention relates to the protection of a semiconductor switch against overvoltages during a deactivation process. A compensation signal is provided at an input of a driver stage for a semiconductor switch to be deactivated if the voltage at the output of the semiconductor switch exceeds a specified threshold, and simultaneously a request to open the semiconductor switch is detected at an input of the driver stage for the semiconductor switch. The compensation signal is limited to a specified duration. On the basis of the compensation signal provided in the aforementioned manner, the driver stage for the semiconductor switch partly controls the semiconductor switch in order to prevent an excessively quick opening of the semiconductor switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventors: Matthias Heil, Peter Sinn, Sebastian Laich, Tobias Richter
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Patent number: 10237155Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electric circuit arrangement (1) which has a low-voltage sub-network (2) and a high-voltage sub-network (3). A test signal is transmitted from one of the sub-networks (2, 3) to the other sub-network (3, 2) in order to detect a fault depending on the reception of the signal in the other sub-network (3, 2) and to switch the circuit arrangement (1) to a safe state. A data bus (5), which connects a low-voltage control unit (6) of the low-voltage sub-network (2) to a high-voltage control unit (7) of the high-voltage sub-network (3), is operated with a maximum bus load at least temporarily as a test signal so that data packets are transmitted at fixed time intervals, and a fault is detected depending on a delay of the last received data packet, said delay being detected by the control unit (7, 6) receiving the data packets.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Tobias Richter, Stefan Butzmann, Stefan Aldinger
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Patent number: 10180446Abstract: The invention relates to a device and to a method for determining a voltage. The voltage to be determined is a direct voltage at the input of a flyback converter. The flyback converter comprises at least a flyback-converter transformer and a switching element on the primary side of the flyback-converter transformer. In order to determine the voltage at the input of the flyback converter, a voltage on the secondary side of the flyback-converter transformer is sensed and evaluated in correlation with the switching state of the switching element on the primary side.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stefan Aldinger, Joerg Koniakowsky, Tobias Richter
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Patent number: 9843320Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement (1), in particular for controlling an electric machine, comprising at least one high-voltage semiconductor bridge circuit (2) that includes a low-side semiconductor switch (4) and a high-side semiconductor switch (3). A high-side gate driver (5) is assigned to the high-side semiconductor switch (3), and a low-side gate driver (6) is assigned to the low-side semiconductor switch (4). According to the invention, a high-side flyback converter (8) is connected upstream of the high-side gate driver, and a low-side flyback converter (9) is connected upstream of the low-side gate driver (6), at least one of the flyback converters (7, 8, 9) being designed as a high-voltage flyback converter.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Tobias Richter, Stefan Butzmann, Stefan Aldinger