Patents by Inventor Udo Utz

Udo Utz 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: 7779726
    Abstract: In an adjusting device having a gear, high gear ratios are often demanded. High transverse forces often arise in the gear and must be intercepted by suitably dimensioned bearings. In the adjusting device proposed here, having a basic body and a cap, an embedded device is provided between a shaft, serving to support a gear wheel, and the cap. With the aid of the embedded device, good bearing of the gear wheel on both sides is attained, regardless of component tolerances. The adjusting device is intended especially for vehicles having an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp
  • Patent number: 7611123
    Abstract: A throttle device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which the throttle valve is supported precisely employs a bearing recess serving to support the throttle valve shaft which is surrounded by a clamping element. As a result, there is excellent, durable stabilization of the bearing recess. The throttle device is especially well suited to vehicles that have a throttle-type internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp
  • Patent number: 7377257
    Abstract: In an adjusting device with a transmission, high gear ratios are frequently required. In the transmission, powerful lateral forces are frequently generated, which must be absorbed by correspondingly dimensioned bearings. The present invention proposes an adjusting device having a transmission in which at least one gear is supported on an axle with a diameter that varies in the longitudinal direction. This achieves a uniform material loading of the axle supporting the gear and permits the diameter of the axle as a whole to be significantly reduced. The adjusting device is particularly intended for motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp
  • Patent number: 7296557
    Abstract: A final control element for a control unit, for a throttle body located in a conduit carrying a gaseous medium in an internal combustion engine, is disclosed which has a control shaft, supporting the control unit in a manner fixed against relative rotation; a power takeoff member of a final control element gear, the power takeoff member being seated on the control shaft in a manner fixed against relative rotation; and an error sensor, detecting the rotary position of the control shaft, with a rotor part that is connected to the control shaft in a manner fixed against relative rotation. The error sensor is a contactless measurement rotary angle sensor, whose rotor part is integrated by material and positive engagement with the drive member. Preferably, the rotor part is made of sheet metal, and the positive engagement is established by spraying the power takeoff member, made of plastic, onto it. The rotor part is welded to the control shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Wendel, Reiner Schweinfurth, Johannes Meiwes, Udo Utz, Michael Knorpp
  • Publication number: 20070068298
    Abstract: In an adjusting device having a gear, high gear ratios are often demanded. High transverse forces often arise in the gear and must be intercepted by suitably dimensioned bearings. In the adjusting device proposed here, having a basic body and a cap, an embedded device is provided between a shaft, serving to support a gear wheel, and the cap. With the aid of the embedded device, good bearing of the gear wheel on both sides is attained, regardless of component tolerances. The adjusting device is intended especially for vehicles having an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp
  • Publication number: 20070051337
    Abstract: In an adjusting device with a transmission, high gear ratios are frequently required. In the transmission, powerful lateral forces are frequently generated, which must be absorbed by correspondingly dimensioned bearings. The present invention proposes an adjusting device having a transmission in which at least one gear is supported on an axle with a diameter that varies in the longitudinal direction. This achieves a uniform material loading of the axle supporting the gear and permits the diameter of the axle as a whole to be significantly reduced. The adjusting device is particularly intended for motor vehicles with an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp
  • Publication number: 20070006846
    Abstract: A final control element for a control unit, for a throttle body located in a conduit carrying a gaseous medium in an internal combustion engine, is disclosed which has a control shaft, supporting the control unit in a manner fixed against relative rotation; a power takeoff member of a final control element gear, the power takeoff member being seated on the control shaft in a manner fixed against relative rotation; and an error sensor, detecting the rotary position of the control shaft, with a rotor part that is connected to the control shaft in a manner fixed against relative rotation. The error sensor is a contactless measurement rotary angle sensor, whose rotor part is integrated by material and positive engagement with the drive member. Preferably, the rotor part is made of sheet metal, and the positive engagement is established by spraying the power takeoff member, made of plastic, onto it. The rotor part is welded to the control shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Friedrich Wendel, Reiner Schweinfurth, Johannes Meiwes, Udo Utz, Michael Knorpp
  • Publication number: 20060048748
    Abstract: A throttle device for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which the throttle valve is supported precisely employs a bearing recess serving to support the throttle valve shaft which is surrounded by a clamping element. As a result, there is excellent, durable stabilization of the bearing recess. The throttle device is especially well suited to vehicles that have a throttle-type internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Udo Utz, Ralf Kromer, Michael Knorpp