Patents by Inventor Ursula Eckstein

Ursula Eckstein 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: 7278835
    Abstract: A piston pump for brake systems employs a pulsation-smoothing device that functions especially well in the region of the outlet valve. As a result, substantially less noise occurs, and the durability of the piston pump is substantially better. The piston pump is used essentially in traction-controlled motor vehicle brake systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Schmitt, Norbert Alaze, Ernst-Dieter Schaefer, Marcus Egle, Jochen Braun, Ursula Eckstein, Peter Zimmermann, Christian Debusmann, Manfred Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20040166004
    Abstract: In piston pumps for brake systems used until now, there were often noise problems, from pressure pulsations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Edgar Schmitt, Norbert Alaze, Ernst-Dieter Schaefer, Marcus Egle, Jochen Braun, Ursula Eckstein, Peter Zimmermann, Christian Debusmann, Manfred Dreyer
  • Patent number: 6652245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump for a hydraulic, slip-controlled vehicle brake system. The piston pump has a piston, which is inserted with a part of its length into a sleeve. A tubular filter that encompasses the piston is attached to the sleeve and constitutes a captive retainer, which secures the piston in a captive fashion in the sleeve. In order to reduce an axial mobility of a sealing ring that seals the piston in the pump housing, the invention proposes attaching the filter, which limits the axial mobility of the sealing ring, to the sleeve in an axially mobile fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Thorsten Duermeier, Ursula Eckstein, Erika Mank
  • Publication number: 20020155008
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump (10) for a hydraulic, slip-controlled vehicle brake system. The piston pump (10) has a piston (20), which is inserted with a part of its length into a sleeve (12). A tubular filter (76) that encompasses the piston (20) is attached to the sleeve (12) and constitutes a captive retainer, which secures the piston (20) in a captive fashion in the sleeve (12). In order to reduce an axial mobility of a sealing ring (14) that seals the piston (20) in the pump housing (16), the invention proposes attaching the filter (76), which limits the axial mobility of the sealing ring (24), to the sleeve (12) in an axially mobile fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Thorsten Duermeier, Ursula Eckstein, Erika Mank
  • Patent number: 6457956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic vehicle brake system. To make a piston of the piston pump easy and inexpensive to manufacture, the invention proposes that the piston be comprised of a sleeve-like shaped part and a valve seat part that is made of plastic and is press-fitted into the shaped part. A high-pressure-side sealing lip is formed onto the valve seat part and is of one piece with it. By means of a tubular support body, a restoring spring is supported on the valve seat part spaced apart from a valve seat of the valve seat part and spaced apart from the sealing lip, which prevents the valve seat and the sealing lip from being impaired by the force of the restoring spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Walter Kremsreiter, Thorsten Duermeier, Juergen Reiner, Werner Rittler, Ursula Eckstein, Andreas Weh, Erika Mank
  • Patent number: 6327964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pump with a piston (10) that is guided so that it can move axially in a pump bore (12) of a pump housing (14). In order to simplify the manufacture of the piston (10), the invention proposes providing the piston (10) with a support ring (64), which is connected to a guide ring (66). By connecting the support ring (64) and guide ring (66), the structural length of the piston pump (10) can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Ursula Eckstein
  • Patent number: 6224352
    Abstract: A piston pump for a slip-controlled hydraulic brake system for a vehicle. A tubular filter is mounted on a bush of the piston pump; the filter has a filter ring that forms a guide ring and is spaced apart from the bush and axially guides the piston by a part of the piston that protrudes from the bush. A separate guide ring is dispensed with, and the structural length of the piston pump can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Hauser, Norbert Alaze, Thorsten Duermeier, Ursula Eckstein
  • Patent number: 6217300
    Abstract: A piston pump with a piston that is displaceable in a bush. In order to keep the piston in the bush for retention therein a hollow-cylindrical filter, mounted on the bush, with yielding fingers that engage a groove of the piston keep the piston in the bush until the bush has been inserted into a pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Ursula Eckstein
  • Patent number: 6079961
    Abstract: A piston pump for a slip-controlled motor vehicle brake system, with a piston which, by means of a piston restoring spring, is pressed with an end face that constitutes a strike face against a circumference of a cam. The cam is driven to rotate, wherein the cam is used to drive the piston in a reciprocating stroke motion. In order to be able to inexpensively manufacture the piston as an injection molded part made of plastic, the piston is provided with a cam strike piece made of wear resistant material on the strike face which is in contact with the cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schuller, Ursula Eckstein
  • Patent number: 5232273
    Abstract: The object is to shorten the installation length of the pump. The high-pressure pump has a pump housing with a bore, in which a pump element having a cylinder, a piston longitudinally movable therein and an outlet valve is received. The cylinder is screwed into the bore and axially fixed at a bore step. The outlet valve has a ball, received in a hollow-cylindrical extension of the cylinder and loaded on its end remote from the valve seat by a leaf spring secured to the cylinder. The hydraulic high-pressure pump is usable in particular in motor vehicle brake systems having an anti-lock and possibly traction control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ursula Eckstein, Martin Eggenmueller, Wolfgang Schuller, Rolf Hummel