Patents by Inventor Vairavan Arunachalam

Vairavan Arunachalam 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: 10967844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (10) for at least one electromechanical brake booster of a brake system of a vehicle having an electronics device (32) that is designed to compare a provided sensor signal (38) relating to a differential path (d) between a valve body (12), displaced by a controlled motor, of the electromechanical brake booster and an input rod (14) of the brake system with a specified normal value range, such that, if the sensor signal (38) relating to the differential path (d) lies outside the specified normal value range, the electronics device (32) is in addition designed to define a maximum limit value for a target quantity relating to a target motor torque to be carried out by the motor, at least taking into account the sensor signal (38), in such a way that, at least during a specified time interval after the defining of the maximum limit value, at most an actual motor torque corresponding to the defined maximum limit value can be carried out by the controlled motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vairavan Arunachalam, Manfred Gerdes, Markus Weigel
  • Patent number: 10940842
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining information relating to a mechanically effective power of an active brake booster of a braking system of a vehicle, including: ascertaining a first piece of information relating to an assisting force that is effectuated with the aid of the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a second piece of information relating to a pressure force in a master brake cylinder of the braking system, situated downstream from the active brake booster, the pressure force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a third piece of information relating to a spring force of at least one spring of the active brake booster and/or of the braking system, the spring force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, and establishing the information relating to the mechanically effective power of the active brake booster, taking into consideration the first, second, and third pieces of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerdes, Vairavan Arunachalam
  • Publication number: 20190308602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (10) for at least one electromechanical brake booster of a brake system of a vehicle having an electronics device (32) that is designed to compare a provided sensor signal (38) relating to a differential path (d) between a valve body (12), displaced by a controlled motor, of the electromechanical brake booster and an input rod (14) of the brake system with a specified normal value range, such that, if the sensor signal (38) relating to the differential path (d) lies outside the specified normal value range, the electronics device (32) is in addition designed to define a maximum limit value for a target quantity relating to a target motor torque to be carried out by the motor, at least taking into account the sensor signal (38), in such a way that, at least during a specified time interval after the defining of the maximum limit value, at most an actual motor torque corresponding to the defined maximum limit value can be carried out by the controlled motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vairavan Arunachalam, Manfred Gerdes, Markus Weigel
  • Publication number: 20190210579
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining information relating to a mechanically effective power of an active brake booster of a braking system of a vehicle, including: ascertaining a first piece of information relating to an assisting force that is effectuated with the aid of the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a second piece of information relating to a pressure force in a master brake cylinder of the braking system, situated downstream from the active brake booster, the pressure force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, ascertaining a third piece of information relating to a spring force of at least one spring of the active brake booster and/or of the braking system, the spring force acting counter to the operated active brake booster, and establishing the information relating to the mechanically effective power of the active brake booster, taking into consideration the first, second, and third pieces of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Manfred Gerdes, Vairavan Arunachalam