Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.

Robert Boschgmbh

Chad Samp

Garret Miller

Lee Jardine

David L Vossen

John Kleifgen

Eric VandeZande

William Brown

A system and method for detecting leaks in an enclosure having a port and intended to prevent liquid material from exchanging into or out of the enclosure. A vacuum pump is coupled to the port and the enclosure is subjected to an applied vacuum pressure. Measurements of the mass and pressure within the enclosure while subject to the applied vacuum pressure are compared to expected values to detect a leak. In some embodiments, the physical arrangement of a valve of the enclosure is measured and compared to expected values to detect a leak.

Vacuum-based leak detection

A mounting bracket for a water cooled type alternator is provided. The mounting bracket includes a body, a plurality of bolts attached to the body, a plurality of pivot arms including a first pivot arm attached to a first bolt in the plurality of bolts at first end of the first pivot arm, and a link arm coupled to the body at a second bolt in the plurality of bolts.

Mounting bracket for water cooled type alternator

A tester for a default mode of operation of an alternator is provided. The tester includes an internal memory having computer executable instructions and a processor coupled to the internal memory and to an alternator via a communication bus. The processor is configured to execute the computer executable instructions in the internal memory to provide at least one parameter associated with a vehicle to the alternator simulated as a communication signal over the communication bus, detect an absence of the communication signal at the alternator, test, upon detecting the absence of the communication signal, whether or not the alternator enters a default mode of operation, the default mode being indicated by a preset output voltage uniquely associated with the default mode and monitored by the processor, and indicate whether the alternator entered the default mode successfully.

System and method for testing alternator default mode operation

A mounting apparatus and method that can be used to secure a component to be tested to a testing device when the mounting holes of the component are offset from each other in one or more axes in relation to the axis of the component to be tested.

Mounting apparatus and method

An alternator and starter tester system capable of generating a warranty claim code. The warranty claim code can contain information regarding a diagnostic test and the tested components. The alternator and starter tester system can also encode and transmit the warranty claim code to a supplier or a manufacturer to verify warranty credit.

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Albert Lea, MN, United States of America

Chad Samp