Patents Assigned to Daimler AG
  • Method for executing an autonomous driving operation of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11181901
    Abstract: A method for carrying out an autonomous driving procedure of a vehicle involves detecting a driver of the vehicle using a camera directed into the interior space of the vehicle. The driver is detected during and after leaving the interior of the vehicle using at least one further camera. A viewing direction of the driver is determined using data detected by the at least one further camera. The autonomous driving procedure is only activated when it is detected that the driver is looking at the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventor: Oliver Pöllny
  • Method for controlling a charging station for charging vehicles and a charging station and a vehicle therefor
    Patent number: 11175904
    Abstract: A method for controlling a charging station for charging vehicles in which a first charging unit of the charging station is coupled to a second charging unit of the relevant vehicle for transmitting current. When one of the vehicles is charged, an update operation of the charging station is performed, in which a control assembly of the one vehicle transmits a current software packet to a control device of the charging station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Stefan Weis, Christoph Schwill
  • Pre-Chamber Spark Plug for a Combustion Chamber of an Internal Combustion Engine, in Particular of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210348544
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber with a plurality of openings where the pre-chamber is fluidically connectable to the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. The plurality of openings are configured to cause a tumbling flow of a fuel/air mixture flowing into the pre-chamber from the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. At least two of the openings of the plurality of openings have diameters which differ from one another. At least two of the openings of the plurality of openings enclose angles from a main axis of the pre-chamber which differ from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Method and device for controlling a longitudinal position of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11167757
    Abstract: A method for controlling a longitudinal position of a vehicle involves a longitudinal positioning control system generating a longitudinal acceleration control signal from a longitudinal dynamic feedforward set point and from longitudinal dynamic control error quantities for a subordinate acceleration control unit acting on a drive device and braking device of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventor: Johannes Albert Fritz
  • Method for operating an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle and exhaust system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11168600
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine flows through a first SCR catalytic converter, which is followed by an ammonia barrier catalytic converter, and flows through a second SCR catalytic converter which is disposed downstream of the ammonia barrier catalyst, includes introducing a reducing agent introduced into the exhaust gas by a first metering device upstream of the first SCR catalytic converter and by a second metering device upstream of the second SCR catalytic converter. When a predetermined threshold value of a temperature of a region of the exhaust system is exceeded, a quantity of reducing agent introduced into the exhaust gas by the first metering device is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Berthold Keppeler, Thorsten Woog
  • Charging Device for Charging an Electrical Energy Store of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210338876
    Abstract: A charging device for charging an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle includes a fragrance dispensing device, where a fragrance is dispensable into a surrounding of the charging device by the fragrance dispensing device. A method for charging an electrical energy store of a motor vehicle includes dispensing a fragrance into a surrounding of a charging device by a fragrance dispensing device integrated in the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Matthias KRONEWITTER, Christoph SCHWILL
  • Valve operating device, in particular for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11162392
    Abstract: A valve operating device, in particular for an internal combustion engine, has a camshaft, a cam unit mounted in an axially moveably manner on the camshaft, and an actuator unit which has an actuator for displacing the cam unit on the camshaft. The actuator is periodically mechanically forcibly decoupled during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stolk, Alexander Von Gaisberg-Helfenberg
  • Sealing device for sealing a through opening in a vehicle chassis and vehicle having such a sealing device
    Patent number: 11161405
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a through opening in a vehicle chassis includes a sealing element that can be shifted between an open position, in which the through opening is released, and a closed position, in which the through opening can be closed. The sealing device has an adjusting device which includes a guide housing that can be arranged in a spatially fixed manner on the vehicle chassis, in which guide housing a carrier element is translationally and pivotably guided, where the carrier element has the sealing element. A slide guide is provided, via which the carrier element can be translationally shifted and pivoted in relation to the guide housing. A traction element is translationally entrainably connected to the carrier element, and simultaneously connected in a rotationally decoupled manner, via a pivot bearing. The traction element is translationally shiftable by the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schurz, Tobias Rohse, Julius Friedrich Klinger, Andreas Uhrig, Joern Goerlich, Roland Joerg, Frederik Hanel, Wolfgang Much
  • Electric drive for a motor vehicle, in particular for an automobile
    Patent number: 11149824
    Abstract: An electric drive for a motor vehicle includes a housing, an output shaft, an electric engine, which has a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a planetary gear set arranged in the housing, which has a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier, which is non-rotatably connected to the output shaft, having a first switching element, by means of which the ring gear can be non-rotatably coupled to the rotor, and a second switching element, by means of which the ring gear can be non-rotatably coupled to the housing. The first switching element and the second switching element are coupled to each other via a first coupling element and thereby can be operated together by a single first actuator common to the first switching element and the second switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Ingo Pfannkuchen, Frank Steffens
  • Driving device for electric truck
    Patent number: 11148515
    Abstract: A driving device for an electric truck which can obtain good ride quality by decreasing the unsprung weight while achieving the adequate fuel efficiency performance by improving the power transmission efficiency and which can improve the mountability of a battery. The driving device includes a driving unit that accommodates therein a motor, a gearbox, and a differential device. The driving unit is supported by a first support part with respect to a ladder frame. Drive shafts coupled to the differential device are accommodated in hollow members. The hollow members are elastically supported by a second support part with respect to the ladder frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Maki Ito, Hiroshi Matsumoto
  • Method for Making a Purchase
    Publication number: 20210319395
    Abstract: A method for making a purchase includes relaying by a user of a vehicle a shopping list to the vehicle, sending by the vehicle a shopping request corresponding to the shopping list to a sales facility or a plurality of sales facilities, and delivering by at least one sales facility an item listed on the shopping list to the vehicle. The sending is only done when the vehicle is at a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Christoph GAENG, Markus KUTSCHKE
  • Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine, in Particular of a Motor Vehicle, in an Engine Braking Operation
    Publication number: 20210317794
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, in an engine braking operating, having at least one engine braking mode and having at least one cylinder at least of a first cylinder bank, where the at least one cylinder has at least one outlet valve and at least one inlet valve, where, in a first engine braking mode, an outlet stroke of all outlet valves of the at least one cylinder of the first cylinder bank of the internal combustion engine is permanently switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver WAGNER, Thomas SCHUHMACHER
  • Method(s) and System(s) for Vehicular Cargo Management
    Publication number: 20210319582
    Abstract: A method of determining volume of a cargo space of a vehicle in real-time includes generating an initial spatial model of the cargo space using images from a plurality of cameras including cameras for capturing at least one of depth and color, positioned in and around the cargo space, where the images are stitched together into a dense point cloud in real-time, generating an updated spatial model of the cargo space using the images, upon detection of items being loaded or unloaded into the cargo space, where the updated spatial model includes changes to the cargo space, estimating a volume of loaded items in the updated spatial model, and determining a remaining volume of the cargo space based on the estimated volume of the loaded items and a total volume of the cargo space, where the total volume is calculated based on the initial spatial model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Naveen SANGENENI, Amruta KULKARNI, Kevin ABAS, Reddy AVULA SRINIVAS, Sreenjoy CHATTERJEE, Andrew KANESHIRO, Jyh-Yung LIN, Gagandeep SINGH
  • Method for Parking a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210312343
    Abstract: A method for parking a vehicle where travel data is transmitted to the vehicle by a communication between a personal mobile terminal of a user and the vehicle. The vehicle communicates with parking space providers taking the travel data into consideration where it ascertains parking space offers of the parking space providers and undertakes a prioritization of the parking space offers. The user or the vehicle selects one of the parking space offers. The vehicle reserves a parking space corresponding to the selected parking space offer and adopts the parking space as the destination of a navigation. A payment of parking space costs accrued is carried out by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Bernd WOLTERMANN
  • Method for operating a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11136926
    Abstract: A method for operating a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine in an engine braking mode includes moving an outlet valve of a first cylinder for a first time into a closed position, subsequently for a first time into an open position, subsequently in a direction of the closed position, and subsequently for a second time into the open position. The outlet valve is held open during the moving in the direction of the closed position for such a long time that the first cylinder is filled with gas which flows via an outlet duct out of a second cylinder. The outlet valve is moved, during the moving in the direction of the closed position, into an intermediate position which lies between the open position and the closed position, where from the intermediate position the outlet valve is moved for the second time into the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Schuhmacher, Marc Oliver Wagner
  • Motor vehicle transmission, particularly a multistage transmission
    Patent number: 11137069
    Abstract: A motor vehicle transmission, particularly a multistage transmission, includes at least one switchgear unit which includes two coupling elements. An actuator actuates the switchgear unit and an open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit controls the actuator. An inductive connector unit connects the open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit to the actuator and supplies the actuator with electric energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Peter Appeltauer
  • Method for Preparation for the Start of a Parked Fuel Cell System
    Publication number: 20210305601
    Abstract: A method for the start preparation of a fuel cell system in a vehicle having a fuel cell and a system bypass where an air flow is conveyed by parts of the fuel cell system in order to dry the fuel cell. In a first temporal phase of the method, a larger part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the system bypass, after which, in a second temporal phase, a larger part of the air flow is led through the system bypass and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Pere Antoni PASTOR NIGORRA, Sven SCHMALZRIEDT, Armin MUETSCHELE
  • Method for Operating a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210284038
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle where at least one comfort function is offered to at least one vehicle user for activation. The at least one comfort function is offered to the at least one vehicle user for activation after a start of an electrical charging process of at least one energy storage device of the vehicle. The comfort function is offered to the vehicle user depending on an expected necessary charging time of the electrical charging process of the energy storage device of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Gudrun SCHOENHERR
  • Chassis for a Passenger Car
    Publication number: 20210284241
    Abstract: A chassis for a passenger car includes two main longitudinal chassis beams which are connected to one another via a bumper cross member. A support arrangement extends between the two beams and is supported on a central tunnel. The support arrangement forms a load path in an event of a collision-related force being applied to the passenger car where above and/or below the support arrangement an installation space region is provided for accommodating a component or unit in need of protection. The support arrangement includes a strut which extends in a region of a center of the passenger car between the two beams and which forms a protective device which transmits impact forces forwards to the central tunnel. The strut has a first longitudinal section that is deformable in a targeted energy-absorbing manner and a second longitudinal section which functions as a rigid beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Michael WIRSING, Matthias HILDEBRAND, Andreas FREUND, Peter GERE, Levent AKTAY, Jan-Mark OPELKA, Peter KUEMMERLEN, Dietmar KALLFASS, Jens SPREMBERG, Joerg ZIMMERMANN, Dieter EDELE, Steffen DINGFELDER, Ralf MEHRHOLZ, Marcus HIRZEL, Bianca OEHM, Marie-Louise HERTFELDER
  • Motor vehicle, toy replica, and/or other replica
    Patent number: D933531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Mark Fetherston, Teckkoun Kim, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener