Patents by Inventor Alwin Becher

Alwin Becher 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).

  • Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train
    Patent number: 7285074
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train determine the direction of rotation of the drive train by evaluating sensor signals of a first sensor unit on the output side of the drive train. The first sensor unit includes a sensor wheel fastened to a rotatable component on the output side of the drive train and two rotational speed sensors which are fixed with respect to a housing and are placed circumferentially next to one another. In order to speed up the determination of the direction of rotation, the sensor signal of a second sensor unit on the input side of the drive train is evaluated. The second sensor unit includes a sensor wheel that is fastened to a rotatable component on the input side of the drive train and a rotational speed sensor that is fixed with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Gärtner, Armin Tonn, Alwin Becher, Klaus Leipnitz, Edgar Bothe
  • Method for operating a processor-controlled system
    Patent number: 7174483
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a system controlled by a processor utilizes an integrated monitoring unit independent of the processor but integrated together with the processor in an integrated circuit, as well as a watchdog unit for preventing measures that influence the system. The watchdog unit is cyclically reset by the integrated monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Alwin Becher, Peter Bertelshofer, Roger Pohlmann
  • Method and device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train
    Publication number: 20060040777
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a motor vehicle drive train determine the direction of rotation of the drive train by evaluating sensor signals of a first sensor unit on the output side of the drive train. The first sensor unit includes a sensor wheel fastened to a rotatable component on the output side of the drive train and two rotational speed sensors which are fixed with respect to a housing and are placed circumferentially next to one another. In order to speed up the determination of the direction of rotation, the sensor signal of a second sensor unit on the input side of the drive train is evaluated. The second sensor unit includes a sensor wheel that is fastened to a rotatable component on the input side of the drive train and a rotational speed sensor that is fixed with respect to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Volker Gartner, Armin Tonn, Alwin Becher, Klaus Leipnitz, Edgar Bothe
  • Method for operating a processor-controlled system
    Publication number: 20040078731
    Abstract: 1. Method for operating a system controlled by a processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Alwin Becher, Peter Bertelshofer, Roger Pohlmann