Patents by Inventor Christian Herrmann

Christian Herrmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20240141614
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trench wall cutting device comprising a trench cutter having at least one cutting frame unit and at least two cutting wheels arranged in the longitudinal direction of the cutting frame unit and is configured for cutting a substantially vertical cutting trench in the ground, a supporting structure for suspending the trench cutter in a cutting position and moving it in a substantially vertical cutting direction for creating the cutting trench, and a feed device for feeding the trench cutter in a feeding direction which is oriented transversely to the cutting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: BAUER Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Michael FINKENZELLER, Leonhard WEIXLER, Stefan ROTH, Alexander BLATT, Christian HERRMANN, Ulli WIEDENMANN
  • Patent number: 11952824
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an adjusting device, a control device for controlling the adjusting device. The control device is configured to receive an operating command and control the adjusting device based on receiving the operating command, and a sensor device for detecting an object. The control device is configured to evaluate for the purpose of collision protection monitoring whether an operating command is received in a near area relative to the vehicle door via an operating device. For collision protection monitoring, the control device is configured to use a first recognition area in a first operating mode upon receiving an operating command via an operating device in the near area, and in a second operating mode to use a second recognition area different from the first recognition area when an operating command is not received in the near area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Wolfgang Uebel, Christian Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20230311716
    Abstract: It is provided an interior adjustment system for a vehicle, comprising a first interior assembly which has a first adjustment device for adjusting the first interior assembly, at least one second interior assembly which has a second adjustment device for adjusting the at least one second interior assembly and a controller. The controller is designed to activate the second adjustment device in order to adjust the at least one second interior assembly as a function of an adjustment movement of the first interior assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Christian HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20230295977
    Abstract: The proposed solution in particular relates to a method for generating a haptic feedback on a vehicle part including an operating element that is accessible for a user for manual actuation, and in response to an electronically detected actuation of the operating element, a feedback haptically perceptible for the user is generated in that the vehicle part and the operating element is adjusted back and forth in a power-operated way or is put into vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Florian POHL, Christian HERRMANN, Thomas LIEDTKE, Bernd HERTHAN, Christian WEIDENBACHER
  • Publication number: 20230175306
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an adjusting device, a control device for controlling the adjusting device. The control device is configured to receive an operating command and control the adjusting device based on receiving the operating command, and a sensor device for detecting an object. The control device is configured to evaluate for the purpose of collision protection monitoring whether an operating command is received in a near area relative to the vehicle door via an operating device. For collision protection monitoring, the control device is configured to use a first recognition area in a first operating mode upon receiving an operating command via an operating device in the near area, and in a second operating mode to use a second recognition area different from the first recognition area when an operating command is not received in the near area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Wolfgang UEBEL, Christian HERRMANN
  • Patent number: 11639127
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement, a control device in the seat arrangement, and a method for activating a plurality of massage units integrated in a vehicle seat, including the following steps: playing back an acoustic entertainment signal by means of a playback device of a vehicle; and controlling the plurality of massage units based on the acoustic entertainment signal by means of the control device; in which at least one of the plurality of massage units is activated so as to vibrate in a frequency range, in which the at least one of the plurality of massage units only brings about noise emission which is externally imperceptible to a person other than a person sitting on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG (Coburg)
    Inventors: Christian Mergl, Wojciech Falinski, Christian Karl, Martin Juergenliemk, Wolfgang Uebel, Christian Herrmann, Florian Pohl
  • Publication number: 20230068661
    Abstract: A control assembly for a motor vehicle lock system including a first and a second motor vehicle lock are associated with a closure element of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle locks each can be brought into a main locking position for a retaining engagement between a lock latch of the motor vehicle lock and a locking part and into an opened position, the motor vehicle lock system comprises a sensor assembly which determines sensor values for the respective positions of the motor vehicle locks, the first and the second motor vehicle lock each have a closing assembly, the motor vehicle lock system has at least one electric closing drive for the closing assemblies, the control assembly triggers a closing routine on fulfilment of a starting criterion by the sensor values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Florian POHL, Christian HERRMANN, David ROSALES
  • Patent number: 11591841
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an adjusting device, a control device for controlling the adjusting device. The control device is configured to receive an operating command and control the adjusting device based on receiving the operating command, and a sensor device for detecting an object. The control device is configured to evaluate for the purpose of collision protection monitoring whether an operating command is received in a near area relative to the vehicle door via an operating device. For collision protection monitoring, the control device is configured to use a first recognition area in a first operating mode upon receiving an operating command via an operating device in the near area, and in a second operating mode to use a second recognition area different from the first recognition area when an operating command is not received in the near area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Uebel, Christian Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20220371476
    Abstract: A control arrangement for a drive arrangement of a motor vehicle interior element, the interior element is adjustable and lockable in position by aid of adjustment kinematics, the drive arrangement configured to adjust the interior element with the aid of adjustment kinematics and an interior sensor arrangement for detecting an object, the control arrangement activates the drive in an adjustment routine to adjust the interior element in a rotational motion from an initial angle to a terminal angle. The control arrangement activates the adjustment routine based on sensor data for the object, acquired by means of the interior sensor. The control arrangement includes an interior-element model of geometry of the interior element and the adjustment kinematics and generates a geometric object model based on the sensor data, to determine the terminal angle based on the interior-element model and the object model, adhering to a separation specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Peter HORN, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Christian HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20220325571
    Abstract: An electronics system for a vehicle including at least one acceleration sensor and an electronic control unit, which on the basis of at least one measurement signal of the acceleration sensor controls at least one drive device for the power-operated adjustment of an adjustment part of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Marco SEMINETH, Wolfgang UEBEL, Christian HERRMANN, Marvin HOHLFELD, Thomas SCHINDHELM, Heino SCHALYO, Christoph HABERBERGER, Alex KROMER, Philipp BÄUERLEIN
  • Patent number: 11458837
    Abstract: A drive-train of an agricultural machine, such as a tractor, has a power-split transmission (1) and a separate transfer case (2). The transfer case (2) can be connected to a drive motor and the gear ratio of the transfer case (2) can be adapted in such manner that the power-split transmission (1) can be used for various drive powers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Walter Fischer, Jürgen Pohlenz, Jan Baudis, Christian Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20220274509
    Abstract: A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Matthias GEMPEL, Volker DEINHARD, Eike FRÖHLICH, Markus BAUERNFEIND, Manfred STENZEL, Thomas WEINGÄRTNER, Wolfgang UEBEL
  • Publication number: 20220162828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trench wall cutting device, to a trench cutter having a trench wall cutting device according to the invention, and to a method for cutting a cut trench using a trench cutter, which is constructed from at least two cutter modules, and at least one supply unit, which is connected to the cutter modules by means of cables. The first cutter module can be lowered into a guide trench before the second cutter module is placed onto the first cutter module. As a result, a cut trench can be created at a location with a restricted height, wherein in the trench the cutter has a guide height that is greater than the height of the site out of which the cut trench is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: BAUER Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Leonhard WEIXLER, Stefan Michael FINKENZELLER, Christian HERRMANN, Peter PLATZEK
  • Patent number: 11180944
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly including a vehicle door pivotally arranged on a vehicle body, a force-transmitting device for adjusting and/or fixing the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body, wherein the force-transmitting device includes a transmission element for producing a flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body in order to adjust the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body or hold it in position relative to the vehicle body, and a control device for controlling the force-transmitting device. In addition, there is provided a sensor device in the form of an acceleration sensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the acceleration of the vehicle door, or a gyrosensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the angular velocity of the vehicle door, or a force sensor arranged in the flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Wolfgang Uebel
  • Publication number: 20210316646
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement, a control device in the seat arrangement, and a method for activating a plurality of massage units integrated in a vehicle seat, including the following steps: playing back an acoustic entertainment signal by means of a playback device of a vehicle; and controlling the plurality of massage units based on the acoustic entertainment signal by means of the control device; in which at least one of the plurality of massage units is activated so as to vibrate in a frequency range, in which the at least one of the plurality of massage units only brings about noise emission which is externally imperceptible to a person other than a person sitting on the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christian MERGL, Wojciech FALINSKI, Christian KARL, Martin JUERGENLIEMK, Wolfgang UEBEL, Christian HERRMANN, Florian POHL
  • Patent number: 11072962
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly may include a vehicle door pivotally arranged on a vehicle body, a drive motor for electromotively adjusting the vehicle door, a transmission element for producing a flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body to adjust the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body, and a control device for controlling the drive motor. The control device may be configured to provide an anti-pinch protection. An acceleration sensor may be arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the acceleration of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO., KG, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Wolfgang Uebel
  • Patent number: 11046225
    Abstract: A method for activating massage units in a seat, a control device for carrying out the method, and seat arrangement are described. One method for activating massage units in a seat, in particular in a vehicle seat, includes playing back an acoustic entertainment signal, in particular a piece of music, by means of a playback device, in particular an entertainment system of a vehicle. The method further includes controlling massage units integrated in the seat based on the acoustic entertainment signal by means of a control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG (Coburg)
    Inventors: Christian Mergl, Wojciech Falinski, Christian Karl, Martin Juergenliemk, Wolfgang Uebel, Christian Herrmann, Florian Pohl
  • Publication number: 20200331345
    Abstract: A drive-train of an agricultural machine, such as a tractor, has a power-split transmission (1) and a separate transfer case (2). The transfer case (2) can be connected to a drive motor and the gear ratio of the transfer case (2) can be adapted in such manner that the power-split transmission (1) can be used for various drive powers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Walter FISCHER, Jürgen POHLENZ, Jan BAUDIS, Christian HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20200324677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor (20) of a massage unit (2) provided in a seat (10), in particular a vehicle seat, wherein the control is undertaken based on a primary signal (4) and a secondary signal, wherein the primary signal is an entertainment signal and wherein the secondary signal is based on at least one state parameter of the motor. The invention further relates to a control device, which is designed to control the motor according to such a method, and to a seat arrangement having a seat, having a motor provided in the seat, and having such a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURG
    Inventors: Christian MERGL, Wojciech FALINSKI, Wolfgang UEBEL, Christian KARL, Christian HERRMANN, Martin JUERGENLIEMK
  • Patent number: 10669765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling a capacitive anti-trap system of a vehicle. At least two transmission electrodes and one reception electrode of the capacitive anti-trap system are used for detecting an obstacle, and an electrical field is generated by a pair comprising transmission electrode and reception electrode by actuation of the respective transmission electrode by alternating electric current, said electrical field being influenced by an obstacle such that an electrical capacitance is measurably changed. A changing electrical capacitance is determinable on the basis of a signal received via the reception electrode and this signal is evaluated by means of an electronic evaluation unit at least during closing of the vehicle closing element in order to determine the presence of an obstacle in the displacement path of the vehicle closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, HALLSTADT
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Florian Pohl, Holger Wuerstlein