Patents by Inventor Dirk Saewe

Dirk Saewe 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 for stabilizing a motor vehicle whose speed is reduced to a rest position and brake system for carrying out said method
    Patent number: 7464996
    Abstract: In a method for stabilising a motor vehicle which is decelerated into a rest position and in a corresponding motor vehicle brake system which is provided with a service brake and a parking brake which can be actuated independently of the driver, when activation of the parking brake is initiated, the service brake changes from a first braking-force distribution of a service brake mode to a mode simulating a second braking-force distribution of the parking brake, and a switch-back to the first braking-force distribution of the service brake mode is enabled at least during the transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Saewe, Christoph Wagner
  • Method for stabilizing a motor vehicle whose speed is reduced to a rest position and brake system for carrying out said method
    Publication number: 20060186732
    Abstract: In a method for stabilising a motor vehicle which is decelerated into a rest position and in a corresponding motor vehicle brake system which is provided with a service brake and a parking brake which can be actuated independently of the driver, when activation of the parking brake is initiated, the service brake changes from a first braking-force distribution of a service brake mode to a mode simulating a second braking-force distribution of the parking brake, and a switch-back to the first braking-force distribution of the service brake mode is enabled at least during the transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Dirk Saewe, Christoph Wagner
  • Traction control system with wheel speed correction to compensate for different tire diameters
    Patent number: 5706198
    Abstract: In order to avoid faults as a result of different diameters of tires, under prescribed conditions a correction of one wheel speed with respect to the other on each side of the vehicle is performed. The conditions are based on a comparison of the throttle valve angle to the zero torque angle, and a comparison of the speed of the driven wheel to the speed of the non-driven wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Johannes Schmitt, Dirk Saewe, Armin Mueller, Alfred Straub