Patents by Inventor Lothar Gamer

Lothar Gamer 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 the operation of a drive unit on a vehicle
    Patent number: 6418907
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for operating a drive unit of a vehicle are suggested. A desired value is preset and an actual value corresponding to the desired value is determined. The desired value is filtered in at least one operating situation. At the start of filtering, the filter is initialized with the determined actual value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Frech, Martin Froehlich, Lothar Gamer, Joerg Kerner, Alois Moser, Lutz Reuschenbach, Werner Hess
  • Tactile opto-electronic pressure sensor
    Patent number: 5965880
    Abstract: In a pressure sensing system comprising a tactile pressure sensor with an opaque cylindrical body disposed in a tube and having axial passages extending between its opposite end faces, an electroluminescent foil is disposed at one end face and a support body which includes light collecting means is disposed at the other end face so that light emitted by the luminescent foil and passing through the passages--dependent on the pressure applied to the one end face--is conducted to an imaging device for determining the pressure distribution applied to the one end face of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Wolf, Lothar Gamer, Harald Fischer