Patents by Inventor Marko Poljansek
Marko Poljansek 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).
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Patent number: 6827668Abstract: The system of the invention for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission, which is built into a motor vehicle, includes at least two determining elements with the aid of which values are determined based on different determining modes. These values represent the driving behavior of the driver of the motor vehicle. According to the invention, administrator means are provided with the aid of which the determined values are called up by the determining elements. Then, at least one counter value is changed in counter means in dependence upon the called up values. Finally, the transmission ratio is set at least in dependence upon the outputted values.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2002Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rasmus Frei, Andreas Frank, Markus Paeulgen, Marko Poljansek
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Patent number: 6708096Abstract: A method and device are described for controlling an element of a drive train, which is influenceable by an operating device, in a vehicle having a control unit and a storage device, the element and/or the operating device being implementable in different variants. In this case, at least one identifier is stored in the storage device, the identifier representing the respective variant of the element and/or of the operating element which is contained in the vehicle. The element is controlled by the control unit as a function of the respective identifier in accordance with the respective variant. At the same time, different states of the respective variant of the element are selected, in particular through the operating means, an identifier being assigned for each possible state.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rasmus Frei, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Christian Schwientek, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Markus Paeulgen
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Patent number: 6675078Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling a motor vehicle having an integrated electric machine which generates electric as well as mechanical power. In the context of a hierarchal control structure having several logic components, the electric machine is allocated as a component “electric drive” to the component “drive” with respect to its function for generating mechanical power and as a component “generator” to the component “vehicle electric drive” with respect to its function for generating electric power.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rainer Bitzer, Volker Pitzal, Martin-Peter Bolz, Rolf Maier-Landgrebe, Marko Poljansek, Torsten Heidrich, Holger Huelser, Rainer Mayer
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Patent number: 6640177Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a transmission ratio for an automatic transmission arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle. Operating parameters of the vehicle and especially of equipment arranged in the drive train are made available in a control apparatus to determine the transmission ratio. The invention provides that the transmission ratio (i) of the transmission is determined in dependence upon an instantaneous vehicle load.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2001Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Marko Poljansek, Rasmus Frei
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Publication number: 20030176259Abstract: The system of the invention for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission, which is built into a motor vehicle, includes at least two determining elements with the aid of which values are determined based on different determining modes. These values represent the driving behavior of the driver of the motor vehicle. According to the invention, administrator means are provided with the aid of which the determined values are called up by the determining elements. Then, at least one counter value is changed in counter means in dependence upon the called up values. Finally, the transmission ratio is set at least in dependence upon the outputted values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2002Publication date: September 18, 2003Inventors: Rasmus Frei, Andreas Frank, Markus Paeulgen, Marko Poljansek
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Patent number: 6592493Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission built into a motor vehicle. The system includes at least two transmission ratio criteria with which first transmission ratios are determined based on at least two different determining modes. The system also includes a first arrangement with the aid of which a second transmission ratio is selected in accordance with a pregiven prioritization from the determined first transmission ratios. The transmission ratio is then adjusted in dependence upon the selected second transmission ratio. In an advantageous configuration of the invention, a second arrangement is provided with which the second transmission ratio is modified in accordance with a pregiven strategy. The transmission ratio is then adjusted in dependence upon the modified second transmission ratio.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2000Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Loeffler, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Huelser, Rasmus Frei
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Publication number: 20030060958Abstract: The invention relates to a process for evaluating a road layout for an automatic vehicle gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 1998Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: MARKUS HENNEKEN, WOLFGANG SCHMID, MARKO POLJANSEK
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Patent number: 6497161Abstract: A system for adjusting a transmission ratio for a transmission built into a motor vehicle. Selection devices actuable by the driver of the vehicle are provided. With these selection devices, the driver can pregive pulses to change the transmission ratio. In a first component object, the pulse processing, pulses are detected whereupon in a second component object, the counter, count values are determined and stored in dependence upon valid pulses. In a third component object, the switch request, shift requests are determined in dependence upon count values and while considering pregivable peripheral conditions. The transmission ratio is adjusted in dependence upon the shift requests. With the defined interfaces of the objects, the exchangeability thereof is made possible whereby especially a reuse of the software is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Marko Poljansek, Rasmus Frei
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Patent number: 6445985Abstract: A motor vehicle data processing apparatus includes an operating data acquisition device for acquiring at least one operating data value, in particular engine speed, engine load, and the like, while the vehicle is in operation. The motor vehicle data processing apparatus also includes an operating data processing device for processing the acquired operating data and storing corresponding processed operating data in an associated storage device, and an action determination device for examining the stored processed operating data and determining the need to execute a predetermined action as a function of an examination result according to a predefined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: September 3, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rainer Bitzer, Juergen Bauer, Udo Diehl, Martin-Peter Bolz, Rainer Mayer, Uwe Maienberg, Christian Grosse, Marko Poljansek
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Patent number: 6434463Abstract: A system for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission built into a motor vehicle has at least two determination elements for determining values based on different determination modes with these values representing individual driving situations of the motor vehicle. An administrator calls up the values from the determination elements and stores the values. The administrator outputs individual ones of the values in response to a command whereupon the transmission ratio is adjusted at least in dependence upon the outputted ones of the values.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Juergen Loeffler, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Huelser, Rasmus Frei
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Publication number: 20020042323Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for controlling a motor vehicle having an integrated electric machine which generates electric as well as mechanical power. In the context of a hierarchal control structure having several logic components, the electric machine is allocated as a component “electric drive” to the component “drive” with respect to its function for generating mechanical power and as a component “generator” to the component “vehicle electric drive” with respect to its function for generating electric power.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Rainer Bitzer, Volker Pitzal, Martin-Peter Bolz, Rolf Maier-Landgrebe, Marko Poljansek, Torsten Heidrich, Holger Huelser, Rainer Mayer
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Publication number: 20010025538Abstract: A system for adjusting a transmission ratio for a transmission built into a motor vehicle. Selection devices actuable by the driver of the vehicle are provided. With these selection devices, the driver can pregive pulses to change the transmission ratio. In a first component object, the pulse processing, pulses are detected whereupon in a second component object, the counter, count values are determined and stored in dependence upon valid pulses. In a third component object, the switch request, shift requests are determined in dependence upon count values and while considering pregivable peripheral conditions. The transmission ratio is adjusted in dependence upon the shift requests. With the defined interfaces of the objects, the exchangeability thereof is made possible whereby especially a reuse of the software is facilitated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2001Publication date: October 4, 2001Inventors: Marko Poljansek, Rasmus Frei
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Publication number: 20010025217Abstract: The invention relates to a system for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission built into a motor vehicle. The system has at least two determination elements for determining values based on different determination modes with these values representing individual driving situations of the motor vehicle. An administrator calls up the values from the determination elements and stores the values. The administrator outputs individual ones of the values in response to a command whereupon the transmission ratio is adjusted at least in dependence upon the outputted ones of the values. The invention affords advantages with respect to expandability, functionality and reusability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: September 27, 2001Inventors: Juergen Loeffler, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Huelser, Rasmus Frei
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Patent number: 6263262Abstract: A control system of a vehicle is suggested, which has several components (10 to 1014), which are arranged in different logical levels with at least one coordination component (14), which monitors the making available of power and the power requirement of at least one type of resource which is needed by at least two consumers, and with at least one component (101, 1011-1013) which makes the resource available, with at least two components (10, 12 ) which consume the resource; coordination components and consuming components are arranged in one logical level, characterized in that the component, which makes available the resource, is arranged in a subordinated level of a consuming component (10, 12) and the coordination component (14) inquires of the component, which makes available the resource, as to its power capacity with respect to the resource.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rainer Bitzer, Juergen Bauer, Udo Diehl, Holger Bellmann, Martin-Peter Bolz, Rainer Mayer, Uwe Maienberg, Christian Grosse, Marko Poljansek, Torsten Heidrich
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Publication number: 20010007964Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a transmission ratio for an automatic transmission arranged in the drive train of a motor vehicle. Operating parameters of the vehicle and especially of equipment arranged in the drive train are made available in a control apparatus to determine the transmission ratio. The invention provides that the transmission ratio (i) of the transmission is determined in dependence upon an instantaneous vehicle load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2001Publication date: July 12, 2001Inventors: Marko Poljansek, Rasmus Frei
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Patent number: 6259994Abstract: A process for evaluation of cornering of a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission by use of electronic transmission control device having a calculation unit, a micro-controller, a memory device and a control device for start up of a hydraulic transmission control device. During a first processing operation (S1), a transverse acceleration (a_Quer) of the vehicle is determined by the calculation unit (30) from wheel speed (n_Rad) of the vehicle measured by a measuring device (34). During a second processing operation (S2), a driver-type theoretical value (FT_Soll) is determined from a vehicle transverse acceleration (a_Quer) and a vehicle speed (v_F). A gear change characteristic line (SL) is determined, based upon an increment (INKR) between the driver-type theoretical value (FT_Soll) and a driver-type actual value (FT_Ist), from several gear change characteristic lines each one associated with a certain driver type or cornering style.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 1998Date of Patent: July 10, 2001Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Henneken, Wolfgang Schmid, Marko Poljansek, Gary O'Connor
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Publication number: 20010006923Abstract: The invention is directed to a system for adjusting a transmission ratio in a transmission built into a motor vehicle. The system includes at least two transmission ratio criteria with which first transmission ratios are determined based on at least two different determining modes. The system also includes a first arrangement with the aid of which a second transmission ratio is selected in accordance with a pregiven prioritization from the determined first transmission ratios. The transmission ratio is then adjusted in dependence upon the selected second transmission ratio. In an advantageous configuration of the invention, a second arrangement is provided with which the second transmission ratio is modified in accordance with a pregiven strategy. The transmission ratio is then adjusted in dependence upon the modified second transmission ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2000Publication date: July 5, 2001Inventors: Juergen Loeffler, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Huelser, Rasmus Frei
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Patent number: 6236928Abstract: The invention proceeds from a motor vehicle having a drive train and the elements of the drive train are rotatable. The determination of a quantity, which represents the traction resistance, takes place in such a manner that an acceleration quantity is detected. This acceleration quantity represents the instantaneous acceleration of the vehicle. Furthermore, a reference quantity for the acceleration of the vehicle is detected and the quantity, which represents the traction resistance, is determined in dependence upon a comparison of the detected acceleration quantity with the determined reference quantity. The essence of the invention is that a rotation quantity is determined which represents the rotation torque of at least one element mounted in the drive train. The determination of the reference quantity takes place in accordance with the invention in dependence upon the determined rotation quantity.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jürgen Löffler, Rasmus Frei, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Hülser
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Patent number: 6216077Abstract: The invention proceeds from a system for considering differing amounts of components for determining at least one control quantity such as for controlling the operation of a motor vehicle. Such a system is known from the state of the art wherein a value is determined as a control quantity for the adaptive transmission control. This value characterizes the type of driver or the driving style. At least two different supply objects (for example, start-up evaluation, gradient evaluation) are provided with the aid of which, for each case, a component for determining the control quantity is determined. The determined components are then supplied to at least one collector which forms the evaluation quantity, for example, by maximum formation, weighted and/or moving-window sum formation of the individually determined components. The essence of the invention is that means are provided with which the supply of the components of the supply objects is controlled to the collector.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1999Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Jürgen Löffler, Andrea Steiger-Pischke, Martin-Peter Bolz, Marko Poljansek, Wolfgang Hermsen, Holger Hülser
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Patent number: 6205388Abstract: The invention relates to a process to evaluate start-up for an automatic vehicle gearbox, said process having the following steps: 1) a signal associated with an engine torque (M_M) or an engine speed (n_M) is emitted from an engine control device (27), and a signal associated with a torque (M_T) or a speed (n_T) of the turbine shaft (18) is emitted at the electronic gear control unit (11) by a measuring device (24) on a turbine shaft (18) of a converter (2) of the automatic gearbox (1); 2) the electronic gearbox control unit (11) determines a maximum value (Max) from time-related differences (DIFF(t)) between the engine torque (M_M) and the torque (M_T) of the turbine shaft (18) or the difference (DIFF(t)) between the engine speed (n_M) and the speed (n_T) of the turbine shaft (18); 3) a gear-change characteristic (SL) characterising a particular start-up style by comparing a theoretical driver-type value (FT_Soll_n) associated with the maximum (Max) with an actual driver-type value (FT_Ist) and the settingType: GrantFiled: October 28, 1998Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Zf Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Henneken, Wolfgang Schmid, Marko Poljansek