Patents by Inventor Matthias Ulmer

Matthias Ulmer 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).

  • Comfort Element for a Vehicle and Comfort Arrangement
    Publication number: 20230145350
    Abstract: A comfort element for a vehicle includes an actuator for carrying out a comfort function, a comfort-element-internal store configured to drive the actuator and/or a coupling device for coupling to a comfort-element-external store configured to drive the actuator. The comfort element further includes a data interface for coupling to an operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias ULMER, Thorsten JOOS, Alexander STERN
  • Method for controlling vehicle functions
    Patent number: 11400948
    Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle functions to increase the well-being and/or to increase the attention of at least one vehicle user in a vehicle. A number of vehicle functions are activated when at least one specific user menu is selected. Here, a lead function assigned to the user menu from the number of vehicle functions is predetermined in each case and the time and content processes of the other vehicle functions assigned to the user menu are coordinated with respect to the lead function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hansjoerg Hofmann, Daniel Muecke, Jan Dassler, Gudrun Schoenherr, Matthias Ulmer
  • Method for Controlling Vehicle Functions
    Publication number: 20200239011
    Abstract: A method for controlling vehicle functions to increase the well-being and/or to increase the attention of at least one vehicle user in a vehicle. A number of vehicle functions are activated when at least one specific user menu is selected. Here, a lead function assigned to the user menu from the number of vehicle functions is predetermined in each case and the time and content processes of the other vehicle functions assigned to the user menu are coordinated with respect to the lead function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hansjoerg HOFMANN, Daniel MUECKE, Jan DASSLER, Gudrun SCHOENHERR, Matthias ULMER
  • Pump control having repositionable display
    Patent number: 10465691
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Jan Knedler, Klaus Müller, Karsten Antonius, Matthias Ulmer, Mohammad Mehdi Ayatollahzadeh
  • PUMP CONTROL HAVING REPOSITIONABLE DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20180066661
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jan KNEDLER, Klaus MÜLLER, Karsten ANTONIUS, Matthias ULMER, Mohammad Mehdi AYATOLLAHZADEH
  • Pump control having repositionable display
    Patent number: 9841028
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Grundfos Management a/s
    Inventors: Jan Knedler, Klaus Müller, Karsten Antonius, Matthias Ulmer, Mohammad Mehdi Ayatollahzadeh
  • PUMP UNIT
    Publication number: 20120308401
    Abstract: A pump unit includes a drive motor (14) and a first housing (2), in which a control electronics unit (18) is arranged for operating the drive motor (14). An operating unit (20) having at least one display or operating element (26, 28, 30) can be detachably connected to the first housing in at least two different positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GRUNDFOS MANAGEMENT A/S
    Inventors: Jan Knedler, Klaus Müller, Karsten Antonius, Matthias Ulmer, Mohammad Mehdi Ayatollahzadeh