Patents by Inventor Oliver Gotz

Oliver Gotz 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).

  • Patent number: 10115117
    Abstract: A mobility status of a vehicle is estimated based on received data from a data collection device associated with a vehicle. The received data includes a first data set collected at a first point of time and a second data set collected at a second point of time. The mobility status of the vehicle is estimated based on a difference between values or a status change of at least one common parameter of the first data set and the second data set and based on the time difference between the first point of time and the second point of time. The estimated mobility status of the vehicle is stored at multiple points of time in a vehicle-specific mobility status database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ThinxNet GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Götz, Jens Hutzschenreuter
  • Publication number: 20160221818
    Abstract: A method for activating a filling pump of a filling station comprises receiving, from a vehicle, location information of the vehicle, determining, based on the received location information, that the vehicle is at a filling station; and sending, to the filling station, a filling pump activation command that causes the filling station to activate an available filling pump of the filling station for the purpose of a filling operation. The disclosure further comprises a method for requesting a server to activate a filling pump of a filling station, an on-board device to be installed in a vehicle, and a computer-readable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Oliver Gotz
  • Publication number: 20150379784
    Abstract: A mobility status of a vehicle is estimated based on received data from a data collection device associated with a vehicle. The received data includes a first data set collected at a first point of time and a second data set collected at a second point of time. The mobility status of the vehicle is estimated based on a difference between values or a status change of at least one common parameter of the first data set and the second data set and based on the time difference between the first point of time and the second point of time. The estimated mobility status of the vehicle is stored at multiple points of time in a vehicle-specific mobility status database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Oliver Götz, Jens Hutzschenreuter
  • Patent number: 8827329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock unit (1) for a motor vehicle (2) comprising at least one catch (3) with a first position (4) and a primary position (5), a first pawl (6) with a pawl axis of rotation (7), which is engageable with the primary position (5), a second pawl (8) mounted on the pawl axis of rotation (7) and engageable with the first position (4), a blocking lever (9) with a blocking lever axis of rotation (10), which blocks the second pawl (6) when the first pawl (6) engages the catch (3), and a release lever (11) for pivoting at least the blocking lever (10), wherein the release lever (11) during the opening process interacts with the blocking lever (9) such that the first pawl (6) and the blocking lever (9) are pivoted in the same rotational direction (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Michael Scholz, Oliver Götz
  • Publication number: 20110169280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock unit (1) for a motor vehicle (2) comprising at least one catch (3) with a first position (4) and a primary position (5), a first pawl (6) with a pawl axis of rotation (7), which is engageable with the primary position (5), a second pawl (8) mounted on the pawl axis of rotation (7) and engageable with the first position (4), a blocking lever (9) with a blocking lever axis of rotation (10), which blocks the second pawl (6) when the first pawl (6) engages the catch (3), and a release lever (11) for pivoting at least the blocking lever (10), wherein the release lever (11) during the opening process interacts with the blocking lever (9) such that the first pawl (6) and the blocking lever (9) are pivoted in the same rotational direction (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: KIEKERT AG
    Inventors: Michael Scholz, Oliver Götz