Patents by Inventor Reimund Limbacher

Reimund Limbacher 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).

  • Publication number: 20170282921
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle with a start/stop system (2) for a combustion engine (4) of a motor vehicle (1) with a device (3) for detecting an area ahead of the vehicle, wherein the start/stop system (2) stops the combustion engine (4) if a speed of the motor vehicle (1) depending on at least one signal relating to the driving dynamic of the vehicle (1) falls below a limit value, wherein the combustion engine (4) is not stopped if a road unevenness that requires decelerated driving over is detected in the area ahead of the vehicle by means of the device for detecting the area ahead of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20170274899
    Abstract: A method to provide driver information in a motor vehicle, comprising the following steps: determination of a route section predicted to be driven in the future by the motor vehicle, determination of a reference speed as a function of at least one specified maximum speed through a speed limit in the predicted route section or in a partial section of the predicted route section, determination of a current actual driving speed of the motor vehicle, and provision of a target acceleration notification to notify the driver of the motor vehicle of a potential acceleration of the motor vehicle if the reference speed is greater than the current actual driving speed at least by a specified differential value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Reimund LIMBACHER, Heinrich NÄGLER
  • Patent number: 9663099
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive is disclosed. The hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine having an associated energy store, which can be charged when the electric machine is operated as generator, and an electronically shiftable transmission, the gears of which can be manually upshifted or downshifted by operating a selecting element, wherein the electric machine is switched to generator operation when a lower gear is selected by operating the selecting element at least once or another shifting mode of a transmission control unit leading to a higher rotational speed because of a gear change is selected and, after the gear selection or shifting mode selection, the acceleration of the motor vehicle is not changed or changed only to a predetermined extent by pressing the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Oliver Hahne
  • Patent number: 9493073
    Abstract: A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle has a display instrument which has a plurality of regions for displaying the current operating state of at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor of the hybrid vehicle. The display instrument has a display region in which it is possible to display whether it is possible to drive the hybrid vehicle solely using the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Guenter Schiele, Yaokui Xiong, Benjamin Gutmayer
  • Publication number: 20150375733
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive is disclosed. The hybrid drive includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine having an associated energy store, which can be charged when the electric machine is operated as generator, and an electronically shiftable transmission, the gears of which can be manually upshifted or downshifted by operating a selecting element, wherein the electric machine is switched to generator operation when a lower gear is selected by operating the selecting element at least once or another shifting mode of a transmission control unit leading to a higher rotational speed because of a gear change is selected and, after the gear selection or shifting mode selection, the acceleration of the motor vehicle is not changed or changed only to a predetermined extent by pressing the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: REIMUND LIMBACHER, OLIVER HAHNE
  • Publication number: 20150165907
    Abstract: A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle has a display instrument which has a plurality of regions for displaying the current operating state of at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor of the hybrid vehicle. The display instrument has a display region in which it is possible to display whether it is possible to drive the hybrid vehicle solely using the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Guenter Schiele, Yaokui Xiong, Benjamin Gutmayer
  • Publication number: 20140172208
    Abstract: For controlling a recuperation behavior in a motor vehicle having a hybrid drive or an electric drive, a basic value of a recuperation torque which is to be used for recuperation is predefined and/or can be set by at least one first operating element, a second operating element is used to set an intermediate value deviating from a basic value for the recuperation torque, after the intermediate value has been set by an operator temporarily, in particular for at least one coasting phase, the intermediate value is used as a recuperation torque, after which switching back to the basic value occurs where a resetting operation is entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Alexander Kruse, Thomas Urban, Manfred Dietrich, Andreas Muigg
  • Patent number: 8489281
    Abstract: A method for operating an automobile includes the steps of a) detecting an object in an environment of the automobile with an environmental detection device; b) evaluating a collision risk of the automobile with the object; and c) depending on the evaluation, adjusting the steering angle of the automobile with a steering angle actuating device. The steering wheel is decoupled with the decoupling device depending on the adjustment performed in step c), so that the rotation of the steering wheel caused by the adjustment of the steering angle is smaller than if the same adjustment were made when the steering wheel is not decoupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Michael Reichel, Reimund Limbacher
  • Publication number: 20120303217
    Abstract: A method for operating an automobile includes the steps of a) detecting an object in an environment of the automobile with an environmental detection device; b) evaluating a collision risk of the automobile with the object; and c) depending on the evaluation, adjusting the steering angle of the automobile with a steering angle actuating device. The steering wheel is decoupled with the decoupling device depending on the adjustment performed in step c), so that the rotation of the steering wheel caused by the adjustment of the steering angle is smaller than if the same adjustment were made when the steering wheel is not decoupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Michael Reichel, Reimund Limbacher