Patents by Inventor Stefan Steiner

Stefan Steiner 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: 6588858
    Abstract: A vehicle includes four wheels, a drive axle, a power train which connects a vehicle engine to the drive axle via a transmission, a clutch, and an axle differential, a brake system, which may brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of the other wheels, a steering system which includes a manual steering device, at which a driver may set a steering angle for steerable wheels, and a control system, which brakes at least the drive axle wheel inside the curve and generates a steering-supporting braking torque on this wheel below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle. In order to improve the steering support, the control system monitors the status of the transmission and/or the clutch, the control system actuating the brakes of the appropriate wheel as a function of this status in order to generate the steering-supporting braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Steffen Ritz, Stefan Steiner
  • Publication number: 20020060103
    Abstract: A vehicle is described having four wheels, a drive axle, a power train which connects a vehicle engine to the drive axle via a transmission, a clutch, and an axle differential, a brake system, which can brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of the other wheels, a steering system which has a manual steering device, at which a driver can set a steering angle for steerable wheels, and a control system, which brakes at least the drive axle wheel inside the curve and generates a steering-supporting braking torque on this wheel below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Steffen Ritz, Stefan Steiner