Patents by Inventor Steffen Troster

Steffen Troster 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: 8204634
    Abstract: The present device relates to a driving dynamics control system for vehicles, including at least one signal distribution to which vehicle data, environment data and data regarding the driver's request are sent in the form of input data, and including several controllable or regulatable subsystems which modify the dynamics of the vehicle such as a driver-independently adjustable steering system, a driver-independently adjustable chassis, a driver-independently adjustable brake, and a driver-independently adjustable driving track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Ralf Schwarz, Stefan Fritz, Sighard Schräbler, Urs Bauer, Steffen Tröster, Markus Weinreuter
  • Publication number: 20080269974
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling the driving dynamics of a vehicle, in which a nominal value ({dot over (?)}ref) of a driving state variable that corresponds to a preset driver input is compared with a detected actual value ({dot over (?)}) of the driving state variable, and in which a rolling moment distribution is detected and modified. The method is implemented in such a manner that the driving performance of the vehicle is determined by comparing the nominal value ({dot over (?)}ref) of the driving state variable with the actual value ({dot over (?)}) of the driving state variable. Also, depending on the determined driving performance, a new rolling moment distribution is determined which corresponds to a predefined driving performance and the new rolling moment distribution is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG &Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ralf Schwarz, Thomas Raste, Steffen Troster, Matthias Muntu
  • Publication number: 20070235240
    Abstract: A power steering system includes a device for actively applying an additional steering torque as well as a device for actively applying a superposition steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Lauer, Steffen Linkenbach, Ralf Schwarz, Oliver Hoffmann, Joachim Nell, Steffen Troster, Roger Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070150116
    Abstract: The present device relates to a driving dynamics control system for vehicles, including at least one signal distribution to which vehicle data, environment data and data regarding the driver's request are sent in the form of input data, and including several controllable or regulatable subsystems which modify the dynamics of the vehicle such as a driver-independently adjustable steering system, a driver-independently adjustable chassis, a driver-independently adjustable brake, and a driver-independently adjustable driving track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Ralf Schwarz, Stefan Fritz, Sieghard Schrabler, Urs Bauer, Steffen Troster, Markus Weinreuter
  • Publication number: 20050234620
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and adjusting digitally or analogically adjustable shock absorbers, preferably in a two-axle road vehicle where the shock absorbers are controlled according to the situation by means of a control signal such that the road performance of the vehicle is improved when understeering or oversteering occurs. To improve the dynamics of movement of a vehicle in any driving situation, it is proposed according to the invention, to determine phase magnitudes, from which the phases of the control signals is calculated, and, in the case of a driving situation with a tendency to sway, to determine a moment in time, as a function of at least the magnitudes which describe the rotation of the vehicle about the vertical axis, when a correct phase control of the shock absorbers of the vehicle is carried out to increase the steerability when understeering occurs and to increase the driving stability when oversteering occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Georg Roll, Steffen Troster