Patents by Inventor Yvonne Baeumchen

Yvonne Baeumchen 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).

  • Suspension system using optically recorded information, vehicles including suspension systems, and methods of using suspension systems
    Patent number: 11267307
    Abstract: A method for controlling a suspension system of a vehicle, as well as suspension systems, and a vehicle including a suspension system is provided. The suspension system may include at least one adjustable damping device that is controlled via a control signal, such as from a controller of the suspension system, in order to dynamically adjust the damping characteristic of the damping device. The control signal may be generated on the basis of at least one of current driving dynamics data and optically recorded information about an area of a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsen Lakehal-Ayat, Uwe Hoffmann, Yvonne Baeumchen, Felix Weinreich, Michael Seemann
  • SUSPENSION SYSTEM USING OPTICALLY RECORDED INFORMATION, VEHICLES INCLUDING SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20200016952
    Abstract: A method for controlling a suspension system of a vehicle, as well as suspension systems, and a vehicle including a suspension system is provided. The suspension system may include at least one adjustable damping device that is controlled via a control signal, such as from a controller of the suspension system, in order to dynamically adjust the damping characteristic of the damping device. The control signal may be generated on the basis of at least one of current driving dynamics data and optically recorded information about an area of a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsen LAKEHAL-AYAT, Uwe HOFFMANN, Yvonne BAEUMCHEN, Felix WEINREICH, Michael SEEMANN
  • Suspension system using optically recorded information, vehicles including suspension systems, and methods of using suspension systems
    Patent number: 10406882
    Abstract: A method for controlling a suspension system of a vehicle, as well as suspension systems, and a vehicle including a suspension system is provided. The suspension system may include at least one adjustable damping device that is controlled via a control signal, such as from a controller of the suspension system, in order to dynamically adjust the damping characteristic of the damping device. The control signal may be generated on the basis of at least one of current driving dynamics data and optically recorded information about an area of a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsen Lakehal-Ayat, Uwe Hoffmann, Yvonne Baeumchen, Felix Weinreich, Michael Seemann
  • SUSPENSION SYSTEM USING OPTICALLY RECORDED INFORMATION, VEHICLES INCLUDING SUSPENSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING SUSPENSION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20150352920
    Abstract: A method for controlling a suspension system of a vehicle, as well as suspension systems, and a vehicle including a suspension system is provided. The suspension system may include at least one adjustable damping device that is controlled via a control signal, such as from a controller of the suspension system, in order to dynamically adjust the damping characteristic of the damping device. The control signal may be generated on the basis of at least one of current driving dynamics data and optically recorded information about an area of a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mohsen LAKEHAL-AYAT, Uwe HOFFMAN, Yvonne BAEUMCHEN, Felix WEINREICH, Michael SEEMANN
  • Method and system for operating a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8523192
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a motor vehicle is described. In one example, spring rates for suspension springs and damping rates for shock absorbers are adjusted in response to vertical acceleration, longitudinal angular acceleration, and lateral angular acceleration of a vehicle body in the absence of accelerometers. The system and method may improve vehicle driving dynamics and lower system cost as compared to other systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yvonne Baeumchen, Michael Seemann, Marc Suermann, Markus Schommer, Uwe Hoffmann, Russ Lee Norton
  • Method and System for Operating a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20110233881
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a motor vehicle is described. In one example, spring rates for suspension springs and damping rates for shock absorbers are adjusted in response to vertical acceleration, longitudinal angular acceleration, and lateral angular acceleration of a vehicle body in the absence of accelerometers. The system and method may improve vehicle driving dynamics and lower system cost as compared to other systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Yvonne Baeumchen, Michael Seemann, Marc Suermann, Markus Schommer, Uwe Hoffmann, Russ Lee Norton