Patents Assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
  • Publication number: 20240006816
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tolerance-adjustable connector and a method for manufacturing the same. The tolerance-adjustable connector comprises: a housing made of a first synthetic resin; and a movable guide that is made of a second synthetic resin that is not bonded to the first synthetic resin, is in slidable contact with the housing, and is movable relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Wongyoung Lee
  • Publication number: 20240001899
    Abstract: A method for controlling a brake system comprises a linear actuator and a hydraulic pump. For a rapid pressure build-up, the linear actuator and the hydraulic pump are switched into synchronous operation at a rate of change of the braking request signal greater than a threshold value. The embodiments also relates to a brake system for motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Aleksandar Stanojkovski
  • Publication number: 20230417317
    Abstract: A drive unit for a vehicle, having an electric motor and a transmission unit, wherein the electric motor is connected to the transmission unit via a drive shaft and at least one first output shaft can be driven to rotate by the transmission unit, wherein the drive unit also has at least one brake unit. The rotation of the at least one output shaft can be delayed by the brake unit, wherein the drive unit has at least one of the following: a lubricant circuit through which both the transmission unit and at least one brake unit can be supplied with lubricant, and a cooling circuit through which both (i) at least one of the electric motor and a power electronics system assigned to the electric motor; and (ii) at least one brake assembly can be supplied with coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schulitz, Jens Hoffmann, Adrian Messner, Ulrike Meyer
  • Publication number: 20230415723
    Abstract: A brake system for a motor vehicle comprises a hydraulic line system with at least one normally closed hydraulic valve, wherein a final stage is provided for electrically actuating the at least one hydraulic valve. To minimize noise emissions, the final stage is a final stage with analog control and a computing unit is provided which is configured to determine a valve current based on a pressure difference across the hydraulic valve and to actuate the final stage to make the valve current available at the hydraulic valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Seidel, Holger Kollmann, Christian Courth
  • Publication number: 20230419744
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an electronic control unit for managing at least one wireless connectivity service for at least one application in a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises several connectivity devices running at least one wireless connection, wherein the respective wireless connectivity service is based on the at least one wireless connection. For each connectivity service at least one of the connectivity devices is selected that yields a minimized result of a connectivity evaluation function, wherein the connectivity evaluation function maps a pre-defined data set of a connectivity device master map for the traffic type of the connectivity service onto a respective evaluation value for each connectivity device, and the respective wireless connectivity service is established using the respective wireless connection of each selected connectivity device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hojin Kim
  • Patent number: 11856734
    Abstract: A set of electronic package elements intended to be mounted on an electronic board having a component to be cooled including: a chassis, a heatsink fixed by a retaining piece inside the chassis, a cover configured to be fixed on the chassis so as to retain the electronic board in the package. The heatsink is configured to be fixed on the electronic board while maintaining a predetermined distance between a lower face of the heatsink and the component. The cover is configured to be able to be fixed by a fixing point to the heatsink. The retaining piece is connected to the heatsink so as to allow the heatsink a translational movement relative to the chassis in three orthogonal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Bekaert, Gilles Le Roy
  • Publication number: 20230406232
    Abstract: A subassembly for a transport and a transport comprising a subassembly is disclosed. The subassembly has a support element, a component arranged on the support element, and a cover element arranged on the support element, adjoining the component. The support element has a lever mechanism which is configured to raise the cover element above a surface of the component in response to a force acting parallel to a surface of the cover element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Koch
  • Publication number: 20230411877
    Abstract: A printed circuit board-and-plug arrangement comprises a printed circuit board from which at least one electrically conductive contact lug which is electrically connected to at least one conductor track of the printed circuit board protrudes, and a plug housing composed of insulating material, which plug housing has at least one opening, wherein a metal strip or metal wire is embedded in the insulating material so that at least a portion of the metal strip or the metal wire protrudes into the opening, wherein the plug housing is releasably connected to the printed circuit board so that the contact lug is inserted into the opening and thereby comes into contact with the portion, wherein the longitudinal direction of the contact lug and the longitudinal direction of the portion run perpendicularly in relation to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Egger, Alexander Raab, Marius Pascut, Eero Malinen
  • Publication number: 20230406045
    Abstract: A method for determining a validity of a tire parameter of a tire of a vehicle including: detecting the tire parameter, detecting a value of a validity parameter, the validity parameter being a measure of the validity of the tire parameter, and determining that the detected tire parameter is valid if the detected value of the validity parameter is changed compared to a previous value of the validity parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Kretschmann
  • Publication number: 20230406291
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle in a parking system including detecting a first vehicle in the parking system, determining the first vehicle as a hazard or obstacle uncontrollable by parking system, calculating a route to park a second vehicle in the parking system that avoids the first vehicle, and controlling to park the second vehicle according to the route
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Ulrich Stählin
  • Publication number: 20230398981
    Abstract: A method for automated parking of a vehicle by means of a parking assistance system, comprises the parking assistance system requesting activation of a holding device in order to hold the vehicle stationary. For safety reasons, a vehicle monitoring system monitors a movement of the vehicle and, based on the movement established, decides whether the vehicle has been successfully held by means of the holding device, the vehicle being secured independently of the holding device and/or a warning signal being output if holding is not successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brenn, Heinz-Anton Schneider, Carsten Handel, Frank Sader
  • Publication number: 20230400070
    Abstract: A combined drum wheel brake module comprises a brake holder which can be fixed on a motor vehicle for conjoint rotation and has a counter bearing which is equipped with two brake shoes. The brake shoes are mounted opposite one another for conjoint rotation and can be displaced radially outward in the direction of a brake rotor designed as a brake drum, and wherein, for the purpose of actuating the brakes, there are at least one transmission means and two actuating devices, which are made up as a hydraulic or electric service brake actuator and as an electric parking brake actuator. Both the service brake actuator and the electric parking brake actuator are placed fixed next to one another in a semi-circle on the brake holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Schulitz, Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Winkler
  • Publication number: 20230398966
    Abstract: A yaw rate control method comprises a yaw rate control function for stabilizing a vehicle carries out wheel-specific braking interventions based on a first reference yaw rate. A deactivation function is provided and activates the yaw rate control function as soon as at least one activation requirement is met. The activation requirement checks whether a longitudinal deceleration is greater than a longitudinal deceleration limit value, in particular by a sensor tolerance, a lateral acceleration is greater than a lateral acceleration limit value, in particular by a sensor tolerance, and a deviation between a second reference yaw rate and a measured yaw rate is greater than a yaw rate deviation limit value, in particular by a sensor tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Henning Kerber-Wunderlich, Lennart Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230393389
    Abstract: A head-up display for transportation, having a picture generating unit for generating an image, an optical unit for projecting the image through a mirror unit, and a folding mirror whose angle of incidence and angle of reflection are not the same and wherein the folding mirror is arranged between a light source and a display element through which light therefrom radiates is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Wolff von Spiegel
  • Publication number: 20230394284
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for predicting trajectories is disclosed based on a main neural network by fusing data-driven and knowledge-driven features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Zwicklbauer, Muhammad Ali Chattha, Sheraz Ahmed, Ludger van Elst
  • Publication number: 20230393327
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight has a reflector with a plurality of regularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities which are arranged in a grid. The reflector also has irregularly shaped, reflectively embodied cavities in at least one peripheral region. In addition, the backlight has a plurality of light sources arranged in the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manrico Joseph, Martin Jekel
  • Publication number: 20230393432
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a means of transportation having such a display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus has a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight has a reflector consisting of a plurality of modules with a plurality of reflectively configured cavities, and a plurality of light sources in each case arranged in the cavities. Provision is made between adjacent modules for a possible thermal expansion of the modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manrico Joseph, Martin Jekel, Sait Kalender
  • Publication number: 20230382167
    Abstract: A method of determining a left or right side installation position of a trailer wheel of a trailer connected to a tow vehicle. A number of rotations of the trailer wheel is determined using an acceleration sensor, and a number of rotations of a left side tow vehicle wheel and a right side tow vehicle wheel is determined using an ABS sensor or ESP sensor of the left side tow vehicle wheel and the right side two vehicle wheel, respectively. A first correspondence value between the number of rotations of the trailer wheel and the number of rotations of the left side tow vehicle wheel is determined. A second correspondence value between the number of rotations of the trailer wheel and the number of rotations of the right side tow vehicle wheel is determined. A left side or right side installation position of the trailer wheel is determined based on the first correspondence value and the second correspondence value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Radu Catanet, Andrei-Stefan Cimponeriu
  • Publication number: 20230384508
    Abstract: A heat transfer device for integrating with a backlight unit for an edge-lit motor vehicle display apparatus includes an anterior capillary tube operable to integrate with a rear side of the backlight unit, the anterior capillary tube further operable to dissipate heat from an anterior of a backlight unit of a motor vehicle display. The heat transfer device further includes a posterior capillary tube operable to be positioned away from the backlight unit, the posterior capillary tube further operable to dissipate heat from a posterior of a backlight unit of a motor vehicle display. The heat transfer device further comprises a phase changing medium operable to fluidly transfer between the first capillary tube and the second pillar tube during a heat transfer process, where the phase changing medium is operable to phase change between a gaseous state and a liquid state during the heat transfer process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Ling Chih (Daniel) Teng, Merilyn Ng, Huey Lin Joyce Ling, Zhixiong Jiang, Sheng Hoe Ching
  • Publication number: 20230375154
    Abstract: A display device and a motor vehicle having such a display device is disclosed. The display device has a display panel and a backlight for the display panel. The backlight has a reflector having a plurality of reflectively embodied cavities, and a plurality of light sources in each case arranged in the cavities. Moreover, the backlight has support elements, which are transparent to light emitted by the light sources and protrude at least partially into a gap between the cavities and an optical component arranged below the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Manrico Joseph, Ralph Neupert