Patents Assigned to Daimler AG
  • Motor Vehicle Parking Lock Device Having at Least One Locking Element
    Publication number: 20140110216
    Abstract: A motor vehicle parking lock device has at least one locking element for locking a parking lock piston in a positive-fit manner and a release unit having at least one electromagnetic actuator for releasing the parking lock piston. The release unit has a hydraulic and/or pneumatic actuator acting parallel to the electromagnetic actuator and which releases the parking lock piston at least in the event of a failure of the electromagnetic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Bernd Pollack
  • Method for Charging a Battery of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20140111165
    Abstract: A method for charging a vehicle battery of a vehicle connected to a charging station involves determining by the vehicle of a first charge profile as a function of a maximum power rating of the charging station, a target state of charge, and a predefined charge period, and checking by the vehicle as to whether the target state of charge can be achieved within the predefined charge period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Markus Dietze, Thomas Frisch, Holger Lochner, Volker Rabe, Patrick Wolf
  • Hinge for a door of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8701251
    Abstract: A hinge for a door, flap or similar pivotal wings of a motor vehicle is provided. The hinge includes a column-side hinge part and a door-side hinge part, which can be pivoted about a hinge pillar relative to each other, and with an integrated door retaining device, which includes a retaining element arranged on the side of the one hinge part, which cooperates with a retaining contour on the side of the other hinge part. The retaining element is formed as clamp element cooperating with a clamping surface of the hinge pillar, the clamping force of which can be adjusted by means of a transmission element as a function of the retaining contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Martin Bohn
  • Method and Device for Monitoring at least one Vehicle Occupant, and Method for Operating at least one Assistance Device
    Publication number: 20140104405
    Abstract: A method and device for monitoring at least one vehicle passenger in a vehicle involves capturing images of the vehicle passenger using an image capturing unit and analyzing the captured images using an image processing unit. At least one vital sign of the vehicle passenger is determined by the image analysis of the captured images, which can be used to operate at least one assistance device of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Galía Weidl, Ralf Herrtwich, Michael Schrauf
  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VALVE DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140102389
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine valve drive device having at least one switch gate for valve lift switching by converting a rotation of at least a first and a second cam element into an axial movement by first and second actuators provided for axially displacing the first cam element and the second cam element in a first switching direction via an operative connection of the first actuator with the switch gate and the second actuator provided for axially displacing the second cam element in the same switching direction via an operative connection with the switch gate, the device including a control unit controlling the axial displacement of the first and second cam elements in the same switching direction under the control unit by actuating the first and second actuators at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stolk, Alexander VON GAISBERG-HELFENBERG
  • System For Diagnosing Faults of a Component in a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20140100737
    Abstract: A system for the diagnosis of a component of a motor vehicle includes a sever configured to provide at least one test sequence for diagnosing the component and at least one execution parameter allocated to the test sequence. The system also includes a diagnostic device configured to receive at least one test sequence and the at least one execution parameter, and to convert it into a runtime script and execute the runtime script according to the execution parameters. A script generation device is configured to generate the test sequences as OTX script or as ETX script.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Haap, Ralf Traub, Gerald Grau, Carsten Krebs
  • Apparatus for recirculation of a cathode gas in a fuel cell arrangement, method for shutting down such a fuel cell arrangement
    Patent number: 8691452
    Abstract: An apparatus for recirculation of a cathode gas in a fuel cell arrangement having a cathode gas supply for supplying the cathode gas to a cathode area, and a cathode gas outlet for carrying the partially consumed cathode gas out of the cathode area, includes a recirculation line for recirculation of the partially consumed cathode gas from a junction point in the cathode gas outlet into a supply point in the cathode gas supply. Blocking apparatus is provided to block the cathode gas supply in the flow direction upstream of the supply point and to block the cathode gas outlet in the flow direction downstream from the junction point, such that a closed circuit for the partially consumed cathode gas is formed when the blocking apparatus is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Andreas Knoop
  • Recirculation Unit For a Fuel Cell System
    Publication number: 20140093797
    Abstract: A recirculation device for a fuel cell system includes a recirculation line connecting the outlet and inlet of the anode region of the fuel cell. The recirculation device includes a liquid separator situated in the area of the recirculation line and a discharge line having a discharge valve for liquid and/or gases. A bubble sensor for controlling the discharge valve is situated in the area of the discharge line. A method for discharging liquid and/or gases from a recirculation device opens and closes the discharge valve as a function of an event detected by the bubble sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Armin Muetschele
  • Hybrid Drive Train, Hybrid Vehicle, and Operating Method
    Publication number: 20140095050
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid drive train involves operating an internal combustion engine using a low-NOx operating method in a range of low and average rotational speeds and/or loads, and operating the internal combustion engine using a spark ignition operating method in a range of higher rotational speeds and/or loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Torsten Dieler, Dirk Haase, Ruediger Herweg, Gerd Kroener, Friedemann Wolpers
  • Fuel cell system having at least one fuel cell
    Patent number: 8685582
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell and at least one air conveyor that conveys a process air flow to the fuel cell. At least one heat exchanger is also provided, through which the process air flow flows after the air conveyor and through which a cooling medium flow flows. A region with catalytically active material is arranged in the flow direction of the process air flow before or in the region of the heat exchanger. In addition a fuel can be fed to the region with the catalytically active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Steinhauser, Gerhard Konrad
  • Airbag and method for producing such an airbag
    Patent number: 8684406
    Abstract: An airbag with a valve device for a gaseous medium includes at least one textile layer and at least one foil that at least partially covers the textile layer such that due to the valve device at least one area of the airbag permeable by the medium can be at least partially opened when the valve device is in an open position and can be at least substantially sealed when the valve device is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Ralf Bogenrieder, Christian Burczyk, Andreas Hirth, Lutz Quarg, Friedrich Reiter
  • Rear bumper for a vehicle
    Patent number: D701799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Rear portion of a vehicle, toy, and/or replicas thereof
    Patent number: D702156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Front bumper for a vehicle
    Patent number: D702159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Radiator grill for a vehicle
    Patent number: D703108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Radiator grill for a vehicle
    Patent number: D703109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Front portion of a vehicle, toy, and/or replicas thereof
    Patent number: D703112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Rear portion of a vehicle, toy, and/or replicas thereof
    Patent number: D703113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Rear portion of a vehicle, toy, and/or replicas thereof
    Patent number: D703115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Mark Fetherston, Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Trunk lid for a vehicle
    Patent number: D703122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener