Patents Assigned to DaimlerChrysler AG
  • Publication number: 20090127894
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a cushion in which a ventilation layer for ventilating the cushion is integrated. At least one radial fan is integrated at a front end of the ventilation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Claudio Bargheer, Karl Pfahler
  • Publication number: 20090128307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a display device for a vehicle comprising a display for representing application data to a vehicle user and pivoting means for moving the display between at least two positions. The inventive display device is characterized in that it further comprises checking means for checking whether or not the representation of data of an application selected by the vehicle user is permitted in the actual state of the vehicle; release means in order to release the pivoting means for controlling the display according to the application or any application selected by the vehicle user, in case the checking means emits an affirmative signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Norbert Hentsch, Michael Kokes, Ralf Ludwig, Markus Mattedi, Bernd Oeffinger, Hannes Weberbauer, Maik Ziegler
  • Patent number: 7533934
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion having seat upholstery and a seat back having a seat back upholstery which are held in a seat framework that is anchored to a vehicle floor in a longitudinally shiftable manner, and includes at least one swivelable holding bracket, for the detachable fastening of a child's seat, set upon the seat cushion, on the seat framework, which is swivelable from a covered, non-use position into a functional position, in which it is accessible, all the way through, between seat back upholstery and seat upholstery. For the creation of a vehicle seat, e.g., having electromotive seat adjustment for longitudinal seat adjustment, seat cushion vertical setting and seat cushion depth setting, in a longitudinal shifting position of the seat upholstery which is determined so that the seat upholstery is moved out of the swivel path of the holding bracket, the swivel motion of the holding bracket is derived from the vertical adjustment motion of the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Foelster, Thomas Heckmann, Marcus Scheu, Juergen Schrader, Peter Scott
  • Publication number: 20090119000
    Abstract: A method for determining mass-related variables of a vehicle is described. Spring compression travel values (Le,1, Le,r) are measured on at least one sprung axle of the vehicle, and an actual value (zs,1) for the height of the center of gravity of the vehicle is determined from the measured spring compression travel values (Le,1, Le,r), their temporal variation ({dot over (L)}e,1, {dot over (L)}e,r), and at least one transversal dynamics variable which describes the transversal dynamics of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Peter BAUMANN, Markus MAI, Karl-Heinz METZ
  • Publication number: 20090107424
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the temperature of the engine oil of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle are provided. The system includes an engine oil circuit for controlling the temperature of the engine oil, which engine oil circuit includes the internal combustion engine and a coolant/engine-oil heat exchanger; and a coolant circuit for controlling the temperature of the internal combustion engine, which coolant circuit in a main branch, includes the internal combustion engine, a coolant cooler and a first coolant pump and, in an auxiliary branch downstream of the coolant cooler, includes the coolant/engine-oil heat exchanger and a second coolant pump. The heat of the engine oil can thereby be dissipated via the coolant/engine-oil heat exchanger to the coolant and further via the coolant cooler to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Timo Blassnitz, Oliver Wiech
  • Publication number: 20090102264
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a backrest with a backrest frame, attached to a seat supporting structure, that can be pivoted to a limited extent about a horizontal axis of rotation in order to permit active sitting. To permit active sitting even at high transverse acceleration forces, as occur during the operation of a motor vehicle, two bearing devices are attached to the backrest frame, and a backrest basic body is mounted on the bearing devices so that it can rotate about the horizontal axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Fischer, Guenter Hoelzel, Helge Schmidt-Spalding
  • Publication number: 20090099718
    Abstract: A device and a method for determining the height of the center of gravity of a vehicle, including a determining device which determines a pitching dynamics variable which represents the dynamic pitching behavior of the vehicle, and an evaluation unit to which the determined pitching dynamics variable for calculating a center of gravity height variable which represents the height of the center of gravity of the vehicle is fed. The determining device also determines a wheel force variable which represents a wheel force which occurs at at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein the evaluation unit calculates the center of gravity height variable as a function of the determined pitching dynamics variable taking into account the determined wheel force variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventor: Christian Kobetz
  • Publication number: 20090066143
    Abstract: A safety device for laterally supporting a vehicle occupant, in particular a child, in the area of the pelvis, has two supporting devices that are spaced apart from each other. To improve lateral support of the vehicle occupant, the two supporting devices are connected rigidly to each other by an elongate carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventor: Hans Weisbarth
  • Publication number: 20090066122
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular a rear seat, has a backrest with a backrest cushion having a ventilation layer through which air can flood, and with at least one ventilator for ventilating the cushion. The ventilator sucks up air from the rear space of the backrest cushion and blows it into the ventilation layer. The ventilation layer is divided into a lower and upper section by an air barrier running in the transverse direction of the seat. At least one ventilator is assigned to the lower section of the ventilation layer and at least one further ventilator with an air-conveying direction the other way around with respect to the air-conveying direction of the first ventilator is assigned to the upper section of the ventilation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Minuth, Karl Pfahler, Lothar Renner
  • Publication number: 20090062988
    Abstract: A safety device is provided for a motor vehicle having at least one closable opening to the interior, with a closing element that is driven by an electric adjusting drive. A control unit evaluates data which are relevant for driving safety for an imminent accident and actuates the electric adjusting drive to initiate a rapid closing process for the closing element in an overcurrent mode thereof, before the accident actually occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Herbert Schreier, Ulrich Tschaeschke
  • Publication number: 20090051309
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric machine with a driver system is provided, in which an operating variable of the electric machine and/or of the driver system is monitored. The validity of the input variables is checked with regard to their checksum and whether the input variables are up-to-date, and the permissibility of an actual moment (Mist2) of the electric machine depending on the operating state of the electric machine is checked. In case of invalid input variables or invalidity of the actual moment (Mist2), a fault reaction is initiated. In addition, the implementability of the planned change of rotary speed is checked and, in case of non-implementability, changed over into a more favorable mode of operation of the electric machine. An electric machine used as a starter/generator in a motor vehicle can be monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Lothar Rehm, Thomas Von Raumer
  • Publication number: 20090050675
    Abstract: A method for connecting a first component from a metal aluminide or a refractory Ti alloy to a second component from steel, metal aluminide or a refractory Ti alloy, especially from a steel shaft, by friction welding is disclosed. An intermediary from an Ni alloy is inserted between the first component and the second component and friction welding is carried out. A connecting layer is produced from the intermediary and is firmly connected on both ends to the first and the second component. A turbocharger rotors and valves for internal combustion engines produced by the disclosed method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Baur, Peter Fledersbacher, Herbert Gasthuber, Michael Scheydecker
  • Publication number: 20090051197
    Abstract: An air supply device for a vehicle seat, in particular of a convertible, and a method for adjusting an airflow of an air supply device of this type are provided. In the air supply device and the method with the aid of a Peltier element which is provided in an air duct of the air supply device, the temperature of the airflow can be adjusted as a function of diverse parameters. For this purpose, the flow of air is conducted either over a heating surface or a cooling surface of the Peltier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventors: Claudio Bargheer, Karl Pfahler, Lothar R. Renner
  • Publication number: 20090045932
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a warning device for drivers of vehicles traveling behind in situations with strong braking deceleration. This warning device exhibits a warning signal transmitter, preferably formed by flashing indicators, a sensor for sensing the situation with strong braking deceleration and which is formed by the sensor for sensing an emergency braking situation of a braking assistance device, and a control unit for controlling the warning device, which is preferably embodied with the control device for controlling the braking assistance device as a common control unit, in particular in a common housing. This warning device proves very robust, very secure, and reliable in its operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventor: Jochen Petersen
  • Publication number: 20090048778
    Abstract: Method for finding a vehicle (2), wherein a direction information item relating to the position of a mobile terminal (P2) with respect to the position (P1) of the vehicle is derived by comparing satellite supported position coordinates (P1, P2), and the respective direction information item is output by means of a display unit which is integrated into the mobile terminal (4), the geographic position (P1) of the vehicle (2) is stored in the mobile terminal (4) in the form of position coordinates when the vehicle (2) is deactivated, wherein if the mobile terminal (4) is in a second zone (Z2) surrounding a first zone (Z1), the current coordinates of the geographic position (P2) of the mobile terminal (4) are compared with the stored position (P1) of the vehicle, and if the mobile terminal (4) is in the first zone (Z1), the coordinates of the position (P1) of the vehicle are interrogated from the vehicle on an updated basis by means of a satellite supported position determining system, and this position (P1) of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Neil L. Borkowicz, Peter Herges, Joerg Huber, Roland Roessler, Wilhelm Senske, John A. Wilke, Axel Willikens
  • Publication number: 20090033124
    Abstract: A wind bulkhead device for motor vehicles provided with an open bodywork is described. The wind bulkhead can be pivoted between an erected bulkhead position and a rear folded-down position, and covers the space between the head restraints of adjacent seats, in particular adjacent rear seats. The wind bulkhead is stabilized via the head restraints in their extended position by an of elastic knock-over resistance element and, when the head restraints are lowered, can be automatically pivoted from its bulkhead position, in which it is preferably erected manually, into its folded-down position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Benzing, Bernhard Gloss, Juergen Hugo Weingarth, Katrin Susan Weingarth, Matthias Weingarth, Christoph Weingarth
  • Publication number: 20090037055
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for collision avoidance or collision mitigation for a vehicle, an existing driving space between the vehicle and a potential collision object is detected. A first warning function and/or an information function is activated when a first threshold value is reached. A system intervention with autonomous partial braking combined with at least one further safety measure is activated when a second threshold value is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernd Danner, Thomas Dohmke, Joerg Hillenbrand, Volker Schmid, Andreas Spieker
  • Publication number: 20090033127
    Abstract: A subframe for a utility vehicle, which is fitted on a chassis frame of the vehicle includes angle profiles which, in the assembled state, form a stable subframe. A plurality of diagonal crosses which are composed of an upper partial cross and a lower partial cross can be arranged between the longitudinal members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Rainer Duerr, Gerd Martin
  • Patent number: 7485824
    Abstract: An electrical switch, in the form of a short-stroke key is provided, including a housing having a base and a cover fixed to the base. A contact system is located in the housing, and an actuating member acts on the contact system in a switching manner. The base has a cutout in the underside that is positioned remote from the cover. The cover at least partially covers the base on the upper side and on the side face of the base, and an attachment on the cover engages the cutout in a flange manner such that the attachment is accommodated in the base and is at the most flush with the underside of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignees: Marquardt GmbH, DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Axel Rastemborski, Bernd Hellbeck
  • Publication number: 20090028534
    Abstract: A heating device for heating an air stream in a motor vehicle has at least one heating layer, preferably consisting of electrically heatable material, and at least one air-throughflow layer through which the air stream can pass. The air-throughflow layer has a structure by which the air stream can be converted into a turbulent or diffuse flow. For this purpose, the structure of the air-throughflow layer preferably has a multiplicity of spacer threads, webs and wires, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Hartmann, Peter Maly, Karl Pfahler, Lothar Renner, Ina Von Szczepanski