Patents by Inventor Achim Seibertz

Achim Seibertz 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).

  • Tactile signaling
    Patent number: 7683765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for a motor vehicle having a monitoring unit which monitors a fault-free functionality of at least one operator control unit of the motor vehicle and generates warning signals in the case of limit-value functions of the at least one operator control unit. The monitoring unit generates tactile signals as warning signals so that degradation of performance of the at least one operator control unit can be communicated haptically to a driver of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Julian Requejo, Achim Seibertz, Markus Kees, Jan Pieter Maurice
  • Tactile signaling
    Publication number: 20060119474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for a motor vehicle having a monitoring unit which monitors a fault-free functionality of at least one operator control unit of the motor vehicle and generates warning signals in the case of limit-value functions of the at least one operator control unit. The monitoring unit generates tactile signals as warning signals so that degradation of performance of the at least one operator control unit can be communicated haptically to a driver of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Julian Requejo, Achim Seibertz, Markus Kees, Jan Maurice
  • Method for controlling the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with a stop/start function
    Patent number: 6830534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which a normal state (A) is exited by switching off the engine (state B) if a standstill of the vehicle is detected (STOP_COND), and in which the engine is restarted when specific conditions (START_COND) apply. When a stop-and-go situation (SS_DISABLE) applies (state A′), this stop/start function is suppressed. Here, for example, repeated activation of the brakes, the engagement of specific gears and/or the spatial location of the motor vehicle may indicate that the vehicle is in a stop-and-go situation in which only brief, uneconomic switching off of the engine is probable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Achim Seibertz, Engbert Spijker, Rainer Busch
  • Method for controlling the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle with a stop/start function
    Publication number: 20030087724
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an internal combustion engine, in which a normal state (A) is exited by switching off the engine (state B) if a standstill of the vehicle is detected (STOP_COND), and in which the engine is restarted when specific conditions (START_COND) apply. When a stop-and-go situation (SS_DISABLE) applies (state A′), this stop/start function is suppressed. Here, for example, repeated activation of the brakes, the engagement of specific gears and/or the spatial location of the motor vehicle may indicate that the vehicle is in a stop-and-go situation in which only brief, uneconomic switching off of the engine is probable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Achim Seibertz, Engbert Spijker, Rainer Busch