Patents by Inventor Andre Vogel

Andre Vogel 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).

  • Control unit and method for operating a control unit
    Patent number: 11422878
    Abstract: A control unit having a plurality of error shutdown interfaces by which, upon activation, in each case one or more components to be controlled by the control unit is/are able to be switched off. The control unit is set up to run one or more different applications, each of which is equipped to trigger an error shutdown if necessary, the control unit additionally being set up to provide internal interfaces for the one or more applications. The internal interfaces and the error shutdown interfaces are predefinably assignable to each other, so that in response to an invocation of one of the internal interfaces, the one or more error shutdown interfaces assigned to it is/are activated. A method for operation of the control unit is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Vogel, Axel Aue, Margit Mueller, Ruediger Deibert, Thomas Hartgen
  • Device and method for checking safety-relevant switch-off paths in control units during ongoing engine operation
    Patent number: 11371457
    Abstract: A device and a method for checking switch-off paths in control units of internal combustion engines during ongoing engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Vogel, Christian Ruland, Sven Faehnle, Wolfgang Haag
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHECKING SAFETY-RELEVANT SWITCH-OFF PATHS IN CONTROL UNITS DURING ONGOING ENGINE OPERATION
    Publication number: 20210372339
    Abstract: A device and a method for checking switch-off paths in control units of internal combustion engines during ongoing engine operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Vogel, Christian Ruland, Sven Faehnle, Wolfgang Haag
  • CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20210311816
    Abstract: A control unit having a plurality of error shutdown interfaces by which, upon activation, in each case one or more components to be controlled by the control unit is/are able to be switched off. The control unit is set up to run one or more different applications, each of which is equipped to trigger an error shutdown if necessary, the control unit additionally being set up to provide internal interfaces for the one or more applications. The internal interfaces and the error shutdown interfaces are predefinably assignable to each other, so that in response to an invocation of one of the internal interfaces, the one or more error shutdown interfaces assigned to it is/are activated. A method for operation of the control unit is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Vogel, Axel Aue, Margit Mueller, Ruediger Deibert, Thomas Hartgen