Patents by Inventor ANDREAS KOTZ

ANDREAS KOTZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124057
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a steer-by-wire steering system for a vehicle and with a steering device, the steering device having a manual steering handle, a steering sensor system and a feedback actuator, and with a wheel positioning device, the wheel positioning device having a positioning actuator for steering at least one wheel, and with at least one control device, the control device electrically connecting the steering device and the wheel positioning device to one another, and with at least one acceleration sensor, the feedback actuator and the acceleration data acquired by the acceleration sensor being used to provide haptic feedback at the steering handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Rene Michels, Thomas Schubert
  • Publication number: 20230382449
    Abstract: In a method for producing a haptic feedback force by setting a manual torque at a steering intention input device of a steering system of a motor vehicle, a first and a second rack force value are obtained from two different models. The rack force values originating from the two models are processed to form a quotient, which determines a feedback force value, by the second rack force value being modified by the quotient, and the feedback force value is transferred to a steering reference torque generator of the steering system, which sets the manual torque at the steering intention input device in dependence on the feedback force value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp Bergmann, Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz
  • Patent number: 11535404
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus for a satellite includes: at least three electric motors, wherein the at least three electric motors are arranged in such a way that a torque may be generated with any orientation of an associated torque vector, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to drive the at least three electric motors based on a torque controller. The torque controller is adapted to operate the at least three electric motors outside a rest state only when an acceleration torque and a braking torque are required to execute an agile attitude change maneuver. There is also described an associated method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Winfried Halle, Thomas Terzibaschian, Christian Raschke, Wolfgang Baerwald, Xavier Amiques, Andreas Kotz
  • Publication number: 20220371659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering return moment requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, to a steering system, to a computer program product, and to a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle, and is coupled to at least one actuator. The actuator is configured to apply a steering moment to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering return moment requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system. The steering return moment requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering moment which can be applied to the steering device by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20220371658
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering damping requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator which is configured to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering damping requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system, wherein the steering damping requirement forms at least a portion of a target steering torque with which the steering device can be acted upon by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20220371656
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a steering hysteresis requirement of a steering device of a vehicle, a steering system, a computer program product and a computer-readable storage medium. The steering device is part of a steering system of the vehicle and is coupled to at least one actuator. The actuator is set up to apply a steering torque to the steering device. The method comprises at least the step of determining the steering hysteresis requirement based on at least one rack force of the steering system. The steering hysteresis requirement forms at least a component of a target steering torque which can be applied to the steering device by the at least one actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hambloch, Andreas Kotz, Martin Gebing
  • Publication number: 20200010222
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus for a satellite includes: at least three electric motors, wherein the at least three electric motors are arranged in such a way that a torque may be generated with any orientation of an associated torque vector, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to drive the at least three electric motors based on a torque controller. The torque controller is adapted to operate the at least three electric motors outside a rest state only when an acceleration torque and a braking torque are required to execute an agile attitude change maneuver. There is also described an associated method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: WINFRIED HALLE, THOMAS TERZIBASCHIAN, CHRISTIAN RASCHKE, WOLFGANG BAERWALD, XAVIER AMIQUES, ANDREAS KOTZ