Patents by Inventor Andreas WILLI

Andreas WILLI 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: 20240157995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a supporting unit, by which a positioning unit is adjustably held, an adjustment device with an adjustment motor, said adjustment device being designed for adjusting the positioning unit relative to the supporting unit, a mechanical adjustment stop, which mechanically limits an adjustment of the positioning unit in a first adjustment direction, and a control unit. The control unit is designed here to activate the adjustment motor, wherein a virtual adjustment stop is defined, said adjustment stop being located upstream of the mechanical adjustment stop with respect to the first adjustment direction. The steering column is designed here for adjusting a positioning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre SPECHT, Anton SPILDENNER, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20240034390
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrically adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a positioning unit on which a steering control element can be arranged, a support unit by which the positioning unit is held in an adjustable manner, an adjustment device which is configured to adjust the positioning unit relative to the support unit and which comprises, for the adjustment of the positioning unit, an electric motor. The steering column further has a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to activate the electric motor. The control unit is further configured, for the activation of the electric motor, to generate a first signal and a second signal, wherein the activation of the electric motor requires the presence of the first signal and of the second signal, in particular at a first switch unit and a second switch unit of the control unit which are connected in series with the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel KREUTZ, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20240025469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a support unit by which a positioning unit is adjustably held, and an adjustment device which is designed to adjust the positioning unit relative to the support unit. Associated with the steering column is a control unit which is designed to receive a signal, to evaluate the signal in terms of a predefined release condition, and to produce a release state of the steering column when the signal meets the release condition, and to produce a locked state of the steering column when the signal does not meet the release condition. Adjustment of the positioning unit is thus enabled exclusively in the release state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Christian PICHONNAT, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20230365182
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle including a first component, a second component, wherein the first component and the second component are adjustable relative to one another in two non-parallel adjustment directions. A position detection device having a sensor connected to the first component including at least one sensor unit and a sensor target connected to the second component comprising at least one target unit, wherein the sensor is configured to detect relative position of the sensor target, wherein the target unit includes a measurement portion extending in the two adjustment directions which has a local measuring quantity varying in each of the two adjustment directions that can be detected locally by the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Andreas WILLI, Daniel KREUTZ, Simon BLAETTLER, Patrick RIEDMANN, Tamás FEJES
  • Patent number: 11679798
    Abstract: A method can be used to adjust a steering column for a motor vehicle that includes a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis and at least two casing tubes that are guided so as to be adjustable relative to one another by adjustment travel in a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis. Along the adjustment travel, the casing tubes are extended farther out of one another in an operating region than in a transitional region, and a motorized adjustment drive acting on the casing tubes is actuated electrically for the relative adjustment of the casing tubes at a predetermined adjustment speed. To allow optimized switching between the operating region and the stowage position, a first adjustment speed is set in the operating region and a second adjustment speed, which is higher than the first adjustment speed, is set in the transitional region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kreutz, Andreas Willi
  • Publication number: 20230119092
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include an actuating unit in which a steering spindle is rotatably mounted and which is held in an adjustable manner by a supporting unit, an adjustment device for adjusting the actuating unit with respect to the supporting unit, and a position-sensing device that includes a first sensor unit for sensing the position of the actuating unit with respect to the supporting unit. The position-sensing device may also include a second sensor unit for sensing a state when the actuating unit is in a predetermined position relative to the supporting unit. One or both of the sensor units may be configured to operate in a contactless manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel KREUTZ, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20220258789
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor-adjustable steering column may be employed by a motor vehicle with an actuating unit supported by a supporting unit. A steering spindle may be rotatably supported in the actuating unit. The actuating unit may be adjustable relative to the supporting unit by means of at least one adjustment drive. The adjustment drive is controlled by a control unit, and the adjustment speed caused by the adjustment drive is determined based on measurement data of a sensor. The control unit controls the adjustment drive in a control loop based on a control deviation between a specifiable speed profile and the determined adjustment speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel VITALIS, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20220161841
    Abstract: A method can be used to adjust a steering column for a motor vehicle that includes a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis and at least two casing tubes that are guided so as to be adjustable relative to one another by adjustment travel in a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal axis. Along the adjustment travel, the casing tubes are extended farther out of one another in an operating region than in a transitional region, and a motorized adjustment drive acting on the casing tubes is actuated electrically for the relative adjustment of the casing tubes at a predetermined adjustment speed. To allow optimized switching between the operating region and the stowage position, a first adjustment speed is set in the operating region and a second adjustment speed, which is higher than the first adjustment speed, is set in the transitional region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel KREUTZ, Andreas WILLI
  • Publication number: 20210291890
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steering column (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a supporting unit (6) which can be connected to the chassis of the motor vehicle (6) and an actuating unit, which is mounted on the supporting unit and which supports a steering shaft (2) for rotation, wherein the position of the actuating unit can be adjusted in relation to the supporting unit, wherein the steering column (1) has a position detection device for determining the position of the actuating unit relative to the supporting unit (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Presta AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Daniel KREUTZ, Sedat SEN, Andreas WILLI, Christian PICHONNAT, Thomas GEISELBERGER, Justin YOHO
  • Patent number: 8775862
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system can be switched to a downtime state to implement a transition from a current state to a target state of a core software platform. During a second phase of the transition an error associated with tenant-specific content of a first customer tenant of the plurality of customer tenants of the multi-tenant system can be identified. The second phase can be suspended for the first customer tenant while continuing the second phase for a remainder of the plurality of customer tenants for which an error has not been identified. After a scheduled duration of the downtime state, the multi-tenant system can be reactivated such that the multi-tenant system includes the remainder of the plurality of customer tenants with the transition implemented and the first customer tenant either with the transition implemented if the error has been corrected or without the transition implemented if the error has not been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Willi Rueegg, Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Michael Segler
  • Publication number: 20130346787
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system can be switched to a downtime state to implement a transition from a current state to a target state of a core software platform. During a second phase of the transition an error associated with tenant-specific content of a first customer tenant of the plurality of customer tenants of the multi-tenant system can be identified. The second phase can be suspended for the first customer tenant while continuing the second phase for a remainder of the plurality of customer tenants for which an error has not been identified. After a scheduled duration of the downtime state, the multi-tenant system can be reactivated such that the multi-tenant system incldues the remainder of the plurality of customer tenants with the transition implemented and the first customer tenant either with the transition implemented if the error has been corrected or without the transition implemented if the error has not been corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Willi Rueegg, Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Michael Segler
  • Patent number: 8522070
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system can be switched to a downtime state to implement a transition from a current state to a target state of a core software platform. During a second phase of the transition an error associated with tenant-specific content of a first customer tenant of the plurality of customer tenants of the multi-tenant system can be identified. The second phase can be suspended for the first customer tenant while continuing the second phase for a remainder of the plurality of customer tenants for which an error has not been identified. After a scheduled duration of the downtime state, the multi-tenant system can be reactivated such that the multi-tenant system includes the remainder of the plurality of customer tenants with the transition implemented and the first customer tenant either with the transition implemented if the error has been corrected or without the transition implemented if the error has not been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Andreas Willi Rueegg, Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Michael Segler
  • Patent number: 8458346
    Abstract: A tenant multiplexer in an administrative tenant of a multi-tenant software architecture can call an administrative agent in the administrative tenant and receive, from the administrative agent, an action framework and a trusted connection protocol for accessing each of the plurality of client tenants. The trusted connection protocol can establish, without tenant-specific authentication information, a trusted system connection to an update agent in each of the plurality of client tenants. An action framework can be simultaneously implemented using the update agent of each of at least a subset of the plurality of client tenants under control of the multiplexer via the trusted system connection to begin execution of the software process for the at least the subset of client tenants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Rainer Leinemann, Andreas Willi Rueegg, Thomas Vogt
  • Publication number: 20120030502
    Abstract: A multi-tenant system can be switched to a downtime state to implement a transition from a current state to a target state of a core software platform. During a second phase of the transition an error associated with tenant-specific content of a first customer tenant of the plurality of customer tenants of the multi-tenant system can be identified. The second phase can be suspended for the first customer tenant while continuing the second phase for a remainder of the plurality of customer tenants for which an error has not been identified. After a scheduled duration of the downtime state, the multi-tenant system can be reactivated such that the multi-tenant system includes the remainder of the plurality of customer tenants with the transition implemented and the first customer tenant either with the transition implemented if the error has been corrected or without the transition implemented if the error has not been corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Willi Rueegg, Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Michael Segler
  • Publication number: 20120030663
    Abstract: A tenant multiplexer in an administrative tenant of a multi-tenant software architecture can call an administrative agent in the administrative tenant and receive, from the administrative agent, an action framework and a trusted connection protocol for accessing each of the plurality of client tenants. The trusted connection protocol can establish, without tenant-specific authentication information, a trusted system connection to an update agent in each of the plurality of client tenants. An action framework can be simultaneously implemented using the update agent of each of at least a subset of the plurality of client tenants under control of the multiplexer via the trusted system connection to begin execution of the software process for the at least the subset of client tenants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Joerg Schmidt, Karolin Laicher, Rainer Leinemann, Andreas Willi Rueegg, Thomas Vogt