Patents by Inventor Anton SIFFERLINGER

Anton SIFFERLINGER 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).

  • Motor vehicle having a plurality of control devices which provide different vehicle functions in the motor vehicle and method for configuring the control devices and control device
    Patent number: 12240394
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a plurality of control devices which are designed to provide a particular vehicle function in the motor vehicle. The vehicle functions of the control devices differ. The control devices are connected by a common bus line which is led successively through a respective communications circuit of the control devices, wiring the control devices successively into a daisy-chain circuit. Each of the vehicle functions is implemented in each of the control devices. A processor circuit is designed to determine a position specification which specifies a position of the particular control device within the daisy-chain circuit and, according to the determined position specification, to select a vehicle function allocated to the position from the implemented vehicle functions and to provide the selected vehicle function in the motor vehicle for activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christopher Roelle, Anton Sifferlinger
  • Motor Vehicle Having a Plurality of Control Devices Which Provide Different Vehicle Functions in the Motor Vehicle and Method for Configuring the Control Devices and Control Device
    Publication number: 20240383416
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a plurality of control devices which are designed to provide a particular vehicle function in the motor vehicle. The vehicle functions of the control devices differ. The control devices are connected by a common bus line which is led successively through a respective communications circuit of the control devices, wiring the control devices successively into a daisy-chain circuit. Each of the vehicle functions is implemented in each of the control devices. A processor circuit is designed to determine a position specification which specifies a position of the particular control device within the daisy-chain circuit and, according to the determined position specification, to select a vehicle function allocated to the position from the implemented vehicle functions and to provide the selected vehicle function in the motor vehicle for activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher ROELLE, Anton SIFFERLINGER