Patents by Inventor Axel Gau

Axel Gau 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).

  • Method for operating an electro-pneumatic parking brake facility of a vehicle-trailer combination
    Patent number: 11292445
    Abstract: A method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination, which includes a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, includes activating, after a parking operation and braking of the vehicle combination, a trailer check function in a standstill state. The trailer check function enables a check as to whether, in the case of a decrease in the braking action of the trailer vehicle, the vehicle combination can be held in a stationary manner solely by way of the braking action of a parking brake of the tractor vehicle. The trailer check function is carried out automatically when a vehicle combination has been braked in a stationary manner independently by way of an automatic parking function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
    Inventors: Uwe Bensch, Axel Gau, Alexander Wendlandt, Torsten Franke
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC PARKING BRAKE FACILITY OF A VEHICLE-TRAILER COMBINATION
    Publication number: 20210155216
    Abstract: A method for operating an electropneumatic parking brake system of a vehicle combination, which includes a tractor vehicle and a trailer vehicle, includes activating, after a parking operation and braking of the vehicle combination, a trailer check function in a standstill state. The trailer check function enables a check as to whether, in the case of a decrease in the braking action of the trailer vehicle, the vehicle combination can be held in a stationary manner solely by way of the braking action of a parking brake of the tractor vehicle. The trailer check function is carried out automatically when a vehicle combination has been braked in a stationary manner independently by way of an automatic parking function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Bensch, Axel Gau, Alexander Wendlandt, Torsten Franke