Patents by Inventor Bastian Luther

Bastian Luther 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 monitoring a door contact switch of a driver's door of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9409579
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a door contact switch of a driver's door of a motor vehicle locked in an idle state includes detecting an unlocking of the driver's door of the motor vehicle, and detecting whether a change in a door contact signal of the door contact switch takes place after the unlocking of the driver's door. If a change in the door contact signal has been detected, a plausibility counter is initialized, otherwise the method includes detecting whether a drive unit of the motor vehicle is activated. A “door contact implausible” state is established and the plausibility counter (P) is incremented if the activation of the drive unit has been detected in step d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Eichin, Thomas Ohl, Bastian Luther
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING A DOOR CONTACT SWITCH OF A DRIVER' S DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150210289
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a door contact switch of a driver's door of a motor vehicle locked in an idle state includes detecting an unlocking of the driver's door of the motor vehicle, and detecting whether a change in a door contact signal of the door contact switch takes place after the unlocking of the driver's door. If a change in the door contact signal has been detected, a plausibility counter is initialized, otherwise the method includes detecting whether a drive unit of the motor vehicle is activated. A “door contact implausible” state is established and the plausibility counter (P) is incremented if the activation of the drive unit has been detected in step d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Eichin, Thomas Ohl, Bastian Luther