Patents by Inventor Benjamin Klink

Benjamin Klink 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).

  • Assistance system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11453397
    Abstract: An assistance System for a vehicle for providing an emergency stop assistance function that includes an execution device to execute the emergency stop assistance function using at least one of a plurality of activation stages; a detection device for automatic detection of driver inactivity, in order to activate the emergency stop assistance function using a first stage selection of the activation stages; a triggering device for monitoring an operating element of an electrical parking brake or a parking lock of a transmission of the vehicle, in order to activate the emergency assistance function using a second stage selection of the activation stages, which differs from the first stage selection, in the case of a manual activation of the operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Benjamin Klink, Dominik Kirschner, Thomas Eigel, Johanna Wegner, Sebastian Busch
  • ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200377098
    Abstract: An assistance System for a vehicle for providing an emergency stop assistance function that includes an execution device to execute the emergency stop assistance function using at least one of a plurality of activation stages; a detection device for automatic detection of driver inactivity, in order to activate the emergency stop assistance function using a first stage selection of the activation stages; a triggering device for monitoring an operating element of an electrical parking brake or a parking lock of a transmission of the vehicle, in order to activate the emergency assistance function using a second stage selection of the activation stages, which differs from the first stage selection, in the case of a manual activation of the operating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Klink, Dominik Kirschner, Thomas Eigel, Johanna Wegner, Sebastian Busch