Patents by Inventor Bernd Knoll

Bernd Knoll 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 and device for operating a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10793158
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz
  • Method and Device for Operating a Motor Vehicle, and Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170183012
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz