Patents by Inventor Bernhard Rastinger

Bernhard Rastinger 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 apparatus for permitting stable operation of a vehicle at an extremely low vehicle speed
    Patent number: 6553815
    Abstract: The method and apparatus according to the invention permits stable driving operation of a motor vehicle at an extremely low vehicle speed by means of an electronic control unit. The internal-combustion engine is automatically adjusted by the control unit to a special rotational speed operation when a defined switch is operated or when a defined set of conditions exists. During special rotational speed operation, the special rotational speed is below the normally permissible idling rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernhard Rastinger
  • Vehicle transmission shifting system vibration damping arrangement
    Patent number: 5638720
    Abstract: An arrangement for damping vibrations in a vehicle transmission shifting system in which the shift rod between the gear shift lever and the shifting transmission is divided into two parts. The two partial sections are connected with one another by way of a hinge and a support bearing. The support bearing has play and is provided with an elastic layer to effectively dampen vibrations occurring perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Weinhart, Peter Streng, Bernhard Rastinger