Patents by Inventor Boris HACKSTEIN

Boris HACKSTEIN 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 controlling the operation of at least one functional component of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10124766
    Abstract: After authenticating at least one functional component which is safety-relevant and/or emission-relevant to the driving mode of the motor vehicle with regard to whether the functional component is an original component of the motor vehicle or a functional component which has been replaced without authorization and/or has been manipulated without authorization, the operation of at least one other functional component of the motor vehicle is controlled in such a manner that the functionality or at least one functionality of the at least one other functional component is selectively restricted if the authentication which has been carried out reveals that the at least one functional component which is safety-relevant and/or emission-relevant to the driving mode of the motor vehicle has been replaced without authorization and/or has been manipulated without authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tom Brahner, Florian Pleban, Robert Helene Escherich, Ralf Augustin, Boris Hackstein
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AT LEAST ONE FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180265037
    Abstract: After authenticating at least one functional component which is safety-relevant and/or emission-relevant to the driving mode of the motor vehicle with regard to whether the functional component is an original component of the motor vehicle or a functional component which has been replaced without authorization and/or has been manipulated without authorization, the operation of at least one other functional component of the motor vehicle is controlled in such a manner that the functionality or at least one functionality of the at least one other functional component is selectively restricted if the authentication which has been carried out reveals that the at least one functional component which is safety-relevant and/or emission-relevant to the driving mode of the motor vehicle has been replaced without authorization and/or has been manipulated without authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tom BRAHNER, Florian PLEBAN, Robert Helene ESCHERICH, Ralf AUGUSTIN, Boris HACKSTEIN