Patents by Inventor Christian KALTENBACH

Christian KALTENBACH 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).

  • Patent number: 11977486
    Abstract: A computer system includes a processor core and a memory system in signal communication with the processor core. The memory system includes a first cache and a second cache. The first cache is arranged at a first level of a hierarchy in the memory system and is configured to store a plurality of first-cache entries. The second cache is arranged at a second level of the hierarchy that is lower than the first level, and stores a plurality of second-cache entries. The first cache maintains a directory that contains information for each of the first-cache entries. The second cache maintains a shadow pointer directory (SPD) that includes one or more SPD entries that maps each of the first-cache entries to a corresponding second cache entry at a lower-level cache location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashraf ElSharif, Richard Joseph Branciforte, Gregory William Alexander, Deanna Postles Dunn Berger, Timothy Bronson, Aaron Tsai, Taylor J. Pritchard, Markus Kaltenbach, Christian Jacobi, Michael A. Blake
  • Publication number: 20240132149
    Abstract: A pump apparatus for an electrohydraulic power steering mechanism for a vehicle includes a hydraulic pump, a working line, a pressure generator, a first control line, a preliminary pressure line, a compensation tank, a shut-off valve having a control inlet, and a second control line. The hydraulic pump is designed to pump a hydraulic oil out of a pump chamber to a pump outlet of the hydraulic pump. The pressure generator has a pressure generation inlet and a pressure generation outlet, and the pressure generator is designed to generate, using an inlet pressure present at the pressure generation inlet, an outlet pressure which can be provided at the pressure generation outlet and is lower than the inlet pressure. As a result, a preliminary pressure can be generated in the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christian KALTENBACH, Rainer LANG, Klaus PETERREINS, Benjamin BARTOLE, Jonas RINK
  • Publication number: 20240124053
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic power steering device for a vehicle includes a hydraulic pump, a drive, a first working line, a second working line, and a heat exchanger. The hydraulic pump is designed, in a first rotation direction, to pump a hydraulic oil to a first pump output of the hydraulic pump and, in a second rotation direction, to pump said oil to a second pump output of the hydraulic pump. The drive is coupled to the hydraulic pump and is designed to drive the hydraulic pump selectively in the first rotation direction or second rotation direction. The first working line is shaped to connect the first pump output fluidically to a first working chamber, the first working chamber being suitable for moving a piston, which is couplable to a steering bar of a steering system, in a first direction. The heat exchanger is designed to transfer heat that is generated during operation of the drive to at least one of the working lines in order to heat the hydraulic oil flowing through the working line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christian KALTENBACH, Rainer LANG, Klaus PETERREINS, Benjamin BARTOLE, Jonas RINK
  • Publication number: 20240092419
    Abstract: A steering system for a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, has at least one steering transmission, in particular a ball nut hydraulic steering transmission; at least one steering mechanism for steering at least one first vehicle wheel and for steering at least one second vehicle wheel, wherein the steering transmission is coupled to the steering mechanism; at least one hydraulic pump for supplying the steering transmission with hydraulic fluid; and at least one drive motor which is provided independently and/or separately from the traction drive of the vehicle and which is coupled to the hydraulic pump in order to drive same. In the assembled state, the steering transmission, the hydraulic pump, and the drive motor are designed as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer LANG, Klaus PETERREINS, Christian KALTENBACH