Patents by Inventor Christian Wirth

Christian Wirth 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: 12275463
    Abstract: A steering gear for an electromechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an input shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column of the steering system, a segment shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column lever of the steering system, an angular gear, a servo gear, and an electric motor for driving the servo gear. The angular gear is designed as a bevel gear. The input shaft and the electric motor are connected to the servo gear. The servo gear is connected to the angular gear. The angular gear is connected to the segment shaft. The angular gear is formed to transmit torque from the servo gear to the segment shaft via two transmission paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Franz-Thomas Mitterer, Janos Toth, Sven Krueger, Ahmed Saleme, Huba Nemeth, Stephan Krinke
  • Patent number: 12215783
    Abstract: A friction brake for a vehicle power shift transmission is disclosed. The friction brake includes a load gear that is rotatably driveable about a centre longitudinal. A friction braking device is provided for decelerating and/or fixing the load gear. An actuating device for actuating the friction braking device, the actuating device includes an moveable spreading piston. The moveable spreading piston while performing a spread along the centre longitudinal axis automatically materialising as a function of a load torque provided on the load gear, provides a braking force for actuating the friction braking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 12148563
    Abstract: A primary-sided arrangement including at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure per phase line, wherein each winding structure includes a subwinding structure, the winding structures extend along a longitudinal axis of the primary-sided arrangement, a first pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of a first and a second winding structure is chosen from an interval of a length of the subwinding structure and the first pitch is a distance between geometric centres of the corresponding subwinding structures of the first and the second winding structure along the longitudinal axis, and a second pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first winding structure and a third winding structure is smaller than the first pitch and the second pitch is a distance between geometric centres of the corresponding subwinding structures of the first and the third winding structure along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Robert Czainski, Rudolf Lindt
  • Publication number: 20240241482
    Abstract: A method for determining optimized system parameters of a technical system using a cost function. The cost function is provided for determining optimized system parameters of the technical system. The technical system has system parameter-adjustable components. When the system parameters are set, the technical system generates component output values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Jörg Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20240241485
    Abstract: A method for determining technical system parameters using a cost function. The technical system has system parameter-adjustable components. When system parameters are set, the technical system generates component output values. The method includes determining a definition space in which the cost function lies, determining random system parameters in the definition space, applying the random system parameters to the technical system and determining the output values, technical system modeling by training a statistical analysis method, generating technical system rules using the system parameters and the output values, generating probability functions using the rules, each indicating the probability which satisfy the rules by any cost function, combining probability functions to determine the cost function by maximizing overall probability of all rules, optimizing the system parameters given the cost function, and outputting the optimized system parameters for adjusting the technical system components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Jörg Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20240227918
    Abstract: A steering gear for an electromechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an input shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column of the steering system, a segment shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column lever of the steering system, an angular gear, a servo gear, and an electric motor for driving the servo gear. The angular gear is designed as a bevel gear. The input shaft and the electric motor are connected to the servo gear. The servo gear is connected to the angular gear. The angular gear is connected to the segment shaft. The angular gear is formed to transmit torque from the servo gear to the segment shaft via two transmission paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christian WIRTH, Franz-Thomas MITTERER, Janos TOTH, Sven KRUEGER, Ahmed SALEME, Huba NEMETH, Stephan KRINKE
  • Publication number: 20240176781
    Abstract: Techniques are described to improve the performance of regular expression (regex) evaluation in a database management system (DBMS) by a speculative execution of a regex engine. In an embodiment, the DBMS determines properties of strings and generates descriptors for the string input data. Based on the descriptors, the regex engine validates an existing assertion for the execution logic to, at least in part, evaluate the regex pattern on the strings. Based on validating the existing assertion for selecting the execution logic, evaluating the regex pattern on the strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: GIACOMO FABRIS, ALEKSEI KASHUBA, ALEXANDER ULRICH, JOSEF HAIDER, CHRISTIAN WIRTH
  • Publication number: 20240132144
    Abstract: A steering gear for an electromechanical steering system for a vehicle includes an input shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column of the steering system, a segment shaft that can be coupled or connected to a steering column lever of the steering system, an angular gear, a servo gear, and an electric motor for driving the servo gear. The angular gear is designed as a bevel gear. The input shaft and the electric motor are connected to the servo gear. The servo gear is connected to the angular gear. The angular gear is connected to the segment shaft. The angular gear is formed to transmit torque from the servo gear to the segment shaft via two transmission paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christian WIRTH, Franz-Thomas MITTERER, Janos TOTH, Sven KRUEGER, Ahmed SALEME, Huba NEMETH, Stephan KRINKE
  • Patent number: 11952018
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle includes a plurality of electric traction motors, each mechanically coupled to at least one drive wheel to generate traction. At least one traction power converter is connected on an AC voltage side to at least one electric traction motor to supply the electric traction motor with electric power. A traction control unit for controlling at least one traction power converter is provided and is designed to control the at least one traction power converter while the vehicle is moving based on electrical output alternating quantities of the at least one traction power converter. A rotational movement of the at least one drive wheel of the vehicle during standstill of the vehicle is not detected by a separate detection unit based on the output alternating quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Markus Vogelsberger
  • Publication number: 20240060562
    Abstract: A friction brake for a vehicle power shift transmission is disclosed. The friction brake includes a load gear that is rotatably driveable about a centre longitudinal. A friction braking device is provided for decelerating and/or fixing the load gear. An actuating device for actuating the friction braking device, the actuating device includes an moveable spreading piston. The moveable spreading piston while performing a spread along the centre longitudinal axis automatically materialising as a function of a load torque provided on the load gear, provides a braking force for actuating the friction braking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20230331342
    Abstract: A power shift transmission for a vehicle driveable by motor power and/or pedal power may include a transmission device which transmits a torque introducible on a drive in a transmission ratio settable via a plurality of gears to an output. The power shift transmission may also include two shifting devices via which the transmission device is shiftable for setting the transmission ratio of the transmission device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Garcia, Dr. Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20230111973
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed for monitoring the logical consistency of an artificial neural network. Activation data of the artificial neural network, which are produced from input data, are initially read in. The activation data are transferred to at least one trained concept model which is trained to recognize and, if applicable, localize a partial feature of the features contained in the input data and to output a calibrated partial feature mask. The final output data are linked to the partial feature truth values by means of a fuzzy logic unit in such a way that a continual logical consistency truth value is produced therefrom. The logical consistency truth value is evaluated by means of an evaluation unit, wherein a logical inconsistency of the final output data is ascertained in an inconsistency region if the consistency truth value falls short of a predefined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Gesina Schwalbe, Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 11619290
    Abstract: An assembly set for transmission devices for motor vehicles. Each of the transmission devices has an input shaft which can be operatively connected to a drive device of the motor vehicle, as well as a first output shaft, and a second output shaft, and has a spur gear differential transmission designed as a planetary transmission, via which the input shaft and an intermediate shaft that is coupled or can be coupled to an electric machine arranged coaxially to the input shaft are coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. The electric machine is coupled to the input shaft in a first shift position of a shift device and to the intermediate shaft in a second shift position of the shift device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik
  • Publication number: 20230061633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive device (1) for the assisted driving of a bicycle (2), which comprises an electric motor (3) and a driven shaft (6) that can be coupled to a traction mechanism drive (7) of the bicycle (2), wherein a planetary gear set (10) of the drive device (1) drive-connects a motor shaft (4) of the electric motor (3) with the driven shaft (6). A compact and cost-effective construction as well as an improved drive transmission of the drive device (1) materialise in that at least one sun gear (11), one internal gear (15) and one planet gear carrier (16) of the planetary gear set (10) are rotatably mounted about a common axis of rotation (17) in the planetary gear set (10). Further, the invention relates to a bicycle (2) having such a drive device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Koetz, Matthias Koop, Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 11420511
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive device for a vehicle axle, especially a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, wherein the vehicle axle includes an axle differential, which can be connected at the input end to a primary drive machine and at the output end to flange shafts arranged on either side with vehicle wheels of the vehicle axle, wherein the vehicle axle is associated with a shiftable superimposing gear, which can be shifted to a torque distribution mode by a torque distribution shift element, in which a drive torque generated by an additional drive machine in a first load path can be coupled to one of the flange shafts in order to change a torque distribution on the two vehicle wheels, and the drive torque generated by the additional drive machine can be coupled to the input side of the axle differential in a second load path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Udo Pinschmidt, Steffen Hummel, Christian Wirth
  • Publication number: 20220237514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating data on the basis of data already available having individual annotated data points, the method comprising: training a first predictor on the basis of data already available; determining a prediction error of the first predictor for each data point; training a second predictor to determine an anticipated prediction error of the first predictor and an uncertainty; determining a data description which maximizes a combination of anticipated prediction error and uncertainty; and generating data on the basis of the previously determined data description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Christian WIRTH
  • Patent number: 11348724
    Abstract: A primary-sided arrangement of primary winding structures of a system, wherein the primary-sided arrangement includes at least three phase lines and at least one winding structure per phase line, wherein each winding structure includes at least one subwinding structure, wherein the winding structures extend along a longitudinal axis of the primary-sided arrangement, wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of a first winding structure and a second winding structure is chosen from an interval of a length of one subwinding structure, and wherein a pitch between corresponding subwinding structures of the first winding structure and the third winding structure is smaller than the pitch between corresponding first and second subwinding structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Bombardier Primove GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wirth, Robert Czainski, Rudolf Lindt
  • Patent number: 11251736
    Abstract: A power converter, an electric drive system and a method for operating a power converter are disclosed. The power converter has connections for connecting to a direct voltage source and connections for electrical connection to phase lines of the electric drive machine. The power converter is configured to convert a direct voltage from the direct voltage source via a direct voltage intermediate circuit into an alternating voltage in order to drive the drive machine. The power converter includes bridge branches for connecting a high-potential section to a low-potential section. A bridge branch includes two half branches with at least one switching device. A resulting nominal voltage of a half branch is greater than a counter-electromotive peak voltage between two phase lines at the maximum rotational speed of the drive machine. A half branch of a bridge branch includes a series circuit of two or more than two switching devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Vogelsberger, Christian Wirth
  • Patent number: 11192443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission (100) for a hybrid drive arrangement which can be coupled to two drive assemblies (7, 8), comprising an input shaft (10) and an output shaft (11), at least one first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh shifting element (SE1, SE2, SE3, SE4, SE5, SE6, SE7), and at least one planetary gear (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Lucius Dempel, Dominik Eszterle, Thomas Huber, Christian Wirth, Simon Brummer, Tom Smejkal
  • Patent number: 11168773
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft, which is operatively connectable to a drive device of the motor vehicle, and a first output shaft and a second output shaft, and comprising a spur gear differential transmission which is designed as a planetary transmission, by means of which the input shaft is coupled to the first output shaft and the second output shaft. It is provided that the spur gear differential transmission comprises a first sun gear coupled to the first output shaft and a second sun gear coupled to the second output shaft, wherein the first sun gear meshes with a first planet gear which is rotatably mounted on a planet gear carrier coupled to the input shaft, which first planet gear also meshes with a second planet gear which is likewise rotatably mounted on the planet gear carrier and which meshes with the second sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten Trautmann, Christian Meixner, Christian Wirth, Jürgen Tschullik