Patents by Inventor Christoph Schmutz

Christoph Schmutz 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).

  • System With A Motor Vehicle And A Data Server Device External To The Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehicle With A User Recognition Device, Method For Operating A Motor Vehicle, Control Device And Server Device
    Publication number: 20230252475
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a user recognition device, a user interface, a communication interface for wirelessly providing information to the external environment of the motor vehicle, and a control device. The control device is configured: to register the user on the basis of his determined identity; to select a payment function on the basis of the operating signal; to provide the order data signal during the use of the motor vehicle by the registered user, which signal describes an order data set that describes the registered user’s payment process information that is coupled to the selected payment function and is stored in the user profile; and to transmit the provided order data signal to the communication interface for communicating the payment process information to an extravehicular communication interface of an extravehicular data server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hendrik GRONAU, Jörg MICHAEL, Christoph SCHMUTZ, Thorsten SCHRADER, Werner WILDING
  • Final drive for a motor vehicle and final drive device
    Patent number: 10336178
    Abstract: A final drive for a motor vehicle. A drive assembly having a drive shaft, the drive shaft is coupled via a gear stage to an output shaft of the final drive. The drive shaft is coupled to the gear stage via an intermediate shaft that is arranged offset with respect to it. The intermediate shaft is present on a first side of a conceptual plane that incorporates an axis of rotation of the drive shaft, and a power electronics unit is electrically connected to the drive assembly via connection terminals arranged at its front end on a second side of the plane, which lies opposite to the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Albl, Daniel Laurijssen, Dominik Mohrlock, Sandro Weigelt, Christoph Schmutz, Patrik Frommann, Stefan Hübler, Stefanie Seide, Albert Scharlach, Jürgen Schmitz, Michael Streicher
  • Final drive for a motor vehicle and final drive device
    Publication number: 20180162215
    Abstract: A final drive for a motor vehicle. A drive assembly having a drive shaft, the drive shaft is coupled via a gear stage to an output shaft of the final drive. The drive shaft is coupled to the gear stage via an intermediate shaft that is arranged offset with respect to it. The intermediate shaft is present on a first side of a conceptual plane that incorporates an axis of rotation of the drive shaft, and a power electronics unit is electrically connected to the drive assembly via connection terminals arranged at its front end on a second side of the plane, which lies opposite to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Albl, Daniel Laurijssen, Dominik Mohrlock, Sandro Weigelt, Christoph Schmutz, Patrik Frommann, Stefan Hübler, Stefanie Seide, Albert Scharlach, Jürgen Schmitz, Michael Streicher