Patents by Inventor Clemens VOLZ

Clemens VOLZ 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).

  • Operating device for a motor vehicle, method for operating a motor vehicle with the aid of the operating device, control unit, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11451228
    Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle, having a touch-sensitive operating element with a frame element and a central region. The touch-sensitive operating interface has a predetermined operating region at each of at least two predetermined touch positions for activating an operating function assigned to the respective operating region. The operating element is arranged to be displaceable at least partially along a translation axis that intersects the operating interface. The operating device has only one detection element, which is arranged facing an inner side of the touch-sensitive operating element that faces away from the touch-sensitive operating interface, and which is arranged to detect a displacement of each operating region along the translation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jacques Hélot, Joris Mertens, Maximilian Mitwalsky, Clemens Volz, Günther Seitz, Ulrich Müller, Tobias Hopf
  • OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH THE AID OF THE OPERATING DEVICE, CONTROL UNIT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200282836
    Abstract: An operating device for a motor vehicle, having a touch-sensitive operating element with a frame element and a central region. The touch-sensitive operating interface has a predetermined operating region at each of at least two predetermined touch positions for activating an operating function assigned to the respective operating region. The operating element is arranged to be displaceable at least partially along a translation axis that intersects the operating interface. The operating device has only one detection element, which is arranged facing an inner side of the touch-sensitive operating element that faces away from the touch-sensitive operating interface, and which is arranged to detect a displacement of each operating region along the translation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jacques HÉLOT, Joris MERTENS, Maximilian MITWALSKY, Clemens VOLZ, Günther SEITZ, Ulrich MÜLLER, Tobias HOPF