Patents by Inventor Daniel TÖPFER

Daniel TÖPFER 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 and device for adapting a steering wheel angle of a steering wheel and a wheel steering angle of a wheel steering system in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10449999
    Abstract: A method for adapting an actual steering wheel angle of a steering wheel and an actual wheel steering angle of a wheel steering system in a motor vehicle after an automated driving maneuver has been executed. The method includes detecting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel angle-detection device and the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering angle-detection device, adapting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel-actuation device and/or the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering-actuation device based on a transfer strategy within a predefined transfer time. Also disclosed is an associated device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Michael Düring, Kai Franke, Daniel Töpfer, Omar El Mikati
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTING A STEERING WHEEL ANGLE OF A STEERING WHEEL AND A WHEEL STEERING ANGLE OF A WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170174257
    Abstract: A method for adapting an actual steering wheel angle of a steering wheel and an actual wheel steering angle of a wheel steering system in a motor vehicle after an automated driving maneuver has been executed. The method includes detecting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel angle-detection device and the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering angle-detection device, adapting the actual steering wheel angle by a steering wheel-actuation device and/or the actual wheel steering angle by a wheel steering-actuation device based on a transfer strategy within a predefined transfer time. Also disclosed is an associated device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Michael DÜRING, Kai FRANKE, Daniel TÖPFER, Omar El MIKATI