Patents by Inventor Dirk-Uwe Eidam

Dirk-Uwe Eidam 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).

  • Roll stability control and roll-over mitigation by steering actuation
    Patent number: 8620528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing a risk of or avoiding a roll-over event of a vehicle, having means of an electronic controllable steering system and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit identifies the occurrence of the roll-over risk, such that control means generate a signal in order to steer the road wheels more into the direction in which the vehicle is tending to roll-over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Markus Lemmen, Dirk-Uwe Eidam, Edwin Vliem, Torsten Wey, Bengt Johan Henrik Jacobson, Johan Hultén
  • ROLL STABILITY CONTROL AND ROLL-OVER MITIGATION BY STEERING ACTUATION
    Publication number: 20080109135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing a risk of or avoiding a roll-over event of a vehicle, having means of an electronic controllable steering system and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit identifies the occurrence of the roll-over risk, such that control means generate a signal in order to steer the road wheels more into the direction in which the vehicle is tending to roll-over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Lemmen, Dirk-Uwe Eidam, Edwin Vliem, Torsten Wey, Bengt Jacobson, Johan Hulten
  • Power steering system with vehicle braking state input for vibration reduction
    Patent number: 6742620
    Abstract: A power steering system in which an electric motor (9) makes available a damping torque to a steering system via a mechanical transmission (4). The transmission (4) is arranged between the steering wheel (2) and a steering rack (5). The electric motor (9) is actuated by a control unit (1) in accordance with the steering torque sensed by a sensor (3) and the vehicle speed sensed by a sensor (10). In addition, a damping module (8) of the control unit (1) receives binary or continuous signals relating to the braking state, in particular relating to the brake activation (11) and to cornering (9). By means of these signals the damping torque which is generated by the electric motor (9) can be adapted in such a way that vibrations which are caused by unequal wear of the brakes in the steering system are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dirk-Uwe Eidam, Eric Leonard Branger, Stephan Presser
  • Power steering system with vehicle braking state input for vibration reduction
    Publication number: 20030019687
    Abstract: A power steering system in which an electric motor (9) makes available a damping torque to a steering system via a mechanical transmission (4). The transmission (4) is arranged between the steering wheel (2) and a steering rack (5). The electric motor (9) is actuated by a control unit (1) in accordance with the steering torque sensed by a sensor (3) and the vehicle speed sensed by a sensor (10). In addition, a damping module (8) of the control unit (1) receives binary or continuous signals relating to the braking state, in particular relating to the brake activation (11) and to cornering (9). By means of these signals the damping torque which is generated by the electric motor (9) can be adapted in such a way that vibrations which are caused by unequal wear of the brakes in the steering system are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Dirk-Uwe Eidam, Eric Leonard Branger, Stephan Presser