Patents by Inventor Dominik Vogt

Dominik Vogt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067266
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle in a speed range from standstill to parking and/or maneuvering. In one example, the method includes detecting an instantaneous speed of the motor vehicle, determining a limited steering angle as a function of at least the instantaneous speed, detecting a steering angle demand, and activating an actuator for setting a steering angle of at least one wheel, at least as a function of the steering angle demand and having regard to the limited steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ingo Dasch, Dominik Vogt, Luc Diebold, Magnus Rau, Björn Spangemacher
  • Publication number: 20240067265
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating an actuator of a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle at speeds from a standstill up to parking and/or maneuvering speeds. The method includes detecting an instantaneous steering angle of at least one wheel on an axle of the motor vehicle, detecting a steering angle demand, determining a limit value of an acceleration of a drive mechanism of the actuator at least as a function of the instantaneous steering angle, and activating the actuator for setting a steering angle of at least one wheel as a function of the steering angle demand and using the limit value of the acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ingo Dasch, Dominik Vogt, Luc Diebold, Magnus Rau, Björn Spangemacher
  • Publication number: 20230294764
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for protecting the components of a steer-by-wire steering system, where the steer-by-wire steering system comprises a self-locking spindle drive in which the spindle is displaced linearly by driving a positionally fixed spindle nut in rotation. As a function of the speed of the vehicle, the linear displacement of the spindle relative to the spindle nut is summed continuously with respect to time until a first threshold value has been reached. A control unit, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and a steer-by-wire system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Dominik VOGT
  • Publication number: 20230264739
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for a steer-by-wire steering system of a motor vehicle, the system having at least one steering function that requests one or more steering angle changes as target steering angles for at least at one vehicle axle. An arbitration unit (AE) weights the steering angle changes as target steering angles (SLw_i) and, taking into account at least one target steering angle (SLw_i), determines an overall target steering angle (G_SLw). Before the overall target steering angle (G_SLw) is set by an actuator of the steer-by-wire steering system, a check is carried out to see whether a gradient of the overall target steering angle (G_SLw) is smaller than or equal to the gradient of the at least one target steering angle (SLw_i).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Dominik VOGT, Ingo DASCH
  • Patent number: 11591015
    Abstract: An assembly for plausibility checking and/or reinitializing a rear wheel steering system of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering unit, which includes at least one rear wheel actuator for adjusting a rear-wheel steering angle and a sensor for detecting the set position of the rear wheel actuator, with at least one reference sensor for detecting a reference signal and with an electronic control unit for carrying out the plausibility check and/or reinitialization of the sensor. The reference sensor is part of a vehicle unit different from the rear wheel steering unit and is designed to detect a vehicle-status-dependent reference signal. Furthermore, the control unit includes at least one mathematical model which, based on the vehicle-status-dependent reference signal, can determine a reference value and/or a reference vehicle status, with which the plausibility check and/or reinitialization can be carried out by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedichshafen AG
    Inventors: Hubertus Eilers, Ulf Beering, Dominik Vogt
  • Publication number: 20220143784
    Abstract: A grinding tool has a main body having at least one fiber ply embedded in a binder. An abrasive layer is arranged on the main body. The at least one fiber ply is arranged in the binder in a partially movable manner. As a result, a relative movement that ensures high vibration and noise damping is achieved within the main body and within the at least one fiber ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas MOHN, Sascha RAUSCH, Achim SCHMITZ, Bernd STUCKENHOLZ, Dominik VOGT
  • Publication number: 20210370471
    Abstract: A grinding tool has a main body having at least one fiber ply embedded in a binder. An abrasive layer is arranged on the main body. The at least one fiber ply is arranged in the binder in a partially movable manner. As a result, a relative movement that ensures high vibration and noise damping is achieved within the main body and within the at least one fiber ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas MOHN, Sascha RAUSCH, Achim SCHMITZ, Bernd STUCKENHOLZ, Dominik VOGT
  • Publication number: 20200079425
    Abstract: An assembly for plausibility checking and/or reinitializing a rear wheel steering system of a vehicle having a rear wheel steering unit, which includes at least one rear wheel actuator for adjusting a rear-wheel steering angle and a sensor for detecting the set position of the rear wheel actuator, with at least one reference sensor for detecting a reference signal and with an electronic control unit for carrying out the plausibility check and/or reinitialization of the sensor. The reference sensor is part of a vehicle unit different from the rear wheel steering unit and is designed to detect a vehicle-status-dependent reference signal. Furthermore, the control unit includes at least one mathematical model which, based on the vehicle-status-dependent reference signal, can determine a reference value and/or a reference vehicle status, with which the plausibility check and/or reinitialization can be carried out by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hubertus EILERS, Ulf BEERING, Dominik VOGT
  • Patent number: 9504129
    Abstract: In order to regulate an illuminance, an actual value of a sensor (3) is queried, said value being dependent on the illuminance to be regulated and being regulated to a setpoint value. In a control step, an electronic computing device (11) determines an actuating step for an illuminant (2) on the basis of said actual value and a parameter value of a control parameter. The electronic computing device (11) determines a new parameter value of the control parameter for a subsequent control step on the basis of a first actual value which is received before the corresponding control step, and a second actual value which is determined after the corresponding control step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Dominik Vogt, Gunther Sejkora
  • Publication number: 20150123548
    Abstract: In order to regulate an illuminance, an actual value of a sensor (3) is queried, said value being dependent on the illuminance to be regulated and being regulated to a setpoint value. In a control step, an electronic computing device (11) determines an actuating step for an illuminant (2) on the basis of said actual value and a parameter value of a control parameter. The electronic computing device (11) determines a new parameter value of the control parameter for a subsequent control step on the basis of a first actual value which is received before the corresponding control step, and a second actual value which is determined after the corresponding control step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Dominik Vogt, Gunther Sejkora
  • Publication number: 20050021242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a data carrier having memory locations to which data is written, wherein the memory locations have a number of first memory locations with erroneous data and at least one second memory location for the arrangement of analytical substances on the data carrier, wherein, when the analytical substances react with a medium that is to be investigated, the reaction product may cause a change to the data item which is written to the at least one second memory location, and the number of first memory locations is designed such that, on the one hand, when there is no reaction between the analytical substances and a medium which is to be investigated, a first data record can be determined when reading the data carrier and using a conventional error correction method, and, on the other hand, when the reaction product has caused a change to the data item which is written to the at least one second memory location, a second data record can be determined when reading the data carrier and using the c
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Wick, Ulrich rexhausen, Dominik Vogt