Patents by Inventor Edwin Vliem

Edwin Vliem 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