Patents by Inventor Erica Hingst

Erica Hingst 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).

  • Patent number: 12257991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. One example system includes a deceleration actuator coupled to a first wheel of the vehicle and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the deceleration actuator. The electronic processor is configured to receive a vehicle park command. The electronic processor is configured to, responsive to receiving the vehicle park command, determine a maximum holding pressure threshold. The electronic processor is configured to determine a requested braking pressure for the deceleration actuator. The electronic processor is configured to determine whether the requested braking pressure exceeds the maximum holding pressure threshold. The electronic processor is configured to, responsive to determining that the requested braking pressure does not exceed the maximum holding pressure threshold, control the deceleration actuator to apply, to the first wheel during a hold time, a holding braking pressure equivalent to the requested braking pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ryan A. Kuhlman, Erica Hingst, Guillaume Hastoy, Samuel Steele
  • Publication number: 20240124000
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting a failure of a wheel speed sensor. One example system includes an encoder and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the wheel speed sensor, a wheel speed, receive, from the encoder, a signal, and determine, based on the signal from the encoder, a positional change of an electric motor shaft of the electric motor. The electronic processor is configured to determine, based on the wheel speed and the positional change of the electric motor, whether the wheel speed sensor is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Anthony J. Farrell, Erica Hingst, Ankit Shah, Sivaraja Velusamy
  • Patent number: 11685358
    Abstract: A system and method for classifying an actuation of an electric parking brake of a vehicle is presented. In one example, the system includes a sensor configured to sense a vehicle parameter, an output device, a memory including an electric parking brake usage profile, and an electronic controller configured to receive the electric parking brake usage profile, receive the vehicle parameter, detect an actuation of the electric parking brake, and in response to detecting an actuation of the electric parking brake: determine a reason for the actuation of the electric parking brake, determine an attribute of the vehicle based on the vehicle parameter, classify the actuation of the electric parking brake based on a numerical value of the attribute and/or the reason for the actuation of the electric parking brake, update the electric parking brake usage profile based on the classification, and output the updated parking brake usage profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Erica Hingst, Kathan Sheth, Anthony Farrell, Ankit Shah, Sivaraja Velusamy
  • Publication number: 20230134211
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle. One example system includes a deceleration actuator coupled to a first wheel of the vehicle and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the deceleration actuator. The electronic processor is configured to receive a vehicle park command. The electronic processor is configured to, responsive to receiving the vehicle park command, determine a maximum holding pressure threshold. The electronic processor is configured to determine a requested braking pressure for the deceleration actuator. The electronic processor is configured to determine whether the requested braking pressure exceeds the maximum holding pressure threshold. The electronic processor is configured to, responsive to determining that the requested braking pressure does not exceed the maximum holding pressure threshold, control the deceleration actuator to apply, to the first wheel during a hold time, a holding braking pressure equivalent to the requested braking pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan A. Kuhlman, Erica Hingst, Guillaume Hastoy, Samuel Steele
  • Publication number: 20220194349
    Abstract: A system and method for classifying an actuation of an electric parking brake of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Erica Hingst, Kathan Sheth, Anthony Farrell, Ankit Shah, Sivaraja Velusamy