Patents by Inventor FLORIAN HUBERT LIMBRUNNER

FLORIAN HUBERT LIMBRUNNER 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).

  • System and method for determining at least one tire contact area parameter characterizing a dimension of a tire contact area on a tire of a wheel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10399396
    Abstract: A system for determining a tire contact area parameter includes a sensor module on the tire. The sensor module has a sensor that receives a sensor signal which is dependent on a mechanical tire load at a predetermined measuring point on the tire. A first evaluation device evaluates the sensor signal and provides data based on the sensor signal. The data contain a data element which indicates a time point in the sensor signal. The time point characterizes a passage of the measuring point through the tire contact area. A second evaluation device calculates the tire contact area parameter by evaluating the data provided by the first evaluation device. The first evaluation device analyzes the sensor signal based on a predetermined evaluation criterion with respect to the signal quality of the sensor signal to provide signal quality information of the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Hubert Limbrunner, Matthias Kretschmann
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE TIRE CONTACT AREA PARAMETER CHARACTERIZING A DIMENSION OF A TIRE CONTACT AREA ON A TIRE OF A WHEEL OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170334254
    Abstract: A system for determining a tire contact area parameter includes a sensor module on the tire. The sensor module has a sensor that receives a sensor signal which is dependent on a mechanical tire load at a predetermined measuring point on the tire. A first evaluation device evaluates the sensor signal and provides data based on the sensor signal. The data contain a data element which indicates a time point in the sensor signal. The time point characterizes a passage of the measuring point through the tire contact area. A second evaluation device calculates the tire contact area parameter by evaluating the data provided by the first evaluation device. The first evaluation device analyses the sensor signal based on a predetermined evaluation criterion with respect to the signal quality of the sensor signal to provide signal quality information of the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: FLORIAN HUBERT LIMBRUNNER, MATTHIAS KRETSCHMANN