Patents by Inventor Frank Hassdenteufel

Frank Hassdenteufel 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).

  • Sensor device for a pedal, and a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal
    Patent number: 9631918
    Abstract: A sensor device for a pedal which is set up to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable by means of the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one determined actuating variable, the sensor device additionally being set up to determine as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding a position and/or a change in position of an input rod disposed on the pedal, which is able to be set into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction. Furthermore, a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Frank Hassdenteufel
  • SENSOR DEVICE FOR A PEDAL, AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING AN OPERATION OF A PEDAL
    Publication number: 20130186221
    Abstract: A sensor device for a pedal which is set up to determine at least one actuating variable regarding an operation of the pedal by a user of a device which is actuable by means of the pedal, and to output information corresponding to the at least one determined actuating variable, the sensor device additionally being set up to determine as the at least one actuating variable, at least one variable regarding a position and/or a change in position of an input rod disposed on the pedal, which is able to be set into at least a rotary motion by operating the pedal, in relation to a specified spatial direction. Furthermore, a method for providing information regarding an operation of a pedal is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Reinhard Weiberle, Frank Hassdenteufel