Patents by Inventor Frank Seurer

Frank Seurer 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: 20190222413
    Abstract: A mobile radio terminal is coupled to a control module of a vehicle. The control module is put into a coupling state and sends a secret to the mobile radio terminal to set up a coupling. The setup of a coupling is possible only if the control module is in the coupling state. Security is, therefore, increased when a vehicle is coupled to a mobile radio terminal. Both setup of the coupling and maintenance thereof are able to be monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Marc MENZEL, Frank SEURER
  • Patent number: 10173671
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an internal sensor in a vehicle with an external sensor which is designed to detect external positional data dependent on a position of the vehicle. The method includes: detecting the external positional data using the external sensor; sending the external positional data to the vehicle and filtering the internal positional data based on the external positional data and dependent on the position of the vehicle and by an internal sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Frank Seurer, Adam Swoboda
  • Patent number: 9840242
    Abstract: A method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced depending on surroundings data in order to support an evasive maneuver as soon as a risk of collision is detected using the data from surroundings sensors and vehicle sensors. The vehicle has an electronically regulated braking system which allows a driver-independent build-up and a modulation of the braking forces on the individual wheels of the vehicle, and a steering input by the drive is supported in the event of a detected risk of collision by a driver-independent braking intervention. A brake slip of at least one wheel of the vehicle is limited to a first slip threshold in a first phase of the evasive maneuver and to a second slip threshold in a second phase of the evasive maneuver, wherein the first slip threshold is smaller than the second slip threshold. The invention further relates to an electronic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Kai Bretzigheimer, Frank Seurer
  • Publication number: 20170305417
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an internal sensor in a vehicle with an external sensor which is designed to detect external positional data dependent on a position of the vehicle. The method includes: detecting the external positional data using the external sensor; sending the external positional data to the vehicle and filtering the internal positional data based on the external positional data and dependent on the position of the vehicle and by an internal sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Seurer, Adam Swoboda
  • Publication number: 20160311416
    Abstract: A method in which the driving behavior of a vehicle is influenced depending on surroundings data in order to support an evasive maneuver as soon as a risk of collision is detected using the data from surroundings sensors and vehicle sensors. The vehicle has an electronically regulated braking system which allows a driver-independent build-up and a modulation of the braking forces on the individual wheels of the vehicle, and a steering input by the drive is supported in the event of a detected risk of collision by a driver-independent braking intervention. A brake slip of at least one wheel of the vehicle is limited to a first slip threshold in a first phase of the evasive maneuver and to a second slip threshold in a second phase of the evasive maneuver, wherein the first slip threshold is smaller than the second slip threshold. The invention further relates to an electronic controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Kai Bretzigheimer, Frank Seurer
  • Patent number: 8442737
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle braking system for motor vehicles including a hybrid or electric drive and hydraulically actutable wheel brakes on the front axle, wherein the wheels associated with the rear axle are driven at least partially by an electric motor that can be operated as a generator to recover braking energy and, in generator mode, exerts a braking force on the vehicle wheel associated with the respective axle, thereby generating a drag torque including the braking torque and the regeneration torque of the electric drive, the drag torque being separately regulatable on the front and rear axles. To prevent overbraking of the rear axle and a loss of driving stability of the vehicle, a regeneration torque acting on the rear axle is controlled or regulated such that the drag torque acting on the rear axle does not exceed a maximum drag torque value associated with that axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Frank Seurer, Daniel Fischer, Stefan Stölzl
  • Publication number: 20100198475
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle braking system for motor vehicles including a hybrid or electric drive and hydraulically actutable wheel brakes on the front axle, wherein the wheels associated with the rear axle are driven at least partially by an electric motor that can be operated as a generator to recover braking energy and, in generator mode, exerts a braking force on the vehicle wheel associated with the respective axle, thereby generating a drag torque including the braking torque and the regeneration torque of the electric drive, the drag torque being separately regulatable on the front and rear axles. To prevent overbraking of the rear axle and a loss of driving stability of the vehicle, a regeneration torque acting on the rear axle is controlled or regulated such that the drag torque acting on the rear axle does not exceed a maximum drag torque value associated with that axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Stephan Stölzl, Daniel Fischer, Frank Seurer