Patents by Inventor Fred Galkowski

Fred Galkowski 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: 8078361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for assisting an operator of a vehicle in adjusting a nominal steering angle at steerable wheels of the vehicle for the vehicle stabilization. An additional steering torque is applied to the steering line of the vehicle, which is determined dependent on a difference between a nominal steering angle and an instantaneous steering angle. The method is characterized in that a value of a load moment acting on the steering line of the vehicle is estimated, and that the additional steering torque is established dependent on the estimated value for the load moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., OHG
    Inventors: Fred Galkowski, Thomas Berthold, Thomas Raste, Urs Bauer
  • Patent number: 7496436
    Abstract: In a method and a device for assisting an operator of a vehicle in the vehicle stabilization, an additional steering torque is applied to the steering line of the vehicle. The method manifests itself by the feature that a first component of the additional steering torque is determined depending on a steering angle difference between an instantaneous steering angle at steerable wheels of the vehicle and a nominal steering angle, and the steering angle difference is determined depending on a difference between an instantaneous value of a yaw rate of the vehicle and a value of a reference yaw rate, and with the value of the reference yaw rate being established in a vehicle model by way of a value of at least one variable predefined by the driver. The device implements the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & CVo. oHG
    Inventors: Fred Galkowski, Thomas Berthold, Thomas Raste, Urs Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070239333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting an operator of a vehicle in the vehicle stabilization, wherein an additional steering torque is applied to the steering line of the vehicle. The method manifests itself by the feature that a first component of the additional steering torque is determined depending on a steering angle difference between an instantaneous steering angle at steerable wheels of the vehicle and a nominal steering angle, and the steering angle difference is determined depending on a difference between an instantaneous value of a yaw rate of the vehicle and a value of a reference yaw rate, and with the value of the reference yaw rate being established in a vehicle model by way of a value of at least one variable predefined by the driver. The invention further relates to a device which is appropriate for implementing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Fred Galkowski, Thomas Berthold, Thomas Raste, Urs Bauer