Patents by Inventor Fridolin BAUER

Fridolin BAUER 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).

  • Control system for a motor vehicle and method for diagnosing a failure in a control system
    Patent number: 11872996
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle having a first control unit and having a first power electronics unit connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the first control unit for supplying power to a first actuator in normal operation of the control system. In order to ensure proper operation of a control system for a motor vehicle, even in the event of a fault, the control system has a backup control unit and a backup power electronics unit connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the backup control unit for supplying power to the first actuator in a first backup operation of the control system. The backup control unit is connected to the first control unit in a signal-transmitting manner. The control system is transferred from normal operation to the first backup operation as a function of the arrival in the backup control unit of a fault signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & CO. KGaA
    Inventors: Nikolaus Decius, Julian Eckstein, Sergey Orlov, Peter Grabs, Matthias Korte, Pascal Vollmer, Heiko Lerch, Michael Claus, Fridolin Bauer, Juergen Gebert, Florian Oszwald
  • Control system for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle, method for controlling a motor vehicle, computer program product and computer-readable medium
    Patent number: 11400951
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, including a first control unit for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle, a second control unit for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle and a backup control unit. To ensure the proper execution of functions controlled of a motor vehicle controlled with the aid of control units even in the case of a defective control unit with preferably little additional effort, the backup control unit is configurable depending on the input of an error signal of the first or second control unit such that an actuator corresponding to the defective control unit is controllable with the aid of the backup control unit. A first backup power electronic module is assigned to the first actuator, and a second backup power electronic module is assigned to the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nikolaus Decius, Julian Eckstein, Carsten Kuegeler, Sergey Orlov, Peter Grabs, Matthias Korte, Pascal Vollmer, Heiko Lerch, Michael Claus, Florian Oszwald, Juergen Gebert, Fridolin Bauer
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FAILURE IN A CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210163023
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle having a first control unit and having a first power electronics unit connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the first control unit for supplying power to a first actuator in normal operation of the control system. In order to ensure proper operation of a control system for a motor vehicle, even in the event of a fault, the control system has a backup control unit and a backup power electronics unit connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the backup control unit for supplying power to the first actuator in a first backup operation of the control system. The backup control unit is connected to the first control unit in a signal-transmitting manner. The control system is transferred from normal operation to the first backup operation as a function of the arrival in the backup control unit of a fault signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Nikolaus DECIUS, Julian ECKSTEIN, Sergey ORLOV, Peter GRABS, Matthias KORTE, Pascal VOLLMER, Heiko LERCH, Michael CLAUS, Fridolin BAUER, Juergen GEBERT, Florian OSZWALD
  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20210070312
    Abstract: A control system for a motor vehicle, including a first control unit for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle, a second control unit for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle and a backup control unit. To ensure the proper execution of functions controlled of a motor vehicle controlled with the aid of control units even in the case of a defective control unit with preferably little additional effort, the backup control unit is configurable depending on the input of an error signal of the first or second control unit such that an actuator corresponding to the defective control unit is controllable with the aid of the backup control unit. A first backup power electronic module is assigned to the first actuator, and a second backup power electronic module is assigned to the second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Nikolaus DECIUS, Julian ECKSTEIN, Carsten KUEGELER, Sergey ORLOV, Peter GRABS, Matthias KORTE, Pascal VOLLMER, Heiko LERCH, Michael CLAUS, Florian OSZWALD, Juergen GEBERT, Fridolin BAUER