Patents by Inventor Geoffrey B. Bauer

Geoffrey B. 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).

  • Method For Improving an Indirectly Measuring Tire Pressure Monitoring System
    Publication number: 20080208502
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of improving the recognition of a tire pressure loss in a tire pressure monitoring system in which at least one reference value (A) is formed on the basis of signals representing the rotational speeds of several vehicle wheels. A pressure loss is concluded by comparing a currently determined reference value with at least one reference value if the currently determined reference value exceeds or falls short of a predefined value. A noise analysis of the reference value(s) (101) is executed and at least one threshold value (T, S) is adjusted (108) based on the result of the noise analysis (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Vladimir Koukes, Martin Griesser, Michel Wagner, Geoffrey B. Bauer
  • Method to mitigate vehicle roll oscillations by limiting the rate of recovery of the lateral component of the tire force vector
    Patent number: 6757595
    Abstract: A stability control system and method is provided for decreasing the propensity for rollover and preventing a rapid body roll movement after active management by the stability control system. The control system and method recognizes a propensity for vehicle instability, modifies the tire force vector of the vehicle's wheel to increase stability, and returns the tire force vector at a limited rate to prevent an impulse force on the wheel. The tire force vector may be held for a period of time after the propensity for vehicle instability is no longer recognized. A logic block is provided for determining the propensity for the impulse force on the wheel, which results in control of the proportional control signal or other signal to regulate the control input that is sent to the braking or steering control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Teves, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Bauer
  • METHOD TO MITIGATE VEHICLE ROLL OSCILLATIONS BY LIMITING THE RATE OF RECOVERY OF THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF THE TIRE FORCE VECTOR
    Publication number: 20040117071
    Abstract: A stability control system and method is provided for decreasing the propensity for rollover and preventing a rapid body roll movement after active management by the stability control system. The control system and method recognizes a propensity for vehicle instability, modifies the tire force vector of the vehicle's wheel to increase stability, and returns the tire force vector at a limited rate to prevent an impulse force on the wheel. The tire force vector may be held for a period of time after the propensity for vehicle instability is no longer recognized. A logic block is provided for determining the propensity for the impulse force on the wheel, which results in control of the proportional control signal or other signal to regulate the control input that is sent to the braking or steering control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Continental Teves, Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey B. Bauer