Patents by Inventor Georg Kaufl

Georg Kaufl 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: 11348381
    Abstract: A mobile identification transmitter for an access arrangement of a vehicle, said access arrangement being supplied by a vehicle battery, comprises an identification-transmitter-side receiving device for receiving a vehicle-side request signal. Furthermore, it comprises an identification-transmitter-side transmitting device for emitting a response signal in response to the reception of the vehicle-side request signal. Finally, the mobile identification transmitter has an identification-transmitter-side control device for identifying and/or estimating the state of charge of the vehicle battery, for comparing the identified and/or estimated state of charge with a predetermined threshold value, and for identifying an emergency state of the access arrangement if the identified and/or estimated state of charge falls below the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl
  • Patent number: 11192525
    Abstract: An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for unlocking a locking mechanism. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device which is set up to supply the unlocking device with energy independently of the on-board power supply of the vehicle. Moreover, the access arrangement has a vehicle-side energy supply device comprising a first section for receiving wirelessly transmitted energy and for converting the transmitted energy into electrical energy, and a second section for charging the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. In particular, the access arrangement also comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking access authorization, which is supplied with energy independently of the on-board power supply by means of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl, Stefan Hermann, Alexander Heinrich
  • Patent number: 11157291
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a controller as a bus participant in a bus network, wherein the controller comprises a microcontroller comprising a processor unit and a bus controller cell, and the processor unit is stopped for a sleep mode. If the processor unit is stopped, the bus controller cell receives bus messages from the bus network, the bus controller cell stores at least some of the received bus messages in a memory, the processor unit is activated at predetermined times and checks whether the memory contains a wake-up message for the controller, and, in this case, the controller changes from the sleep mode to a wake mode, and otherwise the processor unit is stopped again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Käufl, Uwe Hennig
  • Patent number: 11155240
    Abstract: An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for unlocking a locking mechanism. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device which is set up to supply the unlocking device with energy independently of the on-board power supply of the vehicle. Moreover, the access arrangement has a vehicle-side energy supply device comprising a first section for receiving wirelessly transmitted energy and for converting the transmitted energy into electrical energy, and a second section for charging the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. In particular, the access arrangement also comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking access authorization, which is supplied with energy independently of the on-board power supply by means of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl, Stefan Hermann, Alexander Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20210141647
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a controller as a bus participant in a bus network, wherein the controller comprises a microcontroller comprising a processor unit and a bus controller cell, and the processor unit is stopped for a sleep mode. If the processor unit is stopped, the bus controller cell receives bus messages from the bus network, the bus controller cell stores at least some of the received bus messages in a memory, the processor unit is activated at predetermined times and checks whether the memory contains a wake-up message for the controller, and, in this case, the controller changes from the sleep mode to a wake mode, and otherwise the processor unit is stopped again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Georg Käufl, Uwe Hennig
  • Publication number: 20200216031
    Abstract: An access arrangement for a vehicle comprises a vehicle-side unlocking device for unlocking a locking mechanism. Furthermore, it comprises a vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device which is set up to supply the unlocking device with energy independently of the on-board power supply of the vehicle. Moreover, the access arrangement has a vehicle-side energy supply device comprising a first section for receiving wirelessly transmitted energy and for converting the transmitted energy into electrical energy, and a second section for charging the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device. In particular, the access arrangement also comprises a vehicle-side authentication device for checking access authorization, which is supplied with energy independently of the on-board power supply by means of the vehicle-side rechargeable electrical energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl, Stefan Hermann, Alexander Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20200219334
    Abstract: A mobile identification transmitter for an access arrangement of a vehicle, said access arrangement being supplied by a vehicle battery, comprises an identification-transmitter-side receiving device for receiving a vehicle-side request signal. Furthermore, it comprises an identification-transmitter-side transmitting device for emitting a response signal in response to the reception of the vehicle-side request signal. Finally, the mobile identification transmitter has an identification-transmitter-side control device for identifying and/or estimating the state of charge of the vehicle battery, for comparing the identified and/or estimated state of charge with a predetermined threshold value, and for identifying an emergency state of the access arrangement if the identified and/or estimated state of charge falls below the predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich Emmerling, Annette Hebling, Christine Igl, Georg Käufl
  • Publication number: 20070015383
    Abstract: The present device relates to a plug-in connector including a plug and a socket with a housing for connecting conduits to a consumer device, such as an electronic regulator or an electronic controller of an automobile. To achieve a compact construction and reduced space requirements, several individual plugs are interconnected to form a plug group and the socket is configured in such a way that the individual plugs that are inserted into the plug housing form a modular plug group comprising at least two individual plugs arranged in a row. Thus, intermediate walls between individual plugs can become superfluous and a specific insertion and removal sequence of individual plugs can be defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Jahn, Georg Kaufl