Patents by Inventor Gerd Kaiser

Gerd Kaiser 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: 12077172
    Abstract: Controlling an actual slip of at least one driven axle of a motor vehicle with at least one axle having at least one wheel and a one drive unit for providing a drive torque for the axle and for the wheel can be carried out by a control device for controlling the drive unit. The control device can be configured for establishing a first actual speed of the motor vehicle; establishing a second actual speed of the at least one wheel; calculating a target speed of the at least one wheel for the established first actual speed taking into account parameters; determining an actual slip of the at least one wheel with respect to a substrate on which the motor vehicle is being moved; when the actual slip exceeds a defined first limit slip, generating a limit torque by which the drive torque produced by the drive unit is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero, Volker-René Ruiters, Marius Offenberg, Rudolf Fitz
  • Publication number: 20230021794
    Abstract: Controlling an actual slip of at least one driven axle of a motor vehicle with at least one axle having at least one wheel and a one drive unit for providing a drive torque for the axle and for the wheel can be carried out by a control device for controlling the drive unit. The control device can be configured for establishing a first actual speed of the motor vehicle; establishing a second actual speed of the at least one wheel; calculating a target speed of the at least one wheel for the established first actual speed taking into account parameters; determining an actual slip of the at least one wheel with respect to a substrate on which the motor vehicle is being moved; when the actual slip exceeds a defined first limit slip, generating a limit torque by which the drive torque produced by the drive unit is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero, Volker-René Ruiters, Marius Offenberg, Rudolf Fitz
  • Patent number: 10882506
    Abstract: A method controls a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least an electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Gerd Kaiser, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Florian Sontheim, Enrique Cordero, Rainer Bruening
  • Patent number: 10696176
    Abstract: A drive system for at least one axle of a motor vehicle can be controlled, wherein the drive system has at least one electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and optionally a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and optionally a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the clutches, wherein the first output shaft and the optional second output shaft are arranged on a common axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.
    Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Florian Sontheim, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero
  • Publication number: 20190160964
    Abstract: A drive system for at least one axle of a motor vehicle can be controlled, wherein the drive system has at least one electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and optionally a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and optionally a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the clutches, wherein the first output shaft and the optional second output shaft are arranged on a common axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Florian Sontheim, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero
  • Publication number: 20190161067
    Abstract: A method controls a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least an electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Gerd Kaiser, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Florian Sontheim, Enrique Cordero, Rainer Bruening
  • Patent number: 5254175
    Abstract: A cleaning agent for cleaning poorly accessible machine parts in transport or molding of materials in a pasty state, in particular for removal of molding material residues on changeover of the materials. The cleaning agent contains either inorganic salt or organic salt in solution with at least one of either an inorganic solvent and a polar organic solvent. A melting point of the inorganic salt or organic salt is above a processing temperature of the subsequent material. A boiling point of the inorganic solvent or the polar organic solvent is below a processing temperature of the subsequent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Inventor: Hans-Gerd Kaiser