Patents by Inventor Guenter Branz

Guenter Branz 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 coding control devices in means of conveyance
    Patent number: 6904339
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for configuration of networked controllers in a vehicle that can be manufactured with various outfitting variants (that is, differing components and features), at least one controller being configurable to different outfitting variants of the vehicle, characterizing information is stored for the various outfitting variants of the vehicle. The data for configuring the controllers are stored in an outfitting variant controller on board the vehicle. A particular controller that is to be configured in this manner transmits characterizing information to the outfitting variant controller for configuration to a specified outfitting variant of the vehicle in which it is installed. The outfitting variant controller assembles the data for configuring the particular controller using the characterizing information and the data stored on the outfitting variant controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Guenter Branz, Thomas Kersten, Christian Kuehn, Volker Seefried
  • Method for coding control devices in means of conveyance
    Publication number: 20040024473
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for configuration of networked controllers in a vehicle that can be manufactured with various outfitting variants (that is, differing components and features), at least one controller being configurable to different outfitting variants of the vehicle, characterizing information is stored for the various outfitting variants of the vehicle. The data for configuring the controllers are stored in an outfitting variant controller on board the vehicle. A particular controller that is to be configured in this manner transmits characterizing information to the outfitting variant controller for configuration to a specified outfitting variant of the vehicle in which it is installed. The outfitting variant controller assembles the data for configuring the particular controller using the characterizing information and the data stored on the outfitting variant controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Guenter Branz, Thomas Kersten, Christian Kuehn, Volker Seefried