Patents by Inventor Hanno Stingl

Hanno Stingl 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).

  • Publication number: 20250162373
    Abstract: A device for operating a chassis of a two-track vehicle, in which each vehicle wheel is assigned a suspension spring, which carries the static body weight of the vehicle, and a vertical dynamics actuator, which is actuatable by a vertical dynamics control unit, having a tipping detection function which detects a tipping situation with a roll-over risk in which there is a danger that the vehicle will tip sideways on a transversely inclined roadway. When a roll-over risk is detected, the vertical dynamics control unit actuates the vertical dynamics actuators to avoid roll-over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian SCHMALKOKE, Hanno STINGL, Timo STRUTZ, Tobias TEMPLER
  • Publication number: 20250153528
    Abstract: A vehicle with an active chassis, in which each vehicle wheel is linked to the vehicle body by a wheel suspension which has a vibration/damping device with a vertical dynamics system which can be controlled by a chassis control unit, namely by adjusting the roll stiffness and the articulation capability of the vehicle which behaves in the opposite direction. The chassis control unit is assigned a user-operable input with which the roll stiffness and the opposing articulation capability can be manually adjusted, in particular during off-road driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian SCHMALKOKE, Hanno STINGL, Timo STRUTZ, Tobias TEMPLER
  • Patent number: 12280625
    Abstract: A vehicle having an active chassis system with curve tilting function, comprises a control unit, which when negotiating a curve determines a vehicle tilting angle on the basis of a current vehicle transverse acceleration or a correlated driving operation parameter, by which the vehicle transverse acceleration can be reduced, wherein the control unit uses the vehicle tilting angle so determined to trigger actuators of a suspension/shock absorbing system in order to adjust the vehicle tilting angle. The curve tilting function incorporates a prediction unit which provides the curve negotiation data for an upcoming curve. The vehicle tilting angle is set in consideration of the curve negotiation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Cariad SE, Audi AG
    Inventors: Andreas Unger, Michael Jall, Philipp Knuth, Hanno Stingl, Tobias Templer
  • Publication number: 20230073311
    Abstract: A vehicle having an active chassis system with curve tilting function, comprises a control unit, which when negotiating a curve determines a vehicle tilting angle on the basis of a current vehicle transverse acceleration or a correlated driving operation parameter, by which the vehicle transverse acceleration can be reduced, wherein the control unit uses the vehicle tilting angle so determined to trigger actuators of a suspension/shock absorbing system in order to adjust the vehicle tilting angle. The curve tilting function incorporates a prediction unit which provides the curve negotiation data for an upcoming curve. The vehicle tilting angle is set in consideration of the curve negotiation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Unger, Michael Jall, Philipp Knuth, Hanno Stingl, Tobias Templer