Patents by Inventor Heiko Rabba

Heiko Rabba 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: 11209495
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a power electronic assembly is improved to be more effective and versatile. It includes converting and/or modifying an electrical input into at least one electrical output by a conversion and/or modifying process which proceeds in connection with the power electronic assembly. During the conversion and/or modification a bit stream is generated by a delta-sigma modulator and represents the electrical value, that is to say the electrical input or the at least one electrical output. One bit stream each can also be generated by a plurality of delta-sigma modulators and represents the respective electrical value, that is to say the electrical input and the at least one electrical output. The power electronic assembly is monitored based on the one bit stream(s) thus generated and available as a result. The bit stream(s) is/are not demodulated, and therefore very meaningful information of the corresponding useful signal is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
    Inventors: Thomas Orlik, Michael Homann, Jan Klöck, Heiko Rabba
  • Publication number: 20210080510
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a power electronic assembly is improved to be more effective and versatile. It includes converting and/or modifying an electrical input into at least one electrical output by a conversion and/or modifying process which proceeds in connection with the power electronic assembly. During the conversion and/or modification a bit stream is generated by a delta-sigma modulator and represents the electrical value, that is to say the electrical input or the at least one electrical output. One bit stream each can also be generated by a plurality of delta-sigma modulators and represents the respective electrical value, that is to say the electrical input and the at least one electrical output. The power electronic assembly is monitored based on the one bit stream(s) thus generated and available as a result. The bit stream(s) is/are not demodulated, and therefore very meaningful information of the corresponding useful signal is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
    Inventors: Thomas ORLIK, Michael HOMANN, Jan KLÖCK, Heiko RABBA
  • Patent number: 6807475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle and the distance of the motor vehicle to least one motor vehicle driving ahead, where at least the speed v of the motor vehicle and the distance a to the motor vehicle driving ahead are determined with the aid of a detector having a distance sensor, where the traveling speed v is adjusted in response to the measured distance a deviating from a setpoint trailing distance as, and where the engineering problem of controlling the speed and the distance of a motor vehicle to least one preceding motor vehicle is solved in both a simple and reliable manner, in that an intervention distance ai′ is determined which is less than the range of the distance sensor, and that the traveling speed v is adjusted at a distance a which is less than the intervention distance ai.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Wolfgang Baeker, Heiko Rabba
  • Patent number: 6768937
    Abstract: A method is for regulating the speed of an automobile and the distance of the automobile from at least one automobile driving in front during a docking process, the driving speed of the automobile being greater than that of the automobile in front. According to the method, a detection device with a distance sensor is used to determine at least the speed of the automobile, the relative speed and the distance from the automobile in front, and the value of a normal acceleration for a braking operation of the vehicle is calculated according to the difference between a predetermined normal desired following distance and the distance and the relative speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Heiko Rabba, Thomas Bizenberger
  • Publication number: 20030132046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle and the distance of the motor vehicle to least one motor vehicle driving ahead, where at least the speed v of the motor vehicle and the distance a to the motor vehicle driving ahead are determined with the aid of a detector having a distance sensor, where the traveling speed v is adjusted in response to the measured distance a deviating from a setpoint trailing distance as, and where the engineering problem of controlling the speed and the distance of a motor vehicle to least one preceding motor vehicle is solved in both a simple and reliable manner, in that an intervention distance ai′ is determined which is less than the range of the distance sensor, and that the traveling speed v is adjusted at a distance a which is less than the intervention distance ai.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Wolfgang Baeker, Heiko Rabba
  • Publication number: 20030014175
    Abstract: A method is for regulating the speed of an automobile and the distance of the automobile from at least one automobile driving in front during a docking process, the driving speed of the automobile being greater than that of the automobile in front. According to the method, a detection device with a distance sensor is used to determine at least the speed of the automobile, the relative speed and the distance from the automobile in front, and the value of a normal acceleration for a braking operation of the vehicle is calculated according to the difference between a predetermined normal desired following distance and the distance and the relative speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Heiko Rabba, Thomas Bizenberger
  • Patent number: 6493625
    Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle and the distance of a motor vehicle to at least one motor vehicle driving ahead includes the steps of: inputting a setpoint trailing distance to the motor vehicle driving ahead; determining, in accordance with at least one detector, at least the speed of the motor vehicle, the distance, and the speed relative to the motor vehicle driving ahead; decelerating or accelerating the motor vehicle in response to the detected distance deviating from the setpoint trailing distance; calculating, in response to the motor vehicle driving ahead being lost from the detection range of the detector (target loss), the speed of the motor vehicle driving ahead from the relative speed determined prior to losing the target; and calculating the actual distance from the driving speed of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Wolfgang Baeker, Thomas Bizenberger, Heiko Rabba
  • Publication number: 20020018003
    Abstract: A method for controlling the speed of a motor vehicle and the distance of a motor vehicle to at least one motor vehicle driving ahead includes the steps of: inputting a setpoint trailing distance to the motor vehicle driving ahead; determining, in accordance with at least one detector, at least the speed of the motor vehicle, the distance, and the speed relative to the motor vehicle driving ahead; decelerating or accelerating the motor vehicle in response to the detected distance deviating from the setpoint trailing distance; calculating, in response to the motor vehicle driving ahead being lost from the detection range of the detector (target loss), the speed of the motor vehicle driving ahead from the relative speed determined prior to losing the target; and calculating the actual distance from the driving speed of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Andreas, Thomas Ruchatz, Wolfgang Baeker, Thomas Bizenberger, Heiko Rabba