Patents by Inventor Heinz Amann

Heinz Amann 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: 8593271
    Abstract: A method is provided for the avoidance or at least mitigation of a collision between a first vehicle driving in a first lane and a second vehicle driving in a second lane when the second vehicle changes lane from the second lane o to the first lane. The method includes, but is not limited to the following steps. An impending lane change of the second vehicle from the second lane to the first lane is determined, a first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle and a first position of the second vehicle are determined. Furthermore, the determined first distance d1 of the second vehicle from the first vehicle is then compared with a first predetermined threshold value. The first predetermined threshold value is direction-dependent and the determined first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle is compared with the first predetermined threshold value in the direction of the determined first position of the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Amann
  • Publication number: 20110227713
    Abstract: A method is provided for the avoidance or at least mitigation of a collision between a first vehicle driving in a first lane and a second vehicle driving in a second lane when the second vehicle changes lane from the second lane to the first lane. The method includes, but is not limited to the following steps. An impending lane change of the second vehicle from the second lane to the first lane is determined, a first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle and a first position of the second vehicle are determined. Furthermore, the determined first distance d1 of the second vehicle from the first vehicle is then compared with a first predetermined threshold value. The first predetermined threshold value is direction-dependent and the determined first distance of the second vehicle from the first vehicle is compared with the first predetermined threshold value in the direction of the determined first position of the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz AMANN
  • Patent number: 6297761
    Abstract: A measuring apparatus has a sensor element that produces an output signal proportional to a variable to be measured. An integrator which, beginning at a starting value, integrates the output signal from the sensor element. A comparator is connected downstream of the integrator, compares the output signal from the integrator with a threshold value, and outputs an output signal corresponding to the result of the comparison. A reset device that is likewise connected downstream of the comparator and resets the integrator to the starting value at specific times. This is a simple way of achieving integrability in autonomous modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jens Barrenscheen, Andreas Jansen, Hermann Kern, Heinz Amann
  • Patent number: 5060048
    Abstract: A discretely constructed MOSFET is switched by a voltage applied between gate terminal and source terminal. The source terminal has a self-inductance in which a fast change of the load current induces a considerable voltage which opposes the applied gate-source bias. This opposing voltage is reduced since the source contact is connected to an auxiliary terminal which is largely magnetically decoupled from the source terminal. A control voltage is applied between gate terminal and auxiliary terminal. When a plurality of MOSFETs are connected in parallel, oscillations in the control circuit can thus be effectively suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft & Semikron GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Hebenstreit, Leo Lorenz, Winfried Schierz, Heinz Amann
  • Patent number: 4907068
    Abstract: In a semiconductor arrangement having at least one semiconductor body located on an insulating substrate provided with interconnects, a low-inductance arrangement can be achieved in that the connecting leads are arranged in close proximity to one another and at least partially parallel to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Amann, Leo Lorenz