Patents by Inventor Herbert Weinert

Herbert Weinert 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).

  • Apparatus for controlling engine speed
    Patent number: 4870934
    Abstract: In a device on a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine as the drive source and an accelerator pedal and transmission means for controlling the power of the internal combustion engine a switch activated when the accelerator pedal is actuated is provided in the power control system, which switch, in the non-activated state, prevents the internal combustion engine from delivering power exceeding its idling power. If the internal combustion engine is provided with an overrun cut-off for interrupting the fuel supply during overrun operation, the switch can be the idling switch of the overrun cut-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Aldo Vanetta, Helmut Burkhart, Herbert Weinert