Patents by Inventor Horst Hellbrück

Horst Hellbrück 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 and apparatus for determining a driving strategy
    Patent number: 8666629
    Abstract: A method for determining a driving strategy for a driver of a motor vehicle includes receiving local information about a plurality of other motor vehicles using a receiving device, wherein the plurality of other motor vehicles are ahead of the motor vehicle and are relevant to the traffic situation. The method further includes recording the local information using the receiving device and deriving driving information from the local information so as to provide a driving strategy in the form of at least one action recommendation for the driver, the at least one action recommendation including a recommended speed based on an average speed of the plurality of other motor vehicles and on a desired speed of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Technische Universitaet Braunschweig
    Inventors: Sandor Fekete, Christopher Tessars, Christiane Schmidt, Axel Wegener, Stefan Fischer, Horst Hellbrueck
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING STRATEGY
    Publication number: 20110208399
    Abstract: A method for determining a driving strategy for a driver of a motor vehicle includes receiving local information about a plurality of other motor vehicles using a receiving device, wherein the plurality of other motor vehicles are ahead of the motor vehicle and are relevant to the traffic situation. The method further includes recording the local information using the receiving device and deriving driving information from the local information so as to provide a driving strategy in the form of at least one action recommendation for the driver, the at least one action recommendation including a recommended speed based on an average speed of the plurality of other motor vehicles and on a desired speed of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG
    Inventors: Sandor Fekete, Christopher Tessars, Christiane Schmidt, Axel Wegener, Stefan Fischer, Horst Hellbrueck
  • Spring clip for fixing semiconductor modules to a heat sink
    Patent number: 6431259
    Abstract: In order to fix a semiconductor module to a heat sink, the semiconductor module and the heat sink are clamped together by one or more clips made of spring material, i.e. spring clips. A mutually matched form of the spring clips optimizes the connection between the heat sink and the semiconductor modules. A respective connection of clip body and heat sink or semiconductor module is advantageously effective in such a way that the spring clip can be inserted into a respective spring clip receptacle and holds automatically on/in the heat sink or semiconductor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Eupec Europaeische Gesellschaft fuer Leistungshalbleiter MbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Hellbrück, Ralf Jörke, Konstantin Kanelis, Manfred Loddenkötter, Thilo Stolze