Patents by Inventor Horst Kiebler

Horst Kiebler 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 device for determining a resistance value of a plural number of actuating devices and method and device for controlling a plural number of actuating devices in a vehicle transmission control unit
    Patent number: 9857404
    Abstract: A method for determining a resistance value of a plural number of actuating devices is provided. The method features a step of the application of a test current pulse at each of the plural number of actuating devices. Moreover, the method features the step of the evaluation of a total current of output currents of the plural number of actuating devices engaging on the test current pulses at a measuring resistor, in order to determine the resistance value of the plural number of actuating devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Horst Kiebler, Ralf Brauchle, Kristian Mueller, Peter Sigg
  • Method and Device to Determine a Resistance Value of a Plurality of Operating Devices and Method and Device to Control a Plurality of Operating Devices
    Publication number: 20150077146
    Abstract: A method for determining a resistance value of a plural number of actuating devices (310) is suggested. The method features a step of the application of a test current pulse at each of the plural number of actuating devices (310). Moreover, the method features one step of the evaluation of a total current of output currents of the plural number of actuating devices (310) engaging on the test current pulses at a measuring resistor (320), in order to determine the resistance value of the plural number of actuating devices (310).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Horst Kiebler, Ralf Brauchle, Kristian Mueller, Peter Sigg