Patents by Inventor Jan Pieter Maurice

Jan Pieter Maurice 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).

  • Tactile signaling
    Patent number: 7683765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for a motor vehicle having a monitoring unit which monitors a fault-free functionality of at least one operator control unit of the motor vehicle and generates warning signals in the case of limit-value functions of the at least one operator control unit. The monitoring unit generates tactile signals as warning signals so that degradation of performance of the at least one operator control unit can be communicated haptically to a driver of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Julian Requejo, Achim Seibertz, Markus Kees, Jan Pieter Maurice