Patents by Inventor Joseph Michalek

Joseph Michalek 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 controlling traveling speed of a vehicle
    Patent number: 8346456
    Abstract: In a method for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle that has a speed control device into which a set speed can be entered as driver command, a reference variable of the speed control device is varied within a specified or specifiable speed range of the set speed, based on an evaluation of a section of the road ahead of the driver and maintaining a minimum fuel usage in a first operating mode of the speed control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Mario Aleksic, Mike Benowitz, Bernd Martin, Joseph Michalek, Thomas Passegger
  • Method and Apparatus for Controlling Traveling Speed of a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20100318273
    Abstract: In a method for controlling the driving speed of a vehicle that has a speed control device into which a set speed can be entered as driver command, a reference variable of the speed control device is varied within a specified or specifiable speed range of the set speed, based on an evaluation of a section of the road ahead of the driver and maintaining a minimum fuel usage in a first operating mode of the speed control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Mario Aleksic, Mike Benowitz, Bernd Martin, Joseph Michalek, Thomas Passegger