Patents by Inventor Lars Nitz

Lars Nitz 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 operating a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10793158
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz
  • Method and Device for Operating a Motor Vehicle, and Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170183012
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz
  • Method for operating a motor vehicle in trailing throttle mode
    Patent number: 9126481
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle with an adjustable coupling (intermediate device) between the (crank)shaft and floor contact elements (wheels), wherein the coupling is set in trailing throttle mode in such a way that the rotational speed of the shaft is reduced, in particular is adjusted to a predefined value, in order to reduce the internal losses of the drive, in particular an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: AUDI AG, CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz, Bernd Schafer
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IN TRAILING THROTTLE MODE
    Publication number: 20140200783
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle with an adjustable coupling (intermediate device) between the (crank)shaft and floor contact elements (wheels), wherein the coupling is set in over trailing throttle mode in such a way that the rotational speed of the shaft is reduced, in particular is adjusted to a predefined value, in order to reduce the internal losses of the drive, in particular an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz, Bernd Schafer