Patents by Inventor Leo Michels

Leo Michels 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).

  • Patent number: 11247678
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having partial/full autonomous driving, having a plurality of wheels, a drive system for producing a drive torque at at least one of the wheels, and a brake system for producing at least one holding force for holding still at least one of the wheels, a rotational speed sensor being allocated to at least one of the wheels, which sensor produces a respective signal pulse for each of a plurality of positions of angular rotation of the associated wheel, a specifiable driving maneuver being performed as a function of the produced signal pulses. For a short path driving process starting from a standstill, the brake force is reduced until the rotational speed sensor produces a first signal pulse, and is then held at least temporarily constant until a specified number of signal pulses is produced, and subsequently is increased up to the holding force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Crepin, Leo Michels, Thomas Brettschneider, Toni Frenzel
  • Patent number: 10994738
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine of a vehicle, in which after an execution of an automated gear change of a transmission of the vehicle, an acceleration force for accelerating the vehicle is requested when a force value representing a present drive force of the engine is in a tolerance band around a reference value determined before the gear change and a request signal for the acceleration force exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schultz, Benjamin Pfeil, Leo Michels, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Publication number: 20200223442
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine of a vehicle, in which after an execution of an automated gear change of a transmission of the vehicle, an acceleration force for accelerating the vehicle is requested when a force value representing a present drive force of the engine is in a tolerance band around a reference value determined before the gear change and a request signal for the acceleration force exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Schultz, Benjamin Pfeil, Leo Michels, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Patent number: 10626033
    Abstract: There is described a bioreactor comprising a perforated tube for inputting wastewater therein, a textured wall, such as a geotextile membrane, and an oxygenating unit comprising a pressurized air bubble diffuser. The wall is spirally installed around the perforated tube, defining a passageway fluidly connected to the perforated tube and along which the wastewater inputted in the perforated tube is forced to travel. The membrane is adapted for hosting aerobic bacteria at a surface thereof. The oxygenating unit is provided at a bottom of the passageway for oxygenating the passageway. The bioreactor can be included in a treatment apparatus comprising primary treatment chambers and a decantation chambers, forming a standalone unit which is compact and easy to install.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: LES ENTREPRISES CHARTIER (2009) INC.
    Inventors: Leo-Michel Chartier, Michel Chartier
  • Publication number: 20190118817
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having partial/full autonomous driving, having a plurality of wheels, a drive system for producing a drive torque at at least one of the wheels, and a brake system for producing at least one holding force for holding still at least one of the wheels, a rotational speed sensor being allocated to at least one of the wheels, which sensor produces a respective signal pulse for each of a plurality of positions of angular rotation of the associated wheel, a specifiable driving maneuver being performed as a function of the produced signal pulses. For a short path driving process starting from a standstill, the brake force is reduced until the rotational speed sensor produces a first signal pulse, and is then held at least temporarily constant until a specified number of signal pulses is produced, and subsequently is increased up to the holding force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Bettina Crepin, Leo Michels, Thomas Brettschneider, Toni Frenzel
  • Publication number: 20180354827
    Abstract: There is described a bioreactor comprising a perforated tube for inputting wastewater therein, a textured wall, such as a geotextile membrane, and an oxygenating unit comprising a pressurized air bubble diffuser. The wall is spirally installed around the perforated tube, defining a passageway fluidly connected to the perforated tube and along which the wastewater inputted in the perforated tube is forced to travel. The membrane is adapted for hosting aerobic bacteria at a surface thereof. The oxygenating unit is provided at a bottom of the passageway for oxygenating the passageway. The bioreactor can be included in a treatment apparatus comprising primary treatment chambers and a decantation chambers, forming a standalone unit which is compact and easy to install.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Leo-Michel CHARTIER, Michel CHARTIER