Patents by Inventor Maik Hoffman

Maik Hoffman 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).

  • Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle and Method for Identifying an Electrically Actuatable Module of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20140114543
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically actuatable assembly of a motor vehicle having at least one component comprising a non-volatile memory. The component has base functionality characteristic for the component and required for the operation of the assembly. The memory comprises a memory region not utilized for realizing the base functionality of the component, in said memory region is stored a characteristic value that identifies the assembly with a predetermined probability. Furthermore, the characteristic value can be read out from the memory region of the component. Finally, the invention describes a method for identifying such an electrically actuatable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Magna Power Train AG & CO
    Inventors: Gerhard Mullner, Karl Reissinger, Ralf Schwarz, Tim-Christopher Meissner, Maik Hoffman, Thomas FERSTL