Patents by Inventor MARC-MICHAEL PFLUGMANN

MARC-MICHAEL PFLUGMANN 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).

  • Electronic wheel unit and control device for a wheel-monitoring system of a vehicle, wheel-monitoring system for a vehicle and method for monitoring wheels in a vehicle
    Patent number: 10836221
    Abstract: An electronic wheel unit for a wheel-monitoring system of a vehicle is disposed on one of the wheels and is configured to detect at least one wheel operating parameter of the wheel and to transmit wheel operating data telegrams according to a data transmission protocol wirelessly to a control device, configured to receive and evaluate the wheel operating data telegrams. The electronic control unit defines the data transmission protocol, which is to be used to transmit the wheel operating data telegrams, by using specification data which have previously been transmitted from the control device to the electronic wheel unit. Therefore, automatic adaptation of the data transmission protocol to the respective control device or the respective vehicle can advantageously take place. A control device for such a wheel monitoring system and a system and a method for monitoring wheels are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kraus, Thomas Haas, Christian Brueckl, Marc-Michael Pflugmann
  • ELECTRONIC WHEEL UNIT AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A WHEEL-MONITORING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, WHEEL-MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING WHEELS IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190329607
    Abstract: An electronic wheel unit for a wheel-monitoring system of a vehicle is disposed on one of the wheels and is configured to detect at least one wheel operating parameter of the wheel and to transmit wheel operating data telegrams according to a data transmission protocol wirelessly to a control device, configured to receive and evaluate the wheel operating data telegrams. The electronic control unit defines the data transmission protocol, which is to be used to transmit the wheel operating data telegrams, by using specification data which have previously been transmitted from the control device to the electronic wheel unit. Therefore, automatic adaptation of the data transmission protocol to the respective control device or the respective vehicle can advantageously take place. A control device for such a wheel monitoring system and a system and a method for monitoring wheels are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: JOHANNES KRAUS, THOMAS HAAS, CHRISTIAN BRUECKL, MARC-MICHAEL PFLUGMANN