Patents by Inventor Marcus Engelke

Marcus Engelke 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).

  • Apparatus and method for reading adaptive values out of motor vehicle control devices
    Patent number: 7424362
    Abstract: A device and a method for reading out adaptation values of self-adapting functions from a motor vehicle control unit to an external readout unit are provided. The device consists of a motor vehicle control unit, an external readout unit, and a communication interface between the external readout unit and the motor vehicle control unit, the motor vehicle control unit including a nonvolatile memory for storing adapted parameters or parameter sets of the self-adapting functions. The motor vehicle control unit additionally includes a receiver for receiving at least one test value set transmitted by the external readout unit, a calculation unit for calculating at least one adaptation value as a function of the test value set and the adapted parameters or parameter sets, and a transmitter for transmitting the at least one calculated adaptation value to the external readout unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Konrad, Maximilian Engl, Marcus Engelke, Mario Wohlwender
  • Apparatus and method for reading adaptive values out of motor vehicle control devices
    Publication number: 20070174503
    Abstract: A device and a method for reading out adaptation values of self-adapting functions from a motor vehicle control unit to an external readout unit are provided. The device consists of a motor vehicle control unit, an external readout unit, and a communication interface between the external readout unit and the motor vehicle control unit, the motor vehicle control unit including a nonvolatile memory for storing adapted parameters or parameter sets of the self-adapting functions. The motor vehicle control unit additionally includes a receiver for receiving at least one test value set transmitted by the external readout unit, a calculation unit for calculating at least one adaptation value as a function of the test value set and the adapted parameters or parameter sets, and a transmitter for transmitting the at least one calculated adaptation value to the external readout unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko Konrad, Maximilian Engl, Marcus Engelke, Mario Wohlwender