Patents by Inventor Maria Binfet-Kull

Maria Binfet-Kull 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).

  • Arrangement and method for steering a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6279674
    Abstract: An arrangement for steering a motor vehicle having at least two steerable wheels including steering equipment for setting the position of the steerable wheels as a function of a desired steering angle signal and braking equipment which is present in the vehicle and which, in the event of a fault in the steering equipment, produces selectively different braking forces at the wheels as a function of the desired steering signal. A method for steering a motor vehicle in the event of failure of the steering equipment includes the step of applying different braking forces to the vehicle wheels in accordance with a desired steering angle signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ernst Lissel, Maria Binfet-Kull