Patents by Inventor Marko Wollenberg

Marko Wollenberg 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).

  • Method and apparatus for operating a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 8825244
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus (9) for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine (4) and an electric motor (5), the internal combustion engine (4) is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle (1) as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Rieling, Andreas Boy, Marko Wollenberg
  • Method and device for operating a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 8494701
    Abstract: In a method and a device (8) for operating a hybrid vehicle (1), the internal combustion engine (2) of the hybrid vehicle is started automatically in case the hybrid vehicle (1) is in a ready-to-drive mode and an opening of an engine covering (4) of the hybrid vehicle is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Kai Philipp, Jörg Rieling, Marko Wollenberg
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100332064
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus (9) for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine (4) and an electric motor (5), the internal combustion engine (4) is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle (1) as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jorg Rieling, Andreas Boy, Marko Wollenberg
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100312426
    Abstract: In a method and a device (8) for operating a hybrid vehicle (1), the internal combustion engine (2) of the hybrid vehicle is started automatically in case the hybrid vehicle (1) is in a ready-to-drive mode and an opening of an engine covering (4) of the hybrid vehicle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Kai Philipp, Jörg Rieling, Marko Wollenberg