Patents by Inventor Markus Eissner

Markus Eissner 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).

  • Patent number: 11531040
    Abstract: A method for determining a speed using a measurement-sensor in a vehicle, the measurement-sensor including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element, including: changing the inductance of the coil, using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element; recording a change in the coil inductance, and determining the speed based on the changed coil inductance; in which in each case one inductive-speed-sensor is a wheel-speed-sensor for at least two vehicle wheels, and in which a reversal of the direction of movement of the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element as to the coil or a reversal of the direction of travel of the vehicle from forward travel to reverse travel or from reverse travel to forward travel is recognized based on at least one temporal-phase-offset of the temporal-profiles of the inductances recorded by the wheel-speed-sensors of the at least two wheels. Also described is a related driver assistance system and vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Kluftinger, Michael Herges, Christoph Huber, Markus Eissner
  • Patent number: 11378585
    Abstract: A method for determining a speed between a measurement-sensor, including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element (FEM), including: changing the inductance of the coil and the voltage induced therein, in a vehicle using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and FEM; recording the inductance-change of the coil, and determining the speed based on the changed-inductance; in which the inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance only until the determined-speed has reached a speed-limit-value (SLV) starting from lower-speeds, in which a voltage-change induced in the coil is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-voltage when the determined-speed has exceeded the SLV starting from lower-speeds, and in which an inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance when the determined-speed has reached/dropped below the SLV starting from higher-speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Huber, Andre Kluftinger, Markus Eissner, Michael Herges
  • Publication number: 20210364544
    Abstract: A method for determining a speed between a measurement-sensor, including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element (FEM), including: changing the inductance of the coil and the voltage induced therein, in a vehicle using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and FEM; recording the inductance-change of the coil, and determining the speed based on the changed-inductance; in which the inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance only until the determined-speed has reached a speed-limit-value (SLV) starting from lower-speeds, in which a voltage-change induced in the coil is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-voltage when the determined-speed has exceeded the SLV starting from lower-speeds, and in which an inductance-change is recorded and the speed is determined based on the changed-inductance when the determined-speed has reached/dropped below the SLV starting from higher-speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Huber, Andre Kluftinger, Markus Eissner, Michael Herges
  • Patent number: 11181565
    Abstract: A method for measuring a coil property, modeled as a parallel-circuit including a capacitance with a series-circuit including a DC-voltage and frequency-dependent resistance, and an inductance and current-voltage converter series connected, by: applying an AC-voltage, having a first-frequency and a DC-voltage component, to the coil and a voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at a second-frequency, and the impedance and phase-angle at the first-frequency are derived from n-measured values; and applying an AC-voltage, having a third-frequency differing from the first and having a DC-voltage component, to the coil and voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at the second or fourth-frequencies, in which the impedance and phase-angle at the third-frequency are derived from m-measured values for the DC-voltage resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Eissner
  • Publication number: 20200363443
    Abstract: A method for determining a speed using a measurement-sensor in a vehicle, the measurement-sensor including at least one coil and a ferromagnetic-transmitter-element, including: changing the inductance of the coil, using an inductive-speed-sensor having at least the coil and the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element; recording a change in the coil inductance, and determining the speed based on the changed coil inductance; in which in each case one inductive-speed-sensor is a wheel-speed-sensor for at least two vehicle wheels, and in which a reversal of the direction of movement of the ferromagnetic-transmitter-element as to the coil or a reversal of the direction of travel of the vehicle from forward travel to reverse travel or from reverse travel to forward travel is recognized based on at least one temporal-phase-offset of the temporal-profiles of the inductances recorded by the wheel-speed-sensors of the at least two wheels. Also described is a related driver assistance system and vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Kluftinger, Michael Herges, Christoph Huber, Markus Eissner
  • Patent number: 10525944
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system device is provided. The vehicle brake system device includes having a signal input apparatus for inputting request signals from a driver of the vehicle which includes a sensor device which gradually detects a degree of operation of a driver-operated operating element between a position which represents non-operation and a position which represents maximum operation, and generates an operating signal which represents this degree of operation. The signal input apparatus also includes an evaluation electronics system into which the sensor device operating signal is introduced for evaluation purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Huber, Christian Kraemer, Matthias Roth, Dieter Benad, Markus Eissner, Michael Rimpel
  • Publication number: 20190049499
    Abstract: A method for measuring a property of a measuring coil, which is modeled as a parallel circuit including a capacitance with a series circuit including a DC voltage resistance, a frequency-dependent resistance, and an inductance, and a current-voltage converter is connected in series, by performing: applying an AC voltage, having a first frequency and having a DC voltage component differing from zero, to the coil and a voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at a second frequency which is a multiple of the first frequency, wherein the multiple is an n-tuple, and the impedance and the phase angle at the first frequency are derived from at least n measured values captured in succession; and applying an AC voltage, having a third frequency differing from the first frequency and having a DC voltage component differing from zero, to the coil and the voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at the second frequency or at a fourth frequency which is a multiple of the fourth frequency, wherein t
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Markus Eissner
  • Publication number: 20170190324
    Abstract: A vehicle brake system device is provided. The vehicle brake system device includes having a signal input apparatus for inputting request signals from a driver of the vehicle which includes a sensor device which gradually detects a degree of operation of a driver-operated operating element between a position which represents non-operation and a position which represents maximum operation, and generates an operating signal which represents this degree of operation. The signal input apparatus also includes an evaluation electronics system into which the sensor device operating signal is introduced for evaluation purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph HUBER, Christian KRAEMER, Matthias ROTH, Dieter BENAD, Markus EISSNER, Michael RIMPEL
  • Patent number: 7719263
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive position measuring device or goniometer having two to no more than five digital oscillators, each of which contains measuring coils or reference coils. Particularly favorable for one application as a transmission sensor is a coil array for three or four oscillators that includes two measuring coils and/or two reference coils. When one plate-shaped measuring element that is sensitive for eddy currents passes through the measuring area, a measuring coil arranged in a planar manner is increasingly covered. One reference coil is arranged such that it does not touch the movement track of the measuring element, but is exposed to the same ambient conditions (temperatures) as the measuring coil. Another reference coil is arranged such that it is covered by the measuring element in the entire measuring area and therefore can compensate the fluctuations in the spacing height between the planar coil array and the measuring element that occur during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Markus Eissner, Michael Schreiber, Josef Habenschaden
  • Publication number: 20080157756
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive position measuring device or goniometer having two to no more than five digital oscillators, each of which contains measuring coils or reference coils. Particularly favorable for one application as a transmission sensor is a coil array for three or four oscillators that includes two measuring coils and/or two reference coils. When one plate-shaped measuring element that is sensitive for eddy currents passes through the measuring area, a measuring coil arranged in a planar manner is increasingly covered. One reference coil is arranged such that it does not touch the movement track of the measuring element, but is exposed to the same ambient conditions (temperatures) as the measuring coil. Another reference coil is arranged such that it is covered by the measuring element in the entire measuring area and therefore can compensate the fluctuations in the spacing height between the planar coil array and the measuring element that occur during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Eissner, Michael Schreiber, Josef Habenschaden