Patents by Inventor Markus Zimmer
Markus Zimmer 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).
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Patent number: 11912254Abstract: A method for automatically emergency stopping a motor vehicle from a starting speed to a standstill by a braking device of the motor vehicle is provided. The braking device is actuated to carry out a delay profile with at least two delay phases. During a delay increase phase the delay until a threshold delay is increased and during a delay decrease phase, lasting until standstill, the delay is reduced to zero. The temporal courses of the delay are determined during the delay increase and the delay decrease at least sectionally as nth degree polynomials, where n>0, depending on the starting speed, in such a way that a stopping duration, which represents a time duration necessary for emergency stopping, does not fall below a predetermined minimum stopping duration and a distance covered during the stopping duration does not exceed a predetermined maximum stopping distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DAIMLER TRUCK AGInventors: Tobias Aurand, Markus Zimmer, Regina Hartfiel
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Publication number: 20240042864Abstract: A monitoring apparatus of an onboard electrical system of an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle. A switchgear is configured to switch a high-voltage positive path and a high-voltage negative path of an electrical energy storage device of the onboard electrical system. The switchgear has a control line which is coupled to a pyrotechnic safety device. In an event of an interruption of the control line, the switchgear opens the high-voltage positive path and the high-voltage negative path. A control line switchgear is series-coupled in the control line to the pyrotechnic safety device. The control line switchgear interrupts the control line as a function of a control signal of an electronic computing device. The electronic computing device is configured to check a voltage potential in the control line using the control line switchgear before the electrical energy storage device is connected to the onboard electrical system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Soeren SCHOERLE, Markus ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20240036078Abstract: For an electrical unbalanced load of a vehicle having an at least partially electrified drive train with at least one high-voltage system, information about a value characterizing an energy quantity of a Y capacitor of the high-voltage system is determined. The information about the electrical unbalanced load is finally determined by comparing the determined characterizing value with a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Markus ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20240027509Abstract: A method for determining a current capacitance value of a Y capacitance of an electrical wiring system for an electrically operated motor vehicle by an electronic computing device where a high-voltage energy store of the electrical wiring system is electrically coupled with an energy store-external part by a switching device. In an energy store-internal part of the electrical wiring system, determining a first insulation resistance on a basis of a capacitance value of the electrical wiring system by a first insulation monitor. Determining a second insulation resistance of the electrical wiring system by a second insulation monitor of the energy store-external part. Comparing the first insulation resistance with the second insulation resistance by the electronic computing device. On a basis of the comparing, adjusting the capacitance value for determining the first insulation resistance by the first insulation monitor such that the first insulation resistance matches the second insulation resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Markus ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20230001924Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle includes carrying out a lane-keeping control of the vehicle along a course of a lane travelled in by the vehicle. When lane markings are detected, the course of the lane is determined on a basis of detected lane markings. When lane markings are not detected, the course of the lane is determined in a mapped-based manner on a basis of data from a digital map where a rough localization of the vehicle in the digital map and a fine localization of the vehicle in the digital map is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Markus ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20220297541Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle includes continuously checking during a driving operation whether an emergency situation is present in the vehicle and, when an emergency situation is detected, initiating an emergency stopping maneuver for safely parking the vehicle, signalling the emergency situation to a road user in a surroundings of the vehicle, and aborting the emergency stopping maneuver when a vehicle user takes over a task of driving the vehicle. The method further includes automatically deactivating the signalling of the emergency situation when an ascertained duration of time between the initiating and the aborting of the emergency stopping maneuver is smaller than a predeterminable time value and/or when an ascertained reduction of a driving speed of the vehicle between the initiating and the aborting of the emergency stopping maneuver is smaller than a predeterminable speed reduction value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Markus ZIMMER
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Publication number: 20220203942Abstract: A method for automatically emergency stopping a motor vehicle from a starting speed to a standstill by a braking device of the motor vehicle is provided. The braking device is actuated to carry out a delay profile with at least two delay phases. During a delay increase phase the delay until a threshold delay is increased and during a delay decrease phase, lasting until standstill, the delay is reduced to zero. The temporal courses of the delay are determined during the delay increase and the delay decrease at least sectionally as nth degree polynomials, where n>0, depending on the starting speed, in such a way that a stopping duration, which represents a time duration necessary for emergency stopping, does not fall below a predetermined minimum stopping duration and a distance covered during the stopping duration does not exceed a predetermined maximum stopping distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Tobias AURAND, Markus ZIMMER, Regina HARTFIEL
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Patent number: 8857904Abstract: A head-rest of a vehicle seat with a deformable central supporting body which forms an impact zone for the head of a vehicle occupant and into which the kinetic energy of the head in the event of an accident is admitted. On both sides of the impact zone the central supporting bodies are joined by lateral supporting surfaces which are extendable out of the plane of the head-rest in the direction of travel in order to laterally support the head. In order to avoid or at least to reduce the risk of a cervical-spine whiplash injury, it is proposed according to the invention that the head-rest comprises a device for absorbing the energy admitted into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy in order to activate lateral supporting surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignees: Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern, Universitaet des Saarlandes, Hochschule FreseniusInventors: Lutz-Achim Gaeng, Peter Muench, Hanno Felder, Christoph Krick, Sebastian Schlueter, Benjamin Schaal, Frank Kalka, Michael Otte, Ralf Goutier, Markus Zimmer, Vera Waiz, Paul Schatke, Susanne Ehmer, Stefan Meyer, Frank Klein
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Publication number: 20130278028Abstract: A head-rest of a vehicle seat with a deformable central supporting body which forms an impact zone for the head of a vehicle occupant and into which the kinetic energy of the head in the event of an accident is admitted. On both sides of the impact zone the central supporting bodies are joined by lateral supporting surfaces which are extendable out of the plane of the head-rest in the direction of travel in order to laterally support the head. In order to avoid or at least to reduce the risk of a cervical-spine whiplash injury, it is proposed according to the invention that the head-rest comprises a device for absorbing the energy admitted into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy in order to activate lateral supporting surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Lutz-Achim GAENG, Peter MUENCH, Hanno FELDER, Christoph KRICK, Sebastian SCHLUETER, Benjamin SCHAAL, Frank KALKA, Michael OTTE, Ralf GOUTIER, Markus ZIMMER, Vera WAIZ, Paul SCHATKE, Susanne EHMER, Stefan MEYER, Frank KLEIN
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Patent number: 7371375Abstract: A nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a lysin, which nucleotide sequence comprises the sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or a variant, homologue or derivative thereof. A novel lysin obtainable from a bacteriophage capable of colonising Clostridium perfringens, and the use thereof as a medicament for the treatment of a disorder associated with pathogenic Clostridium bacteria, for example.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2003Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: PROFOS AGInventors: Markus Zimmer, Martin Loessner, Andrew John Morgan
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Publication number: 20050153415Abstract: A nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a lysin, which nucleotide sequence comprises the sequence shown in SEQ IDNo. 1 or a variant, homologue or derivative thereof. A novel lysin obtainable from a bacteriophage capable of colonising Clostridium perfringens, and the use thereof as a medicament for the treatment of a disorder associated with pathogenic Clostridium bacteria, for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2003Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Markus Zimmer, Martin Loessner, Andrew Morgan
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Patent number: 6043567Abstract: A new vehicle electrical system has a first lower voltage level and a second higher voltage level. The new vehicle electrical system comprises an ignition switch, a generator having an exciter circuit and a voltage controller, and a multi-chopper having several chopper stages. The voltage controller supplies energy to the exciter circuit via the ignition switch in order to adjust the first lower voltage level to a rated level of U1. The multi-chopper is connected between the battery and the generator, thereby adjusting the second higher voltage level to a rated level of U2 based on the number of chopper stages and their actuation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: Daimler-Benz AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Uhler, Markus Zimmer
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Patent number: 6035675Abstract: The apparatus is an electromagnetically actuated lock which has a movable part, which is prevented from rotation or displacement by a barring bolt that extends into a recess of the movable part. Locking pins extend into the barring bolt and which locking pins positively lock the bolt in the withdrawn or retracted position when access is authorized and which locking pins also positively lock the bolt in the extended position when access is unauthorized.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1998Date of Patent: March 14, 2000Assignee: Daimler Benz AktiengesellschaftInventors: Markus Zimmer, Rainer Uhler, Hans-Peter Schoner