Patents by Inventor Martin Heckel

Martin Heckel 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: 11220956
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for detecting belt slip of a belt drive driving a generator of an internal combustion engine, said belt drive having a belt tensioner that can be adjusted in operation and adjusts the pre-tensioning force of the belt according to the detected belt slip. According to said method, the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft is recorded during an angular window of the crankshaft of m·360 degrees and an average value of the crankshaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile; temporally independently from the recording of the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft, the rotational speed course of the generator shaft is recorded during an angular window of the generator shaft of n·u?1·360 degrees and an average value of the generator shaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Heckel, Arno Bächstädt, Christian Hoffmann, Massimo Abrate, Vladimir Baranov
  • Publication number: 20200056536
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for detecting belt slip of a belt drive driving a generator of an internal combustion engine, said belt drive having a belt tensioner that can be adjusted in operation and adjusts the pre-tensioning force of the belt according to the detected belt slip. According to said method, the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft is recorded during an angular window of the crankshaft of m·360 degrees and an average value of the crankshaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile; temporally independently from the recording of the rotational speed profile of the crankshaft, the rotational speed course of the generator shaft is recorded during an angular window of the generator shaft of n·u?1·360 degrees and an average value of the generator shaft rotational speed is formed from said rotational speed profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Heckel, Arno Bächstädt, Christian Hoffmann, Massimo Abrate, Vladimir Baranov
  • Patent number: 9707818
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in order to detect an overload on a roll stabilizer which is supported so that it can rotate on a vehicle body and includes two stabilizer parts that can be rotated relative to each other by a torsional angle (?) via a rotary drive arranged between these parts. In order to detect an impairment to the driving safety of the vehicle in a timely manner, a ratio of the torsional angle (?) to a variable which is equivalent to an applied torque (M) of the rotary drive is ascertained, and an overload is determined if the ratio lies outside of a specified tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marco Di Pace, Martin Heckel, Christian Hackner
  • Publication number: 20160159190
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle in order to detect an overload on a roll stabilizer which is supported so that it can rotate on a vehicle body and includes two stabilizer parts that can be rotated relative to each other by a torsional angle (?) via a rotary drive arranged between these parts. In order to detect an impairment to the driving safety of the vehicle in a timely manner, a ratio of the torsional angle (?) to a variable which is equivalent to an applied torque (M) of the rotary drive is ascertained, and an overload is determined if the ratio lies outside of a specified tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technlologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marco Di Pace, Martin Heckel, Christian Hackner