Patents by Inventor Michael Walser

Michael Walser 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).

  • Publication number: 20090149297
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for controlling a motor vehicle (2) with an automatic transmission (6) and an automated clutch (8), with a control unit (20), a drive or accelerator pedal (32), an element (30) for determining the position of the drive or accelerator pedal, and an actuating device (28) for selecting an operating mode of the motor vehicle (2). According to the invention, when the actuating means (28) is operated the position of the drive or accelerator pedal (32) is noted or evaluated, and actuation of the clutch (8) is prevented until a change in the position of the drive or accelerator pedal is recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael WALSER, Thomas Jager, Florian Shneider
  • Publication number: 20080009205
    Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Walser, Kennon Guglielmo, Kenneth Shouse, Joseph Grogan
  • Publication number: 20080009206
    Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Walser, Kennon Guglielmo, Kenneth Shouse, Joseph Grogan
  • Publication number: 20080003899
    Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Walser, Kennon Guglielmo, Kenneth Shouse, Joseph Grogan
  • Publication number: 20080003900
    Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using inertia based measurements, GPS, and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Walser, Kennon Guglielmo, Kenneth Shouse, Joseph Grogan
  • Publication number: 20050176312
    Abstract: An automatic speed control system that provides desired watercraft velocity over land. The coupled algorithms correct engine speed and torque using GPS and tachometer measurements, and the corrections are augmented and enhanced by velocity/speed and torque/speed relationships that are dynamically and adaptively programmed with real-time data collected during replicated operations of the watercraft in specified conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Walser, Kennon Guglielmo, Kenneth Shouse
  • Patent number: 6578450
    Abstract: A power-splitting transmission which consists of a hydraulic power branch (7) and a mechanical power branch. Leakage in the hydraulic power branch (7) as well as the activation apparatuses (12) in the mechanical power branch are supplied with a pressurized medium from a common pressure source (1). The common pressure source (1) transports pressure medium to the hydraulic power branch (7), through a damping apparatus (3), and simultaneously transports pressure medium to the activation apparatuses (12) of the shifting elements (13) of the mechanical power branch via a controller (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Stefan Prebeck, Michael Walser
  • Patent number: 5470107
    Abstract: A safety steering system for a motor vehicle which includes a steering shaft received in a steering column, with the steering column including axially extending elongate slots having each opposite end limiting edges and spaced substantially linear limiting edges extending between the opposite end limiting edges and with the end limiting edge remote from a steering wheel side of the steering column having a circular shape defining a circular opening having a diameter, which is greater than a distance between the spaced substantially linear limiting edges, corresponding to the diameter of said circular opening, and the steering column being secured to a vehicle body with circular connecting elements extending through spacer sleeves located in the circular openings and surrounded by bushes made of an easily deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Etablissement Supervis
    Inventors: Herbert Muntener, Michael Walser