Patents by Inventor Oliver Rabus

Oliver Rabus 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 of detecting the operating state of a friction clutch
    Patent number: 6533092
    Abstract: In a method of detecting the operating state of a friction clutch which may be engaged and disengaged axially, as a result of being triggered by an actuation, an engagement point is determined from the parameters clutch engagement travel and associated clutch torque and/or associated clutch rotational speed, and its associated engagement travel is stored. In a method step independent of the actuations, a permissible maximum value of the engagement travel is stored. In a method step triggered by an actuation, a comparison is performed in which the engagement travel of the engagement point is compared with the permissible maximum engagement travel. In a method step which necessarily follows the method step relating to the comparison, if the engagement travel of the engagement point is greater than the permissible maximum engagement travel, a signal is displayed in order to be able to perform repairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Stephan Huschka, Oliver Rabus
  • Method of detecting the operating state of a friction clutch
    Publication number: 20020038747
    Abstract: In a method of detecting the operating state of a friction clutch which may be engaged and disengaged axially, as a result of being triggered by an actuation, an engagement point is determined from the parameters clutch engagement travel and associated clutch torque and/or associated clutch rotational speed, and its associated engagement travel is stored. In a method step independent of the actuations, a permissible maximum value of the engagement travel is stored. In a method step triggered by an actuation, a comparison is performed in which the engagement travel of the engagement point is compared with the permissible maximum engagement travel. In a method step which necessarily follows the method step relating to the comparison, if the engagement travel of the engagement point is greater than the permissible maximum engagement travel, a signal is displayed in order to be able to perform repairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Stephan Huschka, Oliver Rabus