Patents by Inventor Rainer BARTSCH

Rainer BARTSCH 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 for operating a vehicle during coasting
    Patent number: 9052713
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle, including determining a speed curve on a coasting route, in order to let the vehicle on the coasting route coast from an actual speed to a setpoint speed, detecting an additional vehicle approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route, and raising the speed of the vehicle compared to the determined speed behavior on the coasting route, in order to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Schulz, Rainer Bartsch
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE DURING COASTING
    Publication number: 20140012478
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle, including determining a speed curve on a coasting route, in order to let the vehicle on the coasting route coast from an actual speed to a setpoint speed, detecting an additional vehicle approaching the vehicle from behind on the coasting route, and raising the speed of the vehicle compared to the determined speed behavior on the coasting route, in order to produce a predetermined threshold distance from the additional vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Udo SCHULZ, Rainer BARTSCH