Patents by Inventor Rainer Ertel

Rainer Ertel 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: 10793158
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz
  • Publication number: 20170183012
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that includes a drive unit, an output unit, and a clutch arranged between the drive unit and the output unit and configured to transmit a torque. A detection unit detects an operating state of the drive unit. When the operating state of the drive unit is in an overrun mode, a control unit controls a clutch slip, which results in adjustment of the torque that can be transmitted as a function of a speed of the motor vehicle. The disclosure further relates to a device for operating a motor vehicle, and to a motor vehicle that includes such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Knoll, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz
  • Patent number: 9126481
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle with an adjustable coupling (intermediate device) between the (crank)shaft and floor contact elements (wheels), wherein the coupling is set in trailing throttle mode in such a way that the rotational speed of the shaft is reduced, in particular is adjusted to a predefined value, in order to reduce the internal losses of the drive, in particular an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: AUDI AG, CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz, Bernd Schafer
  • Publication number: 20140200783
    Abstract: In a motor vehicle with an adjustable coupling (intermediate device) between the (crank)shaft and floor contact elements (wheels), wherein the coupling is set in over trailing throttle mode in such a way that the rotational speed of the shaft is reduced, in particular is adjusted to a predefined value, in order to reduce the internal losses of the drive, in particular an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hinkel, Lars Nitz, Bernd Schafer
  • Patent number: 6530689
    Abstract: A unit has a bearing part and a carrying arrangement which is mounted by a mounting side on the bearing part so that it can be adjusted relative to the bearing part. The carrying arrangement is provided with a handle for the manual adjustment of the carrying arrangement relative to the bearing part. The handle is arranged on the mounting side of the carrying arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Ertel
  • Publication number: 20010012332
    Abstract: A unit has a bearing part and a carrying arrangement which is mounted by a mounting side on the bearing part so that it can be adjusted relative to the bearing part. The carrying arrangement is provided with a handle for the manual adjustment of the carrying arrangement relative to the bearing part. The handle is arranged on the mounting side of the carrying arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Ertel
  • Patent number: 5506567
    Abstract: A process for monitoring an opening of an enclosed space by an IR alarm system, wherein: a measuring process is generated whereby a modulated IR beam is emitted by at least one IR emitting element of an optoelectronic unit in the form of a pulse and the beam reflected from marginal areas of the opening is detected as a measurement signal by at least one IR receiving element of the optoelectronic unit, with the directional characteristic of th IR beam being matched, by optical components in the path of the beam, to the opening being monitored; the measurement signal detected by the receiving element is compared with a mean value of the previous measurement signals, and a normal operating mode of the alarm system is initiated if there is an approximate correlation between the measurement signal and the mean value, or an alarm operating mode of the alarm system is initiated if there is a significant deviation between the measurement signal and the mean value; in the normal operating mode, the next measuring proc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Temic Telefunken microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Bichlmaier, Ferdinand Friedrich, Dieter Grafje, Udo Teubert, Hans-Joachim Fach, Thomas Rupprecht, Reiner Doefler, Rainer Ertel, Gerhard Hettich, Werner Wiedemann, Peter Robitschko, Bernhard Dilz