Patents by Inventor Rainer Hoepfinger

Rainer Hoepfinger 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 and Device for Operating a Drive Unit
    Publication number: 20070272207
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a drive unit in a vehicle permit convenient transformation of a specified speed. A setpoint for at least one output variable of the drive unit is specified, and in at least one operating state of the drive unit, a setpoint for an operating variable of the drive unit is also specified, the at least one output variable of the drive unit being specified in this operating state regardless of its setpoint in the sense of approximating an actual value for the operating variable to the setpoint for the operating variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Christian Claudepierre, Rainer Hoepfinger, Thomas Reichenbach