Patents by Inventor Ralf Lenninger

Ralf Lenninger 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 checking a total distance which is travelled by a motor vehicle and is displayed therein
    Patent number: 9651398
    Abstract: A method for checking a total distance travelled by a motor vehicle and displaying the total distance in the motor vehicle includes: detecting a change in a component of a control device of the motor vehicle, change in the component being irreversible and taking place over a time period; assigning the magnitude and/or type of the change in the component to a comparison distance, related to the time period, travelled by the motor vehicle; comparing a distance detected by an odometer of the motor vehicle during the time period with the comparison distance; and an operator of the motor vehicle retrieving a result of the comparison or the operator receiving an automatic transmission of the result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Deml, Ralf Lenninger
  • Method for Operating A Control Device of A Motor Vehicle and Control Device of A Motor Vehicle for Carrying Out The Method
    Publication number: 20110087404
    Abstract: A system for actuating a passenger compartment control device of a force-transmitting device and a chassis control device of a motor vehicle, various functions of the devices are combined to form functional classes. The devices can be actuated simultaneously by a first selection of the functional classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Cieler, Ralf Lenninger, Guido Meier-Arendt, Winfried Möll