Patents by Inventor Ralf Richard Reviol

Ralf Richard Reviol 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).

  • Brake system and method for operating a brake system
    Patent number: 11052891
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic brake system, comprising a brake master cylinder. A pressure generating device for actuating wheel brakes and an additional brake actuator may both be activated electronically. In a normal mode of operation, an open- and closed-loop control unit detects a braking demand based on the actuation of a brake pedal by the driver and activates the pressure generating device to build up braking torque at the wheel brakes. If the pressure generating device is not activated, the driver gains direct access to the wheel brakes and the control unit activates the additional brake actuator to build up braking torque. In the fallback mode, when a predetermined pedal travel threshold value is reached, the control loop activates the additional brake actuator to build up braking torque. In the event of a succession of brake pedal actuations by the driver, the pedal travel threshold value is increased at least once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Mathias Niepelt, Iris Halbe, Thorsten Wickenhöfer, Ralf Richard Reviol, Klaus Berger
  • BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180222464
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic brake system, comprising a brake master cylinder. A pressure generating device for actuating wheel brakes and an additional brake actuator may both be activated electronically. In a normal mode of operation, an open- and closed-loop control unit detects a braking demand based on the actuation of a brake pedal by the driver and activates the pressure generating device to build up braking torque at the wheel brakes. If the pressure generating device is not activated, the driver gains direct access to the wheel brakes and the control unit activates the additional brake actuator to build up braking torque. In the fallback mode, when a predetermined pedal travel threshold value is reached, the control loop activates the additional brake actuator to build up braking torque. In the event of a succession of brake pedal actuations by the driver, the pedal travel threshold value is increased at least once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Mathias Niepelt, Iris Halbe, Thorsten Thorsten, Ralf Richard Reviol, Klaus Berger