Patents by Inventor Ralf RIPLINGER

Ralf RIPLINGER 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).

  • Control device and method for coupling a multi-standard antenna assembly of a motor vehicle to at least one vehicle component
    Patent number: 10395531
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control device for coupling an antenna assembly of a motor vehicle to at least one vehicle component of the motor vehicle for an exchange of messages with vehicle-external objects. The control device comprises a first radio module for providing a first radio link to at least one of the objects on the basis of a first radio standard, a second radio module for providing a second radio link to at least one other of the objects on the basis of a second radio standard, and a processor device for receiving some of the messages via the first radio link and some other of the messages via the second radio link. The processor device includes a synchronization unit configured to forward the received messages in a sequence determined by the time data to the at least one vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph Voigt, Stefan Volnhals, Gerald Stöckl, Herbert Ehrentraut, Ralf Riplinger, Aurel Papp, Jürgen Spehl
  • CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A MULTI-STANDARD ANTENNA ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20190088124
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a control device for coupling an antenna assembly of a motor vehicle to at least one vehicle component of the motor vehicle for an exchange of messages with vehicle-external objects. The control device comprises a first radio module for providing a first radio link to at least one of the objects on the basis of a first radio standard, a second radio module for providing a second radio link to at least one other of the objects on the basis of a second radio standard, and a processor device for receiving some of the messages via the first radio link and some other of the messages via the second radio link. The processor device includes a synchronization unit configured to forward the received messages in a sequence determined by the time data to the at least one vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph VOIGT, Stefan VOLNHALS, Gerald STÖCKL, Herbert EHRENTRAUT, Ralf RIPLINGER, Aurel PAPP, Jürgen SPEHL