Patents by Inventor Ralf Schaeffler

Ralf Schaeffler 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: 11242047
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle being automatically accelerated and decelerated as a function of an instantaneous position and a predefinable target location, so that it comes to a standstill at the target location, including the following steps: a) accelerating the motor vehicle, in particular from a standstill, to a predefined setpoint velocity; b) up to a predefined first distance of the motor vehicle to the target location, decelerating the motor vehicle to a predefined rolling velocity; c) starting at a predefined second distance of the motor vehicle to the target location, decelerating the motor vehicle to a standstill, the second distance to the target location being smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Tolksdorf, Bettina Crepin, Ralf Schaeffler, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Patent number: 10850733
    Abstract: In a method for automatically adjusting the vehicle speed of a vehicle, while the distance to a preceding other vehicle is continuously measured, in order to reduce an initial distance, the vehicle is initially moved, in a drive phase, at a higher vehicle speed and is subsequently decelerated in a braking phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Schaeffler, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Publication number: 20190161078
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle being automatically accelerated and decelerated as a function of an instantaneous position and a predefinable target location, so that it comes to a standstill at the target location, including the following steps: a) accelerating the motor vehicle, in particular from a standstill, to a predefined setpoint velocity; b) up to a predefined first distance of the motor vehicle to the target location, decelerating the motor vehicle to a predefined rolling velocity; c) starting at a predefined second distance of the motor vehicle to the target location, decelerating the motor vehicle to a standstill, the second distance to the target location being smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Tolksdorf, Bettina Crepin, Ralf Schaeffler, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Publication number: 20180281792
    Abstract: In a method for automatically adjusting the vehicle speed of a vehicle, while the distance to a preceding other vehicle is continuously measured, in order to reduce an initial distance, the vehicle is initially moved, in a drive phase, at a higher vehicle speed and is subsequently decelerated in a braking phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf Schaeffler, Thomas Brettschneider
  • Patent number: 8706372
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting a brake system of a vehicle, braking power is automatically built up in the event of a collision. The automatic buildup of the braking power may be terminated by a defined driver response when the actuation of a driving pedal of the vehicle at a defined intensity and for a minimum period of time is maintained by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ferah Cetinkaya, Sybille Eisele, Michael Schmid, Ralf Schaeffler
  • Publication number: 20110264348
    Abstract: In a method for adjusting a brake system of a vehicle, braking power is automatically built up in the event of a collision. The automatic buildup of the braking power may be terminated by a defined driver response when the actuation of a driving pedal of the vehicle at a defined intensity and for a minimum period of time is maintained by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Ferah Cetinkaya, Sybille Eisele, Michael Schmid, Ralf Schaeffler