Patents by Inventor Ralph Boeker

Ralph Boeker 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 chassis control of a motor vehicle, and device for the performance thereof
    Patent number: 9045017
    Abstract: In a method for chassis control of a motor vehicle which has at least one wheel suspension, a vehicle body, and a shock absorber having a rebound stage, whose stiffness is adjustable, and a compression stage, whose stiffness is adjustable, the stiffness of the compression stage is changed for a compressive load of the shock absorber generated by a specific vehicle body movement, and the stiffness of the rebound stage is additionally changed for a subsequently following tensile load of the shock absorber generated by the specific vehicle body movement, or the stiffness of the rebound stage is changed for a tensile load of the shock absorber generated by a specific vehicle body movement, and the stiffness of the compression stage is additionally changed for a subsequently following compressive load of the shock absorber generated by the specific vehicle body movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Silke Buettner, Ivica Durdevic, Ralph Boeker, Roman Sankin, Alexander Habenicht, Michael Knoop, Oliver Wagner
  • Method for setting a wheel torque in a vehicle
    Patent number: 8688348
    Abstract: In a method for setting a wheel torque in a vehicle, a setpoint value for a slip-adhesion coefficient gradient for one wheel of one vehicle axle is ascertained, and the wheel torque is set in such a way that the actual value of the gradient is approximated to the setpoint value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Boeker, Adrian Thomys, Oliver Wagner, Tobias Strauss
  • Method for Chassis Control of a Motor Vehicle, and Device for the Performance Thereof
    Publication number: 20120055745
    Abstract: In a method for chassis control of a motor vehicle which has at least one wheel suspension, a vehicle body, and a shock absorber having a rebound stage, whose stiffness is adjustable, and a compression stage, whose stiffness is adjustable, the stiffness of the compression stage is changed for a compressive load of the shock absorber generated by a specific vehicle body movement, and the stiffness of the rebound stage is additionally changed for a subsequently following tensile load of the shock absorber generated by the specific vehicle body movement, or the stiffness of the rebound stage is changed for a tensile load of the shock absorber generated by a specific vehicle body movement, and the stiffness of the compression stage is additionally changed for a subsequently following compressive load of the shock absorber generated by the specific vehicle body movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Silke Buettner, Ivica Durdevic, Ralph Boeker, Roman Sankin, Alexander Habenicht, Michael Knoop, Oliver Wagner
  • METHOD FOR SETTING A WHEEL TORQUE IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20110295481
    Abstract: In a method for setting a wheel torque in a vehicle, a setpoint value for a slip-adhesion coefficient gradient for one wheel of one vehicle axle is ascertained, and the wheel torque is set in such a way that the actual value of the gradient is approximated to the setpoint value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Ralph Boeker, Adrian Thomys, Oliver Wagner, Tobias Strauss