Patents by Inventor Reimund Limbacher

Reimund Limbacher 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).

  • Publication number: 20240029924
    Abstract: A wall bushing is provided for leading an electrical cable through a wall. The wall bushing includes a hollow body which extends at least for a portion along an axis of extension, the hollow body having a cavity in its interior and having an opening at each of two ends opposite each other in the direction of the axis of extension, forming an access to the cavity, and at least one cover which in a closure position of the wall bushing closes one of the openings at least partially and in a pass-through position frees up this opening at least partly. The wall bushing further includes at least one guide mechanism, which guides the cover relative to the hollow body and which comprises at least one locking element, by which the cover can be locked at least in the closure position. Also provided is a system for charging an at least partly electrically powered vehicle with a wall bushing, as well as a method for connecting a wallbox to an at least partly electrically powered vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Patent number: 11851057
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for operating a lane-keeping assistance device of a motor vehicle including activating a lane-keeping assistance device, and checking whether at least one predefinable enabling criterion for enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention is fulfilled in response to a trigger signal for actuating the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention being established. The method includes enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention in response to at least one predefinable enabling criterion for enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device being fulfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Artur Burczyk
  • Patent number: 11767025
    Abstract: Described is an approach for operating a motor vehicle, which has an autopilot system designed for completely automatically guiding the motor vehicle, in which technical activatability information is determined depending on driving situation data and/or operating state data of the motor vehicle and system boundaries information describing the range of application of the autopilot system. The motor vehicle also has a display device with a first output element displaying the activatability of the autopilot system according to the technical activatability information. Driver-related recommendation information is determined depending on the operating situation and on preferences in relation to the autopilot system and/or driver data describing the status of the driver in relation to the vehicle guidance. On this basis, a second output element of the display device displays an activation recommendation and/or a deactivation recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Daniel Lepczyk
  • Patent number: 11590974
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for assisting a driver with driving a motor vehicle. The method includes ascertaining a permissible driving speed in a route section by evaluating environmental data describing the motor vehicle environment. The method further includes calculating a target maximum speed, which is lower than the permissible driving speed, by subtracting a predefined reduction amount from the permissible driving speed and/or by multiplying the permissible driving speed by a predefined scaling factor. The method further includes controlling at least one alert device for outputting an alert to the driver when a present driving speed of the motor vehicle exceeds the target maximum speed and/or controlling the driving speed of the motor vehicle by a longitudinally guiding driver assistance system, wherein the target maximum speed is used as a maximum speed or as a target speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Daniel Lepczyk
  • Publication number: 20220258736
    Abstract: The application relates to a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle, comprising a distance measuring system for determining the distance from a preceding vehicle, or an interface by means of which, when properly installed in the motor vehicle, such a distance measuring system of the motor vehicle is signal-connected. The driver assistance system for the motor vehicle includes a controller, configured to keep the motor vehicle at a specified target vehicle speed in an automatic mode and to not allow a distance from the preceding vehicle to fall below a specified target distance The controller is further configured to set a new situation-specific target distance on the basis of at least one ambient parameter detected by sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20220227355
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a parking assistance system with an output device which outputs acoustic and/or visual information as an aid when parking in an activated state and which does not output said information in a deactivated state. In a learning mode, the parking assistance system learns exceptions in which either an automatic changeover is carried out between the activated state and the deactivated state as an exception or an automatic changeover is not carried out between the activated state and the deactivated state as an exception, and/or a manual changeover is detected between the activated state and the deactivated state by the parking assistance system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund LIMBACHER, Philipp KRETSCHMANN
  • Patent number: 11279375
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a motor vehicle having a plurality of driver assistance systems, wherein the method includes setting, via an operator interface of the motor vehicle, an assistance degree parameter, which indicates the extent to which support for a driver by the driver assistance systems is desired. The method also includes setting, via the operator interface of the motor vehicle, at least one additional parameter, which is related to the driving operation of the motor vehicle. The method additionally includes specifying, by a processing device of the motor vehicle, at least one operating parameter for each driver assistance system, in accordance with which operating parameter the driver assistance system is operated, as a function of the assistance degree parameter and the additional parameter(s). A motor vehicle is also disclosed that performs the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Reimund Limbacher
  • Patent number: 11247665
    Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system, performing a driver assistance function of a motor vehicle. The driver assistance function is activable by the driver only if at least one activation criterion is satisfied and is automatically deactivated if at least one deactivation criterion is satisfied. If the driver assistance system is activable, then a piece of activability information indicating the activability is output to the driver and a projected activity time before the onset of a deactivation criterion is ascertained and is output together with the activability information. A reliability value for the activity time is determined at the projected activity time and the output of the activability information and/or of the activity time is adjusted on the basis of the reliability value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Reimund Limbacher
  • Patent number: 11136033
    Abstract: Method for operating a driver assistance system in a motor vehicle wherein an action plan comprising at least one measure for the targeted deceleration of the motor vehicle is determined, as well as predictive route data describing the distance to the coasting destination is determined when the driver ends the activation of the gas pedal and at least one potential coasting destination, which requires deceleration of the motor vehicle, is determined, and said measure is used for the longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle, whereby the measures are selected from the measure group of at least one operation in a free-run operating mode and one operation in a coasting operating mode, whereby a stopping position is determined as the coasting destination and the action plan is determined for the deceleration of the motor vehicle to a complete stop at the stopping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Reimund Limbacher
  • Publication number: 20210107479
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for operating a lane-keeping assistance device of a motor vehicle including activating a lane-keeping assistance device, and checking whether at least one predefinable enabling criterion for enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention is fulfilled in response to a trigger signal for actuating the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention being established. The method includes enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device for triggering a steering intervention in response to at least one predefinable enabling criterion for enabling an actuation of the lane-keeping assistance device being fulfilled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Reimund LIMBACHER, Artur BURCZYK
  • Patent number: 10953894
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle in which a target value for a future acceleration of the motor vehicle and an actual value for an instantaneous acceleration of the motor vehicle are determined, wherein the target value and the actual value are compared and displayed for the driver on a display panel, wherein the driver is informed whether he should increase or decrease acceleration by actuating a gas pedal of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lepczyk, Reimund Limbacher, Gerhard Mauter, Ronny Heinzelmann
  • Publication number: 20210070281
    Abstract: A method for operating a driver assistance system, performing a driver assistance function of a motor vehicle. The driver assistance function is activable by the driver only if at least one activation criterion is satisfied and is automatically deactivated if at least one deactivation criterion is satisfied. If the driver assistance system is activable, then a piece of activability information indicating the activability is output to the driver and a projected activity time before the onset of a deactivation criterion is ascertained and is output together with the activability information. A reliability value for the activity time is determined at the projected activity time and the output of the activability information and/or of the activity time is adjusted on the basis of the reliability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20210016789
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, which has an autopilot system designed for completely automatically guiding the motor vehicle, in which technical activatability information is determined depending on a current and/or upcoming operating situation described by driving situation data and/or operating state data of the motor vehicle and system boundaries information describing the range of application of the autopilot system, wherein the motor vehicle also has a display device with a first output element displaying the activatability of the autopilot system according to the technical activatability information, wherein, in addition to the technical activatability information, driver-related recommendation information is determined depending on the operating situation and on preferences in relation to the autopilot system and/or driver data describing the status of the driver in relation to the vehicle guidance, on which basis a second output element of the display device displayi
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund LIMBACHER, Daniel LEPCZYK
  • Patent number: 10793152
    Abstract: A method is provided for assisting a driver in carrying out a time-efficient trip with a motor vehicle. The method includes outputting an acceleration request to the driver when at least one event criterion occurs, where the one event criterion includes the motor vehicle operating more slowly than a time-efficient target speed assigned to the current position of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Reimund Limbacher
  • Publication number: 20200001893
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a motor vehicle having a plurality of driver assistance systems, wherein the method includes setting, via an operator interface of the motor vehicle, an assistance degree parameter, which indicates the extent to which support for a driver by the driver assistance systems is desired. The method also includes setting, via the operator interface of the motor vehicle, at least one additional parameter, which is related to the driving operation of the motor vehicle. The method additionally includes specifying, by a processing device of the motor vehicle, at least one operating parameter for each driver assistance system, in accordance with which operating parameter the driver assistance system is operated, as a function of the assistance degree parameter and the additional parameter(s). A motor vehicle is also disclosed that performs the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20190291733
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for assisting a driver with driving a motor vehicle. The present disclosure includes ascertaining a permissible driving speed in a route section by evaluating environmental data describing the motor vehicle environment. The present disclosure further includes calculating a target maximum speed, which is lower than the permissible driving speed, by subtracting a predefined reduction amount from the permissible driving speed and/or by multiplying the permissible driving speed by a predefined scaling factor. The present disclosure further includes controlling at least one alert device for outputting an alert to the driver when a present driving speed of the motor vehicle exceeds the target maximum speed and/or controlling the driving speed of the motor vehicle by a longitudinally guiding driver assistance system, wherein the target maximum speed is used as a maximum speed or as a target speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Reimund LIMBACHER, Daniel LEPCZYK
  • Publication number: 20190210604
    Abstract: Method for operating a driver assistance system in a motor vehicle wherein an action plan comprising at least one measure for the targeted deceleration of the motor vehicle is determined, as well as predictive route data describing the distance to the coasting destination is determined when the driver ends the activation of the gas pedal and at least one potential coasting destination, which requires deceleration of the motor vehicle, is determined, and said measure is used for the longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle, whereby the measures are selected from the measure group of at least one operation in a free-run operating mode and one operation in a coasting operating mode, whereby a stopping position is determined as the coasting destination and the action plan is determined for the deceleration of the motor vehicle to a complete stop at the stopping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER
  • Publication number: 20190144005
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle in which a target value for a future acceleration of the motor vehicle and an actual value for an instantaneous acceleration of the motor vehicle are determined, wherein the target value and the actual value are compared and displayed for the driver on a display panel, wherein the driver is informed whether he should increase or decrease acceleration by actuating a gas pedal of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Daniel LEPCZYK, Reimund LIMBACHER, Gerhard MAUTER, Ronny HEINZELMANN
  • Patent number: 10166984
    Abstract: A method to provide driver information in a motor vehicle includes determining a route section predicted to be driven in the future by the motor vehicle and determining a reference speed as a function of at least one specified maximum speed through a speed limit in the predicted route section or in a partial section of the predicted route section. The method further includes determining a current actual driving speed of the motor vehicle, and providing a target acceleration notification to notify a driver of the motor vehicle of a potential acceleration of the motor vehicle if the reference speed is greater than the current actual driving speed at least by a specified differential value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Heinrich Nägler
  • Publication number: 20180222478
    Abstract: A method is provided for assisting a driver in carrying out a time-efficient trip with a motor vehicle. The method includes outputting an acceleration request to the driver when at least one event criterion occurs, where the one event criterion includes the motor vehicle operating more slowly than a time-efficient target speed assigned to the current position of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventor: Reimund LIMBACHER