Patents by Inventor Reiner Fuerst

Reiner Fuerst 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 unit and method for controlling passenger-protection means for a vehicle
    Patent number: 8525367
    Abstract: A method and a control unit are provided for controlling a passenger-protection arrangement for a vehicle, at least one switching converter being used to convert voltage. A modifying circuit is provided for the at least one switching converter, the switching converter being disposed on an integrated circuit. The modifying circuit determines a thermal load as a function of at least one physical parameter for the integrated circuit. Rise and/or fall times of at least one output signal of the at least one switching converter are modified as a function of this thermal load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Falko Sievers, Hartmut Schumacher, Rainer Gschwind-Schilling, Reiner Fuerst, Carsten List
  • Control unit and method for controlling passenger-protection means for a vehicle
    Publication number: 20100283320
    Abstract: A method and a control unit are provided for controlling a passenger-protection arrangement for a vehicle, at least one switching converter being used to convert voltage. A modifying circuit is provided for the at least one switching converter, the switching converter being disposed on an integrated circuit. The modifying circuit determines a thermal load as a function of at least one physical parameter for the integrated circuit. Rise and/or fall times of at least one output signal of the at least one switching converter are modified as a function of this thermal load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Falko Sievers, Hartmut Schumacher, Rainer Gschwind-Schilling, Reiner Fuerst, Carsten List