Patents by Inventor Reinhard TENDLER

Reinhard TENDLER 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).

  • Device and method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9689367
    Abstract: A method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which can be started by an electric motor powered by a battery, including detecting first battery parameter values during a successful starting sequence of the internal combustion engine at a first time, detecting second battery parameter values at a second time following the first time, determining at the second time the expected battery voltage for a starting sequence of the internal combustion engine taking place at a third time based on the detected first and second battery parameter values, and comparing the battery voltage expected at the third time with a predetermined threshold value in order to derive therefrom the starting capability of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Schramme, Horst Gering, Wolfgang Weigert, Matthias Münch, Thomas Klement, Hans-Michael Graf, Reinhard Tendler, Oliver Friedrichsohn
  • Device And Method For Determining The Starting Capability Of An Internal Combustion Engine
    Publication number: 20150345458
    Abstract: A method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which can be started by an electric motor powered by a battery, including detecting first battery parameter values during a successful starting sequence of the internal combustion engine at a first time, detecting second battery parameter values at a second time following the first time, determining at the second time the expected battery voltage for a starting sequence of the internal combustion engine taking place at a third time based on of the detected first and second battery parameter values, and comparing the battery voltage expected at the third time with a predetermined threshold value in order to derive therefrom the starting capability of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Martin SCHRAMME, Horst GERING, Wolfgang WEIGERT, Matthias MÜNCH, Thomas KLEMENT, Hans-Michael GRAF, Reinhard TENDLER, Oliver FRIEDRICHSOHN