Patents by Inventor Rene Ruiter
Rene Ruiter 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).
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Publication number: 20230021794Abstract: Controlling an actual slip of at least one driven axle of a motor vehicle with at least one axle having at least one wheel and a one drive unit for providing a drive torque for the axle and for the wheel can be carried out by a control device for controlling the drive unit. The control device can be configured for establishing a first actual speed of the motor vehicle; establishing a second actual speed of the at least one wheel; calculating a target speed of the at least one wheel for the established first actual speed taking into account parameters; determining an actual slip of the at least one wheel with respect to a substrate on which the motor vehicle is being moved; when the actual slip exceeds a defined first limit slip, generating a limit torque by which the drive torque produced by the drive unit is adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero, Volker-René Ruiters, Marius Offenberg, Rudolf Fitz
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Patent number: 11548519Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for calibrating a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle; wherein the drive system includes at least one electric machine as the drive unit, a drive shaft driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft, as well as a first clutch connecting the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch connecting the drive shaft to the second output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki
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Patent number: 11236788Abstract: Setting a system pressure for a hydraulically actuated clutch comprises a) Providing a system comprising a pump drivable by an electrically operated motor controlled by a control unit that senses a motor current and rotational speed and a system temperature is determined; b) a characteristic diagram is provided specifying values for at least the motor current and rotational speed for different system operating points; c) Accessing the characteristic diagram while operating a vehicle; d) Sensing at least the motor current and rotational speed at at least a first operating point and determining the system temperature; e) Comparing the values, acquired in step d) for the current and speed with the values for the current and rotational speed from the characteristic diagram according to step b); f) Adapting the characteristic diagram for the system on the basis of the parameters determined in step d).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: GKN AutomotiveInventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki, Rainer Brüning
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Publication number: 20210261115Abstract: A drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle comprises at least one drive unit, a drive shaft driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft comprising a first wheel and a second output shaft comprising a second wheel, and a first clutch connecting the drive shaft to the first output shaft, and a second clutch connecting the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore, a control unit for regulating the clutches.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Harwin Niessen, Volker-René Ruiters, Marius Offenberg
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Publication number: 20210071723Abstract: Setting a system pressure for a hydraulically actuated clutch comprises a) Providing a system comprising a pump drivable by an electrically operated motor controlled by a control unit that senses a motor current and rotational speed and a system temperature is determined; b) a characteristic diagram is provided specifying values for at least the motor current and rotational speed for different system operating points; c) Accessing the characteristic diagram while operating a vehicle; d) Sensing at least the motor current and rotational speed at at least a first operating point and determining the system temperature ; e) Comparing the values, acquired in step d) for the current and speed with the values for the current and rotational speed from the characteristic diagram according to step b); f) Adapting the characteristic diagram for the system on the basis of the parameters determined in step d).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki, Rainer Brüning
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Patent number: 10882506Abstract: A method controls a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least an electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Gerd Kaiser, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Florian Sontheim, Enrique Cordero, Rainer Bruening
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Patent number: 10859131Abstract: Controlling a multiplate clutch situated between an input shaft and an output shaft for the switchable transmission of torques, wherein in the event of a torque request and a subsequent engagement of the multiplate clutch, includes: a) determining a setpoint engagement force, acting in an axial direction, of the multiplate clutch for transmitting a setpoint torque to the output shaft; b) determining and setting a limiting engagement force that is less than the setpoint engagement force, and c) setting the setpoint engagement force in a time-delayed manner; wherein a transmission of an actual torque is achieved by limiting the setpoint engagement force to the limiting engagement force, so that a maximum actual torque that is transmitted upon engagement of the multiplate clutch exceeds a setpoint torque to be transmitted by at most 5%.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki, Rainer Brüning
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Publication number: 20200269860Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for calibrating a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle; wherein the drive system includes at least one electric machine as the drive unit, a drive shaft driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft, as well as a first clutch connecting the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch connecting the drive shaft to the second output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2017Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki
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Patent number: 10696176Abstract: A drive system for at least one axle of a motor vehicle can be controlled, wherein the drive system has at least one electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and optionally a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and optionally a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the clutches, wherein the first output shaft and the optional second output shaft are arranged on a common axle.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Florian Sontheim, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero
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Patent number: 10634199Abstract: Operating a clutch assembly of a vehicle drive train, the clutch assembly comprising a clutch with a clutch component that exchanges heat at least indirectly with a medium which is conducted at least partially in the clutch, comprises at least: a) determining an operating point parameter which is representative of a current operating state of the clutch; b) determining a first thermal property parameter of the medium, as a function of the determined operating point parameter; c) determining a second thermal property parameter of the at least one clutch component; d) calculating a component temperature of the at least one clutch component as a function of at least the following three values: a further component temperature of a further clutch component, the first thermal property parameter, and the second thermal property parameter; and e) adapting activation of the clutch as a function of the calculated component temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventor: Volker Rene Ruiters
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Publication number: 20190390722Abstract: Controlling a multiplate clutch situated between an input shaft and an output shaft for the switchable transmission of torques, wherein in the event of a torque request and a subsequent engagement of the multiplate clutch, includes: a) determining a setpoint engagement force, acting in an axial direction, of the multiplate clutch for transmitting a setpoint torque to the output shaft; b) determining and setting a limiting engagement force that is less than the setpoint engagement force, and c) setting the setpoint engagement force in a time-delayed manner; wherein a transmission of an actual torque is achieved by limiting the setpoint engagement force to the limiting engagement force, so that a maximum actual torque that is transmitted upon engagement of the multiplate clutch exceeds a setpoint torque to be transmitted by at most 5%.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki, Rainer Brüning
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Publication number: 20190161067Abstract: A method controls a drive system for an axle of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive system has at least an electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Gerd Kaiser, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Florian Sontheim, Enrique Cordero, Rainer Bruening
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Publication number: 20190160964Abstract: A drive system for at least one axle of a motor vehicle can be controlled, wherein the drive system has at least one electrical machine as drive unit, a drive shaft which is driven by the drive unit, a first output shaft and optionally a second output shaft and also a first clutch which connects the drive shaft to the first output shaft and optionally a second clutch which connects the drive shaft to the second output shaft, and furthermore a control unit for controlling the drive unit and the clutches, wherein the first output shaft and the optional second output shaft are arranged on a common axle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Volker-René Ruiters, Florian Sontheim, Rudolf Fitz, Emanuel Blaj, Gerd Kaiser, Enrique Cordero
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Publication number: 20190136254Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant polyploid plants, such as B. napus or B. juncea plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising mutations in all acetolactase genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Rene Ruiter, Rudiger Hain, Gerhard Johann, Bernd Laber
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Patent number: 10233982Abstract: A clutch cylinder in a hydraulic pressure system can be charged with a controlled rotational speed of a pump to deliver hydraulic fluid into the clutch cylinder until a biting point of the clutch is reached and exceeded and a motor current of the pump has attained a predetermined minimum value. On the basis of a profile of the controlled rotational speed, a first volume of the hydraulic fluid delivered into the clutch cylinder by the pump up is determined until the minimum value is attained. The value of the first volume can be reduced by a predetermined amount to a second volume, which can be used for clutch processes during vehicle operation, wherein the second volume is delivered into the clutch cylinder, with a high rotational speed of the pump, such that the clutch is filled such that the biting point of the clutch is not quite reached.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: GKN Automotive Ltd.Inventors: Volker Rene Ruiters, Andreas Langhanki
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Publication number: 20180252276Abstract: Operating a clutch assembly of a vehicle drive train, the clutch assembly comprising a clutch with a clutch component that exchanges heat at least indirectly with a medium which is conducted at least partially in the clutch, comprises at least: a) determining an operating point parameter which is representative of a current operating state of the clutch; b) determining a first thermal property parameter of the medium, as a function of the determined operating point parameter; c) determining a second thermal property parameter of the at least one clutch component; d) calculating a component temperature of the at least one clutch component as a function of at least the following three values: a further component temperature of a further clutch component, the first thermal property parameter, and the second thermal property parameter; and e) adapting activation of the clutch as a function of the calculated component temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventor: Volker Rene Ruiters
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Publication number: 20170321765Abstract: A clutch cylinder in a hydraulic pressure system can be charged with a controlled rotational speed of a pump to deliver hydraulic fluid into the clutch cylinder until a biting point of the clutch is reached and exceeded and a motor current of the pump has attained a predetermined minimum value. On the basis of a profile of the controlled rotational speed, a first volume of the hydraulic fluid delivered into the clutch cylinder by the pump up is determined until the minimum value is attained. The value of the first volume can be reduced by a predetermined amount to a second volume, which can be used for clutch processes during vehicle operation, wherein the second volume is delivered into the clutch cylinder, with a high rotational speed of the pump, such that the clutch is filled such that the biting point of the clutch is not quite reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Volker Rene RUITERS, Andreas LANGHANKI
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Publication number: 20160298129Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant crop plants, such as allotetraploid Brassica plants, such as B. napus plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising mutations in acetolactase genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicants: BAYER CROPSCIENCE NV, BAYER CROPSCIENCE LPInventors: Rene RUITER, Rudiger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN, Bernd LABER, Bart LAMBERT
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Publication number: 20160208277Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant polyploid plants, such as B. napus or B. juncea plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising mutations in all acetolactase genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Rene RUITER, Rudiger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN, Bernd LABER
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Publication number: 20160160232Abstract: The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant polyploid plants, such as B. napus or B. juncea plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising a mutation of all acetolactase genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Rene RUITER, Rüdiger HAIN, Gerhard JOHANN, Bernd LABER