Patents by Inventor Robert Hupfer

Robert Hupfer 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).

  • Remote Control
    Publication number: 20080117026
    Abstract: A remote control for operation of functions of a motor vehicle, including a multimedia data memory; and means for managing the multimedia data memory by a user for performing operation of functions of a motor vehicle. The functions of the motor vehicle the operation of which are controlled include at least one of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, interlock, antitheft protection, and interrogation of vehicle states and characteristics, including at least one of temperatures and electrical system voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Robert Hupfer, Hans-Peter Landgraf
  • Electrical accessory device controlling system for a motor vehicle and process for operation thereof
    Patent number: 6762513
    Abstract: An electrical accessory device controller system and process for controlling for a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery and an alternator. The system is provided with an electrical interface for an electrical accessory device, a device for detecting the voltage of the vehicle electrical system, and a power supply control unit to connect the electrical accessory device to the battery according to the detected battery voltage or to disconnect the electrical accessory device from it. Furthermore, there is an auxiliary energy storage device rechargeable by the alternator and which is connected to the power supply control unit. The power supply control unit is made such that depending on the detected voltage of the vehicle electrical system it electrically connects the auxiliary power storage device to the electrical accessory device to the battery or disconnects the electrical accessory device from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Landgraf, Robert Hupfer
  • Electrical accessory device controlling system for a motor vehicle and process for operation thereof
    Publication number: 20030052649
    Abstract: An electrical accessory device controller system and process for controlling for a motor vehicle having a vehicle battery and an alternator. The system is provided with an electrical interface for an electrical accessory device, a device for detecting the voltage of the vehicle electrical system, and a power supply control unit to connect the electrical accessory device to the battery according to the detected battery voltage or to disconnect the electrical accessory device from it. Furthermore, there is an auxiliary energy storage device rechargeable by the alternator and which is connected to the power supply control unit. The power supply control unit is made such that depending on the detected voltage of the vehicle electrical system it electrically connects the auxiliary power storage device to the electrical accessory device to the battery or disconnects the electrical accessory device from it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Landgraf, Robert Hupfer