Patents by Inventor Rolf Zoeller

Rolf Zoeller 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).

  • Patent number: 10668875
    Abstract: A method for implementing at least one function, provided by an external server, in a control device of a vehicle includes transmitting the at least one function from the external server via a wireless interface to a management control device arranged in the vehicle; transmitting, by the management control device, the at least one function to at least one control device of the vehicle; and implementing the at least one function in the at least one control device. The at least one control device controls the vehicle in accordance with the at least one function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rolf Zoeller, Ruediger Roppel
  • Publication number: 20170259762
    Abstract: A method for implementing at least one function, provided by an external server, in a control device of a vehicle includes transmitting the at least one function from the external server via a wireless interface to a management control device arranged in the vehicle; transmitting, by the management control device, the at least one function to at least one control device of the vehicle; and implementing the at least one function in the at least one control device. The at least one control device controls the vehicle in accordance with the at least one function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Rolf Zoeller, Ruediger Roppel
  • Patent number: 8233268
    Abstract: A housing comprising at least one electrical connection through a housing wall that is particularly inexpensive to produce and allows the electronic components located on the internal face and the external face of the housing to be attached in a particularly variable manner. The electrical connection is directly surrounded by housing material while being additionally sealed by means of sealing material. The inventive housing seal is provided with a profiled seal encompassing at least two sealing lips. The sealing material is additionally used for sealing the cover and/or the bottom relative to the housing wall. The arrangement is also particularly well protected against oil and other aggressive media as a combination of housing material and sealing material is used for surrounding the electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshanfen AG, Continental Automotive GmbH, Walter Soehner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Marc Abele, Thomas Betz, Rolf Zoeller, Andreas Rekofsky
  • Publication number: 20100037975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piping apparatus for carrying a cooling or lubricating medium in a transmission or an engine, preferably in a vehicle, with a pipe for carrying a medium and at least one outlet opening for conducting the medium out of the pipe. It is distinguished by virtue of the fact that the piping comprises multiple standardized piping elements (12), that at least one piping element (12) is a piping element having an outlet opening (14), and that the piping elements (12) are made from a plastic. The invention further relates to a modular system for the construction of such a piping apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Rolf ZOELLER
  • Publication number: 20090168309
    Abstract: A housing comprising at least one electrical connection through a housing wall that is particularly inexpensive to produce and allows the electronic components located on the internal face and the external face of the housing to be attached in a particularly variable manner. The electrical connection is directly surrounded by housing material while being additionally sealed by means of sealing material. The inventive housing seal is provided with a profiled seal encompassing at least two sealing lips. The sealing material is additionally used for sealing the cover and/or the bottom relative to the housing wall. The arrangement is also particularly well protected against oil and other aggressive media as a combination of housing material and sealing material is used for surrounding the electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Walter Soehner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Ingenbleek, Michael Schwab, Marc Abele, Thomas Betz, Rolf Zoeller, Andreas Rekofsky