Patents by Inventor Sebastian SCHÖDEL

Sebastian SCHÖDEL 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).

  • Publication number: 20240167310
    Abstract: A method for operating a flap arrangement is provided, a drive arrangement having at least one drive, a sensor arrangement and a control arrangement coupled to the drive arrangement and to the sensor arrangement, sensor values relating to an operator action performed by an operator outside of the motor vehicle being sensed by the sensor arrangement, the sensed sensor values being checked by the control arrangement in a check routine for the presence of a valid operator action, and the drive arrangement being caused by the control arrangement to effect a motorized adjustment. A predefined selection of characteristic values can be determined from the sensor values in the check routine, a recognition value of the operator action can be calculated from the determined characteristic values using a predefined weighting function with respective weighting parameters, and the operator action can be classified as a valid operator action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Sebastian Schoedel
  • Publication number: 20240051396
    Abstract: A method for actuating a motor-driven flap assembly of a vehicle. A control assembly is provided for actuating a motor drive assembly which is paired with the flap assembly, and a distance sensor which is coupled to the control assembly is also provided. Sensor signals are detected by the distance sensor in order to detect an operator action carried out by an operator of the vehicle, wherein the sensor signals are analyzed by the control assembly in an analysis routine in order to detect a specified operator action, and the chive assembly is actuated by the control assembly upon detecting the specified operator action. In some embodiments, when a specified charging criterion is satisfied, the analysis routine is carried out by the control assembly in a specified charging mode, in which the analysis of the sensor signals is modified on the basis of an analysis during a normal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Sebastian Schoedel
  • Patent number: 11649660
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for integration into a vehicle door including a support element coupled to the vehicle door, a handle element arranged on the support element, and a radar apparatus arranged on the support element or on or in the handle element and configured to emit radar radiation and to receive reflected radar radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd Herthan, Bertram Bopp, Christoph Brueckner, Carsten Topf, Michael Richter, Sebastian Schoedel
  • Patent number: 11371275
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for controlling a drive arrangement for a flap of a vehicle by a control arrangement, wherein in a measuring routine a measured movement value is measured by a movement measuring system. It is proposed that in an estimation routine an estimated movement value is estimated, in a movement routine the estimated movement value is determined via the estimation routine and the flap is adjusted according to a set movement value, in a correction routine the estimated movement value is determined from the estimation routine and an estimation error is determined and from the estimated movement value and according to a correction specification the set of model parameters is corrected based on the estimation error and supplied to the estimation routine and in the correction routine the correction of the set of model parameters is performed for a part section of the motorized movement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Sebastian Schoedel, Detlef Russ
  • Patent number: 11293210
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a drive arrangement for a flap of a motor vehicle by a control arrangement, wherein the drive arrangement comprises a first electric drive and a second electric drive that are coupled in each case to the flap in terms of providing a drive, wherein in a determining routine current values that occur during the motorized adjustment of the flap are determined for the drives, wherein in an anti-trap protection routine the determined current values of the two drives are monitored to establish if at least one a predetermined trapping event criterion exists that represents a trapping event and wherein in the event that a trapping event criterion has occurred a trapping event routine is performed. It is proposed that a trapping event criterion is defined by virtue of the fact that a predetermined relationship of the current value of the first drive to the current value of the second drive exceeds or is below a trapping event threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventor: Sebastian Schoedel
  • Publication number: 20210396064
    Abstract: A method for the operation of a motorized flap arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the flap arrangement has a flap which is pivotable with respect to a motor vehicle body, wherein the flap arrangement has a back-driveable drive arrangement for the motorized adjustment of the flap and a control arrangement for controlling the drive arrangement. It is proposed that an, in particular gravitationally induced, predetermined flap deflection is detected by means of the control arrangement from a de-energized intermediate position of the flap in a monitoring routine and, in response to the detection of the predetermined flap deflection, a holding routine is triggered in which the drive arrangement is adjusted to a flap-holding position in a holding control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Bernd HERTHAN, Sebastian SCHÖDEL, Robert DICK
  • Publication number: 20210317698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the operation of a motorized flap arrangement (1) of a motor vehicle (2), wherein the flap arrangement (1) has a flap (4) which can be adjusted by means of flap kinematics (3), wherein the flap arrangement (1) has a drive assembly (5) assigned to the flap (4) and a control arrangement (7) for controlling the drive assembly (5), wherein by means of the control arrangement (7) an actuation action manually introduced into the flap kinematics (3) via the flap (4) in the form of an actuating movement and/or an actuating load is detected and on the detection of a predetermined actuation action the drive assembly (5) is controlled, subject to a plausibility check, for the motorized adjustment of the flap (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventor: Sebastian SCHÖDEL
  • Patent number: 10883300
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive assembly of a closure element assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive motor and, connected to the drive motor, a feed gearing for generating linear drive movements along a geometrical drive axis, wherein the drive motor and the feed gearing are arranged in a drive train of the drive assembly and the drive train extends between two mechanical drive connections for putting out drive movements and wherein the drive assembly comprises a brake for braking at least a portion of the drive train. It is proposed that the brake is designed such that the braking action of the brake is reduced with an increasing load in the drive train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, Matthias Fischer, Harald Krueger, Michael Buchheim, Sebastian Schoedel
  • Publication number: 20200318402
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for integration into a vehicle door including a support element coupled to the vehicle door, a handle element arranged on the support element, and a radar apparatus arranged on the support element or on or in the handle element and configured to emit radar radiation and to receive reflected radar radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Bernd HERTHAN, Bertram BOPP, Christoph BRUECKNER, Carsten TOPF, Michael RICHTER, Sebastian SCHOEDEL
  • Publication number: 20190330910
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a drive arrangement for a flap of a motor vehicle by a control arrangement, wherein the drive arrangement comprises a first electric drive and a second electric drive that are coupled in each case to the flap in terms of providing a drive, wherein in a determining routine current values that occur during the motorized adjustment of the flap are determined for the drives, wherein in an anti-trap protection routine the determined current values of the two drives are monitored to establish if at least one a predetermined trapping event criterion exists that represents a trapping event and wherein in the event that a trapping event criterion has occurred a trapping event routine is performed. It is proposed that a trapping event criterion is defined by virtue of the fact that a predetermined relationship of the current value of the first drive to the current value of the second drive exceeds or is below a trapping event threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Sebastian Schoedel
  • Publication number: 20190309558
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for controlling a drive arrangement for a flap of a vehicle by a control arrangement, wherein in a measuring routine a measured movement value is measured by a movement measuring system. It is proposed that in an estimation routine an estimated movement value is estimated, in a movement routine the estimated movement value is determined via the estimation routine and the flap is adjusted according to a set movement value, in a correction routine the estimated movement value is determined from the estimation routine and an estimation error is determined and from the estimated movement value and according to a correction specification the set of model parameters is corrected based on the estimation error and supplied to the estimation routine and in the correction routine the correction of the set of model parameters is performed for a part section of the motorized movement cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Schoedel, Detlef Russ
  • Publication number: 20190242171
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive assembly of a closure element assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive assembly comprises a drive motor and, connected to the drive motor, a feed gearing for generating linear drive movements along a geometrical drive axis, wherein the drive motor and the feed gearing are arranged in a drive train of the drive assembly and the drive train extends between two mechanical drive connections for putting out drive movements and wherein the drive assembly comprises a brake for braking at least a portion of the drive train. It is proposed that the brake is designed such that the braking action of the brake is reduced with an increasing load in the drive train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Wittelsbuerger, Matthias Fischer, Harald Krueger, Michael Buchheim, Sebastian Schoedel