Patents by Inventor Stefan Filter

Stefan Filter 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: 12172485
    Abstract: A module is provided for an air suspension system of a vehicle, the module having a sensor interface for connecting to a sensor, in particular a displacement sensor, a valve, in particular an electropneumatic valve, and a data interface. This sensor interface is configured to receive sensor values from the sensor. The data interface is configured to output sensor values received via the sensor interface to a control device, and to receive control commands for controlling the valve from the control device. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a control device, an air suspension system, a vehicle, a vehicle trailer, a method for operating an air suspension system, and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
    Inventors: Stefan Filter, Johann Lucas
  • Publication number: 20240217300
    Abstract: Sensor device for determining the spatial position of the coachwork or body of a vehicle wherein inclinations or existing distances in each case relative to one another of the body or coachwork and axles or chassis and/or road surface are measurable via the sensor device and the signals from the sensor device corresponding to the determined inclinations or distances are transmittable to an electronic control device of a level-regulating system and are processable there in a regulating algorithm, wherein the sensor device has a combination of at least one distance-measuring sensor and an inclination sensor, and also an electronic evaluation unit, wherein the sensor signals from both sensors are processable by the electronic evaluation unit and are transmittable to the electronic control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Konrad Feyerabend, Stefan Filter, Oliver Kortmann, Johann Lucas, Oliver Topic
  • Patent number: 11975582
    Abstract: An air suspension control system (ECAS, electronic controlled air suspension) (10) for a utility vehicle, such as a truck or the like, or for a passenger car, includes a main control unit (12) for operating the air suspension control system (10) and at least two auxiliary control units (14) connected to the main control unit (12) via a data link (16). The auxiliary control units (14) each have at least one output (18) for actuating at least one actuator (20) which can be connected to the output (18), in particular an adjustment drive (28) for a valve (30). Furthermore, at least one function for generating control signals at the output (18) can be stored in the auxiliary control units (14), and the main control unit (12) is adapted to call up and/or to parameterize at least the stored functions by transmitting commands via the data link (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
    Inventors: Przemyslaw Zak, Stefan Filter, Ingo Jovers, Johann Lucas, Nosrat Moradi Dehdezi, Andreas Thimm
  • Publication number: 20220234411
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a module for an air suspension system of a vehicle, the module having a sensor interface for connecting to a sensor, in particular a displacement sensor, a valve, in particular an electropneumatic valve, and a data interface. This sensor interface is configured to receive sensor values from the sensor. The data interface is configured to output sensor values received via the sensor interface to a control device, and to receive control commands for controlling the valve from the control device. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a control device, an air suspension system, a vehicle, a vehicle trailer, a method for operating an air suspension system, and a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Filter, Johann Lucas
  • Publication number: 20210245567
    Abstract: An air suspension control system (ECAS, electronic controlled air suspension) (10) for a utility vehicle, such as a truck or the like, or for a passenger car, includes a main control unit (12) for operating the air suspension control system (10)and at least two auxiliary control units (14) connected to the main control unit (12) via a data link (16). The auxiliary control units (14) each have at least one output (18) for actuating at least one actuator (20) which can be connected to the output (18), in particular an adjustment drive (28) for a valve (30). Furthermore, at least one function for generating control signals at the output (18) can be stored in the auxiliary control units (14), and the main control unit (12) is adapted to call up and/or to parameterize at least the stored functions by transmitting commands via the data link (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Przemyslaw Zak, Stefan Filter, Ingo Jovers, Johann Lucas, Nosrat Moradi Dehdezi, Andreas Thimm