Patents by Inventor Stefan Hensel

Stefan Hensel 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: 11427149
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body that forms a vehicle interior, where a front seat row and a rear seat row are formed in the vehicle interior. A rear seat of the rear seat row is disposed adjacent to a side wall of the body and the rear seat has a backrest. A side part of the rear seat is disposed between the backrest and the side wall. An airbag module is disposed in the side part and extends approximately parallel to the backrest and at least over a length of the backrest and an airbag guide sack surrounds the airbag module. The airbag module and the airbag guide sack are fastened to a carrier shell and the carrier shell is attached to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Hensel
  • Publication number: 20210122324
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body that forms a vehicle interior, where a front seat row and a rear seat row are formed in the vehicle interior. A rear seat of the rear seat row is disposed adjacent to a side wall of the body and the rear seat has a backrest. A side part of the rear seat is disposed between the backrest and the side wall. An airbag module is disposed in the side part and extends approximately parallel to the backrest and at least over a length of the backrest and an airbag guide sack surrounds the airbag module. The airbag module and the airbag guide sack are fastened to a carrier shell and the carrier shell is attached to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Stefan HENSEL
  • Patent number: 10551844
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for mapping a processing area, in particular for determining a processing area, as part of a navigation method for autonomous robot vehicles. According to the disclosure, said method is characterized in that boundary lines between adjoining mapped and unmapped subareas of the processing area that is to be mapped are identified by comparing distances traveled by the robot vehicle during an initial mapping trip within the processing area, mapping of an unmapped subarea adjoining a boundary line is initiated from a point on one of those identified boundary lines during another mapping trip of the robot vehicle into the unmapped subarea, and a map of the processing area is created on the basis of the subareas mapped by the robot vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Hannes Becker, Stefan Hensel
  • Patent number: 10466710
    Abstract: An autonomous implement includes at least one orientation device configured to provide an orientation within a processing zone. The at least one orientation device is different from a perimeter-wire orientation device. The autonomous implement further includes at least one control and/or regulating unit configured to ascertain a travel strategy. The at least one control and/or regulating unit is configured at least to ascertain an alignment relative to a base station for a targeted docking onto an interface of the base station based on at least one orientation parameter captured using the at least one orientation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Klaus Marx, Steffen Petereit, Stefan Hensel
  • Publication number: 20180004217
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for mapping a processing area, in particular for determining a processing area, as part of a navigation method for autonomous robot vehicles. According to the disclosure, said method is characterized in that boundary lines between adjoining mapped and unmapped subareas of the processing area that is to be mapped are identified by comparing distances traveled by the robot vehicle during an initial mapping trip within the processing area, mapping of an unmapped subarea adjoining a boundary line is initiated from a point on one of those identified boundary lines during another mapping trip of the robot vehicle into the unmapped subarea, and a map of the processing area is created on the basis of the subareas mapped by the robot vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Hannes Becker, Stefan Hensel
  • Publication number: 20170127608
    Abstract: An autonomous implement includes at least one orientation device configured to provide an orientation within a processing zone. The at least one orientation device is different from a perimeter-wire orientation device. The autonomous implement further includes at least one control and/or regulating unit configured to ascertain a travel strategy. The at least one control and/or regulating unit is configured at least to ascertain an alignment relative to a base station for a targeted docking onto an interface of the base station based on at least one orientation parameter captured using the at least one orientation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Klaus Marx, Steffen Petereit, Stefan Hensel
  • Patent number: 8525510
    Abstract: A railway positioning system provides an on-board speed measurement device (6) inducing eddy currents in the wayside structure at two spots along the travelling direction, measuring the variations of the magnetic field emitted by the wayside structure and determining position and speed by correlating the 2 measured signals known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,825,177 and a wayside coded tag (1) providing a coding recognizable by the onboard speed measurement device (6). The coded tag (1) consists of a bar (4) with several slots (3) in which metal blocks (2) of different sizes are mounted. The block sizes and positions are selected to represent a coding according to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Askell Finnestad, Hakan Lind, Carsten Hasberg, Stefan Hensel, René Rütters
  • Publication number: 20100266005
    Abstract: A railway positioning system provides an on-board speed measurement device (6) inducing eddy currents in the wayside structure at two spots along the travelling direction, measuring the variations of the magnetic field emitted by the wayside structure and determining position and speed by correlating the 2 measured signals known from U.S. Pat. No. 5,825,177 and a wayside coded tag (1) providing a coding recognisable by the onboard speed measurement device (6). The coded tag (1) consists of a bar (4) with several slots (3) in which metal blocks (2) of different sizes are mounted. The block sizes and positions are selected to represent a coding according to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Askell Finnestad, Hakan Lind, Carsten Hasberg, Stefan Hensel