Patents by Inventor Stefan Huefner

Stefan Huefner 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: 11174906
    Abstract: A method for operating a clutch of a drive train of a vehicle wherein the clutch, a drive motor primary axis having first wheels that can be driven by the drive motor as first axis and a second axis having second wheels are driven by the drive motor via the clutch as second axis, with the clutch being adjusted between a closed position, wherein a first coupling torque of the clutch is set, and at least one second position differing from the closed position, wherein a second coupling torque of the clutch that is lower than the first coupling torque is set: determining at least one coefficient of friction of a roadway the vehicle is located on; and as a factor of the determined coefficient of friction: adjusting a basic torque of the clutch, with the clutch being prestressed in the second position by the basic torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Baer, Martin Arndt, Christian Graf, Michael Wein, Marc Baur, Stefan Lehner, Stefan Huefner
  • Publication number: 20210277965
    Abstract: A method for operating a clutch of a drive train of a vehicle wherein the clutch, a drive motor primary axis having first wheels that can be driven by the drive motor as first axis and a second axis having second wheels are driven by the drive motor via the clutch as second axis, with the clutch being adjusted between a closed position, wherein a first coupling torque of the clutch is set, and at least one second position differing from the closed position, wherein a second coupling torque of the clutch that is lower than the first coupling torque is set: determining at least one coefficient of friction of a roadway the vehicle is located on; and as a factor of the determined coefficient of friction: adjusting a basic torque of the clutch, with the clutch being prestressed in the second position by the basic torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael BAER, Martin ARNDT, Christian GRAF, Michael WEIN, Marc BAUR, Stefan LEHNER, Stefan HUEFNER
  • Patent number: 10358030
    Abstract: A method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle, said method includes: reducing a transmission torque transmitted between a primary drive axle operatively connected with a secondary drive axle of the motor vehicle via a clutch configured to allow adjustment of the transmission torque when determining at the secondary drive axle a wheel slip which exceeds a defined slip threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Sagefka, Sebastian Strasser, Michael Bär, Christian Knely, Thomas-Willibald Meier, Adrian Mihailescu, Stefan Hüfner
  • Publication number: 20170096061
    Abstract: A method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle, said method includes: reducing a transmission torque transmitted between a primary drive axle operatively connected with a secondary drive axle of the motor vehicle via a clutch configured to allow adjustment of the transmission torque when determining at the secondary drive axle a wheel slip which exceeds a defined slip threshold value
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MICHAEL SAGEFKA, SEBASTIAN STRASSER, MICHAEL BÄR, CHRISTIAN KNELY, THOMAS-WILLIBALD MEIER, ADRIAN MIHAILESCU, STEFAN HÜFNER
  • Patent number: 9249480
    Abstract: A method for producing alkali and alkaline earth alloys. It also relates to the use of the alkali and alkaline earth compositions. In order to create a novel method for producing alkali and alkaline earth alloys, it is proposed within the context of the invention that salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of alkali or alkaline earth compounds be mixed with salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of semi-metals, nonmetals or metals and then heated to at least 100° C., the salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of alkali or alkaline earth metals being present in a molar ratio of 1:1 or in excess thereof in relation to the salts, hydroxide, alkoxides or oxides of the semi-metals, nonmetals or metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: NANO-X GmbH, ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Stefan Sepeur, Gerald Frenzer, Stefan Huefner, Frank Mueller
  • Publication number: 20120156379
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing alkali and alkaline earth alloys. It also relates to the use of the alkali and alkaline earth compositions. In order to create a novel method for producing alkali and alkaline earth alloys, it is proposed within the context of the invention that salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of alkali or alkaline earth compounds be mixed with salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of semi-metals, nonmetals or metals and then heated to at least 100° C., the salts, hydroxides, alkoxides or oxides of alkali or alkaline earth metals being present in a molar ratio of 1:1 or in excess thereof in relation to the salts, hydroxide, alkoxides or oxides of the semi-metals, nonmetals or metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: NANO-X GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Sepeur, Gerald Frenzer, Stefan Huefner, Frank Mueller