Patents by Inventor Stefan Rath

Stefan Rath 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: 11378469
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying a force and/or torque exerted by a part, in particular a seat or closing part, such as, a window winding system or sunroof or trunk lid or sliding door of a motor vehicle, that can be electrically adjusted by way of an electric motor on a body resting on said part, having an actuation system, which is configured to apply a voltage to the motor, which voltage causes a force of the part on a body, if present, resting on the part, having a measurement device, which is configured, while the motor is stationary, to measure a variable of the motor representing a movement of the motor, having a comparison device, which is configured to identify, based on the measured variable, a force that is exerted by the part on a body resting on the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Rath, Andreas Egger, Stefan Holzmann
  • Publication number: 20200309610
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying a force and/or torque exerted by a part, in particular a seat or closing part , such as, a window winding system or sunroof or trunk lid or sliding door of a motor vehicle, that can be electrically adjusted by way of an electric motor on a body resting on said part, having an actuation system, which is configured to apply a voltage to the motor, which voltage causes a force of the part on a body, if present, resting on the part, having a measurement device, which is configured, while the motor is stationary, to measure a variable of the motor representing a movement of the motor, having a comparison device, which is configured to identify, based on the measured variable, a force that is exerted by the part on a body resting on the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Rath, Andreas Egger, Stefan Holzmann