Patents by Inventor Stefan Vollmann

Stefan Vollmann 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: 20240084529
    Abstract: A system is provided for determining a volume of material milled, or a surface area milled, by a construction machine having a milling drum. The volume of material milled is determined as a function of a cross-sectional area of material to be milled in front of the milling drum and a distance traveled by the construction machine while actively milling. The cross-sectional area is determined in part by direct machine observation of one or more profile characteristics of a ground surface in front of the milling drum. The surface area milled is determined as a function of the width of the area to be milled in front of the milling drum and a distance traveled by the construction machine while actively milling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sven Paulsen, Stefan Wagner, Klaus Vollmann, Lothar Schwalbach, Cyrus Barimani
  • Publication number: 20220371609
    Abstract: An identification key associated with a motor vehicle is carried by a user as the user moves outside of the motor vehicle. When the identification key enters the reception range of short-range transceiver units, position data of the identification key are ascertained and transmitted via a far-field transceiver unit which is not included in the identification key. The receiver of the transmitted position data ascertains a movement vector for the identification key from the position data. If the movement vector meets at least one predefinable activation criterion, preconditioning of at least one component of the motor vehicle is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stefan VOLLMANN, Christian MEYER
  • Patent number: 10508707
    Abstract: A bearing system, for bearing a motor vehicle assembly at a motor vehicle body, with a fluid operating chamber that is in flow connection, by way of at least one fluid channel, with a fluid equilibration chamber, which is present in a housing of the bearing system. The fluid operating chamber and the fluid equilibration chamber are separated by a separating element, in which the at least one fluid channel is present. The separating element is decoupled from the housing by an elastic element, which surrounds the separating element in the peripheral direction. The housing has a cover, which accommodates the fluid equilibration chamber, and a supporting part, which holds a spring element of the bearing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: AUDI AG, VIBRACOUSTIC GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Vollmann, Christian Meyer, Thomas Schemer, Timo Stöcker
  • Publication number: 20180291978
    Abstract: A bearing system, for bearing a motor vehicle assembly at a motor vehicle body, with a fluid operating chamber that is in flow connection, by way of at least one fluid channel, with a fluid equilibration chamber, which is present in a housing of the bearing system. The fluid operating chamber and the fluid equilibration chamber are separated by a separating element, in which the at least one fluid channel is present. The separating element is decoupled from the housing by an elastic element, which surrounds the separating element in the peripheral direction. The housing has a cover, which accommodates the fluid equilibration chamber, and a supporting part, which holds a spring element of the bearing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Vibracoustic GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan VOLLMANN, Christian MEYER, Thomas SCHEMER, Timo STÖCKER
  • Patent number: 9643480
    Abstract: An assembly bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an assembly bearing having a bearing housing, a vibration-damping bearing, and a bearing core connectable to a power train element. The bearing housing is connected with a body-fixed carrier part by a first fastening element, oriented in a direction that differs from a vertical direction, in a torsion-resistant manner, and by a second fastening element, oriented substantially in the vertical axis direction. A U-shaped stop bracket bridges the bearing core and is firmly connected to the bearing housing. The bearing core is formed with diametrically opposite stop arms, which in basic position are spaced from legs of the stop bracket by a gap distance. A first stop buffer is arranged on inner surfaces of the stop bracket and/or the bearing core, and second stop buffers are arranged on the legs of the stop bracket and/or the stop arms between the legs and the stop arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marek Bujak, Stefan Vollmann
  • Publication number: 20160059685
    Abstract: An assembly bearing arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an assembly bearing having a bearing housing, a vibration-damping bearing, and a bearing core connectable to a power train element. The bearing housing is connected with a body-fixed carrier part by a first fastening element, oriented not in vertical axis direction (Z-direction), in a torsion-resistant manner, and by a second fastening element, oriented substantially in the vertical axis direction. A U-shaped stop bracket bridges the bearing core and is firmly connected to the bearing housing. The bearing core is formed with diametrically opposite stop arms, which in basic position are spaced from legs of the stop bracket by a gap distance. A first stop buffer is arranged on inner surfaces of the stop bracket and/or the bearing core, and second stop buffers are arranged on the legs of the stop bracket and/or the stop arms between the legs and the stop arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MAREK BUJAK, STEFAN VOLLMANN
  • Patent number: 8783667
    Abstract: Axially damping hydraulic mount is provided, relating to elastomer mounts for engine mounts for damping the vibrations transmitted from internal combustion engine to the body and for acoustic decoupling. The hydraulic mount includes a frustoconical elastomer support spring, between mount core and upper part of outer jacket, with a working chamber and a compensating chamber for fluid damping medium. Chambers are separated from one another by a separator extending transversely to the mount axis and includes a coupling diaphragm, wherein the working chamber is enclosed by support spring and separating element. Compensating chamber is enclosed by separating element and elastomer bellows. A duct on the separating element is enclosed by a duct part. To counteract excessive increase in dynamic spring rate when frequencies of axially acting vibrations are present, the duct part is occupied by an additional mass. Then the duct part is rigidly connected to a mass element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Audi AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Meyer, Detlev Hagedorn, Stefan Vollmann
  • Publication number: 20110291336
    Abstract: Axially damping hydraulic mount is provided, relating to elastomer mounts for engine mounts for damping the vibrations transmitted from internal combustion engine to the body and for acoustic decoupling. The hydraulic mount includes a frustoconical elastomer support spring, between mount core and upper part of outer jacket, with a working chamber and a compensating chamber for fluid damping medium. Chambers are separated from one another by a separator extending transversely to the mount axis and includes a coupling diaphragm, wherein the working chamber is enclosed by support spring and separating element. Compensating chamber is enclosed by separating element and elastomer bellows. A duct on the separating element is enclosed by a duct part. To counteract excessive increase in dynamic spring rate when frequencies of axially acting vibrations are present, the duct part is occupied by an additional mass. Then the duct part is rigidly connected to a mass element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Meyer, Detlev Hagedorn, Stefan Vollmann