Patents by Inventor Steffen Ritz

Steffen Ritz 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: 7188914
    Abstract: In a method of operating a brake assistant system which includes a first mode of operation in which the brake assistant system is not operated, a second mode of operation in which, after recognition of an emergency brake situation, a pressure build-up of wheel brakes is generated, and a third mode of operation which is provided for the transition from the second into the first mode of operation, wherein in the third mode of operation the wheel brake pressure (pWHEEL) is excessively elevated compared to the tandem master cylinder pressure (pTMC) in a controlled way, a particularly safe and user-friendly termination of the brake assistant system results from diminishing the amount of the excess elevation over the course of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Continental Teves, AG and Company oHG
    Inventors: Oliver Hecker, Steffen Ritz
  • Patent number: 7016778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle, in particular a traction-slip control system (TCS), wherein a diagonal axle twist is detected and evaluated as a regulating variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Continental Teves, AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Norbert Ehmer, Georg Roll, Lothar Kienle, Bernd-Uwe Hartmann, Steffen Ritz, Frank Haller
  • Patent number: 6588858
    Abstract: A vehicle includes four wheels, a drive axle, a power train which connects a vehicle engine to the drive axle via a transmission, a clutch, and an axle differential, a brake system, which may brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of the other wheels, a steering system which includes a manual steering device, at which a driver may set a steering angle for steerable wheels, and a control system, which brakes at least the drive axle wheel inside the curve and generates a steering-supporting braking torque on this wheel below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle. In order to improve the steering support, the control system monitors the status of the transmission and/or the clutch, the control system actuating the brakes of the appropriate wheel as a function of this status in order to generate the steering-supporting braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Steffen Ritz, Stefan Steiner
  • Publication number: 20020060103
    Abstract: A vehicle is described having four wheels, a drive axle, a power train which connects a vehicle engine to the drive axle via a transmission, a clutch, and an axle differential, a brake system, which can brake at least the wheels associated with the drive axle independently of the other wheels, a steering system which has a manual steering device, at which a driver can set a steering angle for steerable wheels, and a control system, which brakes at least the drive axle wheel inside the curve and generates a steering-supporting braking torque on this wheel below a predefined vehicle velocity and as of a predefined steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Steffen Ritz, Stefan Steiner