Patents by Inventor Stephan Capellaro

Stephan Capellaro 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: 10668810
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for vehicle stabilization of a hybrid vehicle in an event of brake slip of the drive wheels or an increased risk thereof. The method presupposes that the hybrid vehicle includes, between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, a clutch by which the torque of the internal combustion engine can be decoupled from the drive wheels. With the clutch engaged, the resulting torque on the electric motor is produced by the torque of the internal combustion engine and the torque of the electric motor. The presence of a specific vehicle condition indicative of brake slip of the drive wheels or a risk thereof is recognized. If such a vehicle condition is recognized, the clutch between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is released and the torque of the electric motor is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Schnappauf, Michael Prommnitz, Stephan Capellaro, Thomas Baer, Jerome Willot, Johann Knoeferl, Thomas Hardtke
  • Publication number: 20150105959
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for vehicle stabilization of a hybrid vehicle in an event of brake slip of the drive wheels or an increased risk thereof. The method presupposes that the hybrid vehicle includes, between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, a clutch by which the torque of the internal combustion engine can be decoupled from the drive wheels. With the clutch engaged, the resulting torque on the electric motor is produced by the torque of the internal combustion engine and the torque of the electric motor. The presence of a specific vehicle condition indicative of brake slip of the drive wheels or a risk thereof is recognized. If such a vehicle condition is recognized, the clutch between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is released and the torque of the electric motor is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Florian SCHNAPPAUF, Michael PROMMNITZ, Stephan CAPELLARO, Thomas BAER, Jerome WILLOT, Johann KNOEFERL, Thomas HARDTKE
  • Patent number: 7860623
    Abstract: A process for increasing the stability of a vehicle upon acceleration on a roadway with a non-homogenous coefficient of friction, whereby a drive wheel is acted on by a braking force on a side with a low coefficient of friction by means of a drive slip regulation. A value (pASR) is determined which corresponds to the braking force (FB,ASR) set by the drive slip regulation (ASR). The value determined (pASR) is used for the determination of a disrupting yaw momentum (MZ), and a control portion (??Z) of a supplemental steering angle (??) is determined in dependence on the disrupting yaw momentum (MZ). An apparatus for the implementation of the process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Urs Bauer, Georg Roll, Schahrad Schafiyha, Stephan Capellaro, Michael Gille, Matthias Muntu
  • Patent number: 7775608
    Abstract: A method for controlling a brake pressure in at least two wheel brakes preferably mounted on one axle of the vehicle, is performed during a braking operation on a road surface having a heterogeneous coefficient of friction. This method works as follows: A low coefficient of friction side and/or a high coefficient of friction side is detected, a stability index representing the driving state of the vehicle is formed, the stability index is evaluated on the basis of the low coefficient of friction side and/or of the high coefficient of friction side and the brake pressure is altered in at least one wheel brake as a function of the value of the stability index and as a function of the result of the evaluation of the stability index on the basis of the low coefficient of friction side and/or the high coefficient of friction side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Continental Teves, Inc.
    Inventors: Holger Schmidt, Anthony Dollet, Urs Bauer, Stephan Capellaro
  • Publication number: 20080147273
    Abstract: A process for increasing the stability of a vehicle upon acceleration on a roadway with a non-homogenous coefficient of friction, whereby a drive wheel is acted on by a braking force on a side with a low coefficient of friction by means of a drive slip regulation. A value (pASR) is determined which corresponds to the braking force (FB,ASR) set by the drive slip regulation (ASR). The value determined (pASR) is used for the determination of a disrupting yaw momentum (MZ), and a control portion (??Z) of a supplemental steering angle (??) is determined in dependence on the disrupting yaw momentum (MZ). An apparatus for the implementation of the process is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Urs Bauer, Georg Roll, Schahrad Schafiyha, Stephan Capellaro, Michael Gille, Matthias Muntu