Patents by Inventor Thea Schlueter

Thea Schlueter 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).

  • Control device of a hybrid vehicle and method for operating same
    Patent number: 9518508
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having a drive-train with a hybrid drive unit including an internal combustion engine and an electric machine. A clutch is connected between the internal combustion engine and the electric machine. An automatic or automated transmission is connected between the hybrid drive unit and a drive output. When the hybrid vehicle has been driving and comes to a standstill with its internal combustion engine stopped, the control device automatically determines, on the one hand, a starting mode for the subsequent re-starting of the internal combustion engine when the hybrid vehicle is at rest, and the control device, on the other hand, automatically changes at least the transmission and the clutch connected between the internal combustion engine and the electric machine of the hybrid drive unit to a condition appropriate for the starting mode determined by emitting appropriate control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Werner Wolfgang, Thea Schlueter
  • CONTROL DEVICE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME
    Publication number: 20140311427
    Abstract: A control device for a hybrid vehicle having a drive-train with a hybrid drive unit including an internal combustion engine and an electric machine. A clutch is connected between the internal combustion engine and the electric machine. An automatic or automated transmission is connected between the hybrid drive unit and a drive output. When the hybrid vehicle has been driving and comes to a standstill with its internal combustion engine stopped, the control device automatically determines, on the one hand, a starting mode for the subsequent re-starting of the internal combustion engine when the hybrid vehicle is at rest, and the control device, on the other hand, automatically changes at least the transmission and the clutch connected between the internal combustion engine and the electric machine of the hybrid drive unit to a condition appropriate for the starting mode determined by emitting appropriate control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Werner Wolfgang, Thea Schlueter