Patents by Inventor Thomas Corell

Thomas Corell 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).

  • Method of maintaining the effect of the engine brake
    Patent number: 6692090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of maintaining the effect of the engine brake of a vehicle during hill descent by way of an active, electronically controlled intervention of the brakes on at least one wheel. The present invention is characterized by a determination of the status of the wheels split into ‘stable wheels’ and ‘unstable wheels’ and the deceleration of all stable wheels (11 to 14) in the event of at least one unstable wheel, on which the condition Vunstable<Ki×Vref occurs, wherein Vunstable=speed of the unstable wheel Vref=medium wheel speed of the stable wheels Ki=correction factor (FIG. 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Teves, AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Harald Heyn, Martin Kümmel, Thomas Corell