Patents by Inventor Thomas Mirwaldt

Thomas Mirwaldt 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: 9835451
    Abstract: A method for determining a ride height of a body of a motor vehicle and includes the steps of determining wheel heights at at least four different wheels of the motor vehicle, forming different selections of in each case three of the determined wheel heights, determining a ride height of the body for each selection, comparing the determined ride heights, and determining that at least one measurement value for a wheel height is implausible if the determined ride heights differ from one another by more than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Igor Illg, Thomas Mirwaldt
  • Patent number: 9333830
    Abstract: A method for operating a stabilizer arrangement which has two stabilizer modules and an actuator, wherein the stabilizer modules are arranged along an axle of a motor vehicle and are acted on by the actuator, wherein at least one kinematic variable of each wheel which is oriented in the vertical direction of the axle is determined, wherein by using a value of the at least one kinematic variable a value for at least one pilot control parameter is determined by a pilot control arrangement, which value is made available to a control cascade which includes an angle control module, a rotational speed control module and a power control module, wherein a value for a power control for operating the actuator is made available by the control cascade from the value for the pilot control parameter, which is dependent on the value of the kinematic variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Igor Illg, Thomas Mirwaldt
  • Publication number: 20160001626
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a roll moment of an axle of a vehicle for roll stabilization of a body of the vehicle, wherein the axle has two stabilizers which are operatively connected to in each case one wheel suspension system of the vehicle body, wherein an actuator is provided which is operatively connected to the two stabilizers, wherein an angular position for at least one stabilizer is determined depending on a setpoint roll moment of the axle and depending on angular positions of the two stabilizers, and wherein the actuator turns the at least one stabilizer to the determined angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Igor ILLG, Thomas MIRWALDT
  • Publication number: 20150094909
    Abstract: A method for operating a stabilizer arrangement which has two stabilizer modules and an actuator, wherein the stabilizer modules are arranged along an axle of a motor vehicle and are acted on by the actuator, wherein at least one kinematic variable of each wheel which is oriented in the vertical direction of the axle is determined, wherein by using a value of the at least one kinematic variable a value for at least one pilot control parameter is determined by a pilot control arrangement, which value is made available to a control cascade which includes an angle control module, a rotational speed control module and a power control module, wherein a value for a power control for operating the actuator is made available by the control cascade from the value for the pilot control parameter, which is dependent on the value of the kinematic variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Igor ILLG, Thomas MIRWALDT
  • Publication number: 20150094981
    Abstract: A method for determining a ride height of a body of a motor vehicle and includes the steps of determining wheel heights at at least four different wheels of the motor vehicle, forming different selections of in each case three of the determined wheel heights, determining a ride height of the body for each selection, comparing the determined ride heights, and determining that at least one measurement value for a wheel height is implausible if the determined ride heights differ from one another by more than a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Igor ILLG, Thomas MIRWALDT
  • Publication number: 20050269439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing and winding partially oriented polyester multifilament yarns not less than 85% by weight based on the total weight of the multifilament yarn polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and/or polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTMT) that contain between 0.05% by weight and 2.5% by weight based on the total weight of the multifilament yarn of at least one additive polymer extensibility enhancer, which comprises providing a wound yarn package which is stable in long-term storage and insensitive to elevated temperatures during storage and transportation by heat-treating the wound polyester multifilament yarn package at a temperature in the range from >45° C. to 65° C. The present invention further relates to the polyester multifilament yarns obtainable by the process and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicants: Zimmer AG, Rohm Gmbh @ Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mirwaldt, Maria Mirwaldtova, Thomas Mirwaldt, Peter Mirwaldt, Eckhard Seidel, Dietmar Wandel