Patents by Inventor Thomas-Willibald Meier

Thomas-Willibald Meier 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 for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle and corresponding drivetrain
    Patent number: 10358030
    Abstract: A method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle, said method includes: reducing a transmission torque transmitted between a primary drive axle operatively connected with a secondary drive axle of the motor vehicle via a clutch configured to allow adjustment of the transmission torque when determining at the secondary drive axle a wheel slip which exceeds a defined slip threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Sagefka, Sebastian Strasser, Michael Bär, Christian Knely, Thomas-Willibald Meier, Adrian Mihailescu, Stefan Hüfner
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVETRAIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING DRIVETRAIN
    Publication number: 20170096061
    Abstract: A method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle, said method includes: reducing a transmission torque transmitted between a primary drive axle operatively connected with a secondary drive axle of the motor vehicle via a clutch configured to allow adjustment of the transmission torque when determining at the secondary drive axle a wheel slip which exceeds a defined slip threshold value
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MICHAEL SAGEFKA, SEBASTIAN STRASSER, MICHAEL BÄR, CHRISTIAN KNELY, THOMAS-WILLIBALD MEIER, ADRIAN MIHAILESCU, STEFAN HÜFNER
  • Method for braking of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9242565
    Abstract: In a method for braking of a motor vehicle which is driven by a drive torque of at least one electrical machine electrically connected to an electric energy storage device, the at least one electrical machine is operated in a first operating mode as a generator for generating a generator braking torque. In a second operating mode, the at least one electrical machine is supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device in such a way that a braking torque opposing the drive torque is generated by the at least one electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Bodo Kleickmann, Thomas-Willibald Meier
  • METHOD FOR BRAKING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140246281
    Abstract: In a method for braking of a motor vehicle which is driven by a drive torque of at least one electrical machine electrically connected to an electric energy storage device, the at least one electrical machine is operated in a first operating mode as a generator for generating a generator braking torque. In a second operating mode, the at least one electrical machine is supplied with electrical energy from the energy storage device in such a way that a braking torque opposing the drive torque is generated by the at least one electrical machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Bodo Kleickmann, Thomas-Willibald Meier