Patents by Inventor Thorsten Gerbig

Thorsten Gerbig 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).

  • Device for generating an additional reset force on a gas pedal and method for the operation thereof
    Patent number: 8914210
    Abstract: A device for generating an additional reset force on the gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to the initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in the motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, a reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof, and wherein an actuator is provided, which applies an additional reset force that acts in the reset direction of the gas pedal, and wherein the motor vehicle has a unit for determining the shifting point of a manually shifted transmission. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Continental Engineering Services GmbH, Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Gregor Schmitt, Frank Drews, Andreas Zell, Thorsten Gerbig
  • DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN ADDITIONAL RESET FORCE ON A GAS PEDAL AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120279347
    Abstract: A device for generating an additional reset force on the gas pedal for motor vehicles, wherein a position change of the gas pedal relative to the initial position thereof, induced by a corresponding actuating force, against a reset force leads to an increase in the motive power of the engine and, when there is a decrease in the actuating force, a reset force moves the gas pedal back in the direction of the initial position thereof, and wherein an actuator is provided, which applies an additional reset force that acts in the reset direction of the gas pedal, and wherein the motor vehicle has a unit for determining the shifting point of a manually shifted transmission. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: CONTINENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES GMBH, CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Gregor Schmitt, Frank Drews, Andreas Zell, Thorsten Gerbig