Patents by Inventor Thorsten Hofers

Thorsten Hofers 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).

  • Motor vehicle with a convertible roof
    Patent number: 7175225
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a movable convertible top includes a control device for controlling a convertible top motion and a device for the recognition of the convertible top position. The device for convertible top position recognition continuously monitors the position of the convertible top. The position of a defined element of the convertible top is determined by means of at least one acceleration sensor that measures the current acceleration in relationship to the acceleration of free fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Wilhelm Karmann GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Hofers, Joachim Vedder
  • Motor vehicle with a convertible roof
    Publication number: 20060119130
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a movable convertible top includes a control device for controlling a convertible top motion and a device for the recognition of the convertible top position. The device for convertible top position recognition continuously monitors the position of the convertible top. The position of a defined element of the convertible top is determined by means of at least one acceleration sensor that measures the current acceleration in relationship to the acceleration of free fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Inventors: Thorsten Hofers, Joachim Vedder
  • Method for the transmission of an asynchronous data stream via a synchronous data bus, and circuit arrangement for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 6590903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the transmission of an asynchronous data stream, containing useful data, via a synchronous data bus which is arranged to transmit data frames in time multiplex. The invention is characterized in that the asynchronous data stream is converted into a synchronous, continuous data stream by means of a converter circuit, that within the data frames a selectable number of storage locations is provided for the useful data of the asynchronous data stream, that a variable number of useful data can be assigned to the individual data frames by the converter circuit and in dependence on the speed of the asynchronous data stream, and that protocol data is assigned to the individual data frames by means of the converter circuit, each time in a predetermined position within the data frames, which protocol data contains information as regards the number of useful data present in the relevant data frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Thorsten Höfers, Karl-Heinz Knobl, Michael Schäfer