Patents by Inventor Thorsten SCHRADER

Thorsten SCHRADER 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).

  • Publication number: 20250018966
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein input data concerning the motor vehicle and/or surroundings and/or a user of the motor vehicle are ascertained, wherein at least one trigger condition dependent on the input data is evaluated, wherein, in the event of the respective trigger condition being met, an indication of an activatable vehicle function (28, 32, 44, 51) associated with the respective trigger condition is output to the user, following which, after detection of a predefined control action performed by the user, this vehicle function is activated immediately or after an additional condition has been met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hendrik GRONAU, Jörg MICHAEL, Christoph SCHMUTZ, Thorsten SCHRADER, Werner WILDING
  • Publication number: 20230252475
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a user recognition device, a user interface, a communication interface for wirelessly providing information to the external environment of the motor vehicle, and a control device. The control device is configured: to register the user on the basis of his determined identity; to select a payment function on the basis of the operating signal; to provide the order data signal during the use of the motor vehicle by the registered user, which signal describes an order data set that describes the registered user’s payment process information that is coupled to the selected payment function and is stored in the user profile; and to transmit the provided order data signal to the communication interface for communicating the payment process information to an extravehicular communication interface of an extravehicular data server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hendrik GRONAU, Jörg MICHAEL, Christoph SCHMUTZ, Thorsten SCHRADER, Werner WILDING
  • Publication number: 20210024163
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a scooter having a deck. A front axle has at least one front wheel and a rear axle has at least one rear wheel. A steering column is used to transmit a steering motion to the at least one front wheel and an actuation element arranged on the steering column is used to release a locking device. When the locking device is released, the scooter can be brought into a stowing position. In the stowing position of the scooter, the rear axle together with the deck is moved toward the steering column about an axis of rotation and a distance between the rear axle and the front axle is equal to a distance between the rear axle and the front axle in a functional position of the scooter. The disclosure further relates to a method for operating a scooter of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thorsten SCHRADER, Lukas DÖNZ