Patents by Inventor Tobias Brugger

Tobias Brugger 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 and control unit for operating a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11988281
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle with a prime mover (1), a drive output (2), and a parking lock (4) is provided. The parking lock (4), in an engaged condition, blocks a shaft (3) coupled to the drive output (2) and, in a disengaged condition, releases the shaft (3). In order to disengage the parking lock (4), at least one coupling mass (6) is coupled to the shaft (3), which is coupled to the drive output (2), while increasing the moment of inertia effective at the shaft (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Tobias Kohr, Michael Sohler, Franz Brugger, Bernd Haegele, Patrick Ledig
  • Medical device with a collection channel for a bodily fluid
    Patent number: 8864664
    Abstract: A medical device for carrying out at least one medical function. The medical device comprises at least one control part, which can be applied to a body surface of a user, and at least one functional element, which can be inserted into a body tissue of the user at at least one insertion site. The functional element can be connected to the control part. The functional element is designed to carry out at least one medical function. The control part has at least one base part with at least one supporting surface, which faces the body surface. The base part has at least one collection channel for collecting bodily fluid emerging from the insertion site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey, Marc Arnold, Tobias Brugger, Jürgen Braun
  • MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A COLLECTION CHANNEL FOR A BODILY FLUID
    Publication number: 20120035447
    Abstract: A medical device for carrying out at least one medical function. The medical device comprises at least one control part, which can be applied to a body surface of a user, and at least one functional element, which can be inserted into a body tissue of the user at at least one insertion site. The functional element can be connected to the control part. The functional element is designed to carry out at least one medical function. The control part has at least one base part with at least one supporting surface, which faces the body surface. The base part has at least one collection channel for collecting bodily fluid emerging from the insertion site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey, Marc Arnold, Tobias Brugger, Jürgen Braun