Patents by Inventor Ulf Warschat

Ulf Warschat 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).

  • Collision protection device for a pivotable hatch of a motor vehicle, hatch, motor vehicle and corresponding method
    Patent number: 9777518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collision protection device for a pivotable hatch of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one sensor for detecting an obstacle in the pivoting range of the hatch, and comprising a control unit, which is designed to output, in dependence on sensor signals of the at least one sensor, control commands for stopping an opening movement of the hatch, wherein the at least one sensor is an optical visibility sensor, which is designed for capturing an optical visibility in an environment of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignees: VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulf Warschat, Jürgen Hartmann, Thomas Schuler
  • COLLISION PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A PIVOTABLE HATCH OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, HATCH, MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160024825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a collision protection device for a pivotable hatch of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one sensor for detecting an obstacle in the pivoting range of the hatch, and comprising a control unit, which is designed to output, in dependence on sensor signals of the at least one sensor, control commands for stopping an opening movement of the hatch, wherein the at least one sensor is an optical visibility sensor, which is designed for capturing an optical visibility in an environment of the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ulf WARSCHAT, Jürgen HARTMANN, Thomas SCHULER
  • Start system for a car, car having a start system, and method for operating a start system for a car
    Patent number: 9196102
    Abstract: A method for operating a starting system for a car includes detecting locking of the car, checking whether a portable code transmitter of the starting system is inside a monitoring region, deactivating a starting device of the starting system if the portable code transmitter is not inside the monitoring region, receiving an unlocking signal and identity signal from the portable code transmitter by the starting system on the car, checking whether identity data received with the identity signal matches identity data stored in the starting system, and activating the starting device if the identity data matches the identity data stored in the starting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulf Warschat, Tobias Ott, Patrick Sassmannshausen
  • START SYSTEM FOR A CAR, CAR HAVING A START SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A START SYSTEM FOR A CAR
    Publication number: 20150002265
    Abstract: A method for operating a starting system for a car includes detecting locking of the car, checking whether a portable code transmitter of the starting system is inside a monitoring region, deactivating a starting device of the starting system if the portable code transmitter is not inside the monitoring region, receiving an unlocking signal and identity signal from the portable code transmitter by the starting system on the car, checking whether identity data received with the identity signal matches identity data stored in the starting system, and activating the starting device if the identity data matches the identity data stored in the starting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ulf Warschat, Tobias Ott, Patrick Sassmannshausen