Patents by Inventor Ulrich Luders

Ulrich Luders 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).

  • Patent number: 8204669
    Abstract: The present device relates to a method for regulating the driving dynamics of a vehicle, in which at least one wheel of the vehicle is acted upon by a torque on the basis of control of a clutch transmitting a torque to the wheel and/or on the basis of control of a differential distributing torque to the wheel and at least to one other wheel. The method is characterized in that a value of the torque is determined as a function of a first and a second value of a yaw moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Lüders, Rainer Oehler, Thomas Raste, Hubertus Raitz von Frentz
  • Publication number: 20090228181
    Abstract: The present device relates to a method for regulating the driving dynamics of a vehicle, in which at least one wheel of the vehicle is acted upon by a torque on the basis of control of a clutch transmitting a torque to the wheel and/or on the basis of control of a differential distributing torque to the wheel and at least to one other wheel. The method is characterized in that a value of the torque is determined as a function of a first and a second value of a yaw moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Ulrich Luders, Rainer Oehler, Thomas Raste, Hubertus Raitz von Frentz
  • Publication number: 20050234628
    Abstract: Currently available driving dynamics control systems such as ESP or TCS require in the driving dynamics limit range information about the actual maximum coefficient of friction between tires and roadway to function reliably. A proven approach is to use, once the control is active, the actual utilization of grip as the maximum coefficient of friction. The object of the invention relates to a method for determining the actual maximum coefficient of friction independently of the activation of the control. The method permanently determines values which are representative of the utilization of grip in longitudinal and/or lateral direction, based on measured and/or estimated variables that represent the actual longitudinal forces, lateral forces and vertical forces acting upon the individual wheels and tires, while using measured or calculated actual state variables representative of the tire slip angle and/or the tire slip angle velocity and/or the longitudinal slip and/or the longitudinal slip velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Ulrich Luders, Rainer Oehler, Thomas Raste, Hubertus von Frentz
  • Patent number: 6954691
    Abstract: A method for the online determination of values of driving dynamics for a motor vehicle. To improve the quality of the control of a motor vehicle and to reduce the demands placed on the driver, the invention discloses a driving dynamics control including the (1) estimated output quantities ?m in dependence on determined or estimated input quantities u and predetermined or predicted vehicle state variables {circumflex over (x)} and optionally further quantities, (2) comparing the estimated output quantities ?m with measured output quantities ym, and (3) determining the estimated driving dynamics quantities {circumflex over (x)}(tk/tk) in dependence on the measurement result and, as the case may be, further criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Georg Roll, Ulrich Lüders, Rainer Oehler, Thomas Raste, Hubertus Raitz Von Frentz
  • Publication number: 20030191572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the online determination of values of driving dynamics for a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Georg Roll, Ulrich Luders, Rainer Oehler, Thomas Raste, Hubertus Raitz Von Frentz
  • Patent number: 6502014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control circuit for controlling the driving stability of a vehicle where the input quantities determining the course of track are input in a vehicle model circuit which determines at least on nominal value for a control quantity subject to parameters memorised in the vehicle reference model on the basis of a vehicle reference model reproducing the characteristics of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHG
    Inventors: Torsten Herrmann, Mile Jokic, Ulrich Lüders, Holger Duis, Ralf Endress