Patents by Inventor Ulrich Schopf

Ulrich Schopf 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: 7225059
    Abstract: In a method for operating a vehicle having a drive, a value of an internal torque to be supplied by the drive is determined from a positive propulsion torque requested by a user or a control and/or regulating system and the drive is triggered accordingly. Furthermore, the drive may supply a negative propulsion torque. A value of a negative propulsion torque requested by the user or by the control and/or regulating system is determined and then used to determine a value of a corresponding negative internal torque to be supplied by the drive and the drive may be triggered accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Kettenacker, Juergen Saile, Ulrich Schopf, Hauke Wendt
  • Publication number: 20050010335
    Abstract: In a method for operating a vehicle having a drive, a value of an internal torque to be supplied by the drive is determined from a positive propulsion torque requested by a user or a control and/or regulating system and the drive is triggered accordingly. Furthermore, the drive may supply a negative propulsion torque. A value of a negative propulsion torque requested by the user or by the control and/or regulating system is determined and then used to determine a value of a corresponding negative internal torque to be supplied by the drive and the drive may be triggered accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Guenter Kettenacker, Juergen Saile, Ulrich Schopf, Hauke Wendt
  • Patent number: 6386180
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for operating internal combustion engines is suggested which is operated in at least one operating state with a lean air/fuel mixture. The fuel mass, which is to be injected, or the injection time, which is to be outputted, is determined in dependence upon a desired value. For monitoring the operability, the actual torque of the engine is determined on the basis of the fuel mass, which is to be injected, or the injection time, which is to be outputted, or the outputted injection time and compared to a maximum permissible torque and a fault reaction is initiated when the actual torque exceeds the maximum permissible torque. Parallel to the above, a quantity, which represents the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas, is compared to at least one pregiven limit value and a fault reaction is initiated when this quantity exceeds the limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Gerhardt, Arndt Ehrlinger, Torsten Bauer, Winfried Langer, Frank Bederna, Ulrich Schopf