Patents by Inventor Vincent Vahee

Vincent Vahee 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 for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 12502982
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle. At least one of the motor vehicle wheels can be driven by an electric motor of the electromotive drive and the electromotive drive has at least one energy source for the electric motor. The method includes: identifying a request for applying a deceleration torque to the vehicle wheel, identifying status of the electromotive drive, selecting an operating mode of the electric motor according to the identified status, and controlling the electric motor in the selected operating mode for applying the deceleration torque. In a first operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a first efficiency into electrical energy. In a second operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a second efficiency into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignees: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Olivier Frament, Jens Hoffmann, Martin Semsch, Matthias Töns, Martin Spornraft, Dragan Stojkovic, Vincent Vahee
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTROMOTIVE DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230286395
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle. At least one of the motor vehicle wheels can be driven by an electric motor of the electromotive drive and the electromotive drive has at least one energy source for the electric motor. The method includes: identifying a request for applying a deceleration torque to the vehicle wheel, identifying status of the electromotive drive, selecting an operating mode of the electric motor according to the identified status, and controlling the electric motor in the selected operating mode for applying the deceleration torque. In a first operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a first efficiency into electrical energy. In a second operating mode, the electric motor is controlled such that the rotational energy of the vehicle wheel is converted at a second efficiency into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Olivier Frament, Jens Hoffmann, Martin Semsch, Matthias Töns, Martin Spornraft, Dragan Stojkovic, Vincent Vahee