Patents by Inventor Walter PROCHAZKA

Walter PROCHAZKA 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 setting a cruising mode of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11904683
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method for setting a cruising mode of a vehicle, wherein a human/machine interface is arranged on a steering wheel of the vehicle for shifting a transmission of the vehicle, this human/machine interface comprising at least one first and at least one second switch segment and at least one switch, wherein the switch segments are arranged on the at least one switch, and in the event that the at least one first and the at least one second switch segment of the at least one switch are activated at the same time the cruising mode is set for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Walter Prochazka
  • METHOD FOR SETTING A CRUISING MODE OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230122114
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a method for setting a cruising mode of a vehicle, wherein a human/machine interface is arranged on a steering wheel of the vehicle for shifting a transmission of the vehicle, this human/machine interface comprising at least one first and at least one second switch segment and at least one switch, wherein the switch segments are arranged on the at least one switch, and in the event that the at least one first and the at least one second switch segment of the at least one switch are activated at the same time the cruising mode is set for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Walter PROCHAZKA
  • Motor vehicle having a dual clutch transmission
    Patent number: 10197158
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a drive unit, the power output shaft of which outputs alternately to a first sub-transmission or a second sub-transmission of a dual clutch transmission by way of two separating clutches of a dual clutch. The first sub-transmission has the odd-numbered forward gears and the second sub-transmission has the even-numbered forward gears, and having a transmission control device, which has a driving strategy unit for determining a target gear as a function of input parameters and a shift sequence control unit, with which a gear change from the current gear to the target gear can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter Prochazka, Daniel Brüggmann
  • MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20180058577
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a drive unit, the power output shaft of which outputs alternately to a first sub-transmission or a second sub-transmission of a dual clutch transmission by way of two separating clutches of a dual clutch. The first sub-transmission has the odd-numbered forward gears and the second sub-transmission has the even-numbered forward gears, and having a transmission control device, which has a driving strategy unit for determining a target gear as a function of input parameters and a shift sequence control unit, with which a gear change from the current gear to the target gear can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Walter PROCHAZKA, Daniel BRÜGGMANN