Patents by Inventor Werner Staufer

Werner Staufer 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 and device for carrying out a brake test on trailer vehicles and/or semitrailer vehicles
    Patent number: 9207135
    Abstract: A method carries out a brake test on trailer vehicles and/or semitrailer vehicles. The method senses a semitrailer or trailer which has been newly hitched to the towing vehicle, initializes an on-board brake test for the semitrailer brake system or trailer brake system, initiates at least one defined braking process by the semitrailer brake system or trailer brake system after a defined distance has been traveled, and senses and determines the braking effect of the at least one defined braking process as a braking effect actual value which is compared with a braking effect setpoint value which is present. An information signal is output which takes into account the evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Werner Staufer, Karsten Gerusel
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT A BRAKE TEST ON TRAILER VEHICLES AND/OR SEMITRAILER VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20120010779
    Abstract: A method carries out a brake test on trailer vehicles and/or semitrailer vehicles. The method senses a semitrailer or trailer which has been newly hitched to the towing vehicle, initializes an on-board brake test for the semitrailer brake system or trailer brake system, initiates at least one defined braking process by the semitrailer brake system or trailer brake system after a defined distance has been traveled, and senses and determines the braking effect of the at least one defined braking process as a braking effect actual value which is compared with a braking effect setpoint value which is present. An information signal is output which takes into account the evaluation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Werner Staufer, Karsten Gerusel