Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Runge

Wolfgang Runge 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 apparatus for controlling an automatic shift transmission
    Patent number: 5025684
    Abstract: In order to improve the shifting characteristics of an electrohydraulically controlled, automatically shifting transmission particularly during cornering and braking, the driving speed (v), the lateral acceleration (aq), and the time variation of the throttle valve position are sensed in addition to the throttle valve position (alpha) and the engine rotational speed (nmot). From the time variation of the throttle valve position, a signal can be derived for the prevention of an upshifting operation since a motor vehicle driver's foot moves away faster from the accelerator pedal when approaching a bend in the road than would be the case for the normal deceleration of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Heinz Stehle, Thomas Wehr, Joseph Petersmann, Willi Seidel, Ludwig Hamm, Thomas Foeldi, Gerhard Eschrich, Ronald Schwamm, Wolfgang Runge, Wolf-Dieter Gruhle, Peter Wendel