Whip Sockets Patents (Class 280/170)
  • Patent number: 7178819
    Abstract: A speed regulator for motor vehicles, including a standard mode in which the speed is regulated to a desired speed set by the driver, and at least one exception mode in which the speed is regulated to a setpoint speed that may deviate from the desired speed, and a display device for displaying the desired speed. An auxiliary display is also provided that indicates that an exception mode is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Scherl, Werner Uhler
  • Patent number: 6819980
    Abstract: In a method for the avoidance of rollover phenomena in semitrailers with the emission of warning signals for the driver of the vehicle when driving inappropriately, the center of gravity of the load of the semitrailer is calculated in an on-board computer. From the center of gravity thus determined and the known weight of the loaded semitrailer, the on-board computer calculates a rollover limit as a function of instantaneous driving parameters, on exceeding of which limit a warning is issued to the driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolf-Deitrich Bauer, Christian Michael Mayer, Andreas Schwarzhaupt, Gernot Spiegelberg