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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120084440 | DATA INTEGRITY FOR COMMUNICATION WITH COEQUAL SUBSCRIBERS A communication device for a subscriber in a communication network of coequal subscribers, which communication device has a communication unit and a control unit. The received messages are checked for rule compliance. If a message does not comply with a particular rule,... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING A MOTOR VEHICLE A system for stabilizing a motor vehicle including at least one speed sensor for sensing a longitudinal speed and a transversal speed of the motor vehicle; a calculation unit which is designed to calculate an attitude angle of the motor vehicle from the sensed vehicle l... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053888 | IMPROVEMENT AND VALIDATION OF POSITION DETERMINATION External position data, which are transmitted to the vehicle by infrastructural devices or adjacent vehicles, are used for validating or improving the measured vehicle position. As well, these data can be used for calculating the position of the vehicle itself without a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043806 | Slip-Controlled Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System A hydraulic vehicle brake system and method of operating same. The system includes an electrohydraulic wheel brake pressure modulation unit, a master brake cylinder (11) which has a pressure medium storage reservoir (12) for hydraulic brake fluid and which... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120034905 | VOICE CONNECTION TO AN INTRASTRUCTURE FACILITY AFTER AN EVENT Disclosed herein is a communication system for a vehicle for communicating with nearby vehicles which includes a control unit and a communication unit. After a triggering event occurs, an inquiry is sent to nearby vehicles whether a communication voice connection is to ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029785 | Method for Determining the Wheel Pressure in an Electronically Actuable Motor Vehicle Brake Control System A method is described in which the wheel pressure in an electronically controlled motor vehicle brake system is determined. The brake system includes inlet valves and outlet valves in the wheel circuits. At least one of the valves allows adjusting the valve current. The... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110279254 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT AN AVOIDANCE MANEUVER Disclosed herein is a method and device for carrying out an avoidance maneuver of a motor vehicle. An object in the surroundings of the motor vehicle which is on a collision course is detected. A warning is output to the vehicle driver, to the effect that the motor vehi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278105 | PARKING BRAKE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME A parking brake having an actuator, wherein the actuator is driven by a direct current motor which can be operated in two directions. The actuator moves, via a self-locking gear mechanism of the actuator, at least one brake shoe for applying or releasing the parking bra... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110264361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DIGITAL MAPS A navigation unit for a vehicle for updating a navigation map is specified, wherein the navigation unit is configured to proactively ascertain a required portion of the map and is also configured to receive a restricted update for the map which relates to the required p... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120007419 | "BRAKE-BY-WIRE" TYPE BRAKE SYSTEM A “brake-by-wire” type brake system for a motor vehicle, having a brake pressure sensor which can be activated by a brake pedal of a pedal unit and can be connected to wheel brakes of the vehicle outside the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, having a pressure sour... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110313665 | Method for Automatically Detecting a Driving Maneuver of a Motor Vehicle and a Driver Assistance System Comprising Said Method The invention relates to a method for automatically detecting a driving maneuver of a motor vehicle (A), in particular an overtaking maneuver or an evasive maneuver, in which
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| 20110308246 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FLUID RESERVOIR AND A MASTER CYLINDER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM An assembly includes a fluid reservoir and a master cylinder for a motor vehicle hydraulic brake system, the fluid reservoir being fastened to the master cylinder by a releasable connection and including at least one connection fitting, which is received in a correspond... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304324 | MAGNETIC ENCODER A magnetic encoder having at least one encoder track including one or more pole pairs, wherein the magnetization directions of subregions within at least one of the poles are embodied so as to change substantially continuously and/or monotonically along the encoder trac... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291470 | ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Disclosed is an electrohydraulic brake system for use in vehicles which can be braked by means of generator operation of an electric drive motor. The brake system comprises, inter alia, a brake booster and an electronic control unit which is provided for distributing th... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284313 | STEERING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A REAR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM A steering device for adjusting a wheel turning angle of a wheel of a motor vehicle, in particular of a rear wheel, includes a wheel guide member via which a wheel carrier of the wheel is connected to a vehicle body, the wheel carrier being swivellable about an axis of ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110245992 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND DEVICE THEREFOR A method for controlling a motor vehicle wherein the control is carried out with the participation of at least one driver assistance system. In order to simplify and/or differentiate the overriding of a driver assistance system, there is provision that the participation... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231509 | DATA TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL An electronic communication system including at least first and a second communication units (master, slave) which are connected to one another by means of at least one first data line, wherein the communication system has a data transmission protocol which is designed ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110215758 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER TO A VEHICLE AND FOR CHARGING SAID VEHICLE A data transfer, power supply and charging apparatus having a data interface transfers both energy to an energy storage device and vehicle- or driver-related data via a charging cable or electric line. The use of a charging cable for transmitting data to and from the ve... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215271 | SOLENOID VALVE, IN PARTICULAR FOR SLIP-CONTROLLED MOTOR-VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEMS Disclosed is a solenoid valve, the valve housing of which has a thick-walled tubular body (4) for fastening in a valve receiving bore (11), which thick-walled tubular body (4) is connected to thin-walled sleeve (1). The thin-walled sleeve ( 09/08/2011 | |
| 20110203693 | CLOSING DEVICE A closing device, particularly for closing channels conducting pressure medium in a valve receiving body, has a rotationally symmetrical closing element (6) that is fastened in a seating bore (1) of a housing (14), having a calking site (2) t... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202237 | DRIVING DYNAMICS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES A driving dynamics control system for vehicles. The control system including at least one driving dynamics controller that is fed setpoint specifications and driving state variables as input data. The control system also includes a plurality of actuators that can be con... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110199230 | INFORMATION DEVICE FOR THE ADAPTED PRESENTATION OF INFORMATION IN A VEHICLE Information for a vehicle driver is transmitted to the vehicle by vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication and is individually conditioned in the vehicle in line with the respective needs of the driver. The conditioned information is then presented ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197414 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR EASY INSTALLATION INTO A VEHICLE A method for installing a sensor arrangement into a vehicle having a vehicle chassis, wherein the vehicle chassis is in a defined position during the installation, and the sensor arrangement is attached directly or indirectly to the vehicle chassis, wherein the sensor a... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196576 | METHOD FOR STEERING ASSISTANCE DURING AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER A method for steering assistance of a motor vehicle driver of a motor vehicle in dangerous situations. The vehicle is equipped with a mechanism which influences its steering device and a vehicle environment detection mechanism. A trajectory calculation unit calculates d... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187560 | TRAFFIC GUIDANCE SYSTEM Traffic light installations for producing meta information on the basis of input information about the surroundings of the traffic light installation. The traffic light installation acts as a data pool and can independently reproduce a road section using the information... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110184606 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CALIBRATION OR DIAGNOSIS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING A CYCLICALLY OPERATED PUMP A method for the calibration or diagnosis of a motor vehicle brake system having a cyclically operated pump. At least one parameter (URPOff), representing the electromotor force of the reference pump, is repeatedly ascertained during operation of a... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110183529 | TOLERANCE COMPENSATING, ELECTRIC CONNECTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICES An electric connector with a tolerance compensator, includes a plug-in part and a counter part. An electric connection is established when the plug-in part including at least one electrically conductive pin is plugged into the counter part in the z-direction of a Cartes... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110179889 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND CARRIER ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSOR A method for manufacturing a sensor in which a sensor element, which comprises at least a first housing, is at least partially encapsulation-molded in an encapsulation-molding process. As a result of the encapsulation-molding process a sensor housing is formed. The sens... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110175598 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SPEED SENSOR ELEMENT A method for producing a sensor element, wherein at least parts of the sensor element are subjected to at least one plasma treatment process during production. The plasma treatment process may be either a plasma cleaning process and/or a plasma activation process. Durin... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110174151 | PNEUMATIC BRAKE BOOSTER A tandem-type pneumatic brake booster, in particular for hydraulic vehicle brake systems, having a housing comprising a first and a second housing half shell, the interior of which is divided with the aid of a partition into a front and a rear booster chamber, wherein t... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110169663 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR APPROACH ANGLES A device and a method for detecting motor vehicles and their approach angles by passive or active transponders which are provided on the motor vehicles is described, which can be triggered by a transceiver device to transfer information stored in the transponders. It is... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168502 | COMBINED VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM WITH HYDRAULICALLY AND ELECTROMECHANICALLY ACTUATABLE WHEEL BRAKES A combined vehicle brake system, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes an electromechanical service brake system for a front axle of the vehicle. The electromechanical brake system has at least one electromechanically actuatable wheel brake (2). The combine... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110167920 | TORQUE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT WITH ROTATIONAL ANGLE INDEX DETECTION Sensor arrangement including a torque sensor for measuring the torque acting on a first shaft, the sensor arrangement having a rotational angle index unit which is designed in such a manner that it can detect and/or identify the angular position of the first shaft with ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164594 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION An apparatus and a method for transmitting information in vehicle-to-vehicle communication based on IEEE802.11 standard WLAN, which involves both safety information based on the IEEE802.11p standard and non-safety-related information based on another IEEE802.11 standard... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162935 | COMBINED VEHICLE BRAKE WITH ELECTROMECHANICALLY ACTUABLE PARKING BRAKE A combined vehicle brake which has a hydraulically actuable service brake and an electromechanically actuable parking brake device, a hydraulic service pressure space being delimited in a brake housing by a brake piston which can be acted upon by hydraulic pressure medi... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110144878 | MULTI-CIRCUIT ELECTROHYDRAULIC MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME A multi-circuit electrohydraulic motor vehicle brake system includes a plurality of calipers having hydraulically actuated actuators which are hydraulically connected to an electronically controlled unit. The unit includes an electronic unit ECU and a hydraulic unit HCU... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110140873 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR A COMPLEX, MENU-CONTROLLED, MULTIFUNCTIONAL VEHICLE SYSTEM A system and method for a navigation system for a complex menu-controlled multifunctional vehicle control system. The system has a navigation unit and a man-machine interface which are arranged separately at different locations in the vehicle. Between the two units ther... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132188 | MULTI-PART PISTON CONSTRUCTION FOR A BRAKE CALIPER OF A DISK BRAKE A multi-part piston for a brake saddle of a hydraulically and/or mechanically and/or electromechanically actuated disk brake is described herein. The piston is a pot open on one side and including a base and a wall attached thereto in one piece. The base can be impinged... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110131821 | ANGLE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT Method for detecting an angle of rotation of an angle sensor arrangement including at least one first element and one second element, which are designed and arranged such that they can be rotated relative to one another, and at least one capacitor element whose capacita... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110129122 | MAP MATCHING FOR SECURITY APPLICATIONS An apparatus for map matching between a measured position for an object and information on a digital map is specified. This involves a computation unit being used to perform a first selection of cartography elements on the map on the basis of the measured position and o... | 06/02/2011 |
