| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D272808 |
Side reflector for automobile |
February 28, 1984 |
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| D272616 |
Outer rear view mirror for automobile |
February 14, 1984 |
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| D272141 |
Combined vehicle roof interior instrument panel, rear view mirror and sun visors |
January 10, 1984 |
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| D271811 |
Signal lamp lens for automobile |
December 13, 1983 |
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| D270825 |
Combined vehicle dashboard and console unit |
October 4, 1983 |
|
| D270435 |
Motorcycle |
September 6, 1983 |
|
| D260821 |
Luggage bag |
September 22, 1981 |
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| D259974 |
Luggage bag |
July 28, 1981 |
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| D259836 |
Luggage bag |
July 14, 1981 |
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| D252020 |
Automobile |
June 5, 1979 |
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| 7623948 |
Method and system of communication between a motor vehicle and a diagnostic unit |
November 24, 2009 |
| In the case of a method of communicating between a motor vehicle and a diagnostic unit, a wireless communication connection is established between the motor vehicle and the diagnostic unit after an authorization of the diagnostic unit has been checked. The diagnostic unit is connected |
| 7615879 |
Method of controlling an onboard power supply system for a motor vehicle |
November 10, 2009 |
| A method is provided for controlling an onboard power supply system for a motor vehicle having a multi-voltage generator which supplies at least a first and a second partial power supply system having in each case several electric consuming devices, the first and the second partial p |
| 7614291 |
Test bed and method for aerodynamic measurements on an object |
November 10, 2009 |
| A test bed and method for performing aerodynamic measurements on an object, in particular, a vehicle, are provided, in which a weighing plate serves to support the weight of the object. The weighing plate is mounted on a bearing device relative to a stationary environment. The bearing |
| 7611152 |
Active chassis of a vehicle |
November 3, 2009 |
| An active chassis system of a motor vehicle having two axles with two wheels each. Each wheel is supported via a spring element and a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit acting as a damper and as a hydraulic actuator for introducing additional force between the wheel and the body. Each of the |
| 7608962 |
Electrical machine and method for setting the field and armature of a permanently excited electr |
October 27, 2009 |
| Electrical machine, having a stator which bears a winding and having a rotatable rotor, situated at a distance from the stator via an air gap, which includes at least two coaxial rotor sections which are rotatable relative to one another, in which each rotor section bears a system of |
| 7607669 |
Split electromechanical motor vehicle stabilizer having a locking device, and method for roll st |
October 27, 2009 |
| A split electromechanical motor vehicle stabilizer having a locking device, and a method for roll stabilization are described. A split motor vehicle stabilizer is provided for roll stabilization, having a built-in electromechanical actuator for bracing two stabilizer parts against one |
| 7600502 |
Damping device and damping element |
October 13, 2009 |
| A damping system arranged in the region of an injector base between a cylinder head and an injector mounted thereon of an internal combustion engine has a multi-part construction. A damping element forming part of the damping system is constructed as a metal cushion. |
| 7597171 |
Device for triggering passive passenger safety measures |
October 6, 2009 |
| A system for triggering passive occupant safety measures in a motor vehicle is described. The system includes a control unit, a plurality of acceleration sensors for detecting the acceleration caused by an impact of the motor vehicle as well as feed lines assigned to the acceleration |
| 7595735 |
Seat occupancy sensor |
September 29, 2009 |
| A seat occupancy sensor has at least two pressure-activatable switch elements, which are assigned to two areas of a seat and are spaced a distance apart from one another and connected in a logic AND operation arrangement. An electric resistance element is connected in parallel to eac |
| 7593573 |
Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle |
September 22, 2009 |
| A method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular for detecting and representing the traffic situation in front of a driver are provided. A night vision information system fuses video images from essentially the same location and time but from different |
| 7592920 |
Systems and methods for evaluating driver attentiveness for collision avoidance |
September 22, 2009 |
| Systems and method for evaluating driver attentiveness are provided. An allocation unit evaluates defined first input data to recognize a specific driving situation among a plurality of defined driving situations. A driver monitoring unit is operatively coupled to the allocation unit |
| 7591331 |
Energy storage system |
September 22, 2009 |
| An energy storage system is provided for an at least partially electromotively driven or drivable motor vehicle having a drive unit constructed as an electric machine for generating drive power onto a drive train. The energy storage system includes a first energy storage unit utilizi |
| 7591137 |
Motor vehicle operable by means of cryogenically stored fuel and having a compressed-air system |
September 22, 2009 |
| A motor vehicle operable by a cryogenically stored fuel with a removal device for condensed gas from a tank, particularly from a cryogenic tank. The removal device for the cryogenically stored fuel includes at least one removal pipe having a shut-off valve, which is operated by compresse |
| 7588281 |
Manufacturing system and component for first and second groups of vehicles |
September 15, 2009 |
| In order to be able to use a uniform body structure in the case of vehicles in a model series of a vehicle manufacturer whose rear seats are equipped either with a stationary seat cushion or with an adjustable seat cushion, in the area of the floor panel, an adapter is provided between |
| 7584350 |
Method for booting up software in the boot sector of a programmable read-only memory |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method of booting up update software in a writable memory area of a boot sector of a programmable control device of a vehicle is provided. The method Provides a boot-up software that can be booted up in a writable memory area of the programmable control device which is situated outside |
| 7583186 |
Utilization-dependent data representation in a motor vehicle |
September 1, 2009 |
| A method is provided for the use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle. In order to provide use-dependent information presentation in a motor vehicle acceptable to the vehicle user, the following actions occur. Information intended for the presentation for a plurality of |
| 7579709 |
Motor vehicle with a capacitor device for storing electric energy |
August 25, 2009 |
| A motor vehicle is provided with a capacitor device for storing electric energy. The capacitor device is specifically discharged by a short-circuiting switch, which is arranged in parallel to the terminal posts of the capacitor device, without any intermediary activity of a separate |
| 7572137 |
Electrical plug-in connection system |
August 11, 2009 |
| An electrical plug-in connection system has a first electrical plug-in connection element and a second electric plug-in connection element complementary thereto. Pertaining first and a second housings having a number of contact elements corresponding to the number of the wires in the |
| 7571917 |
Link for a vehicle wheel suspension system with a predetermined breaking point |
August 11, 2009 |
| A suspension arm for a vehicle wheel suspension having an intended breakpoint is described. The suspension arm is provided on a first end with a stub axle for receiving a vehicle wheel, and on at least one second end with the hole for receiving a fastener for fastening a bearing to c |
| 7568268 |
Method for producing an electrically conductive connection and a contact element provided with a |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method is provided for producing an electrically conductive connection between a contact element interacting with a corresponding counter-contact and several electric lines, each of which consists of several wires. The method consists of placing the lines on a contact element suppo |
| 7567184 |
Method for establishing the occupation of a vehicle seat |
July 28, 2009 |
| The invention relates to a method for differentiating between people and other objects on vehicle seats, by recording and evaluating the pressure distribution caused on the seat by said people and objects, the mean deviation of the signal at a certain position in relation to the mean |
| 7567170 |
Device for reproducing information on a vehicle |
July 28, 2009 |
| A device for reproducing information on a vehicle is provided, wherein a portable transponder unit is part of a keyless access and/or travel authorization system, transmitting a code to a control device, which is arranged in the vehicle, via a transceiver. A display, gas sensor and a |
| 7566103 |
Method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel brake system |
July 28, 2009 |
| A method for controlling a drive system and/or a wheel braking system, a total braking torque consisting of a drive braking torque and/or a wheel braking torque to be applied to the wheels of a motor vehicle is adjusted such that the desired wheel braking torque is reduced by an amount w |
| 7566090 |
Centering device for a motor vehicle having a retractable or detachable top |
July 28, 2009 |
| A centering device for a motor vehicle having a convertible or folding top or hardtop, includes a protruding centering pin on a centering pin carrier and a centering bushing on a centering bushing carrier. A centering opening is provided in the centering bushing, which radially cente |
| 7561925 |
Motor vehicle control device |
July 14, 2009 |
| A motor vehicle control device is provided with first and second partial devices. The first partial device houses sensors and/or associated functions of the control unit that are identical for all vehicle models in a series. The second partial device houses the sensors and/or functio |
| 7546760 |
Device for pressure-based load detection |
June 16, 2009 |
| A device for intake manifold pressure-based determination of the air mass flowing into the cylinder combustion chamber is provided. A logic unit determines the inflowing air mass based on the intake manifold pressure using a calculation model for load detection that determines the intake |
| 7545260 |
Modular vehicle key system |
June 9, 2009 |
| A modular vehicle key device system for controlling vehicle access and operation. The device is formed by joining at least two separable modules, a first key device module containing vehicle access and/or operation authorizing elements, such as a keyless entry transmitter and/or an i |
| 7545111 |
Testing inverter driven electric motor shut-off path |
June 9, 2009 |
| A method for testing electric motor shut-off including injecting current into an electric motor, applying at least one of a short or an open to the electric motor for a predetermined length of time, calculating the rate of decay of the current and comparing rate of the decay with a p |
| 7541689 |
Device for starting the engine of a motor vehicle |
June 2, 2009 |
| A device and method are provided for starting the engine of a motor vehicle equipped with an authentification device, which includes an access entitlement unit that the user can carry and a vehicle-side access entitlement test device having a receptacle for the access entitlement uni |
| 7540399 |
Motorcycle with a holding device for a saddlebag |
June 2, 2009 |
| Motorcycle having a holding device which is situated in the rear-end area of the motorcycle and is provided for holding a saddlebag arranged on the side of the motorcycle, whereby the holding device has at least one tooth-like and/or cog-like form-fitting element that extends upward away |
| 7540151 |
Drive device for a motor vehicle |
June 2, 2009 |
| A drive device for a motor vehicle includes a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and at least two exhaust gas turbocharger devices. At least one outlet valve is assigned to an exhaust gas turbocharger device of each cylinder of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that |
| 7539569 |
Method for operating a sensor in a safety system |
May 26, 2009 |
| In a safety system and a method of operating a sensor in a safety system, the sensor transmits an electric reaction signal to a central system unit, and is also excited by the central system unit by a diagnostic and/or excitation signal as a reversible electro-mechanical system. |
| 7537400 |
Camera system for a motor vehicle |
May 26, 2009 |
| A camera system for a vehicle may comprise at least one camera unit that is detachably connectable to the vehicle. The camera unit may be used for at least one camera-based driver-supporting function of the vehicle. The camera system may further comprise a plurality of coupling stations |
| 7530281 |
Gear set for differential gear shafts of an internal combustion engine |
May 12, 2009 |
| A gear set for differential shafts of internal combustion engines. The gear set includes a toothed wheel which can be moved parallel to its axis for adjustment of backlash. A spacer is arranged removably between tooth faces of interacting teeth of engaging toothed wheels and serves to |
| 7521818 |
Door locking system for a motor vehicle |
April 21, 2009 |
| A position monitoring means for detecting the locked position of a locking element is assigned to at least one locking element. Furthermore, each position monitoring means is operatively connected to a control means for checking on whether a proper locked state prevails such that the act |
| 7520562 |
Supporting member for a fender |
April 21, 2009 |
| In the case of vehicle variants of one "vehicle family", different fenders and different front opening hoods adjoining the fenders are attached to forward vehicle structures by means of identical supporting members. For this purpose, the supporting members have connection planes for the |
| 7520358 |
Device for generating a haptic signal in a vehicle |
April 21, 2009 |
| A device for generating a haptic signal in a vehicle is provided, in which a driver's command can be given via a rotary gas handle. A servo unit is formed in such a manner that, as a function of at least one detected operational condition for driving, a theoretical speed of the vehicle c |
| 7520133 |
Thermodynamic engine |
April 21, 2009 |
| A thermodynamic engine converts the superheated steam of at least one working medium into kinetic energy using a decompression device. Said engine includes a low-temperature circuit, in which a first working medium is transported through a first heat exchanger and subsequently throug |
| 7516642 |
Method for calibration of a sensor on a rotational actuator device for control of a gas exchange |
April 14, 2009 |
| A method for calibrating a distance sensor of a rotary actuator device for controlling a valve of an internal combustion engine. The rotary actuator includes an electric motor with an actuator element for actuating the valve, two energy storage means acting on the valve in opposite drive |
| 7513526 |
Restraining system and method |
April 7, 2009 |
| A restraint system, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a restraint device, to be activated in at least two steps; a sensor unit for sensing activation-relevant vehicle and operating data; a control device for processing the activation-relevant vehicle and operating data; as |
