- Continental honors its innovators for patent awards and invention
submissions -
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental recognized the
efforts and achievements of North American employees who contributed to the
organization's intellectual property in the form of patents and invention
disclosures in 2007, at a celebratory dinner May 29th.
Now in its seventh year, the annual dinner pays tribute to the
importance of ideas and contributions made by individuals who help ensure
the company's position as a technological leader in the automotive
industry. "Ideas are at the core of the quest for what can be," said Phil
Headley, Chief Engineer Advanced Technology for Continental. "In today's
environment the quest for what can be is more demanding than ever, as
consumers are pressing for new approaches to automotive safety,
sustainability and information management. We appreciate the innovations
that our people generate in the realms of vehicle safety, performance and
connectivity."
Patents were awarded to:
-- Geoffrey Bauer
REDUCED ORDER PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION FOR VEHICLE ROLLOVER CONTROL SYSTEM A system and method that estimates a parameter related to the mass of a
loaded vehicle as well as the mass distribution for improved performance of
vehicle rollover control systems.
-- Jan Hoffmann & Michael Vetter
PLUNGER MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER
A method for retaining the pistons in the bore of a plunger master
cylinder prior to installation into the vehicle.
-- Yuji Nakayasu
ELECTROMAGNETIC SHUTTLE VALVE
An electromagnet shuttle valve with a larger flow path for improved
performance at cold temperatures.
-- Kent Young
BRAKE PEDAL FEEL SIMULATOR
A brake pedal feel simulator for use in a brake-by-wire system.
The following Continental employees were recognized for submitting
invention disclosures in 2007:
Shaheen Alam Yongle Lou
Adrian Crimpita G. Scott Russel
Robert E. Eaton Lalit Sethi
Timothy Hayden William Skellenger
Philip M. Headley Srini Sundaresan
Paul Jozefowicz Andrew Szymanski
Amit Kapoor Mathew Tuhro
Juergen Karner Kent R. Young.
Marvin Lee
With targeted annual sales of more than euro 26.4 billion for 2008, the
Continental Corporation is one of the top automotive suppliers worldwide.
As a supplier of brake systems, systems and components for the powertrain
and chassis, instrumentation, infotainment solutions, vehicle electronics,
tires and technical elastomers, the corporation contributes towards
enhanced driving safety and protection of the global climate. Continental
is also a competent partner in networked automobile communication. Today,
the corporation employs approximately 150,000 people at nearly 200
locations in 36 countries
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