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Thomas Eigel — 18 Patents

Volkswagen: 18 patents #41 of 3,450Top 2%
Berlin, DE: #289 of 9,690 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #245,716 of 4,157,543Top 6%
18 Patents All Time
Thomas Eigel has been granted 18 US patents while listed as an inventor at Volkswagen. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in July 2024. Thomas Eigel ranks #245,716 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.9%). Patent records list Thomas Eigel in Berlin, DE.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2024Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2022.peak 42013: 1 patents20132017: 2 patents20172018: 1 patents20182019: 2 patents20192021: 3 patents20212022: 4 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 2 patents2024

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–18 of 18 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
12043275 Method for operating a driver information system in an ego-vehicle and driver information system Gordon Seitz, Johanna Sandbrink, Marie Puhle 2024-07-23
11912283 Detection of a hands-off condition through machine learning Felix Stahl 2024-02-27
11807239 System and method for performing a lane change Felix Kallmeyer 2023-11-07
11745739 Method and device for supporting a lane changing procedure for a vehicle Timur Aminev, Stefan Detering, Jens Hoedt, Sören Lindner 2023-09-05
11697430 Method for providing a route stipulation Timur Aminev, Stefan Detering, Jens Hoedt 2023-07-11
11453397 Assistance system for a vehicle Benjamin Klink, Dominik Kirschner, Johanna Wegner, Sebastian Busch 2022-09-27
11433862 Driver assistance system for a transportation vehicle, transportation vehicle, and method for operating a driver assistance system or transportation vehicle Sebastian Busch 2022-09-06
11373534 Method for providing map data in a transportation vehicle, transportation vehicle and central data processing device Sebastian Busch 2022-06-28
11345401 Recognition of hands-off situations based on swarm data Felix Stahl 2022-05-31
11118933 Method and system for providing an automation function for a transportation vehicle Stefan Detering, Andreas Stele, Timur Aminev 2021-09-14
11091089 Emergency assistance system with acoustic external warning 2021-08-17
10907973 Predictive routing of a transportation vehicle 2021-02-02
10274955 Method and device for emergency assistance 2019-04-30
10232880 Lane-keeping assistant Sebastian Busch, Michael Wonke 2019-03-19
9908526 Emergency assistance for controlling a vehicle 2018-03-06
9815460 Method and device for safe parking of a vehicle Peter Mirwaldt, Bastian Schmidt 2017-11-14
9630618 Emergency assistance without activated lateral guidance assistance 2017-04-25
8615333 Driver assistance system and operator control concept therefor Tobias Giebel, Jiri Jerhot, Carsten Semmler 2013-12-24