A decade of filing patents, founding companies, and developing a framework for turning structured thinking into protectable, valuable inventions.
Each patent represents a problem solved at its root — not just a product, but a novel method.
A retractable system mounted in each wheel housing that actively suctions spray water from the road surface before it becomes a visibility hazard for other road users.
Extendable water intake elements are positioned in each wheel housing and, in their fully extended state, contact the road surface in front of the tire to absorb spray water via a pump unit. When retracted, the elements remain completely invisible within the wheel housing. Collected water is transported via lines to an optional reservoir and can be filtered and discharged at the rear of the vehicle. The electronic control unit activates the system based on road conditions, significantly reducing spray and improving tire grip on wet surfaces. Assignee: Cariad SE.
A passive capillary system using thin elastic tubes in the wheel housing to draw and channel spray water away from the wheel — no electric power required for core operation.
An array of tubular capillary elements (under 2 cm diameter) is arranged perpendicular to the wheel housing surface, extending into the cavity between tire and fender. Capillary action draws moisture upward against gravity, where it condenses and flows to a collection line. An optional pump and reservoir can enhance collection capacity. Collected water can be repurposed for vehicle cleaning or cooling systems, improving road safety by reducing visibility-impairing spray. Assignee: Cariad SE.
A method that intelligently prioritises transactions between a vehicle and cloud backend systems, preventing low-priority operations from blocking critical ones and avoiding unpredictable server load.
The system captures transaction lists from backend devices, analyses criticality and data volume, determines available network parameters (bandwidth, latency, cost), and provisions communication according to a three-tier priority model: High, Medium, Low. A vehicle-side Communication Gateway Unit acts as middleware, managing which services access backend connections based on their assigned priority, current vehicle mode, and network resources. Priority schedules handle planned bulk uploads. Assignee: Cariad SE.
A system that grants each application process in a vehicle control unit only the message definitions it is authorised to use, preventing unauthorised data access between processes.
Multiple application processes run in separate memory address spaces within a vehicle's processor circuit. Rather than sharing all message definitions globally, each process receives only the definitions it needs — embedded directly into its executable file at build time via dynamic linking. Authentication uses process IDs (UID/GID) rather than filesystem-dependent verification, supporting publisher-subscriber and request-response messaging patterns. Updates require only recompilation of affected applications. Assignee: Cariad SE.
A vehicle control system that monitors battery range against remaining journey distance and autonomously identifies charging support — including mobile stations and other vehicles — when no fixed charger is reachable.
The vehicle's control unit continuously compares available battery range with the distance to destination. When the vehicle cannot reach its target, the system searches for nearby charging stations meeting specified criteria. If none are found within range, it sends a request for charging support to the network — potentially from mobile charging stations or other vehicles — creating a distributed solution for unexpected battery depletion. Assignee: Volkswagen AG.
A method and system that detects glare sources — oncoming headlights, sunlight, reflections — and protects the vehicle occupant in real time without compromising their view of the road.
A method for operating a partially autonomous motor vehicle and coordinating the journeys of multiple vehicles — enabling cooperative, system-level traffic behaviour beyond single-vehicle autonomy.
A method and device for reliably providing mobile communication services within a vehicle, addressing connectivity challenges specific to moving platforms.
A pull-based communication framework for vehicle control units that lets software applications exchange data on demand — without continuous broadcasting — keeping the system lightweight, secure, and resilient to individual connection failures.
Rather than pushing data to all registered subscribers continuously, each process requests data only when needed. A dedicated module per process identifies which other process generates the required data and establishes a direct point-to-point link. The framework supports both publish/subscribe (cached data) and request/response (fresh data) patterns, with authorisation checks enforced per connection. It avoids vendor-specific dependencies like AUTOSAR, ensuring portability across control units. Failures in one connection do not affect others. Assignee: Cariad SE.
A system and method enabling a motor vehicle to operate efficiently while coordinating travel with other vehicles — targeting large-scale traffic flow and route optimisation.
An idea is not an invention. The protectable insight is almost always in how something is done — not what is done. Most inventors stop too early.
A patent on the wrong problem is expensive and worthless. The first question is never "can we build this?" — it's "does this problem actually exist at scale?"
Creative chaos produces good ideas. Systematic documentation produces patents. The bridge between the two is a repeatable framework — which is what the book teaches.
Driving innovation through technology. I founded RuberSoft to design and engineer modern digital platforms that scale — from complex SaaS products and marketplace infrastructure to cloud-native applications and intelligent systems. The studio behind Zelebrate Now and DiiConnect.
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