Patents by Inventor Bjoern MOHRMANN

Bjoern MOHRMANN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10449917
    Abstract: An on-board electrical system for motor vehicles has a battery, a generator and at least one normal consumer that is connected to the battery in a switchable manner. A DC voltage/DC voltage converter is connected on its primary side to the battery and on its secondary side to a high-load resistor. A switch connects the high-load consumer to a storage device in a first switching position, and to the primary side in a second switching position. A controller controls and operates the switch between the first and the second switching position. A device that detects the actual electrical power of the high-load consumer is associated with the high-load consumer, and is connected at the output end to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Peter Schmitz, Armin Warm, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Patent number: 10384628
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an on-board electrical system for a motor vehicle that includes one or more power sources and an electrical subsystem with a switch that can be actuated to selectively bypass a DC/DC converter and a storage device, responsive to electrical parameters such as the power demand of high-power consumers. In one example, when high-power consumers have low and constant power requirements, the switch may be positioned to bridge the DC/DC converter and storage device. Further, the method includes selectively controlling the power source in order to meet peak power demands with the power source operating at the greatest efficiency for the given operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Armin Warm, Peter Schmitz, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Patent number: 10313884
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a communications device. The communications device comprises at least one wireless communications module, which facilitates a wireless communications link between at least one vehicle component, which is connected via a communications line to the wireless communications module, and a communications partner. The motor vehicle also comprises an isolator that can be manually actuated and disconnects in hardware the wireless communications link between the vehicle component and the communications partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Manuel Bojahr
  • Publication number: 20180029546
    Abstract: An on-board electrical system for motor vehicles has a battery, a generator and at least one normal consumer that is connected to the battery in a switchable manner. A DC voltage/DC voltage converter is connected on its primary side to the battery and on its secondary side to a high-load resistor. A switch connects the high-load consumer to a storage device in a first switching position, and to the primary side in a second switching position. A controller controls and operates the switch between the first and the second switching position. A device that detects the actual electrical power of the high-load consumer is associated with the high-load consumer, and is connected at the output end to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern MOHRMANN, Peter SCHMITZ, Armin WARM, Manuel BOJAHR, Engbert SPIJKER, Mark EIFERT
  • Publication number: 20180029545
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an on-board electrical system for a motor vehicle that includes one or more power sources and an electrical subsystem with a switch that can be actuated to selectively bypass a DC/DC converter and a storage device, responsive to electrical parameters such as the power demand of high-power consumers. In one example, when high-power consumers have low and constant power requirements, the switch may be positioned to bridge the DC/DC converter and storage device. Further, the method includes selectively controlling the power source in order to meet peak power demands with the power source operating at the greatest efficiency for the given operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Armin Warm, Peter Schmitz, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Publication number: 20170208471
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a communications device. The communications device comprises at least one wireless communications module, which facilitates a wireless communications link between at least one vehicle component, which is connected via a communications line to the wireless communications module, and a communications partner. The motor vehicle also comprises an isolator that can be manually actuated and disconnects in hardware the wireless communications link between the vehicle component and the communications partner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern MOHRMANN, Manuel BOJAHR