Patents by Inventor Christoph KROENER

Christoph KROENER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220179009
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for predicting a modeled state of health of an electrical energy store having at least one electrochemical unit, in particular a battery cell, having the following steps: providing a data-based state of health model trained to assign a modeled state of health to the electrochemical energy store on the basis of characteristics of operating variables of the energy store; providing time characteristics of the operating variables that characterize operation of the electrical energy store; and determining a present or predicted modeled state of health on the basis of the generated characteristics of the operating variables using the state of health model, wherein data gaps in the time characteristics of the operating variables owing to a phase of inactivity are completed based on a characteristic of a temperature of the energy store that is derived from at least one provided ambient condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Simonis, Christoph Kroener
  • Patent number: 11349160
    Abstract: Method for checking the plausibility of an electronic circuit for time measurement of an electrochemical energy storage system by means of a cooling behavior of at least one electrochemical energy store during non-use of the electrochemical energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Becker, Christoph Kroener, Florian Stief
  • Publication number: 20220097550
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for ascertaining a state of health trajectory of an electrical energy store of a device, in particular an electrically driveable motor vehicle. The method including continually providing characteristics of operating variables that characterize operation of the electric energy store, ascertaining states of health based on the operating variables using an empirical state of health model at multiple times, parameterizing a trajectory function for describing the state of health trajectory based on multiple state of health points that each indicate one of the states of health of the ascertained states of health based on a time-dependent reference variable, and providing the trajectory function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Kroener, Christian Simonis, Christoph Woll
  • Publication number: 20220099745
    Abstract: A method for determining an internal-resistance based state-of-health of a battery in a device includes determining the internal-resistance based state-of-health of the battery using a hybrid state-of-health model including a physical ageing model and a correction model by (i) determining, based on an electrochemical battery model, a physical state-of-health according to one or more operating parameters of the battery using the physical ageing model, (ii) mapping operating features derived from the one or more operating parameters onto a correction parameter using the correction model that includes a data-based configuration, and (iii) applying the correction parameter to the physical state of health to determine the internal-resistance based state-of-health. The method further includes determining a modeled battery voltage, and determining a characteristic of the modeled battery voltage using an adaptation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Kroener, Christian Simonis, Tobias Huelsing
  • Publication number: 20220099750
    Abstract: A method for parameterizing an electrochemical battery model of a specific battery of a device, includes providing a current operating feature point of the specific battery and operating feature points of further batteries of a plurality of further devices for various evaluation periods. The operating feature points of the further batteries characterize an operation of a respective further battery within one or more of the evaluation periods based on several operating features. The several operating features are produced depending on characteristics of operating variables of the respective further battery. The method further includes selecting operating feature points of the further batteries that are similar to the current operating feature point of the specific battery, and providing model parameters of the electrochemical battery model that are associated with the current operating feature point and the selected operating feature points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Huelsing, Christian Simonis, Christoph Kroener
  • Publication number: 20220024343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to detect status variables of the electrical energy store, wherein status variables detected by the control unit are transmitted to a computer unit outside the electrical energy store, and wherein an operation of the electrical energy store occurs on the basis of operating parameters provided by the computer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christel Sarfert, Christoph Kroener, Jens Becker, Joerg Poehler
  • Publication number: 20210091423
    Abstract: Method for balancing states of charge of an electrical energy store with a plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Becker, Christoph Kroener, Triantafyllos Zafiridis
  • Publication number: 20200259221
    Abstract: Method for checking the plausibility of an electronic circuit for time measurement of an electrochemical energy storage system by means of a cooling behavior of at least one electrochemical energy store during non-use of the electrochemical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jens Becker, Christoph Kroener, Florian Stief
  • Patent number: 9120561
    Abstract: A load carrier for aligning a load of an aircraft is provided. The load carrier includes a carrier unit for mounting the load carrier on the aircraft, a load unit for mounting the load and a bearing unit for pivoting the load unit with respect to the carrier unit. The bearing unit has at least one curved rail element and at least one car element, which is displaceable along the rail element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: LFK-LENKFLUGKOERPERSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventor: Christoph Kroener
  • Publication number: 20120318916
    Abstract: A load carrier for aligning a load of an aircraft is provided. The load carrier includes a carrier unit for mounting the load carrier on the aircraft, a load unit for mounting the load and a bearing unit for pivoting the load unit with respect to the carrier unit. The bearing unit has at least one curved rail element and at least one car element, which is displaceable along the rail element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: LFK-Lenkflugkoerpersysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Christoph KROENER