Patents by Inventor Hendrik GERTH

Hendrik GERTH 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: 20240023293
    Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for packaging electric power components. A power module comprises: a three-dimensional (3D) cooling structure that has a plurality of planar sides; a first set of mountable power components that are mounted on a first planar side in the plurality of planar sides of the 3D cooling structure; a second set of mountable power components that are mounted on a second planar side in the plurality of planar sides of the 3D cooling structure. The second planar side represents an opposing side, of the 3D cooling structure, to the first planar side. The 3D cooling structure includes an interior space containing one or more cooling channels in which cooling fluid is to flow. The interior space of the 3D cooling structure is spatially surrounded by other planar sides in the plurality of planar sides in combination with the first and second planar sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Rüdiger KUSCH, Yue SUN, Hua BAI, Hendrik GERTH
  • Patent number: 11073559
    Abstract: An electrical system comprises at least one high-voltage battery, at least one DC link capacitor and at least two power relays, whereby one power relay is arranged between a positive connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, while the other power relay is arranged between a negative connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a galvanically isolated DC/DC converter that is connected to a voltage source in the electrical system, whereby the DC/DC converter is configured such that it can transmit electric energy to a high-voltage side with the DC link capacitor in order to pre-charge the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a diagnostic device to test the power relays, whereby the diagnostic device has switchable voltage sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Uwe Müller, Lan Dang Hung, Markus Stolz, Hendrik Gerth
  • Publication number: 20190187211
    Abstract: An electrical system comprises at least one high-voltage battery, at least one DC link capacitor and at least two power relays, whereby one power relay is arranged between a positive connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, while the other power relay is arranged between a negative connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a galvanically isolated DC/DC converter that is connected to a voltage source in the electrical system, whereby the DC/DC converter is configured such that it can transmit electric energy to a high-voltage side with the DC link capacitor in order to pre-charge the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a diagnostic device to test the power relays, whereby the diagnostic device has switchable voltage sensors, whereby one voltage sensor is arranged in parallel to the high-voltage battery, one voltage sensor is arranged in parallel to the DC link capacitor, in each case, one voltage sensor is arrange
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Uwe MÜLLER, Lan Dang HUNG, Markus STOLZ, Hendrik GERTH