Patents by Inventor SABINE METHNER

SABINE METHNER 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).

  • Energy conversion device for an electrically driven vehicle
    Patent number: 10391869
    Abstract: An energy conversion device for a vehicle is particularly suited for a rail vehicle. The energy conversion device has, in at least one mode, a unit which operates as a generator unit and has at least one synchronous machine, and which has at least one energy discharge unit which is provided for discharging at least a portion of an electrical energy generated by the generator unit, and has at least one resistor unit. The novel energy discharge unit has at least one control unit which is provided to set operating modes from a set of operating modes in which the resistor unit makes available a different resistance value in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Foerth, Stefan Hassler, Stefan Koch, Sabine Methner, Gerhild Schinagl, Thorsten Stuetzle
  • ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180312067
    Abstract: An energy conversion device for a vehicle is particularly suited for a rail vehicle. The energy conversion device has, in at least one mode, a unit which operates as a generator unit and has at least one synchronous machine, and which has at least one energy discharge unit which is provided for discharging at least a portion of an electrical energy generated by the generator unit, and has at least one resistor unit. The novel energy discharge unit has at least one control unit which is provided to set operating modes from a set of operating modes in which the resistor unit makes available a different resistance value in each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN FOERTH, STEFAN HASSLER, STEFAN KOCH, SABINE METHNER, GERHILD SCHINAGL, THORSTEN STUETZLE