Patents by Inventor Viktor Schimik
Viktor Schimik 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).
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Patent number: 11543252Abstract: A method for operating a support system for preventing a motor vehicle from being left stranded due to a lack of drive energy is disclosed. The, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one driver assistance system and an internal combustion engine, which is operated with fuel as a first energy source of drive energy, and/or an electric motor, which is operated with electric energy of a battery as a second source of drive energy. The motor vehicle is autonomously driven to a charging and/or filling location using a vehicle system, which is designed to guide the motor vehicle in a fully automatic manner, when an emergency criterion is met which is constantly evaluated during an operational phase of the motor vehicle, and indicates to the driver that the motor vehicle will be left stranded if a charging and/or filling process is not carried out.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Viktor Schimik, Manuel Geisinger
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Patent number: 11016490Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a piloted motor vehicle, comprising the following steps carried out by a control device: determining a parking time period and a parking location of the motor vehicle on the basis of an appointment calendar signal received from a mobile terminal, which appointment calendar signal describes at least one appointment and a waiting location of the motor vehicle associated with the appointment, and creating an operating plan for the motor vehicle in accordance therewith. In accordance with at least one task signal, each of which describes a travel destination to which the motor vehicle should drive, a linking route for linking at least one travel destination to the parking location and a corresponding travel time are determined.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Viktor Schimik
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Publication number: 20200026295Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a piloted motor vehicle, comprising the following steps carried out by a control device: determining a parking time period and a parking location of the motor vehicle on the basis of an appointment calendar signal received from a mobile terminal, which appointment calendar signal describes at least one appointment and a waiting location of the motor vehicle associated with the appointment, and creating an operating plan for the motor vehicle in accordance therewith. In accordance with at least one task signal, each of which describes a travel destination to which the motor vehicle should drive, a linking route for linking at least one travel destination to the parking location and a corresponding travel time are determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Viktor SCHIMIK
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Publication number: 20190226861Abstract: A method for operating a support system for preventing a motor vehicle from being left stranded due to a lack of drive energy, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one driver assistance system and an internal combustion engine, which is operated with fuel as a first energy source of drive energy, and/or an electric motor, which is operated with electric energy of a battery as a second source of drive energy, as the drive means, wherein the motor vehicle is autonomously driven to a charging and/or filling location using a vehicle system, which is designed to guide the motor vehicle in a fully automatic manner, when an emergency criterion is met which is constantly evaluated during an operational phase of the motor vehicle, uses processing data of the at least one driver assistance system as at least one part of the input data, and indicates to the driver that the motor vehicle will be left stranded if a charging and/or filling process is not carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Viktor SCHIMIK, Manuel GEISINGER
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Patent number: 10247073Abstract: An exhaust system for a combustion engine includes first and second catalytic converters arranged downstream of the combustion engine in a flow direction of exhaust gas. First and second exhaust pipes extend from the combustion engine to the first and second catalytic converters, respectively, with a first valve disposed in the first exhaust pipe, and a second valve disposed in the second exhaust pipe. The first and second valves operate such that in the presence of an exhaust temperature which is equal to or less than a limit value, at least the first valve opens to allow exhaust gas from the combustion engine to flow through the first catalytic converter, and that the first valve closes and the second valve opens, when the exhaust temperature is greater than the limit value to thereby allow exhaust gas from the combustion engine to flow through the second catalytic converter.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Viktor Schimik, Florian Hörr
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Publication number: 20170218818Abstract: An exhaust system for a combustion engine includes first and second catalytic converters arranged downstream of the combustion engine in a flow direction of exhaust gas. First and second exhaust pipes extend from the combustion engine to the first and second catalytic converters, respectively, with a first valve disposed in the first exhaust pipe, and a second valve disposed in the second exhaust pipe. The first and second valves operate such that in the presence of an exhaust temperature which is equal to or less than a limit value, at least the first valve opens to allow exhaust gas from the combustion engine to flow through the first catalytic converter, and that the first valve closes and the second valve opens, when the exhaust temperature is greater than the limit value to thereby allow exhaust gas from the combustion engine to flow through the second catalytic converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: VIKTOR SCHIMIK, FLORIAN HÖRR
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Publication number: 20160281563Abstract: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes an SCR catalytic converter for carrying out selective catalytic reduction of pollutants contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine using a reducing agent, wherein the SCR catalytic converter is arranged downstream of a turbine of an exhaust gas turbocharger, and a feed device for feeding the reducing agent into the exhaust gas at a feed position arranged upstream of the turbine is provided. A nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter is arranged upstream of the feed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: VIKTOR SCHIMIK, ARMIN BURKARDT
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Patent number: 8713918Abstract: The invention relates to a device for purification of exhaust gases for the exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine, with an exhaust gas channel which is made multi-flow in a specified region and has several component exhaust gas lines, and with a metering device by means of which a specified amount of a reducing agent can be metered into the exhaust gas channel in the region upstream from the catalytic converter arrangement at specified times. According to the invention, a metering channel which branches off from the single metering device is assigned to each of the component exhaust gas lines, and a specified proportion of the amount of metered reducing agent can be supplied to each component exhaust gas line via the metering channels.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Andre Kopp, Viktor Schimik, Maarten Van De Burgt
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Publication number: 20100313550Abstract: The invention relates to a device for purification of exhaust gases for the exhaust gas line of an internal combustion engine, with an exhaust gas channel which is made multi-flow in a specified region and has several component exhaust gas lines, and with a metering device by means of which a specified amount of a reducing agent can be metered into the exhaust gas channel in the region upstream from the catalytic converter arrangement at specified times. According to the invention, a metering channel which branches off from the single metering device is assigned to each of the component exhaust gas lines, and a specified proportion of the amount of metered reducing agent can be supplied to each component exhaust gas line via the metering channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Andre Kopp, Viktor Schimik, Maarten Van De Burgt