Patents Assigned to Audi AG
  • Patent number: 12726066
    Abstract: An electric machine is disclosed and may include at least one component configured as a stator or a rotor and a cooling system. The at least one component may include at least two teeth, each extending along a radial direction of the electric machine, and a winding wound about each tooth. At least one of the windings may include a plurality of winding layer groups arranged one above the other with regard to the radial direction. Each of the winding layer groups may include one or more winding layers arranged one above the other. The winding layer groups may each be formed from a separate and electrically conductive conductor wire. The cooling system may be configured such that a cooling fluid is routed through a hollow cross section of at least two conductor wires such that at least two of the winding layer groups are fluidly coupled in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Vladimir Chernogorski
  • Patent number: 12723671
    Abstract: A system and method for regulating a flow of a fluid, wherein the system comprises a regulating device and a central axis, wherein the regulating device is adapted to establish at least one through-passage opening for the fluid, wherein a normal vector of a cross sectional area of the at least one through-passage opening is oriented parallel to the axis, wherein a size of the cross-sectional area is adjusted in dependence on the rotary speed of the regulating device turning about the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Lena Schlittenbauer, Klaus Ternovan, Herbert Tschentscher
  • Patent number: 12722453
    Abstract: A temperature-control container for a motor vehicle having a first heat exchanger for temperature control of the cooling container, a temperature-control container coolant circuit which is connected to the first heat exchanger and which has a coolant com-pressor and an expansion valve assigned to the first heat exchanger, and having a heat exchanger arrangement which has at least one heat exchanger which is connected to a coolant circuit of the motor vehicle. The coolant circuit is connected to at least one electrical drive or storage component for its cooling, and the coolant circuit has a chiller, which is connected to a vehicle coolant circuit, and/or has a low-temperature cooler cooled via ambient air. Furthermore, a cooling container coolant circuit and a motor vehicle having a cooling container are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian Rebinger, Dirk Schroeder
  • Patent number: 12725808
    Abstract: A bipolar plate for a fuel cell, is provided having an anode plate with an anode side and a coolant side, wherein there is formed on the anode side a first structuring in order to form an anode flow field, and a cathode plate with a cathode side and a coolant side, wherein there is formed on the cathode side a second structuring to form a cathode flow field, there being arranged between the anode plate and the cathode plate structural elements to form a coolant flow field, being contacted from the coolant sides of the anode plate and the cathode plate, and having an optimized pressure distribution in a fuel cell stack and an increased stability as compared to the prior art. The structural elements consist of an elastic material. A fuel cell stack and a vehicle including such features are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Adel Jilani, Sanjiv Kumar, Radu P. Bradean, Sebastian Voigt
  • Publication number: 20260249786
    Abstract: A holding device for a motor vehicle, to which a hook of a luggage net for the motor vehicle can be attached. The holding device includes a base part and a cover part, the cover part is held on the base part and covers the base part at least in regions. The base part has a receiving region into which the hook of the luggage net can be inserted. The cover part has a holding web which surrounds at least in regions a passage opening formed in the cover part. To secure the luggage net to the holding device, the holding web can be engaged from behind by the hook of the luggage net.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Maximilian KÄTHLER
  • Patent number: 12719108
    Abstract: A battery module with a cooling device, which has multiple battery cells arranged next to one another in a first direction. The cooling device has at least one cooling unit, which is arranged between at least a first and a second battery cell arranged adjacent in the first direction. The cooling unit has a first wall and a second wall, and a first intermediate space through which a coolant can flow and which is delimited by the first and second walls in relation to the first direction. The first wall is formed from a first material, and the second wall is formed from a second material that is different from the first material. The first material has a higher thermal conductivity than the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Wenkun Hu
  • Patent number: 12715386
    Abstract: A curtain side airbag (10), in particular for protection of a head area of a vehicle occupant (40), for a vehicle occupant restraint system (100), includes a main cushion (12) formed by one or more chambers which, when deployed and filled, extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle (x) between the vehicle occupant (40) and a side structure of a vehicle (54). The airbag includes an inner fabric layer (14) facing the vehicle occupant (40) as well as an outer fabric layer (16) facing the side structure of the vehicle. On the inner fabric layer (14), an additional friction-reducing impact layer (18) is arranged which covers at least part of the inner fabric layer (14) and is connected to the inner fabric layer (14) in such a way that the friction-reducing impact layer (18) is movable relative to the inner fabric layer (14) at least in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle (x).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignees: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Robert Disam, Michael Kaiser, Michael Stegmeier
  • Patent number: 12715278
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises a combustion engine, an electric machine, a front axle with front driving wheels, a rear axle with rear driving wheels, at least one electric module, at least one primary power transmission device and at least one secondary power transmission device. The electric machine is connected across the at least one primary power transmission device to at least one driving wheel of a first one of the two axles or separated from the at least one driving wheel of the first one of the two axles. The combustion engine is connected across the at least one primary power transmission device to at least one driving wheel of a second one of the two axles or separated from the at least one driving wheel of the second one of the two axles. The electric machine is connected across the at least one secondary power transmission device to the combustion engine or separated from the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Andreas Gaßner
  • Publication number: 20260241871
    Abstract: A storage for mobile phones in a vehicle. A coupling box in which two coupling regions are formed, each for a mobile phone, and a separating device, the two coupling regions are each associated with a vehicle seat and are arranged within the field of vision of occupants on the two vehicle seats. The separating device includes a movable separating wall which can be extended from a retracted storage position, in which both coupling regions and screens of mobile phones stored therein are visible to both occupants, into a separating position, in which the occupants can only see one coupling region associated with their vehicle seat and one screen of a mobile phone stored therein, as well as to a vehicle with at least one such storage for mobile phones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Jacques HÉLOT
  • Publication number: 20260241867
    Abstract: An interior lining for a vehicle trunk lid with a lining base body and a storage compartment for a warning triangle. The storage compartment is partially bounded on the outside by the lining base body and is open toward a front side of the lining base body. The interior lining is provided with a push button which is designed and/or suitable for a warning triangle inserted into the storage compartment to be held in the storage compartment by the push button in a locked position of the push button, preferably a projection of the push button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Maximilian KÄTHLER
  • Publication number: 20260243112
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door closing system includes a body, a door, a signaling unit, an emergency power source, a power source, an electrical control unit, a control, and a closing unit. The closing unit has a rotary latch and a locking bar. The locking bar is located on the body and the rotary latch is in the door. The rotary latch has a receiving region designed to complement the locking bar. The power source and the emergency power source are connected to the electrical control unit. The electrical control unit controls the rotary latch. In the passive state, the receiving region has a distance to the locking bar. The closing unit is designed in an unlocked state such that the locking bar is arranged in the receiving region and movement of the locking bar into the passive state is possible. The rotary latch has a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jürgen HLADIK, Harald HOFERER, Bernhard SCHWANTNER
  • Publication number: 20260244276
    Abstract: A driver monitoring device for a vehicle may include a camera device and a control device. The camera device is configured to detect a detection area of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and to send camera data to the control device. The control device is configured to check a current degree of automation of the vehicle and, if a specific degree of automation is present, to check the vehicle driver in the camera data for meeting a vehicle driver attentiveness criteria, and if at least a minimum number of vehicle driver attentiveness criteria are met, to establish a vehicle driver attentiveness and otherwise to determine that the vehicle driver attentiveness is not present. A vehicle driver attentiveness criteria may include a finger gesture of the vehicle driver being detected by the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael BRUCKHUBER, Vladimir IDELEVITCH
  • Publication number: 20260233697
    Abstract: A body arrangement for a vehicle includes at least one fender and at least one attachment part. The at least one fender and the at least one attachment part are connected to a vehicle-side structure. The fender has at least one hazardous region through which a risk of injury can be created in the event of an accident, and the at least one attachment part is arranged next to the hazardous region of the at least one fender. A connection is formed between the at least one attachment part and the at least one fender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Enrico VOGELSANG, Kathrin SCHERLE, Christian TEICHMANN
  • Patent number: 12697883
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle, which has at least one electric machine, is provided and may include providing a recuperation torque aimed at decelerating the motor vehicle at least temporarily, setting the recuperation torque to a target value, and selecting a default value for the recuperation torque from a plurality of default values. A first recuperation operating mode may be carried out when a default value is selected on the operating element which corresponds to a recuperation torque other than zero. The first recuperation operating mode may be switched to a second recuperation operating mode when a default value is selected on the operating element which corresponds to a recuperation torque of zero and when an accelerator pedal of the motor vehicle is actuated. The disclosure further relates to a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Alexander Barth, Adrian Mihailescu, Otto Pickhahn
  • Publication number: 20260217300
    Abstract: A telescopic steering column for a motor vehicle, with a base element on which a base element spindle is mounted so as to be rotatable about a base element spindle rotation axis, and with a telescopic unit which is guided linearly with respect to the base element and which has a telescopic unit driver which has a telescopic unit driver thread which engages with a base element spindle thread of the base element spindle. The telescopic unit has a telescopic unit spindle which is drivingly connected to a transmission element which is coupled to the base element spindle in a tangential direction with respect to the base element spindle rotation axis and is guided so as to be freely displaceable on it in the axial direction with respect to the base element spindle rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael GRADL, Richard SCHROEDER, Nicolas STEIN
  • Patent number: D1138882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Juan Carlos Huerta Martinez, Frank Lamberty
  • Patent number: D1138887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Francesco D'Amore
  • Patent number: D1138888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Juan Carlos Huerta Martinez
  • Patent number: D1144074
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sascha Heyde
  • Patent number: D1145641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sascha Heyde