Patents Assigned to Audi
  • Publication number: 20240227500
    Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle. The refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; at least one movable temperature flap; and at least one shutoff element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes following steps: setting the at least one shutoff element in a position in which the refrigerant flows into the evaporator downstream of the heating register while bypassing the external heat exchanger, and incorporating at least one further heat sink, which is fluidically arranged in parallel or in series to the evaporator, in particular a chiller operating as a water heat pump evaporator and/or the external heat exchanger operating as an air heat pump evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Dirk SCHROEDER, Christian REBINGER, Helmut ROTTENKOLBER
  • Publication number: 20240227079
    Abstract: A method for laser beam joining of at least two joining partners, in which a laser beam device produces a continuous weld seam along an application path with a preferably very long path length. Irregularities in the weld seam due to high process speeds are avoided as follows: in a first process step, at least two weld seam sections spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the path, are respectively produced with an intermediate weld seam interruption. In a second process step the laser beam device produces in each weld seam interruption a further weld seam section, such that all weld seam sections merge together without interruptions, in particular with formation of the continuous weld seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Markus GRETZER, Jan-Philipp WEBERPALS
  • Publication number: 20240227499
    Abstract: A reheating method for operating a refrigeration system for a motor vehicle is described, the refrigeration system includes a refrigerant compressor, which is connectable or connected to a primary line and a secondary line; an outer heat exchanger, which is arranged in the primary line; an evaporator, which is arranged in the primary line; a heating register, which is arranged in the secondary line; at least one movable temperature flap which is arranged upstream or downstream of the heating register in relation to a supply air flow direction; and at least one shut-off element, which is arranged downstream of the heating register in the secondary line. The reheating method includes adjusting the at least one shut-off element into a position in which refrigerant flows downstream of the heating register into the evaporator, while bypassing the external heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Dirk SCHROEDER, Christian REBINGER, Helmut ROTTENKOLBER
  • Publication number: 20240229924
    Abstract: A lubricant supply system, for a drive apparatus of an electrically operated vehicle having at least one electric machine which outputs power to at least one vehicle wheel via a gear mechanism arrangement, includes an electric machine hydraulic circuit in which a lubricant tank is connected via a suction line to a pressure pump which conveys lubricant to the electric machine via an electric machine supply line, and includes a gear mechanism hydraulic circuit, via which lubricant can be conveyed to the gear mechanism arrangement. The pressure pump is associated as a common pressure pump with both the electric machine hydraulic circuit and the gear mechanism hydraulic circuit so that lubricant during pump operation can be recirculated both in the electric machine hydraulic circuit and in the gear mechanism hydraulic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Ivo GREITER
  • Publication number: 20240227661
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle comprising at least one illumination device, by means of which at least one light signal can be generated which is visible from outside the motor vehicle, and comprising at least one acoustic device, by means of which at least one acoustic signal can be generated which is audible from outside the motor vehicle. The at least one control device of the motor vehicle is configured to check whether at least one output condition is satisfied and, if the at least one output condition is satisfied, to control the at least one illumination device and the at least one acoustic device in such a way that the light signal and the acoustic signal are generated simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stephan BERLITZ, Tanja KAMMANN, Cesar MUNTADA ROURA, Valentin SCHMIDT, Konrad TRÖGER
  • Publication number: 20240235303
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric machine including a rotor shaft and a core stack fastened thereto, at least one coolant outlet being provided at the axial end-face side of the core stack. For centrifugal cooling of the winding heads of the stator of the electric machine, a coolant conducting structure is provided at the axial core stack end-face side, via which the coolant exiting from the coolant outlet is spun off radially outwardly in the direction of the winding heads as the result of centrifugal force. The coolant conducting structure is designed as a single-material and/or one-piece integral part of the rotor, in particular the rotor core stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, AUDI Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven PIEPER, Tim BACHMANN, Stefan PROKOPH, Moritz LUX
  • Publication number: 20240227711
    Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle, having a deformation element which is coupled to a cross member of the bumper assembly. In a mounted position of the bumper assembly in the motor vehicle, the deformation element is arranged between a longitudinal member of the motor vehicle and the cross member. The bumper assembly has a connecting device with a first hollow profile region, in which an end region of the deformation element is received. The connecting device has a second hollow profile region, in which a partial region of the cross member is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Heiko LOWAK, Federico RAFANELLI
  • Patent number: 12028008
    Abstract: A system comprises a control unit for operating an electrical circuit arrangement connected to an electrical machine, wherein the electrical circuit arrangement is designed to energize a stator of the electrical machine, the control unit being connectable to at least one further circuit arrangement which is designed to energize a rotor of the electrical machine, the control unit being set up to operate the further circuit arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stephan Brüske
  • Patent number: 12028704
    Abstract: The present disclosure invention relates to a method for the anonymized transmission of sensor data of a vehicle to a vehicle-external receiving unit, to an anonymizing system, and to a receiving unit, the method including the following steps: determining the sensor data at a measurement location at a measurement time, determining a traffic density in an environment of the measurement location, determining an anonymized time and/or an anonymized location, calculating an anonymization probability of the vehicle, which results from the traffic density and the anonymized time and/or location, determining whether the anonymization probability meets a predetermined anonymization condition, and if the anonymization condition is met, transmitting the sensor data to the external receiving unit, the anonymized time being indicated as a measurement time indication and/or the anonymized location being indicated as a measurement location indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Stinner
  • Patent number: 12026952
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for observing conditions in an environment around a transportation vehicle and adjusting operation of the transportation vehicle in response to the observed conditions. The temperatures of features in the environment can be determined to compensate for varying conditions in the environment in operating the transportation vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG, PORSCHE AG
    Inventor: Philipp Nils Kuepper
  • Patent number: 12028827
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a wireless receiver to receive station signals from transmitting stations via communication channels and to emit a selected one of the station signals. The method selects communication channels to transmit the selected one of the station signals, detects reception properties for the selected communication channels, detects position data of the wireless receiver, assigns the position data of the wireless receiver to the reception properties detected with regard to the selected communication channels, determines a position-related received data set for the selected one of the station signals, and transmits the position-related received data set to a server device that stores the position-related received data set to be retrievable by the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Klaus Bischof
  • Patent number: 12027806
    Abstract: A device and a method for predictive brush control in separately excited electric motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sebastian Kirschner
  • Patent number: 12023991
    Abstract: A method for operating a coolant circuit of a refrigeration system of a vehicle having multiple system sections. A single pressure sensor is located in each system section. A temperature sensor is arranged downstream at each component to be balanced in the system sections, such as heat exchangers and a coolant compressor. The sensor signals of the pressure and temperature sensors are supplied to a control unit for the control or regulation of the refrigeration system. Furthermore, a pressure approximation value at the position of the temperature sensor is calculated by a pressure loss value determined using a pressure loss calculation function starting from the position of the pressure sensor arranged in the system section of the component up to the position of the temperature sensor if the temperature sensor and the pressure sensor are arranged at different positions in the system section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Dirk Schroeder, Christian Rebinger, Helmut Rottenkolber
  • Patent number: 12027038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to visible components with a functional coating in the interior and exterior of motor vehicles and a method for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Frank Stohler, Peter Belkhofer
  • Patent number: 12027891
    Abstract: A display having at least two display surfaces, a controller and a communication interface for receiving charge state signals are provided in a display device. Each charge state signal describes the respective charge state of one of multiple electrical consumer devices. The control device determines the charge state of each electrical consumer device based on the charge state signals received. Then the control device generates image signals, each defining an image representing one of the detected charge states and transmits the image signals to the display. The image of each detected charge state is displayed on a display surface assigned to the respective electrical consumer device. The display device may be part of a household appliance, or an item of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Jacques Helot
  • Patent number: 12023957
    Abstract: A method for producing an automobile rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of an automobile, the automobile rim having a rim bed bounded on opposite sides by an outer flange and an inner flange, a hub with a center recess and a bolt circle, as well as a rim center connecting the rim bed and the hub to one another, the rim center being designed with a plurality of spokes spaced apart in the circumferential direction with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the automobile rim. The automobile rim is produced in one piece and continuously in a casting mold by die casting of a casting material, wherein the automobile rim has, at least in some areas, a low wall thickness not exceeding 15 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jaan Mattes Reiling, Jan Gaugler, Marc Hummel
  • Publication number: 20240208445
    Abstract: A method for specifying a group of control commands for a motor vehicle is based on the use of an NFT that links the access path for a group of control commands with owner and/or holder data and with identification data for the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tarik ABOUSENNA, Karsten BELZ, Jörg DREXLER, Alexander HEINZELMANN, Patrick LINS, Sven MICHAELIS, Jörg WALLNER
  • Publication number: 20240208440
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes minting a non-fungible token (NFT), which links an identifier for a first, in particular prominent, user with an identifier for the motor vehicle, and with data for describing a setting made by or for the first user, as well as the later reading of the data describing the settings made from the NFT based on the identifier for the motor vehicle, and the setting is restored for use by a second user on the same motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Sebastian BINDER, Andreas UNGER
  • Patent number: 12017534
    Abstract: At least one electronic display has first and second mirrors separated by a distance. The two mirrors are arranged such that they at least partially overlap in a projection view of both mirrors. An intermediate space is formed in the overlap region between the mirrors. The at least one electronic display is part of a display apparatus having at least one light source emitting light into the intermediate space that is reflectable multiple times by the mirrors to generate an infinity mirror effect, resulting in the generation of an image having a light pattern that appears with an optical depth effect in an image plane of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Philipp Weiß
  • Patent number: 12017552
    Abstract: A charging device for a motor vehicle having a device input interface and a device output interface, wherein the charging device comprises a plurality of charging modules to which an input voltage can be provided by a respective module input interface and the device input interface, wherein a respective voltage rectifier of the respective charging module is configured to convert the input voltage into an output voltage provided at a respective module output interface, wherein the module output interfaces are connected in parallel with the device output interface, wherein a charging module removed from the charging device can be used separately from the charging device as a charger in order to charge the energy storage device of the motor vehicle or a further motor vehicle from the power source or a further power source, wherein the respective charging module comprises a control device which is configured on the one hand, to detect at least one operating parameter of the respective charging module and/or to re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias Graßl