Patents Assigned to Audi
  • UNDERTRAY COMPONENT WITH A SENSOR DEVICE, AND BATTERY ARRANGEMENT WITH SUCH AN UNDERTRAY COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20240051380
    Abstract: An underbody component for a motor vehicle, with a plate element which has a lower side and an upper side; at least one supporting element arranged on the upper side of the plate element, which is intended to support the plate element against a vehicle side structure and to space it apart. The supporting element is also designed as a partition, which divides the area above the plate element into multiple chambers; a sensor device which is intended to detect intrusion of the plate element into at least one of the chambers caused by an external force action on the lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Julius RAUSCH, Oliver STOLL
  • System, method, and apparatus for a neural network model for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11899748
    Abstract: A computing system comprises a data storage and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the data storage. The at least one processor is configured to execute program instructions to cause the system to perform the following steps. A deep neural network (“DNN”) model is trained using training data. Next, additional scenes are determined based on the DNN model and the training data. The determined scenes are generated, and then used to augment the training dataset. The DNN model is then retrained using the augmented training dataset and stored in a data storage for deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG, PORSCHE AG
    Inventors: Pratik Prabhanjan Brahma, Nasim Souly, Nikhil George
  • Method for assisted or at least semi-automated driving of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11897504
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of driving a motor vehicle. The method determines position data relating to at least one of a current position or a predicted future position of the motor vehicle detecting, using at least one sensor device, surroundings data relating to a surrounding environment of the motor vehicle, determining at least one driving intervention based on the surroundings data, and controlling at least one vehicle system of the motor vehicle to execute the determined at least one driving intervention. The at least one driving intervention executed by a selected software module that is selected based on the surroundings data, and the selected software module is selected from a plurality of software modules based on the position data. Each software module is configured to execute the at least one driving intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Lukas Rottkamp
  • Method for controlling a drive motor in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11897472
    Abstract: A method for controlling a drive motor in a motor vehicle may include the steps: determining driving situation information which describes a static friction and/or a frictional connection of at least one wheel of the motor vehicle and/or a speed of the motor vehicle, determining a minimum speed of the drive motor as a function of the driving situation information, and regulating or controlling the speed of the drive motor as a function of the minimum speed, in particular such that the speed is always greater than the minimum speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Clemens Burow, Jürgen Bader, Moritz Reiff, Raphael Kis, Siegfried Pint
  • Method for monitoring a data transmission system, data transmission system and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11902300
    Abstract: An approach for monitoring a data transmission system that uses a data transmission means such as a vehicle bus or a vehicle network of a motor vehicle. This system includes a monitoring device that transmits a request message to a transmitting device and to a receiving device. The transmitting device generates a particular transmitter response on the basis of the request message, where the transmitter response is transmitted to the monitoring device. The receiving device generates a particular receiver response on the basis of the request message, where the receiver response is transmitted to the monitoring device. The monitoring device receives the transmitter response and the receiver response and checks compliance with a trigger condition which depends on the transmitter response and the receiver response, the compliance of which indicates an event relevant to monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Markus Klein, Kamil Zawadzki, Changsup Ahn, Wolfgang Stadler, Karsten Schmidt
  • Emergency call method with low consumption of spectral resources
    Publication number: 20240049353
    Abstract: A method for issuing an emergency call, in which a backend server receives emergency call data from a vehicle via a wireless connection provided by a communication unit of the vehicle and sends an emergency call for the vehicle to a control center based on the received emergency call data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Thorsten HEHN
  • BATTERY MODULE HAVING A CELL SEPARATING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE
    Publication number: 20240047814
    Abstract: A battery module with a cell stack which has a plurality of battery cells arranged next to one another in a stacking direction, the battery cells include a first and a second battery cell which are arranged adjacent to one another in the stacking direction. A cell separating element for electrical and thermal insulation of the first and second battery cells from one another is arranged at least between the first and second battery cells, and the cell separating element rests flat on the first and second battery cell. A frictional connection is present between the cell separating element and at least the first battery cell, which connection counteracts a relative movement of the at least one first battery cell and the cell separating element perpendicular to the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sascha STAUDENMAIER
  • Device and method for raising a temperature in at least one portion of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11890916
    Abstract: A device for raising a temperature in at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a temperature value increased above this, has at least one electronic component producing waste heat. The at least one electronic component is formed as a processor. Furthermore, a controller is provided, being designed to command the processor to provide a computing capacity in a heating mode, and to supply the waste heat generated upon performing at least one computation of the processor to the at least one portion of the vehicle. The disclosure furthermore relates to a method for raising a temperature of at least one portion of a vehicle from a low temperature value to a temperature value increased above this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Markus Ruf, Kai Müller
  • BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE WITH A COOLING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240039081
    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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Wenkun HU
  • SCREW NUT HAVING SCREW CAGE
    Publication number: 20240035508
    Abstract: A screw nut with a screw cage made of metal sheet, which includes a holding section securing the screw nut and a clamping section supporting the holding section. The holding section is configured with a circumferentially closed opening in which the screw nut is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner. The opening comprises multiple lugs configured as metal sheet passages which are in contact with the lateral torque transmissions surfaces of the screw nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Sebastian BAIER
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING BRAKING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240034295
    Abstract: A method for operating a braking system for a motor vehicle, including a service brake unit and the service brake unit is activated to generate a brake force on a wheel axle of the motor vehicle at least temporarily as a function of a setting of an operating element. The generation of the brake force is performed using a calibration data set stored in a control unit of the braking system. An identifier stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used for a compatibility check. If the compatibility check is successful, a configuration of the operating element takes place and a generic data set stored in the control unit is used as the calibration data set and an operating element-specific data set stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used as a calibration data set after the transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Kilian FÖRSTER, Frank MÜLLER
  • Cooling system of a vehicle, comprising a coolant circuit which can be operated as a cooling circuit for an AC operation and as a heat pump circuit for a heating operation
    Patent number: 11884134
    Abstract: A cooling system of a vehicle, including a coolant circuit, which can be operated as a cooling circuit for an AC operation and as a heat pump circuit for a heating operation, an evaporator, a coolant compressor, a heat exchanger in the form of a coolant condenser or gas cooler for the coolant circuit or in the form of a heat pump evaporator for the heat pump circuit, a first expansion element which is paired with the evaporator, a second expansion element, the heat pump evaporator function of which is paired with the heat exchanger, and an inner heat exchanger with a high-pressure section and a low-pressure section. The low-pressure section is fluidically connected to the downstream coolant compressor. The high-pressure section of the inner heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit section which connects the second expansion element to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Dirk Schroeder, Christian Rebinger, Thomas Anzenberger
  • Method for the anonymized provision of data of a first vehicle for a vehicle-external server device, and anonymization apparatus and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11889299
    Abstract: In order to provide sensitive vehicle data of a first vehicle as anonymously as possible, the present disclosure relates to a method for the anonymized provision of the data of the first vehicle for a vehicle-external server device. According to a defined or definable condition, a decision is made between transmitting the data directly to the vehicle-external server device or transmitting the data to the vehicle-external server device via a second vehicle, which has a communication connection to the first vehicle. The data are then transmitted according to the decision. In n-hop anonymization, the data can be forwarded via an arbitrary number of vehicles as intermediaries or intermediate stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Ernst, Andreas Buck
  • Method for detecting a fault state of a battery cell, detection device, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11888126
    Abstract: A method for detecting a fault state of at least one battery cell of a battery having multiple battery cells. A cell voltage of a respective battery cell of the multiple battery cells is registered at a measurement time and a comparison value is determined as a function of at least one of the cell voltages and is compared to a provided first reference value. The fault state is detected as a function of a result of the comparison. A scatter value is determined, which represents a scatter of at least part of the cell voltages registered at the specific measurement time, and the fault state is determined as a function of the scatter value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Koch, Christian Roettinger, Markus Goebel
  • Pressurized gas accumulator, method for producing a pressurized gas accumulator, and device for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 11885463
    Abstract: A pressurized gas accumulator has a hollow body which extends along a longitudinal axis and at least one connection piece. The hollow body has at least one layer of a weave structure with a plurality of warp threads running next to one another and a weft thread woven with the warp threads and oriented perpendicular thereto. The warp threads are oriented essentially parallel or essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body. A method for producing a pressurised gas accumulator and to a device for carrying out said method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Audi AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Maik Kraus
  • Method for producing an electric battery with separator material on a current collector base
    Patent number: 11888178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a battery cell component including providing a current collector foil and placing separators onto the current collector foil at spaced intervals. A battery cell component, battery and electric or hybrid vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Mirko Herrmann, Angela Speidel
  • Method for distinguishing the cause of voltage losses in a fuel cell device, fuel cell device and motor vehicle having such a device
    Patent number: 11888194
    Abstract: A method for distinguishing the cause of voltage losses in a fuel cell device includes: a) Detection of a quasi-stationary operation of the fuel cell device, b) Acquisition and storage of a measured current-voltage characteristic curve with the current values and the voltage values of a fuel cells stack of the fuel cell device, c) Use of a PtOx model to determine PtOx voltage losses and calculation of a corrected current-voltage characteristic curve for the PtOx-free and normally humidified fuel cell stack, and d) Comparison of the current-voltage characteristic curves determined in step b) and in step c) and detection of an at least partially dried-out fuel cell stack if the measured current-voltage characteristic curve runs below the corrected current-voltage characteristic curve. A fuel cell device and a motor vehicle comprising a fuel cell device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Oscar Montoya, Kai Müller
  • Display device and motor vehicle with the display device
    Patent number: 11884153
    Abstract: A base unit with a base dent region supports a main display unit having a main display panel. The main display unit is integrated in the base dent region and is rotatable about a base axis between a main loaded position and a main viewing position where the main display panel is visually accessible to a user from a predefined head position. The display device includes an auxiliary display unit which is integrated in a main dent region of the main display unit. The auxiliary display unit includes an auxiliary display panel which is designed to be visually accessible to the user from the predefined head position by rotating the main display unit about the base axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Daniel Lottes, Christian Wall, Romain Diboine, Seonghwan Kim, Doh Yeon Kim
  • Method for positioning a steering wheel of a motor vehicle in a rest position and/or an easy-entry position and a motor vehicle to carry out the method
    Patent number: 11884317
    Abstract: A method for positioning a steering wheel of a motor vehicle in a rest position and/or an easy-entry position. The steering wheel has an operative connection to an adjustment means via which the steering wheel can be moved in a steering wheel adjustment field. A most recently set steering wheel position is established as the current steering wheel position. A target position in the steering wheel adjustment field, which represents the maximum increase in space for a driver in relation to the currently set steering wheel position, is determined. This target position is established as a rest position and/or as an easy-entry position. The steering wheel is moved into the established rest position and/or easy-entry position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Loos, Richard Schroeder
  • SINGLE-CHIP SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING A SINGLE-CHIP SYSTEM, AND MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240028773
    Abstract: Single-chip system, having multiple computing units, in particular computer cores and/or CPUs, at least one input/output unit, a memory unit, and an input/output control unit that coordinates the communication between the computing units and the at least one input/output unit, wherein the single-chip system further has an attack detection unit, produced as hardware, that is connected by means of a hardware signal connection to at least the input/output control unit as a component of the single-chip system and evaluates input signals received from the input/output control unit for a rule infringement in a set of attack detection rules, which rule infringement needs to be logged and/or responded to with at least one measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Markus KLEIN, Kamil ZAWADZKI, Changsup AHN, Hans Georg GRUBER