Patents Assigned to Audi
  • BATTERY ARRANGEMENT HAVING A THERMAL PROTECTION DEVICE, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20240347849
    Abstract: A battery arrangement, which includes a thermal protection device, a housing component, and a battery module having multiple battery cells, each of which has a releasable cell degassing opening. The battery module has a module side which is opposite the housing component with respect to a first direction, and which has a contiguous degassing subregion in which all cell degassing openings are arranged. Between the housing component and the degassing subregion there is a gap subregion having passage areas, which are each arranged directly below a respective, assigned cell degassing opening with respect to the first direction. The thermal protection device is arranged in the gap subregion and is formed using a thermally expandable material in such a way that it expands when a predetermined limiting temperature is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ruben HEID, Matthias WlMMl
  • HEAD SUPPORT COMPRISING A NOISE-SUPPRESSION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20240343177
    Abstract: A headrest which is designed to at least partially surround a head. The headrest has a device for noise suppression, which is arranged on a side of the headrest (facing toward a head position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Alexander BART, Edwin OLLEFERS
  • Method and control circuit for controlling an active rear axle steering of a motor vehicle when steering out from straight travel, and a motor vehicle having the control circuit
    Patent number: 12116060
    Abstract: A method for controlling an active rear axle steering of a motor vehicle when steering out from straight travel with given actual dynamics of the wheel guidance of the motor vehicle, wherein an actual steering signal of the motor vehicle is received by a control circuit from at least one sensor, then from the actual steering signal a dynamic model of the wheel guidance calculates a time variation of a differential signal describing a deviation of the actual steering signal from an imaginary nominal steering signal which would be needed in order to perform the steering with a given nominal dynamics, and from the differential signal a predetermined conversion rule is used to generate a nominal steering signal for the rear axle steering and the rear axle steering is actuated with this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Cariad SE, Audi AG
    Inventors: Adrian Mihailescu, Benjamin Schwarz, Christian Wiedenmann
  • Method for operating a drive for a motor vehicle and corresponding drive device
    Patent number: 12115966
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, the drive device having a first drive unit designed as an internal combustion engine and a second drive unit designed as an electrical machine, which together at least temporarily provide a drive torque of the drive device on an drive shaft, the drive torque being set to a requested default torque. It In a first operating mode, before changing a speed of the drive shaft for the first drive unit, a torque characteristic is selected from multiple torque characteristics. In the first operating mode, while the speed is being changed, the first drive unit is operated according to the selected torque characteristic for providing at least one part of the specified torque, and a differential torque between the specified torque and the torque provided by the first drive unit boil is provided by the second drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Matthew David Hall, Benedikt Xander, Andreas Zeyer, Guido Schiedt
  • Motor diagnosis with braking torque compensation for electric vehicles
    Patent number: 12115864
    Abstract: A method and a device for checking the thermal state of an electric machine of a vehicle driven by at least two electric machines are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Karl, Martin Adam, Sebastian Heber, Franz Honkomp
  • Communication device, control component, mobile station, vehicle system, method and computer program for configuring local wire-free communication between the communication device and a mobile device close to a vehicle
    Patent number: 12120640
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, a communication device, a control component, a mobile station, a vehicle, a system, and computer programs for configuring local wireless communication between the communication device and a mobile device close to a vehicle or between mobile devices of a mobile radio system that are close to a vehicle. The communication device comprises a transceiver, which is designed for communication with a control component of the mobile radio system; a control module, which is coupled to the transceiver and is designed to control the transceiver, wherein the control module is also designed to communicate in a first frequency band in the mobile radio system in order to obtain a configuration of a second frequency band of the mobile radio system for the local wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jörg Plechinger, Christoph Voigt
  • Control device, motor vehicle and method for activating an active discharge circuit
    Patent number: 12115866
    Abstract: A method, by a control device, to activate an active discharge circuit to discharge a capacitive energy storage of at least one electrical consumer of an on-board power supply for a motor vehicle. An energy source for the on-board power supply can be coupled to the on-board power supply and be disconnected from the on-board power supply by a switching device. The control device receives a signal (S) for activating the active discharge circuit, examines, after receiving the signal (S), if the energy source is disconnected from the on-board power supply according to at least one first criterion, and activates the active discharge circuit only upon satisfaction of a condition that the energy source has been disconnected from the on-board power supply according to the at least one first criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias Grassl, Jan Schmäling, Samy Arnaout, Marko Kertes, Markus Novotny, Tobias Knoke
  • DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS AND MACHINE COMPRISING SUCH A DISCHARGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240339896
    Abstract: A discharge device for discharging electrical currents from a rotor having a shaft, the discharge device including a movable contact element at least partially accommodated in a guide having a guide wall and an outer wall, the contact element being configured to form an electrically conductive sliding contact between a sliding-contact surface of the contact element and a shaft contact surface of the shaft, the sliding-contact surface being intended to form the sliding contact, the contact element being connected to the guide and/or a support element in an electrically conductive manner, preloaded in the direction of the shaft contact surface by a spring element, and at least partially wetted with an oily fluid. At least one conduit for the oily fluid is provided in the guide, the conduit ending in the outer wall or being disposed in the outer wall of the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Kain, Steffen Triebe
  • CELL DEGASSING CHANNEL, BATTERY ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING GASES FROM A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20240339718
    Abstract: A cell degassing channel for discharging gases from a battery with at least one battery cell. The cell degassing channel has a chamber which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening and which is designed such that a gas exiting from the at least one battery cell can be introduced into the chamber through the at least one inlet opening and can be led through the same along at least one gas discharge path to at least one outlet opening of the chamber. The chamber has at least one first perforated plate which is arranged in an interior space of the chamber and has multiple first holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten LORENZ, Luca OLMO, Paul SCHNEIDER
  • GAS DISCHARGE CHAMBER AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR DISCHARGING GASES FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE BATTERY
    Publication number: 20240339722
    Abstract: A gas discharge chamber for discharging gases from a motor vehicle battery. A gas emerging from the motor vehicle battery and introduced into the gas discharge chamber through an inlet opening can be passed through this to an outlet opening. The gas discharge chamber has a gas discharge channel arranged in a first region of its interior, which has a partially gas-permeable channel wall which separates the first region from a second region of the interior into which the inlet opening opens, at least partially, and the outlet opening opens into an interior of the gas discharge channel in the first region. A gas permeability of the channel wall varies depending on a distance from the at least one outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten LORENZ, Thomas MILDE, Martin SCHÜSSLER
  • INTERCELL COOLING ELEMENT, BATTERY ARRANGEMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTERCELL COOLING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20240339693
    Abstract: An intercell cooling element for arrangement between two battery cells, which has a flexible outer shell which encloses an interior and which has a coolant supply connection and a coolant discharge connection. A first and opposite second outer side of the outer shell adjoin one another on outer edges of the outer shell. The intercell cooling element includes a spacer element arrangement which has at least two incompressible spacer element sections to provide a defined minimum distance between a first edge area of the first battery cell. and a second edge area of the second battery cell when the intercell cooling element is arranged between the first and second battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Carsten LORENZ, Eduard MAIN
  • ASSEMBLY FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240336304
    Abstract: An arrangement for load distribution in a vehicle, having a longitudinal member designed as a hollow profile, a fastening sleeve, and a cross member which has at least one fastening flange, as well as a vehicle having such an arrangement. Here, the at least one fastening flange of the cross member extends at least in some sections parallel to the longitudinal member and is connected to the fastening sleeve. The fastening sleeve is inserted into the longitudinal member and connected in a formfitting manner to the longitudinal member, the fastening sleeve extends parallel to the cross member and introduces acting tensile loads into the longitudinal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Kim Anne LIESERT, Tanja HOEVEKAMP
  • CELL SEPARATION ELEMENT WITH SWELLING ADJUSTMENT AND BATTERY MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20240339651
    Abstract: A cell separation element for arrangement in an intermediate space between two battery cells. The cell separation element is designed to be at least partially elastically compressible with respect to a first direction. The cell separation element has a first corrugated structural wall with a corrugated structure. When the cell separation element is arranged as intended in the intermediate space, a first side surface of the corrugated structural wall faces a first of the two battery cells and a second side surface of the corrugated structural wall faces a second of the two battery cells. The structural wall is designed to provide a restoring force when the cell separation element is compressed with respect to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Uwe GERLINGER, Carsten LORENZ, Eduard MAIN
  • Assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, wheel hub drive for a vehicle, and vehicle
    Patent number: 12109891
    Abstract: An assembly of a wheel hub on a wheel carrier for a vehicle, in which the wheel hub, on which at least one wheel of the vehicle is fastenable in a rotationally-fixed manner, is rotatably mounted via a wheel bearing on the wheel carrier, including at least one surroundings sensor at least partially arranged in the wheel hub, by which at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle can be registered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Winfried Justus, Matthias Ewert, Sascha Bornhold
  • Lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation
    Patent number: 12109936
    Abstract: The application relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle for creating a light animation. The lighting device comprises a light emission device, the light emission device is subdivided into a plurality of segments. The lighting device further has a control unit, which is designed to separately control each of the plurality of segments of the light emission device. The control unit is also configured to control the plurality of segments in a way that a photometric parameter of the lighting device averaged across all segments for the light animation is within a predefined interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Werner Thomas, Reiner Lendle
  • Display device for a motor vehicle, method for operating a display of a motor vehicle, control module, and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 12111464
    Abstract: A display screen unit of a display device includes a display surface having a plurality of subareas, and a sight protection element configured to set a degree of transparency for each of the plurality of subareas. The display device further includes a back lighting module having at least one illumination element directed to the display screen unit, and a controller configured to set the display screen unit in a display mode, in which the sight protection element sets the degree of transparency for each of the plurality of subareas. The controller may be configured to provide a back light by controlling the back lighting module based on a movement of the display screen unit from a stowed position to a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Jacques Helot
  • COOLANT SUPPLY FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AXLE DRIVE
    Publication number: 20240333104
    Abstract: A coolant supply system for an electric vehicle axle drive having an electric machine, in the electric machine housing of which a stator interacts with a rotor. The electric machine outputs to at least one vehicle wheel of the vehicle axle via a transmission arrangement. A coolant separator is arranged in the electric machine housing, which divides the interior of the electric machine housing into a radially outer stator chamber, in which the stator with its stator windings is arranged, and into a radially inner rotor chamber, which is separated therefrom in a largely fluid-tight manner and in which the rotor is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Ivo GREITER
  • COOLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VEHICLE AXLE
    Publication number: 20240333102
    Abstract: A coolant supply system for a drive device of an electrically operated vehicle axle with an electric machine which has a cylindrical stator housing, in which there is a winding head space axially on both sides of a rotor/stator arrangement, at the bottom of which coolant collects. The two winding head spaces are fluidly connected to one another via a coolant sump, and the stator housing height and the coolant sump height in the electric machine vertical direction add up to a total height. In order to reduce the total height, the coolant sump is offset by a transverse offset from a rotor axis vertical plane. In this way, the stator housing height and the coolant sump height can at least partially overlap in the vertical direction of the electric machine by an overlap amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas WEBER, Ivo GREITER, Harald GLOEDE, Herbert TSCHENTSCHER, Frank ROETHLINGSHOEFER
  • BATTERY MODULE WITH TERMINAL COOLING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE
    Publication number: 20240332666
    Abstract: A battery module for a motor vehicle, including a cell stack with a first stack side and with a plurality of battery cells, each of which has a first pole terminal on a first cell side which is part of the first stack side, and including a module housing in which the cell stack is arranged and which has a cooling cover. A space is formed between the first stack side and the cooling cover, which space is only partially filled with the heat-conducting compound, so that at least a contiguous first partial region of the space, which is located between the first pole terminals and the cooling cover, is completely filled with the heat-conducting compound, and a second partial region of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Waldemar BAUER, Florian EIDMANN, Jens FRONEMANN, Eduard MAIN, Martin MOISSL
  • COOLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VEHICLE AXLE
    Publication number: 20240333103
    Abstract: A coolant supply system for a drive device of an electrically operated vehicle axle of a two-track vehicle with an electric machine. The coolant supply system has an electric machine hydraulic circuit in which a coolant tank, the interior of a cylindrical stator housing and a stator housing sump are integrated, in which the coolant draining from the stator housing collects, which can be returned from there to the coolant tank by at least one return pump. The stator housing sump has a suction point on each of its axially opposite axial sides, from which the coolant can be sucked off by the return pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas WEBER, Ivo GREITER, Harald GLOEDE, Herbert TSCHENTSCHER, Frank RÖTHLINGSHÖFER