Patents Assigned to Daimler
  • Method for Preparation for the Start of a Parked Fuel Cell System
    Publication number: 20210305601
    Abstract: A method for the start preparation of a fuel cell system in a vehicle having a fuel cell and a system bypass where an air flow is conveyed by parts of the fuel cell system in order to dry the fuel cell. In a first temporal phase of the method, a larger part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the system bypass, after which, in a second temporal phase, a larger part of the air flow is led through the system bypass and a smaller part of the air flow is led through the fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Pere Antoni PASTOR NIGORRA, Sven SCHMALZRIEDT, Armin MUETSCHELE
  • Chassis for a Passenger Car
    Publication number: 20210284241
    Abstract: A chassis for a passenger car includes two main longitudinal chassis beams which are connected to one another via a bumper cross member. A support arrangement extends between the two beams and is supported on a central tunnel. The support arrangement forms a load path in an event of a collision-related force being applied to the passenger car where above and/or below the support arrangement an installation space region is provided for accommodating a component or unit in need of protection. The support arrangement includes a strut which extends in a region of a center of the passenger car between the two beams and which forms a protective device which transmits impact forces forwards to the central tunnel. The strut has a first longitudinal section that is deformable in a targeted energy-absorbing manner and a second longitudinal section which functions as a rigid beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Michael WIRSING, Matthias HILDEBRAND, Andreas FREUND, Peter GERE, Levent AKTAY, Jan-Mark OPELKA, Peter KUEMMERLEN, Dietmar KALLFASS, Jens SPREMBERG, Joerg ZIMMERMANN, Dieter EDELE, Steffen DINGFELDER, Ralf MEHRHOLZ, Marcus HIRZEL, Bianca OEHM, Marie-Louise HERTFELDER
  • Method for Operating a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210284038
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle where at least one comfort function is offered to at least one vehicle user for activation. The at least one comfort function is offered to the at least one vehicle user for activation after a start of an electrical charging process of at least one energy storage device of the vehicle. The comfort function is offered to the vehicle user depending on an expected necessary charging time of the electrical charging process of the energy storage device of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Gudrun SCHOENHERR
  • Cooling system for electric vehicle axle
    Patent number: 11117439
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a chassis, a rigid axle housing, and a suspension system control arm coupling the rigid axle housing to the chassis. The electric vehicle also includes first and second electric motors, each having a rotator and a stator. The stator of the first and second electric motors are rigidly fixed to the rigid axle housing. The electric vehicle also includes a coolant supply system coupled to a radiator and the rigid axle housing to supply coolant from the radiator to a coolant inlet of the rigid axle housing and to supply used coolant from a coolant outlet of the rigid axle housing to the radiator. A first mounting bracket is fixed to the chassis and the coolant supply system. A second mounting bracket is fixed to the rigid axle housing and the coolant supply system, and a third mounting bracket is fixed to the control arm and the coolant supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Pete Abram, Lokesh Pandey, Hemant Gull, Nikita Timofeev
  • METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AND/OR ADJUSTING AT LEAST ONE SENSOR UNIT OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20210276579
    Abstract: A method for calibrating and/or adjusting at least one sensor unit of a vehicle operated at least partially automatically may have in the event of a known need for calibration and/or adjustment of the at least one sensor unit along an upcoming roadway, at least one suitable road section for performing the calibration and/or adjustment is defined, on which the at least one sensor unit to be calibrated and/or adjusted is not necessary or is at least only minimally necessary or is needed as little as possible for the at least partially automated operation of the vehicle, where the calibration and/or adjustment of the at least one sensor unit occurs as soon as the vehicle reaches the defined road section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: DAIMLER AG, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: HOLGER MIELENZ, EBERHARD KAUS
  • Fairing assembly for at least one axle of a commercial vehicle
    Patent number: 11110974
    Abstract: A fairing assembly for at least one axle of a commercial vehicle is disclosed. The fairing assembly includes at least one forward fairing configured to be arranged at least partially in front of a drive wheel of the axle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and at least one rear fairing configured to be arranged at least partially aft of the drive wheel. Each of the fairings includes at least one first portion made of a first material and at least one second portion adjoining the respective first portion where the second portion is made of a second material different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Carlos Cosme, Manjul Gupta, Morris Henry, Nathan Hill, Scott Sargeant, Paolo Zanetti
  • Valvetrain for an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11111828
    Abstract: A valvetrain for an internal combustion engine has a camshaft that can be rotated in a direction of rotation around an axis of rotation, at least two cam pieces arranged on the camshaft which each have at least two cams for actuating a respective gas exchange valve and which are rotationally fixedly connected to the camshaft, and an actuator via which the cam pieces can be shifted in the axial direction of the camshaft. A first of the cam pieces has a first rib protruding outwardly from a first base body of the first cam piece in the radial direction of the camshaft and the second cam piece has a second rib protruding outwardly from a second base body of the second cam piece in the radial direction of the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Alexander Von Gaisberg-Helfenberg, Thomas Stolk
  • Method for locking and/or unlocking a vehicle
    Patent number: 11110890
    Abstract: A method for locking and/or unlocking a vehicle having an input device for a code on the vehicle, via which the vehicle can be locked and/or unlocked, involves requesting the code via a mobile device having a mobile number registered to the respective vehicle with a data server. After the request, the data server generates a current code and send this to the mobile device and to the vehicle. The code can then be input via the input device and compared to the code sent to the vehicle and, should they match, locking and/or unlocking of the vehicle is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Verena Lutterbeck, Benjamin Burger
  • Cylinder housing for a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11111874
    Abstract: A cylinder housing for a reciprocating-piston internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes a first cylinder which is delimited by a first cylinder barrel and a second cylinder which is delimited by a second cylinder barrel. The cylinders differ from one another with respect to their respective inner contour formed by the respective cylinder barrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Behr, Klaus Geiger, Udo Grimmer, Tobias Hanschke, Martin Hartweg, Volker Lagemann, Harald Scheib, Sebastian Schiefer, Martin Stroeer, Silvia Tomaschko
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SURROUNDINGS, AND VEHICLE WITH SUCH AN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20210271908
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting surroundings around a vehicle may include the step of periodically scanning the surroundings in a first detection region by a laser scanner. The method may also include detecting the surroundings in a second detection region by an optical camera. The first detection region and the second detection region may at least overlap each other. An optical sensor in the camera may be exposed at least twice within one period of the laser scanner. A first exposure time for a first exposure of the at least two exposures of the optical sensor may be chosen and synchronized with the laser scanner so that the first exposure occurs within a first time window, in which the laser scanner scans the first detection region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: DAIMLER AG, ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: MANUEL SCHAEFER, MARKUS GRESSMANN, HELMUTH EGGERS, PHILIPP LEHNER, MARTIN MEINKE
  • Method for Desulphurising a Nitrogen Oxide Accumulator Catalytic Converter
    Publication number: 20210270166
    Abstract: A method for desulphurising a nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter of an exhaust gas system that includes the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter and at least one selective catalytic reduction catalytic converter disposed downstream of the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter, of an internal combustion engine, where a desulphurisation strategy, on the basis of which the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter is desulphurised, is adjusted to the ageing of the nitrogen oxide accumulator catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thorsten WOOG, Berthold KEPPELER, Nathalie Janine SCHWEITZER
  • Battery Unit, Method for Electrically Interconnecting Cell Stacks of a Battery Unit and Method for Separating an Electrical Interconnection of Cell Stacks of a Battery Unit
    Publication number: 20210257705
    Abstract: A battery unit of a vehicle includes a plurality of cell stacks which each include a respective plurality of cells electrically interconnected to one another, an electrical attachment contact, and a contact key element. The contact key element has a contact region and is electrically insulating outside of the contact region. In a first contact position of the contact key element the plurality of cell stacks are interconnected electrically to one another via the contact region and in a subsequent second contact position of the contact key element the plurality of cell stacks that are interconnected electrically to one another are electrically connected to the electrical attachment contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Denis BLANUSA
  • Driving authorization system
    Patent number: 11084459
    Abstract: A driving authorization system for a vehicle includes a connectivity unit for communication at least with a key and a keyless access authorization system. A server has an access lock, which can be activated or deactivated by the key and/or the keyless access authorization system. The keyless access authorization system is an application on a mobile device, further having an immobilizer. The immobilizer is designed in such a way that it is activated when the access lock is activated by the application and is deactivated again in this case only when the access lock is deactivated by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Deparis, Jan-Peter Langer, Jakob Luickhardt, Markus Rossmann, Gabriele Galwas
  • Method for operating an occupant protection means of an occupant protection device, and occupant protection device
    Patent number: 11084444
    Abstract: A method for operating an airbag of an occupant protection device of a vehicle moveable in autonomous driving mode involves positioning the airbag in an active position depending on at least one trigger condition. The airbag is automatically positioned and/or aligned within a vehicle interior depending on a positioning of a vehicle seat assigned to the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: DAIMLER AG
    Inventor: Julien Richert
  • Method for Start Preparation
    Publication number: 20210242477
    Abstract: A method for preparing a fuel cell system in a vehicle for starting, for which purpose a starting preparation routine is carried out after the vehicle has been shut down depending on a temperature limit value. In the method, in the event that the fuel cell had not reached its normal operating temperature during the previous operation and a temperature falls below the predetermined temperature limit value, the fuel cell system is operated until it has reached its normal operating temperature and after which the starting preparation routine is subsequently carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Pere Antoni PASTOR NIGORRA, Sven SCHMALZRIEDT, Hans-Joerg HEIDRICH
  • Method For The At Least Partly Automated Guidance Of A Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210237736
    Abstract: A method for the at least partially automated guidance of a motor vehicle includes receiving a plurality of surroundings signals which represent an area surrounding the motor vehicle and, when a turning situation is present in which the motor vehicle is to turn at an intersection point, generating a plurality of control signals for the at least partially automated control of a lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle on the basis of the surroundings signals. The method includes outputting the control signals to guide the motor vehicle on the basis of the control signals to, before a turning maneuver, guide the motor vehicle at a reduced lateral distance from a lane edge that is on an inside of a bend corresponding to the turning maneuver, to impede or prevent overtaking by a two-wheeled vehicle on a side of the motor vehicle on the inside of the bend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH, Daimler AG
    Inventors: Christoph Gustav Keller, Holger Mielenz
  • Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine for a Motor Vehicle, and Internal Combustion Engine for a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210239072
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having a cylinder, the combustion chamber of which is delimited in the radial direction by a cylinder wall and in the axial direction by a piston and by a combustion chamber roof. The piston has an annularly peripheral piston stage which is arranged axially recessed in the piston compared with an annularly peripheral piston crown and which merges via an annularly jet splitter contour into a piston hollow arranged axially recessed in the piston in relation to the piston stage. An injector is allocated to the cylinder and via the injector several injection jets are simultaneously injected directly into the combustion chamber in a star shape for a combustion process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Joerg Bauer, Herbert Zoeller
  • Valve drive device, in particular for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, and method for operating such a valve drive device
    Patent number: 11078814
    Abstract: A valve drive device has a camshaft which includes a shaft element and a cam piece which can be driven by the shaft element and a first cam effecting a first stroke of a valve and a second cam effecting a second stroke of the valve, and is displaceable in the axial direction of the camshaft relative to the shaft element between a first position, in which the valve can be actuated by the first cam, and a second position in which the valve can be actuated by the second cam, and has an electrically controllable actuator via which the cam piece is displaceable relative to the shaft element in the axial direction as a result of an electrical control of the actuator. The actuator pushes the cam piece alternately back and forth between the positions in the case of successive electrical controls occurring with the same polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stolk, Alexander Von Gaisberg-Helfenberg
  • Heat dissipating device for batteries or electric devices
    Patent number: D927435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD., DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kuwabara, Takao Shimizu, Markus Christ, Nils Andersson, Christian Brommer, Hubert Schnuepke, Marc Fuchslocher
  • Vehicle, toy, and/or replicas thereof
    Patent number: D929900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Marco Cartarius, Mark Fetherston, Teckkoun Kim, Robert Lesnik, Andreas Rommel, Gorden Wagener