Patents by Inventor Alexander WEß

Alexander WEß has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11705566
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack for providing an electrical power Pstack depending on a power demand, at least one auxiliary unit for operating the fuel cell stack with an electrical power consumption Paux, at least one consumer with an electrical power request Puse, and a control unit for regulating the power demand as well as a method for controlling such a fuel cell system. It is provided that the control unit is configured to selectively operate the fuel cell system in a first operating mode or in a second operating mode, whereby the fuel cell stack is turned off depending on the operating mode upon the falling below of an optimal efficiency degree operating point P(?max) of the fuel cell system or a minimum operating point Pmin of the fuel cell stack. In particular, at least one auxiliary unit is also turned off in the first operating mode, when the optimal efficiency degree operating point decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Alexander Weß, Marc Düvel, Hendrik Schröder
  • Patent number: 10682912
    Abstract: A method for operating an output apparatus of a motor vehicle performed by the output apparatus and including receiving a first consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a first form of energy measured in a first unit of measurement, receiving a second consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a second form of energy measured in a second unit of measurement, providing at least one reference element that indicates a respective predetermined standard consumption, displaying the at least one reference element on a display unit, and controlling a position of a consumption display element on the display unit based on the two consumption signals and, as a result, adjusting a relative position of the consumption display element with regard to the at least one reference element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Alexander Weß, Hendrik Schröder
  • Publication number: 20170320391
    Abstract: A method for operating an output apparatus of a motor vehicle performed by the output apparatus and including receiving a first consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a first form of energy measured in a first unit of measurement, receiving a second consumption signal that indicates a consumption relating to a second form of energy measured in a second unit of measurement, providing at least one reference element that indicates a respective predetermined standard consumption, displaying the at least one reference element on a display unit, and controlling a position of a consumption display element on the display unit based on the two consumption signals and, as a result, adjusting a relative position of the consumption display element with regard to the at least one reference element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander WEß, Hendrik SCHRÖDER
  • Publication number: 20170263956
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell stack for providing an electrical power Pstack depending on a power demand, at least one auxiliary unit for operating the fuel cell stack with an electrical power consumption Paux, at least one consumer with an electrical power request Puse, and a control unit for regulating the power demand as well as a method for controlling such a fuel cell system. It is provided that the control unit is configured to selectively operate the fuel cell system in a first operating mode or in a second operating mode, whereby the fuel cell stack is turned off depending on the operating mode upon the falling below of an optimal efficiency degree operating point P(?max) of the fuel cell system or a minimum operating point Pmin of the fuel cell stack. In particular, at least one auxiliary unit is also turned off in the first operating mode, when the optimal efficiency degree operating point decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander WEß, Marc DÜVEL, Hendrik SCHRÖDER
  • Publication number: 20140365075
    Abstract: A method to distribute recuperation power for a vehicle including determining the recuperation power, detecting a respective setpoint power of at least one energy consumer, distributing the recuperation power to electrical energy sinks, which comprise an energy store and the at least one energy consumer, depending on the respective setpoint power of the at least one energy consumer, to the energy sinks such that an average actual power of the at least one energy consumer corresponds to the respective setpoint power of the at least one energy consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander WEß, Hendrik SCHRÖDER