Patents by Inventor Alfons BRUNNER

Alfons BRUNNER 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: 10106108
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical system includes a first partial electrical system having a first energy store of a first nominal voltage level, a second partial electrical system having a second energy store of a second nominal voltage level, and a DC-DC converter between the two partial electrical systems. The first energy store has a housing, which has at least a first tap for the first nominal voltage level, and by which a first DC-DC converter can be electrically supplied. The housing has at least a second tap for the second nominal voltage level, by which the second energy store can be electrically supplied. The housing further includes a voltage conversion unit, by which the voltage of the first nominal voltage level can be converted into voltage of the second nominal voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hartmut Proebstle, Alfons Brunner
  • Patent number: 10081318
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes receiving measurement signals which include information relating to a temporal current and/or volt profile of an electronic control unit of the motor vehicle. The method also provides vehicle information which includes information relating to a desired state of the electronic control unit. The method also determines a discrepancy between the received measurement signals and the vehicle information provided. If the discrepancy determined is greater than a predefined tolerance value, a manipulated state of the electronic control unit is determined as part of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Kurtz, Alfons Brunner
  • Publication number: 20160107589
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical system includes a first partial electrical system having a first energy store of a first nominal voltage level, a second partial electrical system having a second energy store of a second nominal voltage level, and a DC-DC converter between the two partial electrical systems. The first energy store has a housing, which has at least a first tap for the first nominal voltage level, and by which a first DC-DC converter can be electrically supplied. The housing has at least a second tap for the second nominal voltage level, by which the second energy store can be electrically supplied. The housing further includes a voltage conversion unit, by which the voltage of the first nominal voltage level can be converted into voltage of the second nominal voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hartmut PROEBSTLE, Alfons BRUNNER
  • Patent number: 9221410
    Abstract: A vehicle with an internal combustion engine, with a physical onboard power supply system and with at least one electrical energy source, wherein electrical consumers are integrated in the physical onboard power supply system and the physical onboard power supply system comprises a switchable terminal 15, wherein, when the terminal 15 is actuated and the internal combustion engine is switched off or when the internal combustion engine is running at a low rotational speed, each of the electrical consumers is assignable by a control device to either a first group of electrical consumers or a second group of electrical consumers, an electrical consumer of the first group is at least partly able to be switched on and off by a user, an electrical consumer of the second group cannot be switched by the user, and an electrical consumer which is switched on at least partly can be supplied with electrical power from the at least one electrical energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Susanne Woitsch, Joachim Froeschl, Guido Boehm, Alfons Brunner
  • Publication number: 20150307042
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes receiving measurement signals which include information relating to a temporal current and/or volt profile of an electronic control unit of the motor vehicle. The method also provides vehicle information which includes information relating to a desired state of the electronic control unit. The method also determines a discrepancy between the received measurement signals and the vehicle information provided. If the discrepancy determined is greater than a predefined tolerance value, a manipulated state of the electronic control unit is determined as part of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan KURTZ, Alfons BRUNNER
  • Publication number: 20150019077
    Abstract: A vehicle with an internal combustion engine, with a physical onboard power supply system and with at least one electrical energy source, wherein electrical consumers are integrated in the physical onboard power supply system and the physical onboard power supply system comprises a switchable terminal 15, wherein, when the terminal 15 is actuated and the internal combustion engine is switched off or when the internal combustion engine is running at a low rotational speed, each of the electrical consumers is assignable by a control device to either a first group of electrical consumers or a second group of electrical consumers, an electrical consumer of the first group is at least partly able to be switched on and off by a user, an electrical consumer of the second group cannot be switched by the user, and an electrical consumer which is switched on at least partly can be supplied with electrical power from the at least one electrical energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Susanne WOITSCH, Joachim FROESCHL, Guido BOEHM, Alfons BRUNNER