Patents by Inventor Andreas Boy

Andreas Boy 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).

  • Charging interface for an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9193270
    Abstract: A charging interface for a motor vehicle, in particular, an electric vehicle, for charging the traction battery, having a charging socket arranged in a vehicle body opening and a closure device for covering the vehicle body opening, the charging socket can be moved in the axial direction of the vehicle body opening and the charging socket is made to move as a result of the closure device being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Volkmar Tanneberger, Ralf Milke, Sven Patuschka, Klaus Lange, Andreas Boy, Oliver Burnus, Torsten Idczak
  • Method and apparatus for operating a hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 8825244
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus (9) for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine (4) and an electric motor (5), the internal combustion engine (4) is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle (1) as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Rieling, Andreas Boy, Marko Wollenberg
  • CHARGING INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130271079
    Abstract: A charging interface for a motor vehicle, in particular, an electric vehicle, for charging the traction battery, having a charging socket arranged in a vehicle body opening and a closure device for covering the vehicle body opening, the charging socket can be moved in the axial direction of the vehicle body opening and the charging socket is made to move as a result of the closure device being opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Volkmar Tanneberger, Ralf Milke, Sven Patuschka, Klaus Lange, Andreas Boy, Oliver Burnus, Torsten Idczak
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20100332064
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus (9) for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine (4) and an electric motor (5), the internal combustion engine (4) is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle (1) as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jorg Rieling, Andreas Boy, Marko Wollenberg