Patents by Inventor Andreas Zwirlein

Andreas Zwirlein 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: 9783068
    Abstract: Electrical energy is made available incrementally for at least one session (for example for charging an electric vehicle), i.e. to prevent, by way of the delayed provision of the electrical energy, the occurrence of brief severe loading of the energy network. For example, a newly determined load distribution can lead to redistribution of electrical energy for a large number of charging stations, and this redistribution is preferably not carried out at once at a single time for all the affected charging stations but instead is carried out distributed, for example, over multiple points in time. This is advantageous and useful in electric mobility and in load management when charging multiple electric vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kolja Eger, Alexander Kepka, Andreas Zwirlein, Georg Von Wichert
  • Patent number: 9283863
    Abstract: In a charging management system for electrical vehicles, a maximum charging current for a plurality of charging operations, e.g., for a plurality of charging stations and/or a plurality of electrical vehicles, is coordinated in a centralized or a decentralized manner while complying with predefined flexibly adjustable secondary conditions. The secondary conditions can include economic and/or technical stipulations. In addition to a centralized load management system, a decentralized load management facility carries out a load distribution via a master charging station or autonomously by each charging station itself. If the master charging station fails, a changeover is made to a backup master charging station. The method can be used, for example, in electrical mobility, in particular the electrification of individual traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kolja Eger, Alexander Kepka, Andreas Zwirlein
  • Publication number: 20140225565
    Abstract: Electrical energy is made available incrementally for at least one session (for example for charging an electric vehicle), i.e. to prevent, by way of the delayed provision of the electrical energy, the occurrence of brief severe loading of the energy network. For example, a newly determined load distribution can lead to redistribution of electrical energy for a large number of charging stations, and this redistribution is preferably not carried out at once at a single time for all the affected charging stations but instead is carried out distributed, for example, over multiple points in time. This is advantageous and useful in electric mobility and in load management when charging multiple electric vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kolja Eger, Alexander Kepka, Andreas Zwirlein, Georg Von Wichert
  • Publication number: 20140203779
    Abstract: Electrical energy which has been provided for a given session (e.g. for charging an electric vehicle), but was not called up (required), can be otherwise used for at least one other session. The available electrical energy can be divided efficiently between the sessions in accordance with the actually required energy. Further, a plan set prior to this allocation requires only a low, or zero, degree of predictive accuracy since the amounts of assigned electrical energy can be corrected during the charging process. This is useful, for example, in electro-mobility and load management when charging a plurality of electric vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kolja Eger, Alexander Kepka, Andreas Zwirlein, Georg Von Wichert
  • Publication number: 20140084874
    Abstract: In a charging management system for electrical vehicles, a maximum charging current for a plurality of charging operations, e.g., for a plurality of charging stations and/or electrical vehicles, is coordinated in a centralized or decentralized manner while complying with predefined flexibly adjustable secondary conditions. The secondary conditions can include economic and/or technical stipulations. In addition to a centralized load management system, a decentralized load management facility carries out load distribution via a master charging station or autonomously by each charging station itself. If the master charging station fails, a changeover is made to a backup master charging station. The method can be used, for example, in electrical mobility, in particular the electrification of individual traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kolja Eger, Alexander Kepka, Andreas Zwirlein