Patents by Inventor Armin POEPPEL

Armin POEPPEL 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).

  • Publication number: 20220067852
    Abstract: A charging communication system for at least one electric vehicle comprises a back end and at least one wall box, each wall box comprising a control unit with a communication unit, wherein the charging communication system comprises at least one application which is set up on at least one terminal, wherein the charging communication system is set up, via a first application, to transmit information to a first communication unit of a first wall box and to receive it from the first communication unit, wherein the first communication unit is set up to transmit the at least one piece of information received from an application to the back end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventor: Armin PÖPPEL
  • Patent number: 10843572
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle having at least one storage element for electrical energy, at least one control unit operating at a voltage lower than the high voltage. A modular unit including at least one switching mechanism and/or at least one fuse as electrical components, wherein the modular unit is attached in a pre-determined position to a housing, externally to this housing that holds the storage element and the control unit, in such a way that when the modular unit is plugged in on the housing, at least two high-voltage contacts of the modular unit, which are connected to at least one of the electrical components of the modular unit, are connected in an electrically conducting manner to assigned high-voltage contacts on the housing side, and at least one contact arrangement of the modular unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Armin Poeppel, Thomas Glass
  • Patent number: 10483052
    Abstract: A method for cleaning electrical contacts of an electrical switching device includes displacing a first electrical contact element and a second electrical contact element of an electrical contact relative to each other so that the first electrical contact element and the second electrical contact element are in a closed position; and when the first and second electrical contact elements are in the closed position applying a waveform on the electrical contact so that the first contact element and the second contact element are excited to undergo a mechanical vibration relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Armin Pöppel, Stefan Dünsbier
  • Patent number: 10177496
    Abstract: A plug connection for coupling a first and a second electrical connection of a first high-voltage component to a first and a second electric connection of a second high-voltage component, wherein the plug connection is provided with a housing in which is arranged as a first pair of high-volt terminals for coupling to the first and the second electric connection of the high-voltage component as well as a second pair of high-voltage terminals for coupling to the first and to the second electric connection of the second high-voltage component, wherein at least the first and the second high-voltage terminal are mounted so that they are movable relative to the second pair of connections of the plug connection in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marvin Czech, Stefan Schoberer, Armin Pöppel
  • Publication number: 20180326855
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle having at least one storage element for electrical energy, at least one control unit operating at a voltage lower than the high voltage. A modular unit including at least one switching mechanism and/or at least one fuse as electrical components, wherein the modular unit is attached in a pre-determined position to a housing, externally to this housing that holds the storage element and the control unit, in such a way that when the modular unit is plugged in on the housing, at least two high-voltage contacts of the modular unit, which are connected to at least one of the electrical components of the modular unit, are connected in an electrically conducting manner to assigned high-voltage contacts on the housing side, and at least one contact arrangement of the modular unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Armin POEPPEL, Thomas GLASS
  • Publication number: 20180034207
    Abstract: A plug connection for coupling a first and a second electrical connection of a first high-voltage component to a first and a second electric connection of a second high-voltage component, wherein the plug connection is provided with a housing in which is arranged as a first pair of high-volt terminals for coupling to the first and the second electric connection of the high-voltage component as well as a second pair of high-voltage terminals for coupling to the first and to the second electric connection of the second high-voltage component, wherein at least the first and the second high-voltage terminal are mounted so that they are movable relative to the second pair of connections of the plug connection in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marvin CZECH, Stefan SCHOBERER, Armin PÖPPEL
  • Publication number: 20170186563
    Abstract: A method for cleaning electrical contacts of an electrical switching device includes displacing a first electrical contact element and a second electrical contact element of an electrical contact relative to each other so that the first electrical contact element and the second electrical contact element are in a closed position; and when the first and second electrical contact elements are in the closed position applying a waveform on the electrical contact so that the first contact element and the second contact element are excited to undergo a mechanical vibration relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: ARMIN PÖPPEL, STEFAN DÜNSBIER
  • Patent number: 9490509
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one battery module configured to be cooled by compressed gas. The battery module has a cooling system which has an accumulator for compressed gas that can be fed to the battery module for cooling. A control device controls supply of gas from the accumulator to the battery module in dependency of at least one output value from at least one sensor configured to measure a current output from the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: AUGI AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Achhammer, Armin Pöppel, Uwe Gerlinger
  • Publication number: 20150214587
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one battery module configured to be cooled by compressed gas. The battery module has a cooling system which has an accumulator for compressed gas that can be fed to the battery module for cooling. A control device controls supply of gas from the accumulator to the battery module in dependency of at least one output value from at least one sensor configured to measure a current output from the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Achhammer, Armin Pöppel, Uwe Gerlinger
  • Patent number: 8975774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a HV-battery, in particular a traction battery for a vehicle, having a plurality of cell modules which each comprise a plurality of cells, wherein each cell module is assigned a controller for cell monitoring and/or for cell balancing, wherein the controllers are connected to a battery management control device for communication or open-loop control and/or closed loop control purposes, wherein the HV-battery is of modular construction by configuring the cell modules as plug-in modules that are detachably mountable or can be mounted to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph Kreutzer, Heiner Fees, Heinz-Willi Vassen, Robert Schwarzbauer, Bardo Lang, Armin Pöppel, Karsten Büttner
  • Publication number: 20140117754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a HV-battery, in particular a traction battery for a vehicle, having a plurality of cell modules which each comprise a plurality of cells, wherein each cell module is assigned a controller for cell monitoring and/or for cell balancing, wherein the controllers are connected to a battery management control device for communication or open-loop control and/or closed loop control purposes, wherein the HV-battery is of modular construction by configuring the cell modules as plug-in modules that are detachably mountable or can be mounted to a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christoph Kreutzer, Heiner Fees, Heinz-Willi Vassen, Robert Schwarzbauer, Bardo Lang, Armin Pöppel, Karsten Büttner