Patents by Inventor Armin Warm

Armin Warm 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: 10449917
    Abstract: An on-board electrical system for motor vehicles has a battery, a generator and at least one normal consumer that is connected to the battery in a switchable manner. A DC voltage/DC voltage converter is connected on its primary side to the battery and on its secondary side to a high-load resistor. A switch connects the high-load consumer to a storage device in a first switching position, and to the primary side in a second switching position. A controller controls and operates the switch between the first and the second switching position. A device that detects the actual electrical power of the high-load consumer is associated with the high-load consumer, and is connected at the output end to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Peter Schmitz, Armin Warm, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Patent number: 10384628
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an on-board electrical system for a motor vehicle that includes one or more power sources and an electrical subsystem with a switch that can be actuated to selectively bypass a DC/DC converter and a storage device, responsive to electrical parameters such as the power demand of high-power consumers. In one example, when high-power consumers have low and constant power requirements, the switch may be positioned to bridge the DC/DC converter and storage device. Further, the method includes selectively controlling the power source in order to meet peak power demands with the power source operating at the greatest efficiency for the given operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Armin Warm, Peter Schmitz, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Publication number: 20180029545
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an on-board electrical system for a motor vehicle that includes one or more power sources and an electrical subsystem with a switch that can be actuated to selectively bypass a DC/DC converter and a storage device, responsive to electrical parameters such as the power demand of high-power consumers. In one example, when high-power consumers have low and constant power requirements, the switch may be positioned to bridge the DC/DC converter and storage device. Further, the method includes selectively controlling the power source in order to meet peak power demands with the power source operating at the greatest efficiency for the given operating conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Bjoern Mohrmann, Armin Warm, Peter Schmitz, Manuel Bojahr, Engbert Spijker, Mark Eifert
  • Publication number: 20180029546
    Abstract: An on-board electrical system for motor vehicles has a battery, a generator and at least one normal consumer that is connected to the battery in a switchable manner. A DC voltage/DC voltage converter is connected on its primary side to the battery and on its secondary side to a high-load resistor. A switch connects the high-load consumer to a storage device in a first switching position, and to the primary side in a second switching position. A controller controls and operates the switch between the first and the second switching position. A device that detects the actual electrical power of the high-load consumer is associated with the high-load consumer, and is connected at the output end to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bjoern MOHRMANN, Peter SCHMITZ, Armin WARM, Manuel BOJAHR, Engbert SPIJKER, Mark EIFERT
  • Patent number: 9666879
    Abstract: Desulfation of a primary battery of an on-board power system of a motor vehicle takes place during operation of an internal combustion engine using electrical energy transmitted to the primary battery front the internal combustion engine. When the internal combustion engine is switched off, or otherwise not operational, desulfation of the primary battery continues using a secondary battery wherein electrical energy is transmitted to the primary battery from the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Engbert Spijker, Eckhard Karden, Armin Warm
  • Publication number: 20150102763
    Abstract: Desulfation of a primary battery of an onboard power system of a motor vehicle takes place during operation of an internal combustion engine using electrical energy transmitted to the primary battery front the internal combustion engine. When the internal combustion engine is switched off, or otherwise not operational, desulfation of the primary battery continues using a secondary battery wherein electrical energy is transmitted to the primary battery from the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Engbert Spijker, Eckhard Karden, Armin Warm