Patents by Inventor Arthur HUELSMANN

Arthur HUELSMANN 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: 11299143
    Abstract: An operating method for a power train of a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electric drive machine and a rechargeable electric energy storage unit configured to supply the electric drive machine with energy, includes controlling the power train in a zero emission mode in which the internal combustion engine is deactivated and in which the electric drive machine serves to drive the hybrid vehicle, and in an emission mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated in a fired operation. The method also includes determining, for a system initiated change of operating mode from the zero emission mode into the emission mode, a starting command for the internal combustion engine. The change of operating mode from the zero emission mode into the emission mode is blocked for one of a predefinable delay time, a predefinable quantity of energy extracted from the electric energy storage unit, or a predefinable travel distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eric Berger, Arthur Huelsmann, Daniel Mau, Ferdinand Wiesbeck
  • Patent number: 10933860
    Abstract: A method and a device operate a hybrid vehicle having an electric energy store, an electric propulsion system and an internal combustion engine. A special operating strategy that can be initiated for the internal combustion engine allows the state of charge of the energy store to be increased when predefined acoustic conditions are met. The special operating strategy has a performance-enhancing effect by raising the load point until acoustic limits are reached which are ascertained in real time, can be predefined in a variable manner and are defined in accordance with ascertained potentials for masking specific acoustic events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ferdinand Wiesbeck, Arthur Huelsmann, Eric Berger, Johann Engl
  • Patent number: 10654468
    Abstract: A method and a device operate a hybrid vehicle having an electric energy store, an electric propulsion system and an internal combustion engine. A special operating strategy that can be initiated for the internal combustion engine allows the state of charge of the energy store to be increased when predefined acoustic conditions are met. The special operating strategy has a performance-enhancing effect by raising the load point until acoustic limits are reached which are ascertained in real time, can be predefined in a variable manner and are defined in accordance with ascertained potentials for masking specific acoustic events. The disclosed method and device for carrying out the method raise the acoustic limits for controlling the load point of the internal combustion engine at least to the level that is currently admissible as a result of at least one acoustically relevant event being masked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arthur Huelsmann, Ferdinand Wiesbeck
  • Publication number: 20190263390
    Abstract: An operating method for a power train of a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electric drive machine and a rechargeable electric energy storage unit configured to supply the electric drive machine with energy, includes controlling the power train in a zero emission mode in which the internal combustion engine is deactivated and in which the electric drive machine serves to drive the hybrid vehicle, and in an emission mode in which the internal combustion engine is operated in a fired operation. The method also includes determining, for a system initiated change of operating mode from the zero emission mode into the emission mode, a starting command for the internal combustion engine. The change of operating mode from the zero emission mode into the emission mode is blocked for one of a predefinable delay time, a predefinable quantity of energy extracted from the electric energy storage unit, or a predefinable travel distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Berger, Arthur Huelsmann, Daniel Mau, Ferdinand Wiesbeck
  • Publication number: 20190061736
    Abstract: A method and a device operate a hybrid vehicle having an electric energy store, an electric propulsion system and an internal combustion engine. A special operating strategy that can be initiated for the internal combustion engine allows the state of charge of the energy store to be increased when predefined acoustic conditions are met. The special operating strategy has a performance-enhancing effect by raising the load point until acoustic limits are reached which are ascertained in real time, can be predefined in a variable manner and are defined in accordance with ascertained potentials for masking specific acoustic events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ferdinand WIESBECK, Arthur HUELSMANN, Eric BERGER, Johann ENGL
  • Publication number: 20190061735
    Abstract: A method and a device operate a hybrid vehicle having an electric energy store, an electric propulsion system and an internal combustion engine. A special operating strategy that can be initiated for the internal combustion engine allows the state of charge of the energy store to be increased when predefined acoustic conditions are met. The special operating strategy has a performance-enhancing effect by raising the load point until acoustic limits are reached which are ascertained in real time, can be predefined in a variable manner and are defined in accordance with ascertained potentials for masking specific acoustic events. The disclosed method and device for carrying out the method raise the acoustic limits for controlling the load point of the internal combustion engine at least to the level that is currently admissible as a result of at least one acoustically relevant event being masked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Arthur HUELSMANN, Ferdinand WIESBECK
  • Patent number: 9914347
    Abstract: A mounting device is provided for oscillatingly mounting a range extender, which consists of an internal combustion engine and a generator, on a body and/or a chassis of a motor vehicle by way of vibration-damping elements. At least two of the vibration-damping elements are integrated in load-carrying bearings and one additional one is integrated in a supporting bearing for supporting moments. The mounting device is characterized in that the vibration-damping elements of the mounting device at least for the load-carrying bearings are secured to the range extender, i.e. a first vibration-damping element is secured to the internal combustion engine and a second vibration-damping element is secured to the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander-Wilhelm Otte, Sebastian Pflaum, Andreas Raith, Arthur Huelsmann, Tomasz Jedraszek, Thomas Muschler, Bernhard Hoess, Richard Eiletz, Udo Ochner, Christian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160243925
    Abstract: A mounting device is provided for oscillatingly mounting a range extender, which consists of an internal combustion engine and a generator, on a body and/or a chassis of a motor vehicle by way of vibration-damping elements. At least two of the vibration-damping elements are integrated in load-carrying bearings and one additional one is integrated in a supporting bearing for supporting moments. The mounting device is characterized in that the vibration-damping elements of the mounting device at least for the load-carrying bearings are secured to the range extender, i.e. a first vibration-damping element is secured to the internal combustion engine and a second vibration-damping element is secured to the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander-Wilhelm OTTE, Sebastian PFLAUM, Andreas RAITH, Arthur HUELSMANN, Tomasz JEDRASZEK, Thomas MUSCHLER, Bernhard HOESS, Richard EILETZ, Udo OCHNER, Christian SCHMIDT