Patents by Inventor Benedikt XANDER

Benedikt XANDER 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: 12115966
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, the drive device having a first drive unit designed as an internal combustion engine and a second drive unit designed as an electrical machine, which together at least temporarily provide a drive torque of the drive device on an drive shaft, the drive torque being set to a requested default torque. It In a first operating mode, before changing a speed of the drive shaft for the first drive unit, a torque characteristic is selected from multiple torque characteristics. In the first operating mode, while the speed is being changed, the first drive unit is operated according to the selected torque characteristic for providing at least one part of the specified torque, and a differential torque between the specified torque and the torque provided by the first drive unit boil is provided by the second drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Matthew David Hall, Benedikt Xander, Andreas Zeyer, Guido Schiedt
  • Publication number: 20210261112
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, the drive device having a first drive unit designed as an internal combustion engine and a second drive unit designed as an electrical machine, which together at least temporarily provide a drive torque of the drive device on an drive shaft, the drive torque being set to a requested default torque. It In a first operating mode, before changing a speed of the drive shaft for the first drive unit, a torque characteristic is selected from multiple torque characteristics. In the first operating mode, while the speed is being changed, the first drive unit is operated according to the selected torque characteristic for providing at least one part of the specified torque, and a differential torque between the specified torque and the torque provided by the first drive unit boil is provided by the second drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Matthew David HALL, Benedikt XANDER, Andreas ZEYER, Guido SCHIEDT
  • Publication number: 20200262415
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for wear prediction of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, wherein, during operation of the motor vehicle a computing device of the motor vehicle receives at least one item of operating information describing an operating state of a component of the drivetrain, which operating information is recorded by at least one sensor of the motor vehicle and transmitted to the computing device, wherein the operating information and/or comparison information generated by using the operating information is compared to reference information stored in the computing device, wherein wear information describing wear of the component is generated depending on said comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMIDT, Benedikt XANDER, Klaus STOLL