Patents by Inventor Bernhard LIEBHART

Bernhard LIEBHART 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: 11525865
    Abstract: An electric energy supply system having at least one cell element, which contains at least one galvanic cell, and having a measuring circuit, which is configured to ascertain at least one parameter of the at least one cell element by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The disclosure provides that the energy supply system comprises an electrochemical gas sensor and the gas sensor is connected to the measuring circuit via a toggle switch, wherein the measuring circuit is configured to apply an electric variable as the excitation variable in the gas sensor and to detect another electric variable as the measured variable at the gas sensor and to ascertain a gas concentration in the surroundings of the gas sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Hinterberger, Bernhard Liebhart, Christian Endisch
  • Patent number: 11519968
    Abstract: A measurement arrangement for determining a complex impedance of a first electrical component, wherein the measurement arrangement comprises the first component and a measuring unit, which is coupled to the first component and adapted to determine the complex impedance of the first component. The measurement arrangement comprises at least one second electrical component, which is arranged with the first component in a parallel circuit, which is hooked up in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the parallel circuit comprises at least one switching device by which an electrical connection between the first and second component can be broken, and wherein the measurement arrangement is designed to temporarily break the electrical connection between the first component and the second component by the associated switching device in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Hinterberger, Christian Endisch, Christoph Terbrack, Bernhard Liebhart
  • Publication number: 20200408843
    Abstract: An electric energy supply system having at least one cell element, which contains at least one galvanic cell, and having a measuring circuit, which is configured to ascertain at least one parameter of the at least one cell element by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The disclosure provides that the energy supply system comprises an electrochemical gas sensor and the gas sensor is connected to the measuring circuit via a toggle switch, wherein the measuring circuit is configured to apply an electric variable as the excitation variable in the gas sensor and to detect another electric variable as the measured variable at the gas sensor and to ascertain a gas concentration in the surroundings of the gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael HINTERBERGER, Bernhard LIEBHART, Christian ENDISCH
  • Publication number: 20200269855
    Abstract: A method for determining at least one characteristic value of a drivetrain, which drivetrain is located in the installed state in a motor vehicle that can be partially or fully electrically driven using the drivetrain and has an electrical part having electrical components and a mechanical part having mechanical components. The electrical part and the mechanical part are coupled via an electrical machine. A predetermined mechanical boundary condition for the electrical machine is set by actuating at least one of the mechanical components of the mechanical part and/or using at least one vehicle-external mechanical component. A control device generates an electrical excitation signal in the electrical part by actuating at least one of the electrical components of the electrical part and detects a response signal using a measuring device of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael HINTERBERGER, Bernhard LIEBHART, Christoph TERBRACK, Christian ENDISCH
  • Publication number: 20200225291
    Abstract: A measurement arrangement for determining a complex impedance of a first electrical component, wherein the measurement arrangement comprises the first component and a measuring unit, which is coupled to the first component and adapted to determine the complex impedance of the first component. The measurement arrangement comprises at least one second electrical component, which is arranged with the first component in a parallel circuit, which is hooked up in parallel with the measuring unit, wherein the parallel circuit comprises at least one switching device by which an electrical connection between the first and second component can be broken, and wherein the measurement arrangement is designed to temporarily break the electrical connection between the first component and the second component by the associated switching device in order to determine the first complex impedance of the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael HINTERBERGER, Christian ENDISCH, Christoph TERBRACK, Bernhard LIEBHART