Patents by Inventor Dietmar Niederl

Dietmar Niederl 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: 20240142503
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a circuit for determining the frequency of a signal is described, comprising an input configured to receive an analog input signal, an analog to digital converter configured to convert the analog input signal to a digital input signal, a digital mixer configured to generate a mixing result signal by mixing the digital input signal with a single bit binary signal having a reference frequency, a low pass filter configured to generate a filtered signal by filtering the mixing result signal, a measuring circuit configured to measure the period of the filtered signal and an output configured to output a value differing from the frequency of the single bit binary signal by the inverse of the measured period as the frequency to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Michael Augustin, Jürgen Schäfer, Dietmar König, Josef Niederl, Shane O'Neill
  • Patent number: 11648841
    Abstract: A charging cable including a charging line detachably electrically connected at one end using a connection apparatus to an energy storage device to be charged and electrically connected at the other end to an adapter interface detachably connected in a form fit to an adapter. The adapter is detachably electrically connected to an energy supply device in order to transmit, via the charging cable, electrical energy from the energy supply device to the energy storage device to be charged. To obtain a particularly compact and robust charging cable, the adapter interface includes a communication device enabling a wireless communication with the adapter when the adapter is connected to the adapter interface, so that control signals between the energy supply device and an electronics system of the charging cable and/or of an energy storage device connected to the charging cable can be transmitted wirelessly between the adapter and the adapter interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20200282849
    Abstract: A charging cable including a charging line detachably electrically connected at one end using a connection apparatus to an energy storage device to be charged and electrically connected at the other end to an adapter interface detachably connected in a form fit to an adapter. The adapter is detachably electrically connected to an energy supply device in order to transmit, via the charging cable, electrical energy from the energy supply device to the energy storage device to be charged. To obtain a particularly compact and robust charging cable, the adapter interface includes a communication device enabling a wireless communication with the adapter when the adapter is connected to the adapter interface, so that control signals between the energy supply device and an electronics system of the charging cable and/or of an energy storage device connected to the charging cable can be transmitted wirelessly between the adapter and the adapter interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventor: Dietmar NIEDERL
  • Patent number: 9673479
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wünsche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Patent number: 9350052
    Abstract: A battery system having a battery, an overcurrent switch-off device in which a first current range with a maximum switchable current, and a second switch-off current range having a minimum switchable current. The maximum switchable current of the first current range and the minimum switchable current of the second current range lie above a maximum current of an operating current range, and the switchable current of the second switch-off current range is at least predominantly greater than the switchable current of the first switch-off current range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20160133986
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wünsche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20140308546
    Abstract: A battery system having a battery, an overcurrent switch-off device in which a first current range with a maximum switchable current, and a second switch-off current range having a minimum switchable current. The maximum switchable current of the first current range and the minimum switchable current of the second current range lie above a maximum current of an operating current range, and the switchable current of the second switch-off current range is at least predominantly greater than the switchable current of the first switch-off current range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventor: Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20140302360
    Abstract: An electrical energy accumulator and a method for manufacturing an electrical energy accumulator. Such an electrical energy accumulator, in particular, for an electric vehicle, has a plurality of battery cells which are electrically connected to one another. The battery cells are, in particular, flat and essentially plate-shaped, and are arranged in at least one stack adjacent to one another or one on top of another. The cell poles of at least two battery cells which are electrically interconnected to one another are connected to one another by at least one cell connector. At least one cell pole and at least one cell connector are connected to one another in particular by way of a clinching connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Kurt Klammler, Martin Michelitsch, Harald Stuetz, Dietmar Niederl, Oliver Urem
  • Publication number: 20140248527
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co Og
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wünsche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20110189527
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wuensche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Patent number: D960839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Dietmar Niederl