Patents by Inventor Dominik KERLER

Dominik KERLER 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: 20190256080
    Abstract: A method for a situation-based adaptation of a charging strategy of energy stores of a vehicle having automatic start-stop functionality includes identifying whether a current stop-and-go situation is present based on prescribed criteria during a current driving situation of the vehicle, and performing, in response to the current stop-and-go situation being present, an intensified charging of an energy store of the vehicle during engine running between two automatically initiated engine-off phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Dominik KERLER, Moritz SCHINDLER, Maximilian VON LOEWENFELD
  • Patent number: 10228404
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device are provided for recognizing a faulty quiescent current behavior of a vehicle, in particular for identifying a quiescent current threshold value for an electrical on-board network of a vehicle. The method includes the identifying of a plurality of quiescent current data sets of a corresponding plurality of vehicles. A quiescent current data set of a vehicle includes a quiescent current measured value of the vehicle and a value for one or a plurality of vehicle parameters of the vehicle. The method furthermore includes the identifying of a plurality of classes via cluster analysis of the plurality of quiescent current data sets. A class includes a vehicle group which is described by one or a plurality of values for one or a plurality of vehicle parameters, and a class-quiescent current for the vehicle group. The method determines a quiescent current threshold value based on at least one of the class-quiescent currents of the plurality of classes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rupert Neudecker, Dominik Kerler
  • Publication number: 20170045566
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device are provided for recognizing a faulty quiescent current behavior of a vehicle, in particular for identifying a quiescent current threshold value for an electrical on-board network of a vehicle. The method includes the identifying of a plurality of quiescent current data sets of a corresponding plurality of vehicles. A quiescent current data set of a vehicle includes a quiescent current measured value of the vehicle and a value for one or a plurality of vehicle parameters of the vehicle. The method furthermore includes the identifying of a plurality of classes via cluster analysis of the plurality of quiescent current data sets. A class includes a vehicle group which is described by one or a plurality of values for one or a plurality of vehicle parameters, and a class-quiescent current for the vehicle group. The method determines a quiescent current threshold value based on at least one of the class-quiescent currents of the plurality of classes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Rupert NEUDECKER, Dominik KERLER