Patents by Inventor Eike Epler

Eike Epler 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: 20240097459
    Abstract: An electrical circuit for a vehicle high-voltage network, the network including two electrical stores. The circuit includes first and second connection points for electrical connection to a load and/or charging device, a first switch between a first pole connector, for electrical contacting a first pole of a first electrical store, and the first connection point, a second switch between a second pole connector, for electrical contacting a second pole of a second electrical store, and the second connection point, a third switch between the first pole connector and a third pole connector, for electrical contacting a first pole of the second electrical store, and a fourth switch between the second pole connector and a fourth pole connector, for electrical contacting a second pole of the first electrical store. The switches are switchable between connecting and separating states. The first and/or second switches galvanically separate in the separating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Johannes SWOBODA, Samuel Vasconcelos ARAUJO, Ian Patrick MOSS, Tim BURRER, Marc PATT, Eike EPLER
  • Publication number: 20230147212
    Abstract: A method for determining an aging state of at least one cell of a battery. The method includes the step receiving a large amount of operating data relating to the at least one cell of the battery via a memory unit, wherein the operating data can be assigned to a specific point in time. The received operating data is stored in the memory unit with a timestamp which corresponds to the respectively assigned point in time. An aging state of the at least one cell of the battery is calculated using a processor while interdependently taking into account multiple operating data having a common timestamp. The method makes it possible to estimate an aging state using a multidimensional database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eike Epler
  • Patent number: 11130423
    Abstract: A method and a device includes a first accumulator apparatus and a second accumulator apparatus. The device includes a control apparatus that is configured so as, depending on a first state of charge of the first accumulator apparatus and/or on a second state of charge of the second accumulator apparatus, to selectively either operate the first accumulator apparatus and the second accumulator apparatus in a series connection between a first terminal and a second terminal in order to supply power to a vehicle at a first supply voltage, or, in order to supply power to a vehicle by way of the second accumulator apparatus at a second supply voltage, to electrically disconnect the first accumulator apparatus from the first terminal and/or from the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eike Epler
  • Publication number: 20190232814
    Abstract: A method and a device includes a first accumulator apparatus and a second accumulator apparatus. The device includes a control apparatus that is configured so as, depending on a first state of charge of the first accumulator apparatus and/or on a second state of charge of the second accumulator apparatus, to selectively either operate the first accumulator apparatus and the second accumulator apparatus in a series connection between a first terminal and a second terminal in order to supply power to a vehicle at a first supply voltage, or, in order to supply power to a vehicle by way of the second accumulator apparatus at a second supply voltage, to electrically disconnect the first accumulator apparatus from the first terminal and/or from the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eike Epler