Patents by Inventor Frank Gronwald

Frank Gronwald 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: 11643033
    Abstract: Motor vehicle on-board network having at least two main line strands arranged electrically parallel to one another, the main line strands being electrically short-circuited to one another in two regions which are separated from one another and having a connection for one of at least two on-board network power supplies in each case, at least one motor vehicle on-board network being arranged in the at least two main line strands interrupting the respective main line strand, the motor vehicle electrical system switching network having at least three switches, a first switch being arranged between a first main line connection and a common node, a second switch being arranged between a second main line connection and the common node, and a third switch being arranged between the common node and at least one load connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Frank Gronwald, Simon Betscher
  • Publication number: 20190184922
    Abstract: Motor vehicle on-board network having at least two main line strands arranged electrically parallel to one another, the main line strands being electrically short-circuited to one another in two regions which are separated from one another and having a connection for one of at least two on-board network power supplies in each case, at least one motor vehicle on-board network being arranged in the at least two main line strands interrupting the respective main line strand, the motor vehicle electrical system switching network having at least three switches, a first switch being arranged between a first main line connection and a common node, a second switch being arranged between a second main line connection and the common node, and a third switch being arranged between the common node and at least one load connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Frank Gronwald, Simon Betscher
  • Patent number: 10179557
    Abstract: Multi-voltage on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising at least three flat cables extending substantially in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction thereof, and at least two voltage sources, wherein a first of the flat cables is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a first pole of a first of the voltage sources, a second of the flat cables is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a first pole of a second of the voltage sources, and a third of the flat cables arranged between the first and the second flat cable is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a second pole of the first and/or second voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Sohejl Rafati, Frank Gronwald
  • Publication number: 20180345886
    Abstract: Multi-voltage on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, comprising at least three flat cables extending substantially in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction thereof, and at least two voltage sources, wherein a first of the flat cables is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a first pole of a first of the voltage sources, a second of the flat cables is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a first pole of a second of the voltage sources, and a third of the flat cables arranged between the first and the second flat cable is connected in an electrically conductive manner to a second pole of the first and/or second voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Sohejl Rafati, Frank Gronwald
  • Patent number: 9995264
    Abstract: Starting current limitation system 20 having at least a first electrical connection component 30 which can be connected to a battery pole 12, a second electrical connection component 34 which can be connected to a starter 18, and a parallel circuit which is connected between the first connection component 30 and the second connection component 34 and which comprises a branch 24a having a amperage control device 24 and a branch 22a having an electrical resistor 22. An optimization of structural space is achieved when the branch 22a having the electrical resistor 22, the branch 24a having the amperage control device 24 and the first connection component 30 are arranged inside a pole niche 26a of the battery pole 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gronwald, Robert Kampmann, Wacim Tazarine, Simon Betscher
  • Patent number: 9860986
    Abstract: Circuit arrangement for vehicles with at least one semiconductor element 30 and at least one first metal carrier plate 2a and a metal circuit board 2b. A multifaceted scope of application is provided if the carrier plate 2a is electrically insulated from the circuit board 2b and the carrier plate 2a is electrically linked with at least one of the circuit boards 2b by means of at least one semiconductor device 30 so that the carrier plate 2a and the circuit board 2b form an electrical three-pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Simon Betscher, Frank Gronwald, Sohejl Rafati
  • Patent number: 9644594
    Abstract: Switch system for a motor vehicle electrical system comprising a first switch element arranged between a generator-battery line and a starter-battery line of a vehicle electrical system, such that the generator-battery line and the starter-batter line can be short circuited spatially in the region of the starter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Betscher, Wacim Tazarine, Frank Gronwald
  • Patent number: 9648742
    Abstract: Circuit having a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. In the circuit, the printed circuit boards spaced apart from one another by means of an air gap are mechanically connected together by at least one power semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Simon Betscher, Frank Gronwald
  • Publication number: 20170094790
    Abstract: Circuit arrangement for vehicles with at least one semiconductor element 30 and at least one first metal carrier plate 2a and a metal circuit board 2b. A multifaceted scope of application is provided if the carrier plate 2a is electrically insulated from the circuit board 2b and the carrier plate 2a is electrically linked with at least one of the circuit boards 2b by means of at least one semiconductor device 30 so that the carrier plate 2a and the circuit board 2b form an electrical three-pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Wacim Tazarine, Simon Betscher, Frank Gronwald, Sohejl Rafati
  • Publication number: 20160324002
    Abstract: Circuit having a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. In the circuit, the printed circuit boards spaced apart from one another by means of an air gap are mechanically connected together by at least one power semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Wacim TAZARINE, Simon BETSCHER, Frank GRONWALD
  • Patent number: 9422910
    Abstract: For the electrical protection of a current control device 12 against overcurrents, a starting current limitation system is proposed with a first electrical connection 4 connectable to a motor vehicle battery pole 9, a second electrical connection 6 connectable to a starter 10, and a parallel circuit connected between the first connection 4 and the second connection 6, comprising a branch with a current control device 12 and a branch with an electrical resistor 14, in such a way that, at the beginning of a warm start of the motor vehicle, a starter current is conducted via the resistor 14 and that, after the beginning of the warm start, the starter current is conducted via the current control device 12 and the resistor 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventor: Frank Gronwald
  • Publication number: 20160160828
    Abstract: Switch system for a motor vehicle electrical system comprising a first switch element arranged between a generator-battery line and a starter-battery line of a vehicle electrical system, such that the generator-battery line and the starter-batter line can be short circuited spatially in the region of the starter
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Simon BETSCHER, Wacim TAZARINE, Frank GRONWALD
  • Publication number: 20160138548
    Abstract: Starting current limitation system 20 having at least a first electrical connection component 30 which can be connected to a battery pole 12, a second electrical connection component 34 which can be connected to a starter 18, and a parallel circuit which is connected between the first connection component 30 and the second connection component 34 and which comprises a branch 24a having a amperage control device 24 and a branch 22a having an electrical resistor 22. An optimisation of structural space is achieved when the branch 22a having the electrical resistor 22, the branch 24a having the amperage control device 24 and the first connection component 30 are arranged inside a pole niche 26a of the battery pole 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Gronwald, Robert Kampmann, Wacim Tazarine, Simon Betscher
  • Patent number: 8957335
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical isolating device (2) comprising a first connecting part (4a), a second connecting part (4b), an isolation point (6) which in the closed state forms a current path between the first and the second connecting parts (4a, 4b) and is located spatially between the connecting parts, wherein in the isolated state the isolation point (6) isolates the current path between the connecting parts (4a, 4b), and further comprising an auxiliary drive (8) which influences isolation of the isolation point (6). Particularly reliable isolation is ensured in that a flowable medium (10) driven by the auxiliary drive is disposed in such a way that it surrounds the isolation point (6) at least partially at least at the moment of isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Oliver Sprenger, Frank Gronwald, Wolfgang Hentschel
  • Patent number: 8830643
    Abstract: A polarity reversal protection device for motor vehicles has a detection device (10), a first connection element (22) electrically connected to a supply tap (94), a second connection device (24) having the electrical potential of the vehicle body. In case of a polarity reversal, the first connection element (22) is electrically connected to the first connection element (24) via the detector device (10). Further, the reverse polarity protection device is characterized in that a insulating layer (26) is provided between the first connection element (22) and the second connection element (24), that each of the connection elements (22, 24) has at least one receptacle (36, 38) and that the detection device (10) is at least positively engaged in at least one receptacle (36, 38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Frank Gronwald
  • Publication number: 20140035292
    Abstract: For the electrical protection of a current control device 12 against overcurrents, a starting current limitation system is proposed with a first electrical connection 4 connectable to a motor vehicle battery pole 9, a second electrical connection 6 connectable to a starter 10, and a parallel circuit connected between the first connection 4 and the second connection 6, comprising a branch with a current control device 12 and a branch with an electrical resistor 14, in such a way that, at the beginning of a warm start of the motor vehicle, a starter current is conducted via the resistor 14 and that, after the beginning of the warm start, the starter current is conducted via the current control device 12 and the resistor 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: AUTO-KABEL MANAGEMENT GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Gronwald
  • Patent number: 8502501
    Abstract: A battery measuring clamp, comprising a battery pole clamp 2, a measuring resistor 12 electrically connected to the battery pole clamp 2, and an evaluation circuit which evaluates at least the voltage across the measuring resistor 12, wherein the evaluation circuit is electrically connected to the measuring resistor 12 via at least two measuring contacts 18 and at least two data lines 24 are arranged on the evaluation circuit. A flexible use of such a battery measuring clamp is ensured by the fact that the data lines are arranged in a connection means 26, that a data connector 32 is monolithically connected to a coupling means 28 corresponding to the connection means 26, and that the coupling means 28 and the connection means 26 are plugged together in order to electrically contact the data connector 32 to the data lines 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Dominik Nentwig, Frank Gronwald, Franz-Josef Lietz
  • Publication number: 20130175144
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical isolating device (2) comprising a first connecting part (4a), a second connecting part (4b), an isolation point (6) which in the closed state forms a current path between the first and the second connecting parts (4a, 4b) and is located spatially between the connecting parts, wherein in the isolated state the isolation point (6) isolates the current path between the connecting parts (4a, 4b), and further comprising an auxiliary drive (8) which influences isolation of the isolation point (6). Particularly reliable isolation is ensured in that a flowable medium (10) driven by the auxiliary drive is disposed in such a way that it surrounds the isolation point (6) at least partially at least at the moment of isolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: AUTO KABEL MANAGEMENTGESELLSCHAFT MBH
    Inventors: Oliver Sprenger, Frank Gronwald, Wolfgang Hentschel
  • Patent number: 8436577
    Abstract: A battery measuring clamp, comprising a battery pole clamp 2, a measuring resistor 12 electrically connected to the battery pole clamp 2, and an evaluation circuit which evaluates at least the voltage across the measuring resistor 12, wherein the evaluation circuit is electrically connected to the measuring resistor 12 via at least two measuring contacts 18 and at least two data lines 24 are arranged on the evaluation circuit. A flexible use of such a battery measuring clamp is ensured by the fact that the data lines are arranged in a connection means 26, that a data connector 32 is monolithically connected to a coupling means 28 corresponding to the connection means 26, and that the coupling means 28 and the connection means 26 are plugged together in order to electrically contact the data connector 32 to the data lines 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Dominik Nentwig, Frank Gronwald, Franz-Josef Lietz
  • Patent number: 8319499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle battery sensor element comprising a resistor element 2 and at least two spatially separated electric contacts 16 positioned on the resistor element 2. To increase the measuring accuracy and to reduce the temperature variance, it is proposed that the resistor element 2 along with the electric contacts 16 is coated with a metal coating 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Auto Kabel Managementgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Frank Gronwald, Franz-Josef Lietz