Patents by Inventor Frank Juergen Engler

Frank Juergen Engler 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: 11728495
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a combined cooling circuit for a motor vehicle that provides a method of cooling a fuel cell of a fuel cell system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: AUDI AG, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph Albrecht, Jan-Philipp Brinkmeier, Oliver Berger, Frank Jürgen Engler, Carsten Wachsmuth
  • Publication number: 20210265642
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a combined cooling circuit for a motor vehicle that provides a method of cooling a fuel cell of a fuel cell system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph ALBRECHT, Jan-Philipp BRINKMEIER, Oliver BERGER, Frank Jürgen ENGLER, Carsten WACHSMUTH
  • Publication number: 20210265852
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging process of an electrical energy storage device, at an electric charging device, wherein the charging device has a temperature control system and the energy storage device has a temperature control system, including at least the following steps: transfer of electrical energy between the charging device and the energy storage device, transfer of thermal energy between a temperature control system of the charging device and the temperature control system of the energy storage device, and transmission of at least one first item of information from a computing unit associated with the charging device to a computing unit associated with the energy storage device, and/or transmission of at least one second item of information from a computing unit associated with the energy storage device to a computing unit associated with the charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph ALBRECHT, Jochen WESTHAEUSER, Frank Juergen ENGLER, Carsten WACHSMUTH, Arne-Christian VOIGT
  • Publication number: 20210265853
    Abstract: A method for controlling the charging process of an electrical energy storage device, at an electric charging device, wherein the charging device has a temperature control system and the energy storage device has a temperature control system, including at least the following steps: transfer of electrical energy between the charging device and the energy storage device, transfer of thermal energy between a temperature control system of the charging device and the temperature control system of the energy storage device, obtaining charging progress information, and closed-loop or open-loop control of at least a first temperature of a cooling medium in the temperature control system of the charging device and/or of the energy storage device as a function of the charging progress information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph ALBRECHT, Jochen WESTHAEUSER, Frank Juergen ENGLER, Carsten WACHSMUTH, Arne-Christian VOIGT
  • Publication number: 20170040627
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (100) having a fuel cell stack (10) and a fuel cell cooling system (40) to cool the fuel cell stack (10), including a coolant path (4) into which the fuel cell stack (10) is integrated so as to transfer heat and in which at least one cooler (43) or heat exchanger is arranged. It is provided that the at least one cooler (43) or heat exchanger that does not have shock-hazard protection is interconnected so as to establish equipotential bonding (47), whereby at least one control element is arranged in the connection of the at least one cooler (43) or heat exchanger to equipotential bonding (47). Moreover, a vehicle having such a fuel cell system (100) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Maren Ramona Kirchhoff, Nadine Rink, Maik Moebius, Frank Juergen Engler