Patents by Inventor Franz Lankes

Franz Lankes 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: 11967234
    Abstract: A method for filling up a parking structure with vehicles, which comprises at least one parking level, wherein vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, which are allowed to have a combined weight with a maximum value, which is specified for the at least one parking level, includes: when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle at a time when it is still located outside of the parking structure the combined weight is determined as the sum of the weight of this new vehicle and the respective weights of other vehicles for which entrance is granted to the at least one parking level at that time, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for a parking level of the at least one parking level is at most as large as the maximal value specified for this, entrance to this one parking level is granted for the new vehicle, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for each parking level of the at least one parking level is greater than the maximum v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Horvath, Franz Lankes
  • Publication number: 20240109444
    Abstract: A wall-mounted charging station is provided for charging an energy storage of an electric vehicle. A method for operation of such a wall-mounted charging station is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Patent number: 11922812
    Abstract: A method for filling up a parking structure with vehicles, which comprises at least one parking level, wherein vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, which are allowed to have a combined weight with a maximum value, which is specified for the at least one parking level, includes: when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle at a time when it is still located outside of the parking structure the combined weight is determined as the sum of the weight of this new vehicle and the respective weights of other vehicles for which entrance is granted to the at least one parking level at that time, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for a parking level of the at least one parking level is at most as large as the maximal value specified for this, entrance to this one parking level is granted for the new vehicle, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for each parking level of the at least one parking level is greater than the maximum v
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Horvath, Franz Lankes
  • Publication number: 20230339338
    Abstract: A charging parking lot is provided for performing an electrical charging process for a vehicle, comprising at least one inductive charging interface, wherein the charging parking lot has multiple inductive charging zones, and each charging zone is either activatable or deactivatable, wherein the vehicle is to be parked on the charging parking lot in order to perform the charging process, wherein only that at least one charging zone of the charging parking lot is to be activated which is situated directly beneath the at least one inductive charging interface of the vehicle, wherein the at least one activated charging zone is adapted to generate a magnetic field for the transfer of electrical energy to the at least one inductive charging interface of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Publication number: 20230256838
    Abstract: A method for performing an electrical charging process for a vehicle in a charging park, the vehicle having at least one charging interface, while the charging park has at least one electrical charging station with at least one charging interface, comprises situating the vehicle in an actual physical location on the grounds of the charging park, and checking to see whether the actual physical location does or does not fulfill a physical access requirement to the at least one charging interface of the at least one charging station, and in the event that the access requirement is not fulfilled the driver is asked to place the vehicle in a nominal physical location, and in the event that the physical access requirement is fulfilled the vehicle is moved automatically from the actual physical location to a selected charging station among the at least one charging station and automatically arranged in a charging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Publication number: 20230242156
    Abstract: A method for charging an electric vehicle is provided, which includes a charging station charging an electric vehicle connected to the charging station and situated at a charging location of the charging station. A related system for charging an electric vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Franz LANKES, Jürgen HORVATH
  • Publication number: 20230169844
    Abstract: A method for providing information to a user during the charging of an electric energy accumulator of a motor vehicle by a charging station comprises, upon fulfillment of a triggering condition, the fulfillment of which is dependent on a connection time at which the motor vehicle is connected to the charging station, and/or an ascertained state of charge of the energy accumulator, putting out a notification message via a communication device of the user, wherein the fulfillment of the triggering condition is further dependent on position information regarding the position of the user and/or that of the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Publication number: 20230137676
    Abstract: A method for reporting a blocking of a charging station by a parking motor vehicle includes, upon fulfillment of a triggering condition, sending a message to a user of the motor vehicle and/or to a device that is external to the charging station, wherein the triggering condition is fulfilled or can only be fulfilled if, after recognition of the occupancy of a parking area assigned to the charging station by a sensor direction, an additional condition is fulfilled, wherein the additional condition is fulfilled or can only be fulfilled if, on the one hand, during an evaluation of image data provided by the sensor device and/or a further sensor device, no feature is recognized which identifies the motor vehicle as potentially being suitable for charging by the charging station, and/or if, on the other hand, a charging connection of the charging station is not connected to a charging connection of the motor vehicle for a predefined minimum time immediately after the recognition of the occupancy of the parking are
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Publication number: 20230137795
    Abstract: Methods for validation of a first charging data set, regarding a charging process of a motor vehicle at a first charging station and detected by the first charging station, comprise detecting a respective second charging data set, by a second charging station, regarding at least one respective second charging process during which the same motor vehicle is charged and/or the charging process is initiated and/or terminated by the same user, wherein the fulfillment of an error condition is tested, the fulfillment of which indicates the invalidity of the first and/or the second charging data set and is dependent on both the first charging data set and the second charging data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Publication number: 20220270483
    Abstract: A method for filling up a parking structure with vehicles, which comprises at least one parking level, wherein vehicles can be parked on the at least one parking level, which are allowed to have a combined weight with a maximum value, which is specified for the at least one parking level, includes: when entrance to the parking structure is requested for a new vehicle at a time when it is still located outside of the parking structure the combined weight is determined as the sum of the weight of this new vehicle and the respective weights of other vehicles for which entrance is granted to the at least one parking level at that time, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for a parking level of the at least one parking level is at most as large as the maximal value specified for this, entrance to this one parking level is granted for the new vehicle, and in the event that the combined weight of the vehicles for each parking level of the at least one parking level is greater than the maximum v
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen HORVATH, Franz LANKES
  • Patent number: 5474751
    Abstract: Combustion systems have a combustion apparatus, heating surfaces downstream of the combustion apparatus in a flue gas stream, and a deNO.sub.x catalyst. A method for reducing nitrogen oxides in the flue gas of the combustion systems includes selectively assigning the deNO.sub.x catalyst to a position inside and a position outside the flue gas stream as a function of a nitrogen oxide concentration or of a selected energy carrier. An apparatus for reducing nitrogen oxides in the flue gas of the combustion system includes a device for selectively assigning the deNO.sub.x catalyst to a position inside and a position outside a line through which the flue gas flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Sigling, Franz Lankes