Patents by Inventor Günter SCHIELE

Günter SCHIELE 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: 9744863
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes operating the motor vehicle in a drive mode, a recuperation mode or a charging mode, wherein when operating the motor vehicle in the recuperation mode, a recuperation driving route driven during the recuperation mode and an associated recuperation energy amount are determined and are stored as driving route data in a driving route memory and/or are transmitted to an external data storage device; wherein when switching into the charging mode or when operating the motor vehicle in the charging mode an expected driving route of the motor vehicle is predictively determined and for the expected driving route the driving route data are read out from the driving route memory and/or are requested from external data storage device; wherein the target state of charge is set to a value which is determined from a maximal state of charge of the energy storage and the recuperation energy amount stored in the driving route data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Günter Schiele, Boris Blasinski
  • Publication number: 20170096071
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes operating the motor vehicle in a drive mode, a recuperation mode or a charging mode, wherein when operating the motor vehicle in the recuperation mode, a recuperation driving route driven during the recuperation mode and an associated recuperation energy amount are determined and are stored as driving route data in a driving route memory and/or are transmitted to an external data storage device; wherein when switching into the charging mode or when operating the motor vehicle in the charging mode an expected driving route of the motor vehicle is predictively determined and for the expected driving route the driving route data are read out from the driving route memory and/or are requested from external data storage device; wherein the target state of charge is set to a value which is determined from a maximal state of charge of the energy storage and the recuperation energy amount stored in the driving route data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Günter SCHIELE, Boris BLASINSKl
  • Patent number: 9493073
    Abstract: A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle has a display instrument which has a plurality of regions for displaying the current operating state of at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor of the hybrid vehicle. The display instrument has a display region in which it is possible to display whether it is possible to drive the hybrid vehicle solely using the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Guenter Schiele, Yaokui Xiong, Benjamin Gutmayer
  • Publication number: 20150165907
    Abstract: A device for displaying information in a hybrid vehicle has a display instrument which has a plurality of regions for displaying the current operating state of at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor of the hybrid vehicle. The display instrument has a display region in which it is possible to display whether it is possible to drive the hybrid vehicle solely using the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Reimund Limbacher, Guenter Schiele, Yaokui Xiong, Benjamin Gutmayer
  • Patent number: 4916591
    Abstract: In an illuminated regulating device for operating a ventilation arrangement or the like in a motor vehicle, in the vicinity of a regulating wheel (2, 3) rotatable about its axis are provided several light outlets (13b, 14b) arranged stationarily and at the circumference of the regulating wheel is provided a movable light outlet (11a, 12a). The light outlets (11a, 12a, 13b, 14b) are formed by inserts of clear, rigid plastic and are connected to a common light source (16, 17) by light conducting inserts (11, 12, 13, 14). All stationary light outlets (13b, 14b) are formed at the ends of arms (13a, 14a) of a single-piece light conducting insert (13, 14) with total internal reflection made of clear, rigid plastic, which extends from the light source (16, 17) to the light outlets (13b, 14b). This light conducting insert (13, 14) is provided with a lateral light outlet surface (13d, 14 d) in the region of the axis of rotation (A) of the regulating wheel (2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Hoerauf & Kohler KG
    Inventor: Guenter Schiele