Patents by Inventor Georg Gerstenbrandt

Georg Gerstenbrandt 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).

  • Method for pre-climatizing a stopped motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8672022
    Abstract: A method and a correspondingly designed motor vehicle are provided for pre-climatizing the motor vehicle when shut-off by way of a heating and/or cooling unit, which draws its energy for heating and/or cooling from an electric storage unit. When the heating and/or cooling unit is activated by a vehicle external operator control element, the heating and/or cooling unit is initially activated in a first output stage. Then, the heating and/or cooling unit is switched from the first output stage to a second output stage as a function of predetermined conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralph Ostermeier, Peter Satzger, Georg Gerstenbrandt
  • Method for Pre-Climatizing a Stopped Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20100222929
    Abstract: A method and a correspondingly designed motor vehicle are provided for pre-climatizing the motor vehicle when shut-off by way of a heating and/or cooling unit, which draws its energy for heating and/or cooling from an electric storage unit. When the heating and/or cooling unit is activated by a vehicle external operator control element, the heating and/or cooling unit is initially activated in a first output stage. Then, the heating and/or cooling unit is switched from the first output stage to a second output stage as a function of predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralph Ostermeier, Peter Satzger, Georg Gerstenbrandt