Patents by Inventor Guido Feuser

Guido Feuser 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 and apparatus for determining and providing information about electricity usage of an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 10953766
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to electricity usage. A device may determine the electric or a hybrid-electric motor vehicle is charged at one or more charging locations. The device may determine a cost associated with electricity applicable at the time of the charging at the one or more charging locations. The device may determine a billing period associated with the electricity cost, wherein the billing period is at least one month. The device may cause the prediction of electricity costs expected to arise by an end of a current billing period as a result of charging the vehicle at the one or more charging locations. The device may display, on a user display device, information associated with the prediction of electricity costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Peter Loeffler, Frank Peters, Thomas Birkenbeil, Guido Feuser, Frank Mast, Yiyi Xiang
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTRICITY USAGE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190322191
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to electricity usage. A device may determine the electric or a hybrid-electric motor vehicle is charged at one or more charging locations. The device may determine a cost associated with electricity applicable at the time of the charging at the one or more charging locations. The device may determine a billing period associated with the electricity cost, wherein the billing period is at least one month. The device may cause the prediction of electricity costs expected to arise by an end of a current billing period as a result of charging the vehicle at the one or more charging locations. The device may display, on a user display device, information associated with the prediction of electricity costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Peter Loeffler, Frank Peters, Thomas Birkenbeil, Guido Feuser, Frank Mast, Yiyi Xiang