Patents by Inventor Harald Stoffels

Harald Stoffels 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: 10933872
    Abstract: An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle and maneuvering method for a vehicle for overcoming an obstacle may include detecting the obstacle in front of and/or behind the motor vehicle by a detection device, moving the motor away from the obstacle to come to a standstill at a defined distance x, wherein the running direction of a wheel is facing towards the obstacle. The method may also include accelerating the motor vehicle toward the obstacle within a power-limiting range of a drive unit of the vehicle. The power-limiting range may be a power-limiting range of an electric motor powering the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Ahmed Benmimoun, Moritz Klaus Springer, Guohui Chen, Jan Linsel
  • Publication number: 20210031494
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite pane suitable as a projection surface of a projection assembly, wherein (a) a polarisation-selective coating is provided on a carrier film; (b) the polarisation-selective coating is transferred from the carrier film onto a laminating film, by (i) arranging the carrier film and the laminating film areally one atop the other with the coating positioned therebetween to form a film stack, (ii) treating the film stack for at least 2 hours at a pressure of at least 8 bar and a temperature of 80° C. to 120° C. in an autoclave, and (iii) peeling the carrier film off the laminating film, with the coating remaining on the laminating film; (c) the laminating film is arranged areally between a first pane and a second pane; and (d) the first pane is laminated with the second pane via the laminating film to form the composite pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Martin ARNDT, Michele CAPPUCCILLI, Ali-Osman KIZMAZ, Harald STOFFEL, Uwe VAN DER MEULEN
  • Patent number: 10883393
    Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided with at least a partially variable valve train on an intake side wherein the intake valves are controlled to optimize the actuation of a second inlet valve in relation to a first inlet valve for different load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Wirth, Klemens Grieser, Marco Marceno, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Linsel, Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump
  • Patent number: 10759266
    Abstract: The description relates to a method for operating a drive unit comprising an internal combustion engine, which is at least drive-connectable to an electric machine which delivers power to a drive train or receives power, and comprising at least one automatically actuable clutch, wherein the electric machine is at least drive-connectable to a manually shiftable transmission of the drive train, the manually shiftable transmission is shiftable without actuation of a clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Christian Hofmann, Stefan Quiring, Moritz Klaus Springer
  • Patent number: 10717429
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the parking process of a hybrid electric vehicle, in particular a mild hybrid electric vehicle, in which an electric motor and an internal combustion engine can act on the drive train at the same time and in which, furthermore, a starter motor is connected to the drive train. The principle of electric parking is to be solved by the invention. In order to achieve this, the electric motor is initially exclusively utilized as the drive for the parking process. When an obstacle is to be overcome in this case, which cannot be successfully overcome solely with the aid of the electric motor, the starter motor is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Quiring, Harald Stoffels, Moritz Klaus Springer, Christian Hofmann
  • Patent number: 10483602
    Abstract: A battery housing for a lithium-ion battery of a motor vehicle for arrangement in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle includes at least one structural mechanically stable outer shell having a number of walls corresponding to the shape of the battery, at least one layer of solid thermal insulation material for protecting the battery from thermal effects from the area of the internal combustion engine, at least one first slot, which can be connected to air lines leading to the surroundings, and at least one second slot, which can be connected to lines associated with at least one cooling system of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Moritz Klaus Springer, Krystian Dylong, Rainer Kiehn, Harald Stoffels
  • Patent number: 10428728
    Abstract: Embodiments for an engine coupled to a first turbocharger and a second turbocharger are provided. One example includes responsive to a first condition, deactivating a first turbine of the first turbocharger and meeting a boost demand via operation of the second turbocharger, and responsive to deactivating the first turbine, increasing a pressure at a compressor-side end of a bearing arrangement of a shaft of the first turbocharger. In this way, oil leakage from the bearing arrangement may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump, Klemens Grieser, Jens Wojahn, Franz J. Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20190186305
    Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided with at least a partially variable valve train on an intake side wherein the intake valves are controlled to optimize the actuation of a second inlet valve in relation to a first inlet valve for different load conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Wirth, Klemens Grieser, Marco Marceno, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Linsel, Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump
  • Patent number: 10279817
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an electric operating mode selectively modify a pressure point for an accelerator pedal in response to current vehicle and/or ambient operating conditions to reduce unintentional starting of an internal combustion engine and maintain electric mode operation while the accelerator pedal position is less than the pressure point. The vehicle operating conditions or mode may indicate a parking maneuver, stop-and-go traffic, or an eco mode where electric operation may be desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Moritz Klaus Springer, Christian Hofmann, Joachim Hansen
  • Patent number: 10246093
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle generates a change-operating-mode signal to change operation from a normal mode with an engine engaged and running to a coasting mode with the engine disengaged and/or switched off in response to a freewheeling distance exceeding a threshold. The freewheeling distance may be based on state parameters of the motor vehicle, such as position, speed, acceleration, weight, tire pressure, braking pressure, and air resistance, for example, data related to a second vehicle obtained from forward sensors, for example, and/or ambient parameters such as air temperature, wind speed, and wind direction, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Hansen, Harald Stoffels, Bernd Schumacher, Moritz Klaus Springer
  • Patent number: 10233791
    Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided with at least a partially variable valve train on an intake side wherein the intake valves are controlled to optimize the actuation of a second inlet valve in relation to a first inlet valve for different load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Wirth, Klemens Grieser, Marco Marceno, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Linsel, Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump
  • Publication number: 20190077245
    Abstract: The description relates to a method for operating a drive unit comprising an internal combustion engine, which is at least drive-connectable to an electric machine which delivers power to a drive train or receives power, and comprising at least one automatically actuable clutch, wherein the electric machine is at least drive-connectable to a manually shiftable transmission of the drive train, the manually shiftable transmission is shiftable without actuation of a clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Christian Hofmann, Stefan Quiring, Moritz Klaus Springer
  • Publication number: 20190058229
    Abstract: A battery housing for a lithium-ion battery of a motor vehicle for arrangement in the engine compartment of the motor vehicle includes at least one structural mechanically stable outer shell having a number of walls corresponding to the shape of the battery, at least one layer of solid thermal insulation material for protecting the battery from thermal effects from the area of the internal combustion engine, at least one first slot, which can be connected to air lines leading to the surroundings, and at least one second slot, which can be connected to lines associated with at least one cooling system of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Moritz Klaus Springer, Krystian Dylong, Rainer Kiehn, Harald Stoffels
  • Patent number: 10208685
    Abstract: Embodiments for controlling boost pressure during transient conditions are disclosed. In one example, a method includes, responsive to deactivation of a first turbine of a first turbocharger, deactivating an exhaust valve of a cylinder to flow exhaust gas from the cylinder to a second turbine of a second turbocharger, and adjusting a speed of the second turbocharger via an electric machine coupled to the second turbocharger in a generator mode; and responsive to activation of the first turbine, activating the exhaust valve to flow exhaust gas from the cylinder to the first turbine and the second turbine, and adjusting the speed of the second turbocharger via the electric machine in an auxiliary drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Franz J. Brinkmann, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Jens Wojahn, Harald Stoffels
  • Patent number: 10056515
    Abstract: A roof panel having an integrated photovoltaic module is described. The roof panel has at least a substrate and an outer panel, which are laminarily bonded to each other by means of a thermoplastic layer, wherein a photovoltaic layer system is embedded in the thermoplastic layer and the substrate contains at least one polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Andreas Nositschka, Pascal Remy, Marc-Oliver Prast, Dirk Neumann, Harald Stoffel
  • Publication number: 20180229716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the parking process of a hybrid electric vehicle, in particular a mild hybrid electric vehicle, in which an electric motor and an internal combustion engine can act on the drive train at the same time and in which, furthermore, a starter motor is connected to the drive train. The principle of electric parking is to be solved by the invention. In order to achieve this, the electric motor is initially exclusively utilized as the drive for the parking process. When an obstacle is to be overcome in this case, which cannot be successfully overcome solely with the aid of the electric motor, the starter motor is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan QUIRING, Harald STOFFELS, Moritz Klaus SPRINGER, Christian HOFMANN
  • Patent number: 10006344
    Abstract: There is provided an arrangement of an internal combustion engine with a sequentially parallel twin turbocharger, in which at least one turbocharger has an electrical energy converter which can be used optionally as a motor for driving a compressor in the lower rotational speed range of the internal combustion engine or as a generator for charging a connected battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump, Carsten Weber
  • Publication number: 20180118213
    Abstract: An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle and maneuvering method for a vehicle for overcoming an obstacle may include detecting the obstacle in front of and/or behind the motor vehicle by a detection device, moving the motor away from the obstacle to come to a standstill at a defined distance x, wherein the running direction of a wheel is facing towards the obstacle. The method may also include accelerating the motor vehicle toward the obstacle within a power-limiting range of a drive unit of the vehicle. The power-limiting range may be a power-limiting range of an electric motor powering the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Harald STOFFELS, Ahmed BENMIMOUN, Moritz Klaus SPRINGER, Guohui CHEN, Jan LINSEL
  • Publication number: 20170306811
    Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided with at least a partially variable valve train on an intake side wherein the intake valves are controlled to optimize the actuation of a second inlet valve in relation to a first inlet valve for different load conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Wirth, Klemens Grieser, Marco Marceno, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Linsel, Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump
  • Patent number: 9752464
    Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine is provided with at least a partially variable valve train on an intake side wherein the intake valves are controlled to optimize the actuation of a second inlet valve in relation to a first inlet valve for different load conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Wirth, Klemens Grieser, Marco Marceno, Kay Hohenboeken, Jan Linsel, Harald Stoffels, Ludwig Stump