Patents by Inventor Herbert Kranz

Herbert Kranz 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: 7420352
    Abstract: Power supply system for a vehicle, in the case of which an onboard voltage supply system for supplying electric consuming devices can be fed by at least one power accumulator, and in which external electric consuming devices can be connected to the onboard voltage supply system. At least one portable removable accumulator, which can be charged by way of the onboard voltage supply system of the vehicle, is provided, which removable accumulator is constructed as an energy accumulator expansion unit controllable by way of a battery management system, by way of which energy accumulator expansion unit electric consuming devices, which are part of the vehicle and/or external electric consuming devices, may be operated, so that the removable accumulator can optionally be utilized as a stationary power supply device in the vehicle when the onboard voltage supply system is connected or, when the onboard voltage supply system is not connected, can be used as a mobile power supply device independently of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Herbert Kranz
  • Publication number: 20060061333
    Abstract: Power supply system for a vehicle, in the case of which an onboard voltage supply system for supplying electric consuming devices can be fed by at least one power accumulator, and in which external electric consuming devices can be connected to the onboard voltage supply system. At least one portable removable accumulator, which can be charged by way of the onboard voltage supply system of the vehicle, is provided, which removable accumulator is constructed as an energy accumulator expansion unit controllable by way of a battery management system, by way of which energy accumulator expansion unit electric consuming devices, which are part of the vehicle and/or external electric consuming devices, may be operated, so that the removable accumulator can optionally be utilized as a stationary power supply device in the vehicle when the onboard voltage supply system is connected or, when the onboard voltage supply system is not connected, can be used as a mobile power supply device independently of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventor: Herbert Kranz
  • Patent number: 5728488
    Abstract: In a high-energy battery with a plurality of individual cells, the individual cells have the shape of flat parallelepipeds. The parallelepipeds are arranged flush to form a flat battery body. The battery body is surrounded on its two wide sides by a liquid heat exchange medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Kranz, Peter Catchpole, Robert Hoeppler