Patents by Inventor Ingo Lehmann

Ingo Lehmann 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: 8768546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a railway vehicle having a double drive system, wherein each drive system comprises an internal combustion engine and a transmission unit, wherein a target drive torque (M(SL)) is provided as a power requirement by means of a drive lever, wherein an actual drive torque (M(IST)) of the railway vehicle is determined and a drive torque deviation is calculated from the target drive torque (M(SL)) and the actual drive torque (M(IST)). The method further comprises determining a prediction drive type (AAP), and a target drive type (AA(SL)) in the sense of a single or double drive, a target operating point (BP(SL)), and a target transmission stage (US(SL)) are set for the transmission units, based on the drive torque deviation and the prediction drive type (AAP), by means of a traction manager (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Bottlang, Ingo Lehmann, Michael Willmann
  • Patent number: 8271154
    Abstract: A method is proposed for controlling a hybrid drive in a rail vehicle in which an electronic route timetable (SPL) is predefined as route-section-related speeds by means of a train control device, route-section-related types of drive for the rail vehicle are predictively determined by means of the electronic route timetable (SPL) before the journey begins, a deviation of the actual position from a setpoint position of the rail vehicle which is obtained from the electronic route timetable (SPL) is determined while the rail vehicle is travelling, a time margin is calculated on the basis of the difference in position, and the current type of drive is retained or changed as a function of the time margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Lehmann, Holger Bottlang
  • Publication number: 20120035791
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a railway vehicle having a double drive system, wherein each drive system comprises an internal combustion engine and a transmission unit, wherein a target drive torque (M(SL)) is provided as a power requirement by means of a drive lever, wherein an actual drive torque (M(IST)) of the railway vehicle is determined and a drive torque deviation is calculated from the target drive torque (M(SL)) and the actual drive torque (M(IST)). The method further comprises determining a prediction drive type (AAP), and a target drive type (AA(SL)) in the sense of a single or double drive, a target operating point (BP(SL)), and a target transmission stage (US(SL)) are set for the transmission units, based on the drive torque deviation and the prediction drive type (AAP), by means of a traction manager (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Bottlang, Ingo Lehmann, Michael Willmann
  • Publication number: 20110178659
    Abstract: A method is proposed for controlling a hybrid drive in a rail vehicle in which an electronic route timetable (SPL) is predefined as route-section-related speeds by means of a train control device, route-section-related types of drive for the rail vehicle are predictively determined by means of the electronic route timetable (SPL) before the journey begins, a deviation of the actual position from a setpoint position of the rail vehicle which is obtained from the electronic route timetable (SPL) is determined while the rail vehicle is travelling, a time margin is calculated on the basis of the difference in position, and the current type of drive is retained or changed as a function of the time margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Lehmann, Holger Bottlang