Patents by Inventor Jürgen Waffner
Jürgen Waffner 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).
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Publication number: 20240104672Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a system, in particular a supply system, comprising a first entity connectable to at least one physical supply channel network, at least one further entity connectable to the physical supply channel network, at least one peer-to-peer network configured to provide a peer-to-peer application, wherein the first entity comprises at least a further communications device connectable to the peer-to-peer network, wherein the other entity comprises at least one communications device connectable to the peer-to-peer network and wherein at least one of the communications devices is configured at least to cause generation of a supply medium transaction agreement about the physical exchange of a supply medium between the first entity and the further entity by means of the peer-to-peer application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Carsten Stöcker, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11355931Abstract: Embodiments of a method of operating an electrical grid having at least one electrical consumer and a plurality of electrical producers are disclosed. In the method, a consumption prediction for the electrical consumer is provided, and production predictions for each electrical producer of a plurality of electrical producers are provided. The respective distances between the electrical consumer and each electrical producer of the plurality of electrical producers are determined. An electrical producer of the electrical producers is allocated to the electrical consumer in a first allocating step such that the provided consumption prediction of the electrical consumer matches to the provided production prediction of the at least one electrical producer and such that the determined distance between the electrical consumer and the at least one electrical producer is at least smaller than at least one first distance limit.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Conjoule GmbHInventors: Franziska Heintel, Sam Warburton, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11305660Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a supply medium exchange system. The system includes at least one supply medium exchange station having at least one supply medium exchange interface. It is configured to exchange a supply medium with at least one mobile unit including at least one supply medium storage and at least one first peer-to-peer module assigned to the mobile unit. It is also configured to communicate with at least one peer-to-peer application of at least one peer-to-peer network. The first peer-to-peer module is configured to cause a generation of a supply medium exchange release message for releasing of the exchange of the supply medium between the mobile unit and the supply medium exchange station by means of the peer-to-peer application.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Carsten Stöcker, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11225159Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a charging station for electric vehicles with a ground foundation and a column arranged above the ground foundation and accommodating charging electronics. The ground foundation and the column are formed in one piece. The column includes an opening which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis of the column and extends into the interior of the column. The opening is arranged for accommodating a charging electronics, in particular the opening is arranged as receptacle for the charging electronics and comprises locking means for the charging electronics.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: innogy SEInventors: Jürgen Waffner, Jörg Meier
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Patent number: 11209288Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a control system of a first entity. The control system has a forecast module that creates a supply medium plan of a supply medium unit of the first entity. The supply medium unit is a supply medium consumer, a supply medium producer, and/or supply medium storage. The supply medium unit connects to a physical supply channel network. A peer-to-peer module receives at least one supply medium offer message of a further entity by communicating with a peer-to-peer application of a peer-to-peer network. The peer-to-peer module causes generation of a supply medium transaction agreement about the physical exchange of a supply medium between the first and further entity through the peer-to-peer application based on the supply medium plan and the supply medium offer message. A controlling module controls the supply medium unit in dependence of the generated supply medium transaction agreement.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Carsten Stocker, Jürgen Waffner, Mark Dijksmann
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Patent number: 11207998Abstract: Method for operating a charging station for electric vehicles wherein a switching state of at least one fuse arranged between a grid connection and a charging cable connection is monitored and with the aid of a contact state a connection to and a separation from the charging cable connection by a charging cable is monitored. The charging station can continue to be kept in operation in the case of a fault at the vehicle side when an opening of the fuse occurring during a connection of the charging cable to the charging cable connection is detected with the aid of the monitored switching state and in the case of an opening detected in this manner following a detected separation of the charging cable from the charging cable connection, the fuse is autonomously closed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: innogy SEInventors: Srdan Skrbic, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11201756Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a building automation system. The building automation system includes at least one first appliance device having an actor and/or a sensor. The first appliance device includes a first function module and is configured to operate in accordance with the first function module in order to provide a first function. The building automation system also includes a peer-to-peer network with a peer-to-peer application and a peer-to-peer module assigned to the first appliance device and configured to communicate with the peer-to-peer application. The peer-to-peer application includes a controlling means configured to provide a second function module to the first appliance device by means of the peer-to-peer module assigned to the first appliance device, and the first appliance device is configured to operate in accordance with the second function module in order to provide at least one second function.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Jens Reinelt, Carsten Stöcker, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11192462Abstract: The application relates to a charging station for electric vehicles, comprising a cable holding device with a cable guided over a first deflection unit and a second deflection unit having two ends for holding two charging cables. The first end of the rope is connected to a first charging cable of the charging station and the further end of the rope is connected to a further charging cable of the charging station. At least one weight element is operatively connected to the rope in such a way that the charging cables in an unused condition of the charging cables are held so that there is a distance between a ground surface and each part of the charging cables.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: innogy SEInventors: Thorbjörn Siaenen, Christian Müller-Winterberg, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 11005290Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a grid control system for at least one electrical grid. The system includes at least one peer-to-peer network having at least one peer-to-peer application. The peer-to-peer application has a detecting means executable by a part of the nodes of the peer-to-peer network and is configured to detect a first peer-to-peer module assigned to a controllable electrical device upon a connection of the controllable electrical device with the electrical grid. The first peer-to-peer module is configured to communicate with the peer-to-peer application, and the peer-to-peer application includes a registering means executable by at least a part of the nodes of the peer-to-peer network and is configured to store at least one identifier assigned to the detected controllable electrical device and at least one switching pattern of the detected controllable electrical device.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Carsten Stöcker, Jürgen Waffner
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Publication number: 20210129692Abstract: The application relates to a charging station for electric vehicles, comprising a cable holding device with a cable guided over a first deflection unit and a second deflection unit having two ends for holding two charging cables. The first end of the rope is connected to a first charging cable of the charging station and the further end of the rope is connected to a further charging cable of the charging station. At least one weight element is operatively connected to the rope in such a way that the charging cables in an unused condition of the charging cables are held so that there is a distance between a ground surface and each part of the charging cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: innogy SEInventors: Thorbjörn Siaenen, Christian Müller-Winterberg, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 10988045Abstract: A method for detecting charging current curves for electric vehicles at charging stations. In the method, a charging current curve is captured at a charging station, and the charging current curve is stored together with a vehicle identification of the charging vehicle. For each respective vehicle identification, a charging current curve at a plurality of charging stations is stored, and for the respective vehicle identification, a present charging current curve can be compared with the stored charging current curves at the plurality of charging stations. In the event of a deviation of the present charging current curve from the stored charging current curves at the plurality of charging stations which is greater than a threshold, a signal is output.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: innogy SEInventors: Srdan Skrbic, Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 10938896Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a communication system, in particular, peer-to-peer communication system. The communication system includes at least one peer-to-peer network having at least one peer-to-peer application and at least one peer-to-peer processing apparatus having at least one processor module configured to process at least a part of a first task during a first time slice and at least a part of at least one further task during at least one further time slice. The communication system also includes at least one peer-to-peer module assigned to the peer-to-peer processing apparatus and configured to communicate with the peer-to-peer application. At least one of the first task and the further task is a distributed peer-to-peer application provided to the peer-to-peer processing apparatus by means of the peer-to-peer application.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: innogy SEInventor: Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 10913373Abstract: A charging system including means designed to detect the charging state of a traction battery of an electric vehicle, determination means for determining a charging curve for the traction battery starting from the detected charging state of the traction battery, and calculation means designed to calculate a charge profile which is formed from at least two time intervals with a respective interval-specific constant electric power. The charging curve defines the respective electrical power within a time interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: innogy SEInventor: Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 10879734Abstract: A system having at least one controllable producer configured to produce at least one first energy amount, at least one non-controllable producer configured to produce at least one second energy amount in which the non-controllable producer is assigned to the controllable producer to form an electrical producer arrangement. The at least one second energy amount to be produced by the non-controllable producer is forecasted during at least one future time period, and the controllable producer is controlled based on the at least one forecasted second energy amount such that total energy amount supplied by the electrical producer arrangement to an electrical network during the future time period corresponds to a predefinable total energy amount.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Conjoule GmbHInventor: Jürgen Waffner
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Patent number: 10775421Abstract: Measuring transducer for electric vehicles having at least one tap arranged to tap at least one AC measurement value in an AC charging circuit, a transformer arranged to convert a frequency of the AC measurement value into a standard frequency of an energy supply grid and to output at least one AC measurement value with the standard frequency in an AC measuring circuit, and at least one standard meter arranged in the AC measuring circuit for detecting an electrical power with the AC measurement value at the standard frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: innogy SEInventors: Jürgen Waffner, Stephan Voit
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Publication number: 20200280201Abstract: The subject-matter relates to a charging unit having a basic body, a housing at least partially surrounding the basic body, and a display device for displaying a status which is visible at least on the front side of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: innogy SEInventors: Stefan HELNERUS, Jürgen WAFFNER, Christian MÜLLER-WINTERBERG
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Patent number: 10764362Abstract: Embodiments of a system that includes at least one transport broker entity is provided. The transport broker entity is configured to provide at least one mobile transport unit that is configured to transport at least one object. The transport broker entity includes a first peer-to-peer module configured to communicate with at least a first peer-to-peer application of a first peer-to-peer network. The transport broker entity also includes a first entity having a peer-to-peer module configured to communicate with at least the first peer-to-peer application of the first peer-to-peer network. At least upon a triggering by the first peer-to-peer module of the transport broker entity and/or the peer-to-peer module of the first entity, the first peer-to-peer application is configured to generate an object transport agreement about the physical transport of the object between the first entity and a further entity at least partly by means of the mobile transport unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: innogy Innovation GmbHInventors: Carsten Stöcker, Jürgen Waffner
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Publication number: 20200227903Abstract: The subject-matter relates to a charging box unit, comprising a base body, and a plug connection for the connection of one or more inputs and/or outputs, which is characterized in that the plug connection being arranged on an outwardly directed side of a base body of the charging box unit, wherein the plug connection is formed for connection to a corresponding socket connection of a charging station. Furthermore, the subject-matter relates to a charging station comprising an objective charging box unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Stefan Helnerus, Christian Müller-Winterberg, Jürgen Waffner, Florian Dembeck
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Publication number: 20200207236Abstract: A method for detecting charging current curves for electric vehicles at charging stations. In the method, a charging current curve is captured at a charging station, and the charging current curve is stored together with a vehicle identification of the charging vehicle. For each respective vehicle identification, a charging current curve at a plurality of charging stations is stored, and for the respective vehicle identification, a present charging current curve can be compared with the stored charging current curves at the plurality of charging stations. In the event of a deviation of the present charging current curve from the stored charging current curves at the plurality of charging stations which is greater than a threshold, a signal is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: innogy SEInventors: Srdan Skrbic, Jürgen Waffner
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Publication number: 20200180457Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a charging station for electric vehicles with a ground foundation and a column arranged above the ground foundation and accommodating charging electronics. The ground foundation and the column are formed in one piece. The column includes an opening which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis of the column and extends into the interior of the column. The opening is arranged for accommodating a charging electronics, in particular the opening is arranged as receptacle for the charging electronics and comprises locking means for the charging electronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: innogy SEInventors: Jürgen Waffner, Jörg Meier