Patents by Inventor Jens Berger

Jens Berger 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: 11556405
    Abstract: A method for mitigating errors in the transportation of configuration data may include identifying, at a development system, dependent configuration data associated with a first transport request. The dependent configuration data may implement a customization to a software application hosted at a production system. A reference table identifying the dependent configuration data may be sent to the production system. A missing object list identifying dependent configuration data absent from the production system may be generated at the production system based on the reference table. The missing object list may be sent to the development system where a corrective action may be performed such that the dependent configuration data identified by the missing object list as being absent from the production system is sent to the production system in the first transport request and/or a second transport request. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Wulf Kruempelmann, Susanne Schott, Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 11411401
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least one controllable system component in an electrical installation, where the installation is connected to an electrical supply network via a network connection. A measurement value of a performance from the supply network is detected for each individual successive time interval, and if one of the measurement values is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the performance is guided below the threshold value by switching electrical compensation power. The measurement value of the current time interval is predicted as a forecast value using a control device at at least one time within the current time interval in question by using forecast data to add a future course of the performance extending to the end of the time interval, and thereby deciding during the time interval how much compensation power is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Alexander Funke, Julian Rominger
  • Patent number: 11333119
    Abstract: A spring casing of a starter device of an internal combustion engine has a base body provided with a spring receptacle. A cover plate is provided to cover at least partially the spring receptacle. A connecting device is provided that connects the cover plate and the base body to each other. The connecting device secures the cover plate against a movement relative to the base body in a direction of a center axis of the spring casing. The connecting device only has a first part that is a component of the base body and a second part that is a component of the cover plate and has no further parts. A starter device with such a spring casing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Frankenberg, Jens Berger
  • Publication number: 20210373986
    Abstract: A method for mitigating errors in the transportation of configuration data may include identifying, at a development system, dependent configuration data associated with a first transport request. The dependent configuration data may implement a customization to a software application hosted at a production system. A reference table identifying the dependent configuration data may be sent to the production system. A missing object list identifying dependent configuration data absent from the production system may be generated at the production system based on the reference table. The missing object list may be sent to the development system where a corrective action may be performed such that the dependent configuration data identified by the missing object list as being absent from the production system is sent to the production system in the first transport request and/or a second transport request. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Wulf Kruempelmann, Susanne Schott, Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 11156646
    Abstract: A method for aggregating operating values of a plurality of spatially distributed operating units, wherein aggregation times are predefined and the operating values of each operating unit describe an operating variable at each of the respective aggregation times, and a respective aggregation value is generated from time-synchronized operating values of the operating units for the aggregation. Respective raw values are received for each of the operating units, which describe the operating variable at a respective detection time, and the operating values of at least one of the operating units are formed based on the raw values thereof. For each of the aggregation times, and based on a predetermined checking function, a respective operating value is sought which fulfills a synchronization criterion and a plausibility criterion. If an operating value of this type is found it is used, and if no such operating value is found, a detection gap is signaled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Guercan Guelesir
  • Patent number: 11156976
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of technical units as a pool on an electric distribution network. A central controller is used to receive flexibility data from each technical unit. The flexibility data is used by the unit to indicate a power interval within which the electric power of the unit is allowed to vary or varies in an expected manner. Depending on a specified optimization target of the pool, an individual non-binding stimulus function is ascertained for each unit from the flexibility data of each unit and is provided to the respective unit. In response to the individual stimulus function, a respective schedule which describes a time curve of the power exchange planned according to a local optimization target of the unit is then received from each unit, and an overall schedule for the pool is generated from the schedules of the units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 11153187
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises a first measuring device and a second measuring device. The first measuring device comprises a measuring unit, which is configured to successively transmit at least one first data packet to the second measuring device. The second measuring device is configured to attempt to receive the at least one first data packet and to, for each received first data packet, and to respond by transmitting a second data packet to the first measuring device. The measuring unit is moreover configured to attempt to receive the at least one second data packet and to determine a latency between transmitting the at least one first data packet and receiving the at least one second data packet. The first measuring device moreover comprises an interactivity calculator, which is configured to calculate an interactivity score based on the determined latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jens Berger
  • Publication number: 20200382398
    Abstract: A measuring system comprises a first measuring device and a second measuring device. The first measuring device comprises a measuring unit, which is configured to successively transmit at least one first data packet to the second measuring device. The second measuring device is configured to attempt to receive the at least one first data packet and to, for each received first data packet, and to respond by transmitting a second data packet to the first measuring device. The measuring unit is moreover configured to attempt to receive the at least one second data packet and to determine a latency between transmitting the at least one first data packet and receiving the at least one second data packet. The first measuring device moreover comprises an interactivity calculator, which is configured to calculate an interactivity score based on the determined latency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventor: Jens BERGER
  • Publication number: 20200378351
    Abstract: A spring casing of a starter device of an internal combustion engine has a base body provided with a spring receptacle. A cover plate is provided to cover at least partially the spring receptacle. A connecting device is provided that connects the cover plate and the base body to each other. The connecting device secures the cover plate against a movement relative to the base body in a direction of a center axis of the spring casing. The connecting device only has a first part that is a component of the base body and a second part that is a component of the cover plate and has no further parts. A starter device with such a spring casing is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Frankenberg, Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 10843583
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a charging operation for a vehicle at a charging station includes detecting a request for a charging operation on an electronic communication device and determining position data that indicates the position of the communication device. The method also includes determining whether a wireless connection exists between the communication device and the vehicle, where the wireless connection is based on a short-distance communication method with a nominal range. The method additionally includes determining a number of possible charging stations and/or a number of possible vehicles subject to the position data and nominal range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Enrique Marcial-Simon
  • Patent number: 10847973
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electrical energy distribution network includes connecting at least one first distribution network of a first voltage level which comprises a plurality of network nodes to a power line of the at least one first distribution network, wherein a first part of the network nodes comprises energy consumers, a second part of the network nodes comprises energy generators, and a third part of the network nodes comprises both energy consumers and energy generators. A local unit of each of the network nodes records first energy quantity information which represents a measured energy quantity, and provides second energy quantity information which represents a tradable energy quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengeseiischaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Martin Roemheld, Thorsten Nicklass, Klaus Heller
  • Patent number: 10696173
    Abstract: A method for operating a system for supplying a vehicle with electrical energy, wherein the system has a charging station, an energy management unit and a translation unit. The translation unit has a first communications interface for communicating with the energy management unit, and a second communications interface which can be coupled for communication with the vehicle. In the event that the vehicle is coupled with the second communications interface, the system provides a minimum power parameter representative of a minimum electrical power that is to be supplied to the vehicle. A first evaluation matrix is provided to the translation unit via the first communications interface, which includes a first evaluation parameter for each future first time period and for each first power stage of electrical power to be supplied via the system. The evaluation parameter is representative of an output associated with a supply of the respective electrical power for each first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Enrique Marcial-Simon, Jens Berger
  • Publication number: 20200144818
    Abstract: A method for controlling at least one controllable system component in an electrical installation, where the installation is connected to an electrical supply network via a network connection. A measurement value of a performance from the supply network is detected for each individual successive time interval, and if one of the measurement values is larger than a predetermined threshold value, the performance is guided below the threshold value by switching electrical compensation power. The measurement value of the current time interval is predicted as a forecast value using a control device at at least one time within the current time interval in question by using forecast data to add a future course of the performance extending to the end of the time interval, and thereby deciding during the time interval how much compensation power is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Jens BERGER, Alexander FUNKE, Julian ROMINGER
  • Publication number: 20200110378
    Abstract: A method for operating a plurality of technical units as a pool on an electric distribution network. A central controller is used to receive flexibility data from each technical unit. The flexibility data is used by the unit to indicate a power interval within which the electric power of the unit is allowed to vary or varies in an expected manner. Depending on a specified optimization target of the pool, an individual non-binding stimulus function is ascertained for each unit from the flexibility data of each unit and is provided to the respective unit. In response to the individual stimulus function, a respective schedule which describes a time curve of the power exchange planned according to a local optimization target of the unit is then received from each unit, and an overall schedule for the pool is generated from the schedules of the units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Jens BERGER
  • Publication number: 20200003810
    Abstract: A method for aggregating operating values of a plurality of spatially distributed operating units, wherein aggregation times are predefined and the operating values of each operating unit describe an operating variable at each of the respective aggregation times, and a respective aggregation value is generated from time-synchronized operating values of the operating units for the aggregation. Respective raw values are received for each of the operating units, which describe the operating variable at a respective detection time, and the operating values of at least one of the operating units are formed based on the raw values thereof. For each of the aggregation times, and based on a predetermined checking function, a respective operating value is sought which fulfills a synchronization criterion and a plausibility criterion. If an operating value of this type is found it is used, and if no such operating value is found, a detection gap is signaled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jens BERGER, Guercan GUELESIR
  • Publication number: 20190255964
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a charging operation for a vehicle at a charging station includes detecting a request for a charging operation on an electronic communication device and determining position data that indicates the position of the communication device. The method also includes determining whether a wireless connection exists between the communication device and the vehicle, where the wireless connection is based on a short-distance communication method with a nominal range. The method additionally includes determining a number of possible charging stations and/or a number of possible vehicles subject to the position data and nominal range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jens BERGER, Enrique MARCIAL-SIMON
  • Patent number: 10166874
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and an induction charging unit, where the induction charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle includes a secondary coil. During a charging operation in a charging position, electric power is inductively transmissible from the primary coil to the secondary coil, in the charging position, the secondary coil being situated in a preferred spatial position area with respect to the primary coil, such that, for setting the charging position, by means of electromagnetic distance and angle measuring, by triangulation, the system detects a location position which describes a time-dependent spatial position of the secondary coil with respect to the primary coil. Moreover, by means of the location position and the charging position, the system detects at least a partial travel trajectory, along which the location position of the charging position can be approximated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Josef Krammer
  • Patent number: 10136343
    Abstract: An approach for testing performance of a data transmission between a first node and a second node of a data communications network is provided. A permanent test connection is established between the first node and the second node. One or more additional test connections are established, as a temporal connections, between the first node and the second node, according to a predefined time duration test pattern, in parallel with the permanent test connection, in order to achieve an increased accumulated data throughput over the permanent and temporal test connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 10081264
    Abstract: A method for determining a charging position for a charging system comprising a vehicle and an induction charging unit, includes measuring a magnetic field vector for the at least one positioning signal, wherein the magnetic field vector is unambiguously assigned to at least one transmitting antenna by virtue of a coding of the position signal, and calculating a local position of the at least one transmitting antenna with respect to at least one receiving antenna. The method further includes detecting a travel trajectory for the vehicle, along which the charging position can be taken up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20180244162
    Abstract: A method for operating a system for supplying a vehicle with electrical energy, wherein the system has a charging station, an energy management unit and a translation unit. The translation unit has a first communications interface for communicating with the energy management unit, and a second communications interface which can be coupled for communication with the vehicle. In the event that the vehicle is coupled with the second communications interface, the system provides a minimum power parameter representative of a minimum electrical power that is to be supplied to the vehicle. A first evaluation matrix is provided to the translation unit via the first communications interface, which includes a first evaluation parameter for each future first time period and for each first power stage of electrical power to be supplied via the system. The evaluation parameter is representative of an output associated with a supply of the respective electrical power for each first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Enrique MARCIAL-SIMON, Jens BERGER