Patents by Inventor Joachim Froschl

Joachim Froschl 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).

  • Method for control of input power distribution in a motor vehicle with hybrid engine drive
    Patent number: 7469169
    Abstract: A method for controlling and regulating the input power distribution of prime movers in a power train (1) of a motor vehicle which has one internal combustion engine (2), at least one electric machine (6, 14), at least one clutch (4, 11), the same as one transmission (12), and in which there is at least one control and regulation unit which, on the basis of predetermined, measuring and calculated values, controls and regulates the input power distribution between the internal combustion engine (2) and at least one electric machine (6, 14) with regard to power dynamics of the vehicle, the same as its energy consumption, its emission and its driving comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Dreibholz, Friedrich Tenbrock, Gerd Frotscher, Johannes Kaltenbach, Markus Kaindl, Jürgen Gebert, Joachim Fröschl
  • Method for control of input power distribution in a motor vehicle with hybrid engine drive
    Publication number: 20050038577
    Abstract: A method for controlling and regulating the input power distribution of prime movers in a power train (1) of a motor vehicle which has one internal combustion engine (2), at least one electric machine (6, 14), at least one clutch (4, 11), the same as one transmission (12), and in which there is at least one control and regulation unit which, on the basis of predetermined, measuring and calculated values, controls and regulates the input power distribution between the internal combustion engine (2) and at least one electric machine (6, 14) with regard to power dynamics of the vehicle, the same as its energy consumption, its emission and its driving comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Ralf Dreibholz, Friedrich Tenbrock, Gerd Frotscher, Johannes Kaltenbach, Markus Kaindl, Jurgen Gebert, Joachim Froschl