Patents by Inventor Joachim Goethel

Joachim Goethel 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: 11097629
    Abstract: A system includes a power withdrawal point on a power supply network and a vehicle for the corded charging of a traction battery at the power withdrawal point. The vehicle includes a charging electronics unit for charging, and is electrically connectable to the vehicle-external power withdrawal point via a charging cable. The charging cable is configured as a cable connected outside the vehicle to a station charging device for a charging process, or as a cable charging device. The station charging device or the cable charging device, respectively, is electrically connected to the power withdrawal point when a charging connection has been established, and the power withdrawal point can supply an alternating current respectively via the station charging device or via the cable charging device for charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Joachim Goethel
  • Patent number: 9778204
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying foreign objects in an inductive charging system having a charging unit and a vehicle for inductive charging, in which the charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle has a secondary coil in order to transmit electrical power from the primary coil to the secondary coil during a charging operation. The vehicle includes a camera system, and a camera control unit. The camera system captures at least one image of the charging unit when the vehicle approaches the charging unit, at the beginning of a charging operation and/or during a charging operation. The camera control unit digitally processes the at least one captured image in order to detect a foreign body located on the charging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Joachim Goethel
  • Patent number: 9676286
    Abstract: A device having a charging unit and being configured for inductive power transmission from the charging unit to a vehicle, in which the charging unit comprises a primary coil and the vehicle comprises a secondary coil and in which the primary coil generates a magnetic transmission field in a transmission range between the primary coil and the secondary coil, wherein the vehicle has a sensor unit for temperature monitoring in the transmission range, the charging unit comprises a control unit and in a charging operation the transmission power can be controlled by the control unit as a function of a result of temperature monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Joachim Goethel
  • Publication number: 20160207412
    Abstract: A system includes a power withdrawal point on a power supply network and a vehicle for the corded charging of a traction battery at the power withdrawal point. The vehicle includes a charging electronics unit for charging, and is electrically connectable to the vehicle-external power withdrawal point via a charging cable. The charging cable is configured as a cable connected outside the vehicle to a station charging device for a charging process, or as a cable charging device. The station charging device or the cable charging device, respectively, is electrically connected to the power withdrawal point when a charging connection has been established, and the power withdrawal point can supply an alternating current respectively via the station charging device or via the cable charging device for charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Joachim Goethel
  • Publication number: 20160009186
    Abstract: A device having a charging unit and being configured for inductive power transmission from the charging unit to a vehicle, in which the charging unit comprises a primary coil and the vehicle comprises a secondary coil and in which the primary coil generates a magnetic transmission field in a transmission range between the primary coil and the secondary coil, wherein the vehicle has a sensor unit for temperature monitoring in the transmission range, the charging unit comprises a control unit and in a charging operation the transmission power can be controlled by the control unit as a function of a result of temperature monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventor: Joachim GOETHEL
  • Publication number: 20150168309
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying foreign objects in an inductive charging system having a charging unit and a vehicle for inductive charging, in which the charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle has a secondary coil in order to transmit electrical power from the primary coil to the secondary coil during a charging operation. The vehicle includes a camera system, and a camera control unit. The camera system captures at least one image of the charging unit when the vehicle approaches the charging unit, at the beginning of a charging operation and/or during a charging operation. The camera control unit digitally processes the at least one captured image in order to detect a foreign body located on the charging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: Joachim GOETHEL
  • Publication number: 20060199619
    Abstract: A holding arrangement for a mobile telephone in a vehicle is provided. The arrangement includes a base part fixedly arranged in the vehicle and a holding part detachably arranged in this base part and being detachable with respect to the latter, for the releasable accommodation of a mobile telephone. The holding part has a short-range transmission/reception device having a wire-bound electrical connection with the mobile telephone and a radio link with a corresponding other transmission/reception device arranged at a different point in the vehicle and electrically connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eberhard Dammann, Hans-Juergen Winkler, Mathias Lachmund, Matthias Schmatz, Joachim Goethel, Peter Schramm, Roman Reick