Patents by Inventor Johann Brunner
Johann Brunner 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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Patent number: 12271154Abstract: A method for producing a functional element on a timepiece component, including generating, with a control unit, at least one control command for a printing device intended to reproduce a reference digital graphical representation relating to the functional element; and constructing, with the printing device, at least one layer of at least one functional particle printed on the timepiece component so as to form the functional element.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Brice Raillard, Vlada Mihailovic, Johannes Brunner, Christophe Emmenegger, Frederic Jeanrenaud
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Patent number: 12200872Abstract: A control device for a motor vehicle is provided. The control device includes a printed circuit board having a first side and an edge. The first side of the printed circuit board is delimited by the edge. The control device includes at least one electronic component arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board). The control device also includes a first conductor loop formed as a resistor and arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board. The first conductor loop is arranged between the edge and the electronic component. The control device also includes an encapsulation of the printed circuit board. The encapsulation surrounds at least the first side, the at least one electronic component and the first conductor loop.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbHInventors: Johannes Bock, Johannes Brunner, Christian Walda, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
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Patent number: 12058809Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The control unit includes a printed circuit board having a first side and an edge. The first side is delimited by the edge. At least one electronic component is arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and is electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board. At least one first conductor loop is arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and at least one second conductor loop is arranged at a distance from the first conductor loop. The first conductor loop is arranged between the edge and the second conductor loop, and the second conductor loop is arranged between the first conductor loop and the at least one electronic component. An encapsulation surrounds at least the first side, the at least one electronic component, the first conductor loop and the second conductor loop.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbHInventors: Christian Walda, Johannes Brunner, Johannes Bock, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
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Patent number: 11370375Abstract: A cladding part for a motor vehicle has an external side, and an internal side which is disposed opposite the external side. At least one sensor is disposed on the internal side. The cladding part has at least one main region and at least one functional region, wherein the functional region in terms of oscillations has a lower damping value than the main region. The functional region at least in portions is surrounded by a decoupling region, wherein the cladding part in the decoupling region has a first mechanical rigidity value and in the main region has a second mechanical rigidity value. The first rigidity value is lower than the second rigidity value.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Brunner, Patrick Dumm, Manuel Schwarz, Thomas Wolff
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Publication number: 20220201847Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The control unit includes a printed circuit board having a first side and an edge. The first side is delimited by the edge. At least one electronic component is arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and is electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board. At least one first conductor loop is arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and at least one second conductor loop is arranged at a distance from the first conductor loop. The first conductor loop is arranged between the edge and the second conductor loop, and the second conductor loop is arranged between the first conductor loop and the at least one electronic component. An encapsulation surrounds at least the first side, the at least one electronic component, the first conductor loop and the second conductor loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GMBHInventors: Christian Walda, Johannes Brunner, Johannes Bock, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
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Publication number: 20220201868Abstract: A control device for a motor vehicle is provided. The control device includes a printed circuit board having a first side and an edge. The first side of the printed circuit board is delimited by the edge. The control device includes at least one electronic component arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board). The control device also includes a first conductor loop formed as a resistor and arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board. The first conductor loop is arranged between the edge and the electronic component. The control device also includes an encapsulation of the printed circuit board. The encapsulation surrounds at least the first side, the at least one electronic component and the first conductor loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbHInventors: Johannes Bock, Johannes Brunner, Christian Walda, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
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Patent number: 11085529Abstract: An axle drive device for a motor vehicle, having at least one drive assembly that is in operative connection with an input shaft of a shift transmission connecting the drive assembly to a wheel axle. The shift transmission a multiple-speed draw key transmission, having a draw key that, in different positions, establishes different transmission ratios between the input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission, wherein the draw key is connected to a centrifugal force regulator that shifts the draw key in dependence on a rotational speed of the input shaft or a rotational speed of the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Frank Vollmer, Johannes Brunner, Markus Störmer, Karl Jägle, Thomas Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10800076Abstract: A method is provided for producing a multi-section plastic component in which a first plastic injection-molded individual part and a second plastic injection-molded individual part are formed. The plastic injection-molded individual parts are joined by injecting a plastic moulding compound. The plastic molding compound is a non-elastomeric thermoplastic and forms a plastic connecting component following a curing process. The plastic injection-molded individual parts and plastic connecting component are then at least partially painted.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Johann Brunner
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Patent number: 10723214Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, having a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly that can be coupled to the first drive assembly with a fixed transmission ratio by an intermediate clutch, as well as a driven shaft that can be coupled to the first drive assembly and to the second drive assembly. Here, the first drive assembly is directly coupled or can be coupled to a third drive assembly, and that the driven shaft can be coupled to the second drive assembly, on the one hand, by way of a first shift clutch and a first transmission stage, and, on the other hand, by way of a second shift clutch, which is coupled to the second drive assembly parallel to the first shift clutch, and a second transmission stage.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Michael Auerbach, Johannes Brunner, Stefan Weinzierl
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Publication number: 20200156577Abstract: A cladding part for a motor vehicle has an external side, and an internal side which is disposed opposite the external side. At least one sensor is disposed on the internal side. The cladding part has at least one main region and at least one functional region, wherein the functional region in terms of oscillations has a lower damping value than the main region. The functional region at least in portions is surrounded by a decoupling region, wherein the cladding part in the decoupling region has a first mechanical rigidity value and in the main region has a second mechanical rigidity value. The first rigidity value is lower than the second rigidity value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Johann BRUNNER, Patrick DUMM, Manuel SCHWARZ, Thomas WOLFF
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Publication number: 20190187620Abstract: A method for producing a functional element on a timepiece component, including generating, with a control unit, at least one control command for a printing device intended to reproduce a reference digital graphical representation relating to the functional element; and constructing, with the printing device, at least one layer of at least one functional particle printed on the timepiece component so as to form the functional element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere SuisseInventors: Brice RAILLARD, Vlada MIHAILOVIC, Johannes BRUNNER, Christophe EMMENEGGER, Frederic JEANRENAUD
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Patent number: 10167769Abstract: A temperature control system for a hybrid powertrain includes a first coolant circuit for temperature control of a first drive device of the hybrid powertrain and a second coolant circuit for temperature control of a second drive device. The second coolant circuit has a first subcircuit, connected for heat transfer to the second drive device, and a second subcircuit, connected at least temporarily for heat transfer to an energy store of the second drive device. The first and second subcircuits are operable separately from one another. A coolant duct is connected to the first drive device for heat transfer and is fluidly connected in a first operating mode with the first coolant circuit in the absence of a fluid communication with the second coolant circuit, and fluidly connected in a second operating mode with the second coolant circuit in the absence of a fluid communication with the first coolant circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Audi AGInventors: Michael Auerbach, Johannes Brunner, Ralf Kleisch, Andreas Oberting
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Publication number: 20180335132Abstract: An axle drive device for a motor vehicle, having at least one drive assembly that is in operative connection with an input shaft of a shift transmission connecting the drive assembly to a wheel axle. The shift transmission a multiple-speed draw key transmission, having a draw key that, in different positions, establishes different transmission ratios between the input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission, wherein the draw key is connected to a centrifugal force regulator that shifts the draw key in dependence on a rotational speed of the input shaft or a rotational speed of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Frank VOLLMER, Johannes BRUNNER, Markus STÖRMER, Karl JÄGLE, Thomas HOFFMANN
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Publication number: 20180251017Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle, having a first drive assembly, a second drive assembly that can be coupled to the first drive assembly with a fixed transmission ratio by an intermediate clutch, as well as a driven shaft that can be coupled to the first drive assembly and to the second drive assembly. Here, the first drive assembly is directly coupled or can be coupled to a third drive assembly, and that the driven shaft can be coupled to the second drive assembly, on the one hand, by way of a first shift clutch and a first transmission stage, and, on the other hand, by way of a second shift clutch, which is coupled to the second drive assembly parallel to the first shift clutch, and a second transmission stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Michael AUERBACH, Johannes BRUNNER, Stefan WEINZIERL
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Publication number: 20170348882Abstract: A method is provided for producing a multi-section plastic component in which a first plastic injection-molded individual part and a second plastic injection-molded individual part are formed. The plastic injection-molded individual parts are joined by injecting a plastic moulding compound. The plastic molding compound is a non-elastomeric thermoplastic and forms a plastic connecting component following a curing process. The plastic injection-molded individual parts and plastic connecting component are then at least partially painted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventor: Johann BRUNNER
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Patent number: 8783762Abstract: For facilitating mounting of a head section of a sleeve, which is used for guiding a line, in a mounting opening, a reinforcing part is provided. The reinforcing part is placed in the radial direction on the line only after the guiding-through of the line and the insertion of the head section in the mounting opening. The reinforcing part is divided at least into two mutually displaceable sections. After the placing of the reinforcing part on the line, the two sections of the reinforcing part are guided together. Subsequently, the reinforcing part is inserted in the axial direction into the head section of the sleeve. By use of the reinforcing part, the sealing effect of the sleeve is improved, and a twisting of the sleeve in the mounting opening is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Manfred Gaemmerler, Michael Gabriel, Johann Brunner
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Patent number: 8378238Abstract: Bush to be arranged between two fitting elements for passing through cables, lines or the like in protected fashion, comprising an elongate, hose-shaped bush body (10) with a substantially linearly running central section (11) and heads (12, 13) at the ends, wherein the heads (12, 13) form a first inner circumferential face (20) at their open ends and a latching device (14, 15) for knocking the bush into installation openings in the fitting elements (M) is formed on each of the heads (12, 13) and integrally therewith, which latching device has a circumferential web (16) with at least one latching hook (17), which is formed thereon and has at least one radially outer latching tab (18), wherein the web forms a second inner circumferential face (19) opposite the latching tab (18), characterized in that the bush body (11) is formed from rubber and the latching devices (14, 15); are formed from hard-elastic plastic, and in that at least one of the second inner circumferential faces (19) is configured in such a wayType: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Brunner, Erich Blumberg
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Patent number: 8136478Abstract: A device for applying an even, thin fluid layer, in particular a phosphoric acid layer, onto substrates, in particular silicon cells for photovoltaic application, is provided with a process chamber, which is provided with a fluid pan and a high-frequency ultrasound device that converts the fluid into fluid mist, and with a transport device that is arranged beneath a fluid-mist dropping shaft of the process chamber for the substrates.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Schmid Technology Systems GmbHInventors: Christian Buchner, Johann Brunner, Helmut Kalmbach, Josef Gentischer
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Publication number: 20100059152Abstract: Bush to be arranged between two fitting elements for passing through cables, lines or the like in protected fashion, comprising an elongate, hose-shaped bush body (10) with a substantially linearly running central section (11) and heads (12, 13) at the ends, wherein the heads (12, 13) form a first inner circumferential face (20) at their open ends and a latching device (14, 15) for knocking the bush into installation openings in the fitting elements (M) is formed on each of the heads (12, 13) and integrally therewith, which latching device has a circumferential web (16) with at least one latching hook (17), which is formed thereon and has at least one radially outer latching tab (18), wherein the web forms a second inner circumferential face (19) opposite the latching tab (18), characterized in that the bush body (11) is formed from rubber and the latching devices (14, 15); are formed from hard-elastic plastic, and in that at least one of the second inner circumferential faces (19) is configured in such a wayType: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Brunner, Erich Blumberg
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Publication number: 20090053397Abstract: A device for applying an even, thin fluid layer, in particular a phosphoric acid layer, onto substrates, in particular silicon cells for photovoltaic application, is provided with a process chamber, which is provided with a fluid pan and a high-frequency ultrasound device that converts the fluid into fluid mist, and with a transport device that is arranged beneath a fluid-mist dropping shaft of the process chamber for the substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2006Publication date: February 26, 2009Inventors: Christian Buchner, Johann Brunner, Helmut Kalmbach, Josef Gentischer