Patents by Inventor JOHANNES BRUNNER

JOHANNES 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).

  • Publication number: 20220201868
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Bock, Johannes Brunner, Christian Walda, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20220201847
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies Germany GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Walda, Johannes Brunner, Johannes Bock, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
  • Patent number: 11085529
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Frank Vollmer, Johannes Brunner, Markus Störmer, Karl Jägle, Thomas Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 10723214
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Auerbach, Johannes Brunner, Stefan Weinzierl
  • Publication number: 20190187620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventors: Brice RAILLARD, Vlada MIHAILOVIC, Johannes BRUNNER, Christophe EMMENEGGER, Frederic JEANRENAUD
  • Patent number: 10167769
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Michael Auerbach, Johannes Brunner, Ralf Kleisch, Andreas Oberting
  • Publication number: 20180335132
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Frank VOLLMER, Johannes BRUNNER, Markus STÖRMER, Karl JÄGLE, Thomas HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20180251017
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael AUERBACH, Johannes BRUNNER, Stefan WEINZIERL
  • Publication number: 20170260894
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MICHAEL AUERBACH, JOHANNES BRUNNER, RALF KLEISCH, ANDREAS OBERTING