Patents by Inventor Johannes Pforr

Johannes Pforr 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: 11159052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and to a method for the inductive transmission of energy, comprising feeding a first resonant circuit with a plurality of current pulses and inductively transmitting energy from the first resonant circuit to a second resonant circuit, which is inductively coupled to the first resonant circuit, wherein the current pulses flow through a switch of a first power stage, which switch is coupled to the first resonant circuit and is periodically switched on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
    Inventor: Johannes Pforr
  • Publication number: 20200212714
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and to a method for the inductive transmission of energy, comprising feeding a first resonant circuit with a plurality of current pulses and inductively transmitting energy from the first resonant circuit to a second resonant circuit, which is inductively coupled to the first resonant circuit, wherein the current pulses flow through a switch of a first power stage, which switch is coupled to the first resonant circuit and is periodically switched on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Johannes Pforr
  • Patent number: 10692796
    Abstract: A semiconductor package (1, 1?, 1?), the package (1, 1?, 1?) comprising a first substrate (2) comprising at a front cavity side (5?) a plurality of cavities (6, 6?), each of the cavities (6, 6?) having a bottom wall (7) and side walls (8), and having a conductive path (10) forming an electric contact surface (9) located at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the cavity (6, 6?), a plurality of semiconductor elements (16, 7), each of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) comprising a first electric contact surface (9) on a first side (26) and a second electric contact surface (9) on a second side (28) opposite to the first side (26), wherein at least one of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) is placed within a corresponding cavity (6, 6?) at the front cavity side (5?) of the first substrate (2), wherein the first electric contact (27) of the semiconductor element (16, 17) and the electric contact surface (9) at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the corresponding cavity (6, 6?) are electrically conduc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
    Inventors: Gordon Elger, Johannes Pforr
  • Publication number: 20190164865
    Abstract: A semiconductor package (1, 1?, 1?), the package (1, 1?, 1?) comprising a first substrate (2) comprising at a front cavity side (5?) a plurality of cavities (6, 6?), each of the cavities (6, 6?) having a bottom wall (7) and side walls (8), and having a conductive path (10) forming an electric contact surface (9) located at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the cavity (6, 6?), a plurality of semiconductor elements (16, 7), each of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) comprising a first electric contact surface (9) on a first side (26) and a second electric contact surface (9) on a second side (28) opposite to the first side (26), wherein at least one of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) is placed within a corresponding cavity (6, 6?) at the front cavity side (5?) of the first substrate (2), wherein the first electric contact (27) of the semiconductor element (16, 17) and the electric contact surface (9) at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the corresponding cavity (6, 6?) are electrically conduc
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
    Inventors: Gordon Elger, Johannes Pforr
  • Patent number: 9024466
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method allowing the advantageous operation of an on-board electrical system (10) of a motor vehicle without high energy expenditure. Provided is an on-board electrical system (10) comprising a vehicle battery (16), an electrical load (30, 48) and a double-layer capacitor (32) with a positive and a negative terminal (34, 36). Switching means (22) are provided that couple the positive terminal (34) with the vehicle battery (16) and the negative terminal (36) with the electrical load (30, 48) in a first switching state, and that have at least one additional switching state. In the first switching state, an overvoltage can be compensated since the double-layer capacitor (32) is connected in series with opposite polarity to the vehicle battery (16). Preferably, the polarity of the double-layer capacitor (32) can be reversed, and the latter can be bridged. The switching means (22) can also assume a switching state in which the electrical load (30, 48) is decoupled from the vehicle battery (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Audi AG, Hochschule Ingolstadt
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Johannes Pforr
  • Publication number: 20120074775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method allowing the advantageous operation of an on-board electrical system (10) of a motor vehicle without high energy expenditure. Provided is an on-board electrical system (10) comprising a vehicle battery (16), an electrical load (30, 48) and a double-layer capacitor (32) with a positive and a negative terminal (34, 36). Switching means (22) are provided that couple the positive terminal (34) with the vehicle battery (16) and the negative terminal (36) with the electrical load (30, 48) in a first switching state, and that have at least one additional switching state. In the first switching state, an overvoltage can be compensated since the double-layer capacitor (32) is connected in series with opposite polarity to the vehicle battery (16). Preferably, the polarity of the double-layer capacitor (32) can be reversed, and the latter can be bridged. The switching means (22) can also assume a switching state in which the electrical load (30, 48) is decoupled from the vehicle battery (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: Hochschule Ingolstadt, Audi AG
    Inventors: Josef Winkler, Johannes Pforr