Patents by Inventor Josef Krammer

Josef Krammer 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: 11001156
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an induction coil, in particular for a charging device for the cableless charging of an electrical energy storage device of an electrically driven motor vehicle. At least one coil wire is placed on a carrier fabric in a conductor loop-type coil pattern. The coil wire is stitched to the carrier fabric via at least one stitching wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cornelius Johan Kalle Keil, Josef Krammer, Tobias Mueller, Hartmut Koenig, Stefan Opl
  • Patent number: 10933757
    Abstract: A meshwork for detecting an object in a magnetic field is provided. The meshwork includes a plurality of sensor lines. The sensor lines are connected together parallel to one another in a first direction. The sensor lines define multiple meshes in a second direction running transversely to the first direction. The respective meshes of adjacent sensor lines are coupled together such that the sensor lines form the meshwork. A device for detecting an object in a magnetic field, a method for producing the meshwork, and an inductive charging unit are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Krammer
  • Patent number: 10720766
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a storage device for electrical energy that can be recharged from an external power supply and with a body which has at least one body opening that can be closed by a body flap, wherein a charging cable is provided, connected or connectable in an electrically conducting manner to the storage device and running at least partly inside the body. The body opening is a luggage-compartment opening or a door opening of the vehicle and the body flap is respectively a luggage-compartment lid or a door of the vehicle. The charging cable is formed as a flexible ribbon cable or has at least one flexible ribbon cable portion. The flexible ribbon cable or the at least one flexible ribbon cable portion can be led through a body gap present between a periphery of the body opening and the body flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Gerhard Hofer
  • Patent number: 10703206
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for monitoring a high-voltage on-board power supply system of an electrically operated vehicle for the occurrence of overloading, wherein the high-voltage on-board power supply system includes as components one or more energy sources and/or one or more energy sinks which are each connected via a conductor line arrangement to a first supply potential line and to a second supply potential line. Each of the components is assigned a current sensor which is designed to detect a current flowing through the respective component and to transmit information representing the level of the current to an evaluation unit for evaluation. The evaluation unit is designed to compare the current with a first current threshold and a second current threshold and to output a switch-off signal at least for the component assigned to the current sensor if, as a first criterion, the level of the current and the duration of the level of the current are between the first and second current thresholds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Reiner Abl
  • Patent number: 10692651
    Abstract: A coil unit for inductive transfer of energy has an induction coil and a ferrite core which cooperates with the induction coil. The ferrite core is produced from a fiber reinforced ceramic material. A motor vehicle is equipped with such a coil unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Cornelius Johan Kalle Keil, Stefan Opl, Hartmut Eggers, Josef Krammer, Tobias Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200135392
    Abstract: A coil device for a motor vehicle has a housing, at least one secondary coil which is arranged in the housing for inductively transmitting electric energy in order to charge an energy storage unit of the motor vehicle, and a plurality of ferrites, which are arranged in the housing and which are mutually spaced, for conducting at least one magnetic field in order to inductively transmit the electric energy. The ferrites form a flat element and are connected together via at least one elastically deformable connection element such that the ferrites can be moved relative to one another while elastically deforming the connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Detlef HELM, Josef KRAMMER, Tobias MUELLER-KABEITZ
  • Patent number: 10576831
    Abstract: A primary unit is provided for producing an electromagnetic charging field for inductive coupling to a secondary coil. The primary unit has a multi-part primary coil, which includes N coil sections, with N>2, which are coupled to each other on a first end in the shape of a star. Moreover, the primary unit has N half-bridges, which are each coupled to a second end of the N coil sections. In addition, the primary unit has a control unit, which is configured to control the N half-bridges in relation to the secondary coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20200062137
    Abstract: A coil device for a motor vehicle has a housing which has a receiving area, at least one secondary coil which is arranged in the receiving area for inductively transmitting electric energy in order to charge an energy storage unit of the motor vehicle, and at least one ferrite element which is arranged in the housing for conducting at least one magnetic field in order to inductively transmit the electric energy. The ferrite element has at least two ferrite regions that are at least partly mutually spaced by at least one through-opening which is arranged between the ferrite regions and in which a support structure is at least partly arranged that is made of a fiber composite material and has ferrite elements received in the fiber composite material, wherein opposing housing elements of the housing are supported against each other via said support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Detlef HELM, Josef KRAMMER, Tobias MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20190363808
    Abstract: A method for checking a test secondary unit of an inductive test charging system for charging an electrical energy store, wherein the test charging system comprises the test secondary unit having a test secondary coil and a reference primary unit having a reference primary coil, includes recording a plurality of actual primary unit impedance values of the test charging system at the reference primary coil for a corresponding plurality of test combinations of values of operating parameters of the test charging system. The method also includes comparing the plurality of actual primary unit impedance values with a reference value range for a primary unit impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Marius HASSLER, Josef KRAMMER, Florian NIEDERMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190324150
    Abstract: To provide correction data for determining position, first position data are determined and/or made available to a vehicle depending on an incoming Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal, the vehicle having a GNSS receiver or a differential GNSS (DGNSS) receiver for receiving the incoming GNSS signal, and the first position data being determined when the vehicle is in a charging position at a predefined charging station. Second position data are also determined and/or made available, the second position data including information which is representative of a global position of the predefined charging station. Correction data is determined depending on the first position data and the second position data. The correction data is made available to at least one further device to determine the position of the at least one further device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas KONSCHAK, Josef KRAMMER
  • Patent number: 10427531
    Abstract: An inductive charging system is provided for a vehicle. A floor unit is designed to generate an electromagnetic charging field for transmitting electrical energy to the vehicle. The floor unit has a first interface which is designed to receive electrical energy in the form of a direct current at the floor unit. The floor unit further has an alternating current generator which is designed to convert the direct current into an alternating current. The floor unit also has a primary coil which is designed to generate the electromagnetic charging field on the basis of the alternating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20190291597
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of a charging station for wirelessly transferring electric energy to a vehicle, wherein the charging station comprises a ground unit with a primary coil configured to generate an electromagnetic charging field for transferring electric energy to the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle comprises a receiving unit of a satellite positioning system and a secondary coil in the vehicle underbody, comprises performing, by the receiving unit of the vehicle, a plurality of position determination operations for at least part of the duration of a charging process during which the vehicle is arranged with respect to the ground unit such that the secondary coil of the vehicle has a predefined positional relationship with respect to the primary coil of the ground unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas KONSCHAK, Josef KRAMMER
  • Publication number: 20190255965
    Abstract: A charging station facility is provided having one or more charging stations for wirelessly transmitting electric energy to a vehicle. Each charging station includes a base unit which is designed to generate an electromagnetic charging field during a charging process in order to transmit electric energy to the vehicle and a transmitting and/or receiving unit which is designed to receive a request signal from a transmission unit of a vehicle or to transmit the request signal to a receiving unit of the vehicle. The request signal lies in any range of a plurality of different frequency ranges. The receiving unit is additionally designed to ascertain a signal strength of the received request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Fredrik HOCKE, Josef KRAMMER, Helmut WAGATHA
  • Publication number: 20190237248
    Abstract: A coil unit for inductively charging a vehicle is provided. The coil unit includes a coil, wherein the coil includes multiple windings of at least two electric lines. The electric lines are connected in parallel. Each of the electric lines has a respective winding part, in which the windings are formed, and an additional part, in which an additional inductor unit having a predefined electric inductance is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Josef KRAMMER, Florian NIEDERMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190225098
    Abstract: An inductive charging unit for a vehicle includes a trough-shaped base support having a base surface and the base surface has laterally enclosing side walls where the base surface and the side walls form a trough. The charging unit further includes a top surface opposite the base surface and a primary coil for inductive coupling to a secondary coil associated with the vehicle, where the primary coil is disposed in the trough. A filling material is disposed in the trough and surrounds the primary coil so as to fix the primary coil mechanically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Detlef HELM, Josef KRAMMER, Florian NIEDERMEIER
  • Publication number: 20190225100
    Abstract: A meshwork for detecting an object in a magnetic field is provided. The meshwork includes a plurality of sensor lines. The sensor lines are connected together parallel to one another in a first direction. The sensor lines define multiple meshes in a second direction running transversely to the first direction. The respective meshes of adjacent sensor lines are coupled together such that the sensor lines form the meshwork. A device for detecting an object in a magnetic field, a method for producing the meshwork, and an inductive charging unit are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER
  • Publication number: 20190214190
    Abstract: A coil unit inductively charges a vehicle. The coil unit has a housing and a coil. The coil is arranged at least partly in the housing. The coil has a plurality of windings of at least one electrical line, wherein the electrical line has two ends, and both ends of the electrical line are led out of the housing for connection to an electronic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Josef KELLERMEIER, Josef KRAMMER, Hartmut KOENIG, Stefan OPL, Martin PETERATZINGER
  • Patent number: 10316875
    Abstract: A device for securing a primary coil used for inductive charging fastens a rail to an underlying surface. The rail has a lower wall and at least one side wall. The device includes a connection strip, which has a longitudinal extent along the rail and which has an adequate width for covering the lower wall and at least partially the at least one side wall of the rail. The connection strip has an outer connection layer on an outer face, which outer connection layer is designed to produce adhesion between the connection strip and the surface along the lower wall of the rail. The connection strip has at least one inner connection layer on an inner face, which inner connection layer is designed to produce adhesion between the at least one side wall of the rail and the connection strip along the at least one side wall of the rail. The device also includes a housing, which can be connected to the rail and which blocks access to the rail when the housing is connected to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Krammer
  • Patent number: 10259334
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device are provided for positioning a vehicle over the base unit of an inductive charging system. In particular, a charging station for wirelessly transmitting electric energy to a vehicle includes a base unit which is designed to generate an electromagnetic charging field for transmitting electric energy to the vehicle. The charging station has a receiving unit which is designed to receive a request signal from a transmitting unit of a vehicle. The request signal lies in any of a plurality of different frequency ranges. The receiving unit is further designed to determine a signal strength of the received request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Torsten Herzog, Stefan Drozkowski
  • Publication number: 20190074720
    Abstract: A primary coil unit is configured for electromagnetically coupling with a secondary coil unit. The primary coil unit includes a primary coil and a primary ferrite, where the primary coil is movably supported relative to the primary ferrite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER