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: 10166874
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle and an induction charging unit, where the induction charging unit includes a primary coil and the vehicle includes a secondary coil. During a charging operation in a charging position, electric power is inductively transmissible from the primary coil to the secondary coil, in the charging position, the secondary coil being situated in a preferred spatial position area with respect to the primary coil, such that, for setting the charging position, by means of electromagnetic distance and angle measuring, by triangulation, the system detects a location position which describes a time-dependent spatial position of the secondary coil with respect to the primary coil. Moreover, by means of the location position and the charging position, the system detects at least a partial travel trajectory, along which the location position of the charging position can be approximated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20180354528
    Abstract: An assistance system for assisting the driver of a motor vehicle when positioning the motor vehicle at a predefined target position is provided. The target position is preferably a charging position for wireless, in particular inductive, charging of the motor vehicle. In order to position the motor vehicle, the longitudinal movement of the vehicle can be controlled manually by one or more operator control elements (e.g., accelerator pedal, brake pedal) which can be actuated by the driver. The assistance system assists the manual longitudinal control during positioning. The assistance system serves to influence the manual longitudinal control. By influencing the manual longitudinal control, the assistance system counteracts, as a function of the respective position information, the longitudinal movement of the vehicle at least for certain relative positions, in order to bring the vehicle to a stop essentially at the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Josef KRAMMER, Dirk AHRENS, Jochen OTZELBERGER, Reiner FRIEDRICH
  • Publication number: 20180272876
    Abstract: A secondary coil unit for a vehicle has a housing with a cover that can be removed from the housing. The secondary coil unit further has a secondary coil which is arranged in the housing and surrounds a core region. The cover and the housing are designed in such a way that an opening through the secondary coil unit is created when the cover is removed from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hartmut KOENIG, Josef KRAMMER
  • Patent number: 10081264
    Abstract: A method for determining a charging position for a charging system comprising a vehicle and an induction charging unit, includes measuring a magnetic field vector for the at least one positioning signal, wherein the magnetic field vector is unambiguously assigned to at least one transmitting antenna by virtue of a coding of the position signal, and calculating a local position of the at least one transmitting antenna with respect to at least one receiving antenna. The method further includes detecting a travel trajectory for the vehicle, along which the charging position can be taken up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Berger, Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20180211773
    Abstract: An induction charging system for inductively charging a motor vehicle is provided. The induction charging system includes an induction coil and a housing structure for the induction coil. The housing structure has carrier elements including carbon fibers, which are embedded in a base material in such a way that substantially all of the individual carbon fibers of a carrier element are arranged without contact in the carrier element. Alternatively, the individual carbon fibers are combined in carbon fiber bundles of at most 0.1 mm diameter and substantially all of the carbon fibers bundles are arranged without contact in the carrier element. A motor vehicle having such an induction charging system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER
  • Publication number: 20180178659
    Abstract: A method for determining a charging position for a charging system comprising a vehicle and an induction charging unit, includes measuring a magnetic field vector for the at least one positioning signal, wherein the magnetic field vector is unambiguously assigned to at least one transmitting antenna by virtue of a coding of the position signal, and calculating a local position of the at least one transmitting antenna with respect to at least one receiving antenna. The method further includes detecting a travel trajectory for the vehicle, along which the charging position can be taken up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Jens BERGER, Josef KRAMMER
  • Publication number: 20180134165
    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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Cornelius Johan Kalle KEIL, Josef KRAMMER, Tobias MUELLER, Hartmut EGGERS, Stefan OPL
  • Publication number: 20180114636
    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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Cornelius Johan Kalle KEIL, Stefan OPL, Hartmut EGGERS, Josef KRAMMER, Tobias MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20180072174
    Abstract: A primary coil unit for an inductive charging system is provided. The primary coil unit includes a primary coil, a control unit, a housing and an electric supply cable. The primary coil includes a cable duct for the supply cable. The cable duct can be connected to the housing in order to establish a duct-housing connection. The control unit is configured to electrically monitor the duct-housing connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Josef KRAMMER, Mathias LACHMUND
  • Patent number: 9912167
    Abstract: A system is provided for inductive power transmission. The system includes a primary unit having a primary coil and a secondary unit having a secondary coil. The primary coil generates a magnetic transmission field in a transmission area between the primary unit and the secondary unit. The system includes a metal detector, and the metal detector is suitable for the detection of a metallic object situated in the transmission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 9884561
    Abstract: A system includes a vehicle with a charge socket and a contactor switching unit, and a charger for charging an electrical energy accumulator of the vehicle at a vehicle-external AC power system. The charger is a vehicle-external charger device. The charger is a portable charger. The charger has a DC-DC converter, and includes first and second charging cables. The first charging cable has an AC power system plug, and the second charging cable has a charge plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Jens Berger
  • Publication number: 20180029480
    Abstract: A cover device is provided for an electromagnetic coil. The electromagnetic coil is configured for the inductive transmission of energy between the electromagnetic coil and an electromagnetic counter coil. The cover is designed as a housing for the electromagnetic coil. The cover is designed for fastening the cover to an undercarriage of a vehicle. The cover is provided with a plurality of recesses for magnet guide elements, wherein the recesses are designed such that at least one magnet guide element can be inserted into each recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER
  • Patent number: 9849798
    Abstract: An access control device of a vehicle is configured to detect the spatial position of the access element of the vehicle safety unit relative to the vehicle via electromagnetically detecting the distances and angles between several low-frequency transmitting antennas of the vehicle safety unit and the low-frequency receiver of the access element. The access control device is also configured to detect the location position of an external induction charging unit relative to the vehicle via electromagnetically measuring the distance and angle between at least two transmitting antennas of several low-frequency transmitting antennas and at least one receiving antenna of the induction charging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Barbul, Josef Krammer, Jens Berger, Helmut Wagatha
  • Patent number: 9845017
    Abstract: A charging apparatus for a vehicle having an energy accumulator includes a charging socket with nine electrically assignable contacts by which the user of the vehicle may establish a charging connection independently of the type of charging supported by the charging source and the used plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Weber, Torsten Herzog, Josef Krammer, Michael Respondek
  • Patent number: 9840152
    Abstract: Apparatus for inductively transmitting power, which apparatus comprises a primary unit with a primary coil and a secondary unit with a secondary coil, and in which the primary coil induces a magnetic transmission field in a transmission area between the primary unit and the secondary unit, and which has an even number of detector coil elements which are wound in opposite directions in pairs and form a detector pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Josef Krammer, Jens Berger
  • Patent number: 9802501
    Abstract: A method and a corresponding device are provided for positioning a vehicle above a primary coil for inductive charging of a rechargeable battery in the vehicle. A control device for a vehicle is described. The vehicle has a secondary coil for receiving electrical energy from a primary coil outside the vehicle. The vehicle further has at least one camera, which is designed to detect an environment of the vehicle. The control unit is designed to receive image data from the at least one camera of the vehicle and to access reference data. The reference data includes information on at least one predefined reference object in the detected environment of the vehicle and on a position of the at least one predefined reference object relative to the primary coil. The control unit detects the at least one predefined reference object in the received image data on the basis of the reference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Josef Krammer
  • Publication number: 20170282724
    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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER
  • Publication number: 20170129339
    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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Josef KRAMMER, Reiner ABL
  • Publication number: 20170125993
    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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Josef KRAMMER, Gerhard HOFER
  • Publication number: 20170036553
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: Josef KRAMMER