Patents by Inventor Juergen THYROFF

Juergen THYROFF 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).

  • Method for operating a fuel cell vehicle in the idling mode
    Patent number: 11901594
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes the steps of registering a maximum dynamics requirement and adapting the idling operating mode of a fuel cell system of the motor vehicle on the basis of the maximum dynamics requirement. In the first maximum dynamics requirement, lower dynamics are required than in the second maximum dynamics requirement. In the first maximum dynamics requirement, the fuel cell system is operated in a first idling operating mode. In the second maximum dynamics requirement the fuel cell system is operated in a second idling operating mode. The fuel cell system is operated more efficiently in the first idling operating mode than in the second idling operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank David, Juergen Thyroff
  • Method for Operating a Fuel Cell Vehicle in the Idling Mode
    Publication number: 20200161680
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle includes the steps of registering a maximum dynamics requirement and adapting the idling operating mode of a fuel cell system of the motor vehicle on the basis of the maximum dynamics requirement. In the first maximum dynamics requirement, lower dynamics are required than in the second maximum dynamics requirement. In the first maximum dynamics requirement, the fuel cell system is operated in a first idling operating mode. In the second maximum dynamics requirement the fuel cell system is operated in a second idling operating mode. The fuel cell system is operated more efficiently in the first idling operating mode than in the second idling operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Frank DAVID, Juergen THYROFF
  • Motor Vehicle, Method for Controlling a Fill Level of a Water Tank in a Motor Vehicle that Comprises a Fuel Cell System, and Use of Signals and/or Data of a Motor Vehicle State and/or of a Motor Vehicle Environment
    Publication number: 20160240869
    Abstract: A motor vehicle including a fuel cell system having multiple fuel cells that are stacked into a fuel cell stack and a first water cooling circuit for cooling the fuel cell stack. The first water cooling circuit has a water tank system with a first water tank, a first water delivery device that is arranged between the first water tank and the fuel cell stack and a water separator that is arranged between the fuel cell stack and the first water tank. The fuel cell system furthermore has a first control device. The first control device is equipped to regulate a filling level of the first water tank as a function of signals and/or data of the motor vehicle state and/or of the motor vehicle surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Max ESCHENBACH, Juergen THYROFF, Johannes SCHMID