Patents by Inventor Lars LUDWIG

Lars LUDWIG 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: 20250001832
    Abstract: A method for individualized setting of an air conditioner in a vehicle for a user using a control architecture is provided. Data relating to setting the air conditioner is acquired for all users and all vehicles and an average basis model is trained in an AI unit using the data acquired for all users and all vehicles. A comfort model is then created in the AI unit from at least the basis model and individualized settings for the air conditioner for a specific user are predicted based on the comfort model. A control architecture for executing the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel GÜNTER, Marco ROTH, Kristian HAASE, Lars LUDWIG
  • Publication number: 20250001830
    Abstract: A method for individualized setting of an air conditioner in a vehicle for a user using a control structure is provided. In doing so, a modeling data packet is acquired and a comfort model is subsequently trained in an AI unit. A setting data packet is also acquired and sent to the trained comfort model. Individualized settings are predicted by the comfort model and the air conditioner is set on the basis thereof. A control architecture for executing the method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel GÜNTER, Kristian HAASE, Lars LUDWIG, Marco ROTH
  • Publication number: 20250001831
    Abstract: A method for individualized setting of an air conditioner in a vehicle for a user using a control architecture is provided. Data for the air conditioner are acquired and an individualized comfort model is trained therewith. Settings for the air conditioner are predicted based on the comfort model. The data comprise physiological user data for the user that are acquired with an evaluation system. A control architecture for executing the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Marcel GÜNTER, Marco ROTH, Kristian HAASE, Lars LUDWIG
  • Patent number: 10619896
    Abstract: A sorption heat exchanger module having a housing, in which a sorption heat exchanger through which a working medium flows is disposed, in which module a housing wall is configured as a heat exchanger structure. In the case of a sorption heat exchanger module in which the presence of passive thermal surfaces is reduced, at least one pipe structure through which a coolant flows is thermally connected with an outside and/or an inside of the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Burk, Lars Ludwig
  • Patent number: 10488094
    Abstract: A sorption module for a sorption temperature-control device may include a housing enclosing a working chamber. A sorption zone and a phase change zone may be arranged in the working chamber where a working medium is displaceable reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. A sorption structure may be arranged in the sorption zone, and a phase change structure may be arranged in the phase change zone. An outer wall of the housing may include a double-walled section that may provide a cavity between an outer wall part and an inner wall part of the double-walled section, and the phase change zone may be arranged on an inner side of the inner wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Burk, Lars Ludwig
  • Patent number: 10226983
    Abstract: A motor vehicle may include an internal combustion engine and an air-conditioning system, which may include a heat exchanger and a compression refrigeration system. The heat exchanger and the compression refrigeration system may be incorporated into a coolant circuit configured to communicate a coolant flow and may have a pump. The compression refrigeration machine may be driven at least one of directly and indirectly via the internal combustion engine. An adsorption system may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and may be connected to the internal combustion engine in a heat-transferring manner. The adsorption system may be configured to receive a waste heat load from the internal combustion engine for operation. A valve device may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and be switchable between at least two position for distributing the coolant flow between the adsorption system and the compression refrigeration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lars Ludwig, Dirk Neumeister, Roland Burk
  • Publication number: 20190072302
    Abstract: A sorption heat transfer module may include a thermally activatable housing enclosing a sorption zone through which a working medium is flowable. The thermally activatable housing may include a gas-tight inner wall composed of a corrosion-protected material, an internal surface of which is adjoined by a capillary structure. The capillary structure may include at least one corrugated fin package connected in a firmly bonded manner to the internal surface of the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Roland Burk, Lars Ludwig
  • Patent number: 9853296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a battery unit, comprising coolant-conducting tubes which end at both sides in in each case one collector, wherein each collector is connected to at least one tube and a potential equalization element for electrical potential equalization connects at least one collector to a housing of the battery. To produce potential equalization between the heat exchanger and a battery housing in as inexpensive a manner as possible, the potential equalization element and the collector are formed in one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Joachim Treier, Lars Ludwig, Thomas Kuznia
  • Publication number: 20170343262
    Abstract: A sorption module for a sorption temperature-control device may include a housing enclosing a working chamber. A sorption zone and a phase change zone may be arranged in the working chamber where a working medium is displaceable reversibly between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. A sorption structure may be arranged in the sorption zone, and a phase change structure may be arranged in the phase change zone. An outer wall of the housing may include a double-walled section that may provide a cavity between an outer wall part and an inner wall part of the double-walled section, and the phase change zone may be arranged on an inner side of the inner wall part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Roland Burk, Lars Ludwig
  • Patent number: 9643391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for controlling the temperature of an energy accumulator, more particularly for a vehicle. The device has a first outer wall element and a second outer wall element. A main surface of the first outer wall element and a main surface of the second outer wall element are interconnected by means of a rib made of a hardened adhesive. The rib forms at least one fluid conduction channel for conducting a temperature control fluid between the first outer wall element and the second outer wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Daubitzer, Lars Ludwig, Heiko Neff
  • Patent number: 9546827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conducting a cooling fluid for cooling an electrical component. The device comprises a fluid conducting chamber for conducting the cooling fluid, and an at least partially flexible cover, which seals the fluid conducting chamber in a fluid-tight manner and which forms a heat transmission zone for conducting heat between the cooling fluid and the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Lars Ludwig, Michael Moser, Matthias Stripf, Hans-Georg Herrmann
  • Patent number: 9316450
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided having a tube block having a plurality of essentially parallel tubes for carrying a temperature control fluid, wherein at least the ends of the tubes are connected to one another. In addition, the heat exchanger comprises at least one header box that is designed to receive a temperature control fluid from the tubes, wherein the at least one header box has an inside height that corresponds within a tolerance range to the height of the ends of the tubes and wherein the header box is placed over the ends of the tubes and is joined thereto in a material-to-material fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Engelhardt, Stefan Hirsch, Lars Ludwig, Florin Moldovan
  • Publication number: 20150273979
    Abstract: A motor vehicle may include an internal combustion engine and an air-conditioning system, which may include a heat exchanger and a compression refrigeration system. The heat exchanger and the compression refrigeration system may be incorporated into a coolant circuit configured to communicate a coolant flow and may have a pump. The compression refrigeration machine may be driven at least one of directly and indirectly via the internal combustion engine. An adsorption system may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and may be connected to the internal combustion engine in a heat-transferring manner. The adsorption system may be configured to receive a waste heat load from the internal combustion engine for operation. A valve device may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and be switchable between at least two position for distributing the coolant flow between the adsorption system and the compression refrigeration system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Lars Ludwig, Dirk Neumeister, Roland Burk
  • Publication number: 20150128639
    Abstract: A sorption heat exchanger module having a housing, in which a sorption heat exchanger through which a working medium flows is disposed, in which module a housing wall is configured as a heat exchanger structure. In the case of a sorption heat exchanger module in which the presence of passive thermal surfaces is reduced, at least one pipe structure through which a coolant flows is thermally connected with an outside and/or an inside of the housing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Roland BURK, Lars LUDWIG
  • Publication number: 20140305622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for controlling the temperature of an energy accumulator, more particularly for a vehicle. The device has a first outer wall element and a second outer wall element. A main surface of the first outer wall element and a main surface of the second outer wall element are interconnected by means of a rib made of a hardened adhesive. The rib forms at least one fluid conduction channel for conducting a temperature control fluid between the first outer wall element and the second outer wall element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Daubitzer, Lars Ludwig, Heiko Neff
  • Publication number: 20140048230
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a battery unit, comprising coolant-conducting tubes (3b) which end at both sides in in each case one collector (3a, 3c), wherein each collector (3a, 3c) is connected to at least one tube (3b) and a potential equalization element for electrical potential equalization connects at least one collector (3a, 3c) to a housing (5) of the battery (2). To produce potential equalization between the heat exchanger and a battery housing in as inexpensive a manner as possible, the potential equalization element (14, 15, 17, 23, 24) and the collector (3a, 3c) are formed in one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan HIRSCH, Joachim TREIER, Lars LUDWIG, Thomas KUZNIA
  • Publication number: 20130309545
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for pressing a cooler against a battery, said cooler having at least one cooling surface for absorbing or dissipating thermal energy, and the battery having at least one contact surface for the cooling surface of the cooler to rest on. The device comprises a pressure part having at least one spring-elastic pressure element for transmitting a contact pressure onto a section of the surface of the cooler facing away from the battery. The device further comprises at least one suspension unit for suspending the pressure part on the battery, said suspension unit being designed such as to generate a suspension force which is counter to the contact force when the cooler is arranged on the battery and the suspension unit is suspended on the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Daubitzer, Martin Engelhardt, Thomas Heckenberger, Thomas Himmer, Lars Ludwig, Florian Moldovan, Michael Moser, Heiko Neff, Rudolf Riedel, Caroline Schmid, Holger Schroth, Martin Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20130248151
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for cooling a heat source of a motor vehicle, comprising a hollow heat sink, an inlet for introducing a cooling fluid, an outlet for discharging a cooling fluid, a first collecting region for collecting the introduced cooling fluid, a second collecting region for collecting the cooling fluid to be discharged, and an insert part for guiding the cooling fluid from the first to the second collecting region, wherein the first and second collecting regions and the insert part are arranged within the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Herrmann, Dieter Engelhardt, Lars Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20130250512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for conducting a cooling fluid for cooling an electrical component. The device comprises a fluid conducting chamber for conducting the cooling fluid, and an at least partially flexible cover, which seals the fluid conducting chamber in a fluid-tight manner and which forms a heat transmission zone for conducting heat between the cooling fluid and the electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: BEHR GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lars Ludwig, Michael Moser, Matthias Stripf, Hans-Georg Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20130014924
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided having a tube block having a plurality of essentially parallel tubes for carrying a temperature control fluid, wherein at least the ends of the tubes are connected to one another. In addition, the heat exchanger comprises at least one header box that is designed to receive a temperature control fluid from the tubes, wherein the at least one header box has an inside height that corresponds within a tolerance range to the height of the ends of the tubes and wherein the header box is placed over the ends of the tubes and is joined thereto in a material-to-material fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Martin ENGELHARDT, Stefan HIRSCH, Lars LUDWIG, Florin MOLDOVAN