Patents by Inventor Manuel GÜNNEWICHT

Manuel GÜNNEWICHT 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: 10166965
    Abstract: A method for selecting a mode of operation of a hybrid vehicle. At least one evaluation variable is determined for each predetermined target criteria for the quantitative description of the respective target criterion. Possible power distributions in the drivetrain are determined for each mode of operation of a first selection of possible modes of operation; determining values of the evaluation variables for each one of the determined power distributions of the respective mode of operation for each mode of operation of the first selection and determining an ideal power distribution in the drivetrain by the determined values of the evaluation variables for the respective mode of operation; and selecting an ideal mode of operation by those values of the evaluation variables which the latter have for the modes of operation of the first selection, in each case at the operating point of the determined ideal power distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Johannes Nuber, Elmar Kirchensteiner, Manuel Günnewicht, Matthias Hierlmeier, Sebastian Ovari
  • Patent number: 10065631
    Abstract: A method for the online adaptation of a characteristic of a hybrid vehicle having a hybridized drive train with an electric drive that can be supplied with electricity from an electrical energy storage arrangement. The characteristic is used for the selection of an operating mode and/or for determining an operating point of the drive train. The characteristic is adapted by establishing partition boundaries that divide a range of states of charge into a plurality of regions, at least one of the partition boundaries can be variably determined during the operation of the vehicle; predetermining a profile of the characteristic depending on a state of charge of the energy storage arrangement, and online adaptation of the characteristic in the event of a shift of at least one of the variable partition boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Johannes Nuber, Elmar Kirchensteiner, Manuel Günnewicht, Matthias Hierlmeier, Sebastian Ovari
  • Publication number: 20160368481
    Abstract: A method for the online adaptation of a characteristic of a hybrid vehicle having a hybridized drive train with an electric drive that can be supplied with electricity from an electrical energy storage arrangement. The characteristic is used for the selection of an operating mode and/or for determining an operating point of the drive train. The characteristic is adapted by establishing partition boundaries that divide a range of states of charge into a plurality of regions, at least one of the partition boundaries can be variably determined during the operation of the vehicle; predetermining a profile of the characteristic depending on a state of charge of the energy storage arrangement, and online adaptation of the characteristic in the event of a shift of at least one of the variable partition boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Johannes NUBER, Elmar KIRCHENSTEINER, Manuel GÜNNEWICHT, Matthias HIERLMEIER, Sebastian OVARI
  • Publication number: 20160339904
    Abstract: A method for selecting a mode of operation of a hybrid vehicle. At least one evaluation variable is determined for each predetermined target criteria for the quantitative description of the respective target criterion. Possible power distributions in the drivetrain are determined for each mode of operation of a first selection of possible modes of operation; determining values of the evaluation variables for each one of the determined power distributions of the respective mode of operation for each mode of operation of the first selection and determining an ideal power distribution in the drivetrain by the determined values of the evaluation variables for the respective mode of operation; and selecting an ideal mode of operation by those values of the evaluation variables which the latter have for the modes of operation of the first selection, in each case at the operating point of the determined ideal power distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Johannes NUBER, Elmar KIRCHENSTEINER, Manuel GÜNNEWICHT, Matthias HIERLMEIER, Sebastian OVARI