Patents by Inventor Markus Boger

Markus Boger 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: 20240157758
    Abstract: A battery-electric vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes a vehicle interior, an electric motor drivetrain, and a traction battery. An air-conditioning system for air-conditioning the vehicle interior is provided. A drive cooling circuit carrying a drive coolant for cooling the drivetrain is provided. A battery cooling circuit carrying a battery coolant for cooling the traction battery is provided. A refrigeration circuit carrying a refrigerant is provided. The refrigeration circuit includes a high-pressure side, a low-pressure side, a compressor for driving and compressing the refrigerant, a refrigerant cooler for cooling the refrigerant, at least one expansion valve for expanding the refrigerant and an internal heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Matthias Jung
  • Patent number: 11837708
    Abstract: A temperature control device of a vehicle may include an energy storage device, a first coolant circuit configured to temperature control the energy storage device, a refrigerant circuit, at least one refrigerant evaporator, a second coolant circuit, a refrigerant condenser, and a coolant cooler for transferring heat to an exterior environment. At least one section of the first coolant circuit and at least one section of the second coolant circuit may be defined by a shared circuit section. The coolant cooler may be fluidically connectable with at least one of the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit via the shared circuit section. The first coolant circuit may include a bypass for at least partially bypassing the coolant cooler. The first coolant circuit may include a valve device structured and arranged to distribute a first coolant flow to at least one of the shared circuit section and the bypass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11827076
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit divided into a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region, first and second internal heat exchangers arranged in the high-pressure and low-pressure regions, an external heat exchanger arranged in the refrigerant circuit, a condenser arranged in the high-pressure region, and an evaporator that, in a first operating mode, thermally couples the low-pressure region to the air conditioning air and, in a second operating mode, is arranged outside the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20230234424
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The air-conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit for being flowed through by a refrigerant. In the refrigerant circuit, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant subject to passing condensation heat on to a fluid conducted through the condenser, an expansion device for expanding the refrigerant and an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant are arranged. A coolant circuit is provided fluidically separated from the refrigerant circuit for being flowed through by a coolant. In the coolant circuit at least one heat source for heating the coolant is arranged. The coolant circuit is thermally connected to the refrigerant circuit via the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit, so that in the evaporator heat from the coolant is transferrable to the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Matthias Jung
  • Publication number: 20230173890
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant circuit that is flowable through by a refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit has a first partial circuit with a low pressure accumulator, a compressor, a heat pump heater, and an exterior heat exchanger. The refrigerant circuit has a second partial circuit with an evaporator and a chiller. The refrigerant circuit has a valve arrangement. The first partial circuit and the second partial circuit are fluidically connected with one another exclusively via the valve arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik Behnert, Markus Boger, Matthias Jung
  • Patent number: 11629675
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle may include a first circuit, a second circuit, a first heat exchanger incorporated in the first circuit, and a second heat exchanger incorporated in the second circuit. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be flowed through by ambient air and a coolant. The first heat exchanger may be arranged, relative to an airflow direction, in front of and directly adjacent to the second heat exchanger. The first circuit and the second circuit may be fluidically connected to one another at an upstream distribution point and at a downstream collection point such that a part mass flow of the coolant is flowable from the second circuit into the first circuit at the distribution point, from the first circuit into the first heat exchanger, and out of the first heat exchanger back into the second circuit at the collection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20220242197
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit divided into a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region, first and second internal heat exchangers arranged in the high-pressure and low-pressure regions, an external heat exchanger arranged in the refrigerant circuit, a condenser arranged in the high-pressure region, and an evaporator that, in a first operating mode, thermally couples the low-pressure region to the air conditioning air and, in a second operating mode, is arranged outside the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20210364204
    Abstract: An intermediate refrigerant store of a refrigerant system may include a storage container delimiting a refrigerant storage space, a first feed, and a second feed separate from the first feed. The first feed and the second feed may be fluidically connected with the refrigerant storage space for feeding of a refrigerant. At least one discharge may be fluidically connected to the refrigerant storage space and may be configured to discharge the refrigerant from the refrigerant storage space. At least one valve arrangement may be disposed in an associated feed of the first feed and the second feed via which the associated feed may be fluidically closable and openable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer, Dominik Behnert, Gustavo Fuga Santos
  • Patent number: 11130385
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, as well as a heating circuit, a first coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of a drive device of the vehicle, and a second coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of an electrical store of the vehicle in which a coolant circulates. The system may further include a chiller incorporated in the refrigerant circuit and a chiller guide fluidically separate from the refrigerant circuit. The chiller guide may have a chiller path configured to conduct the coolant and which extends through the chiller, and may have a bypass path configured to conduct the coolant and which circumvents the chiller. The system may additionally include a chiller valve device configured to selectively fluidically connect the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit to the chiller path and the bypass path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer, Thomas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20210164423
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle may include a first circuit, a second circuit, a first heat exchanger incorporated in the first circuit, and a second heat exchanger incorporated in the second circuit. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be flowed through by ambient air and a coolant. The first heat exchanger may be arranged, relative to an airflow direction, in front of and directly adjacent to the second heat exchanger. The first circuit and the second circuit may be fluidically connected to one another at an upstream distribution point and at a downstream collection point such that a part mass flow of the coolant is flowable from the second circuit into the first circuit at the distribution point, from the first circuit into the first heat exchanger, and out of the first heat exchanger back into the second circuit at the collection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20210111450
    Abstract: A temperature control device of a vehicle may include an energy storage device, a first coolant circuit configured to temperature control the energy storage device, a refrigerant circuit, at least one refrigerant evaporator, a second coolant circuit, a refrigerant condenser, and a coolant cooler for transferring heat to an exterior environment. At least one section of the first coolant circuit and at least one section of the second coolant circuit may be defined by a shared circuit section. The coolant cooler may be fluidically connectable with at least one of the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit via the shared circuit section. The first coolant circuit may include a bypass for at least partially bypassing the coolant cooler. The first coolant circuit may include a valve device structured and arranged to distribute a first coolant flow to at least one of the shared circuit section and the bypass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20190375270
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, as well as a heating circuit, a first coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of a drive device of the vehicle, and a second coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of an electrical store of the vehicle in which a coolant circulates. The system may further include a chiller incorporated in the refrigerant circuit and a chiller guide fluidically separate from the refrigerant circuit. The chiller guide may have a chiller path configured to conduct the coolant and which extends through the chiller, and may have a bypass path configured to conduct the coolant and which circumvents the chiller. The system may additionally include a chiller valve device configured to selectively fluidically connect the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit to the chiller path and the bypass path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer