Patents by Inventor Markus PASSATH

Markus PASSATH 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: 11084485
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and method for operating such a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, an electric storage device, and a control system. The method includes determining a power currently available of the electric storage device by the control system when a current state of charge of the electric storage device is less than a charge threshold value; activating the internal combustion engine when the determined power currently available from the electric storage device exceeds a first power threshold; and determining the power currently available from the electric storage device by the control system when the determined power currently available from the electric storage device is less than the first power threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Markus Passath, Christian Pongratz, Manfred Posch
  • Publication number: 20190250638
    Abstract: A vehicle fleet control system having a vehicle fleet having at least two autonomous vehicles, and a control unit configured to control the autonomous vehicles. The control unit is configured to assign a priority status to each autonomous vehicle in the fleet, and calculate a travel route for each autonomous vehicle in the fleet on a basis of the assigned priority status. For autonomous vehicles having a same point of departure and a same point of destination, the control unit is configured to control the autonomous vehicle in the fleet having a greatest priority status down a calculated route that facilitates reaching a point of destination more rapidly than other autonomous vehicles in the fleet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Helfried MUELLER, Markus PASSATH
  • Publication number: 20190023262
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and method for operating such a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, an electric storage device, and a control system. The method includes determining a power currently available of the electric storage device by the control system when a current state of charge of the electric storage device is less than a charge threshold value; activating the internal combustion engine when the determined power currently available from the electric storage device exceeds a first power threshold; and determining the power currently available from the electric storage device by the control system when the determined power currently available from the electric storage device is less than the first power threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Markus PASSATH, Christian PONGRATZ, Manfred POSCH
  • Publication number: 20140032024
    Abstract: A method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, an electrical machine, an electrical storage device and a control system. The method includes determining a power currently available of the electrical storage device by the control system when a current state of charge of the electrical storage device is less than a charge threshold value; activating the internal combustion engine when the determined power currently available from the electrical storage device exceeds a first power threshold; and determining the power currently available from the electrical storage device by the control system when the determined power currently available from the electrical storage device is less than the first power threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Christian PONGRATZ, Markus PASSATH, Manfred POSCH