Patents by Inventor Markus STOLZ

Markus STOLZ 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: 20240101057
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle, which comprises a high-voltage on-board electrical system and a low-voltage on-board electrical system, which are connected by means of a DC-to-DC converter. The high-voltage on-board electrical system is connected to a battery via a switching circuit, and an electromotive main drive is fed by means of the high-voltage on-board electrical system. An electrical contacting of the battery with the high-voltage on-board electrical system is terminated by means of the switching circuit, and the main drive is operated as a generator, such that electrical energy is fed into the high-voltage on-board electrical system, by means of which electrical energy the low-voltage on-board electrical system is fed via the DC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Richard AUER, Holger NÄTHER, Stefan SCHOBERER, Markus STOLZ
  • Patent number: 11931862
    Abstract: Thin glass elements with improved edge strength are provided—from a sheet glass element that has two opposite parallel faces and an edge connecting the faces. The sheet glass element has a thickness of at most 700 ?m. At least a portion of the edge is defined by an edge surface portion that is convexly curved, so that at least one of the faces merges into the edge surface portion, wherein a curved arc of the edge surface portion has a length that is at least 1/30 of the thickness of the sheet glass element. In the region of the convex curvature, the edge surface portion has indentations in the form of furrows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Matthias Jotz, Markus Heiss-Chouquet, Hauke Esemann, Clemens Ottermann, Claudia Stolz
  • Publication number: 20240051412
    Abstract: A method for operating a transportation vehicle having a high-voltage on-board electrical system and a low-voltage on-board electrical system connected by a DC-to-DC converter. The high-voltage on-board electrical system is connected by a switching unit to a battery unit having two subregions able to be connected electrically in series and electrically in parallel by an interconnection unit. In the method, the switching unit is opened, and the subregions are connected electrically in parallel by the interconnection unit. Electrical energy is channeled from the high-voltage on-board electrical system to the low-voltage on-board electrical system by the DC-to-DC converter reducing the voltage of the high-voltage on-board electrical system. In response to the voltage of the high-voltage on-board electrical system differing from the voltage present at the battery unit by no more than a tolerance value, the switching unit is closed. Also disclosed is a transportation vehicle and a computer program product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Markus STOLZ, Oliver WINTZHEIMER
  • Patent number: 11648851
    Abstract: An electrical on-board power system for an electrically driven transportation vehicle having a traction battery with a first battery terminal and a second battery terminal, a first current path between the first battery terminal and a first terminal, and a second current path between the second battery terminal and a second terminal. An electrical or electromagnetic first switch is connected in the first current path and an electrical or electromagnetic second switch is connected in the second current path. The on-board power system has a DC-to-DC voltage converter connected at output to a low-voltage system, wherein a first input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a first tap in the first current path and the first switch, and a second input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a second tap between the second switch and the second load terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Stolz, Rainer Fleischer
  • Patent number: 11073559
    Abstract: An electrical system comprises at least one high-voltage battery, at least one DC link capacitor and at least two power relays, whereby one power relay is arranged between a positive connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, while the other power relay is arranged between a negative connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a galvanically isolated DC/DC converter that is connected to a voltage source in the electrical system, whereby the DC/DC converter is configured such that it can transmit electric energy to a high-voltage side with the DC link capacitor in order to pre-charge the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a diagnostic device to test the power relays, whereby the diagnostic device has switchable voltage sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jens Uwe Müller, Lan Dang Hung, Markus Stolz, Hendrik Gerth
  • Publication number: 20210107376
    Abstract: An electrical on-board power system for an electrically driven transportation vehicle having a traction battery with a first battery terminal and a second battery terminal, a first current path between the first battery terminal and a first terminal , and a second current path between the second battery terminal and a second terminal . An electrical or electromagnetic first switch is connected in the first current path and an electrical or electromagnetic second switch is connected in the second current path. The on-board power system has a DC-to-DC voltage converter connected at output to a low-voltage system, wherein a first input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a first tap in the first current path and the first switch, and a second input of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is connected to a second tap between the second switch and the second load terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Markus STOLZ, Rainer FLEISCHER
  • Publication number: 20190187211
    Abstract: An electrical system comprises at least one high-voltage battery, at least one DC link capacitor and at least two power relays, whereby one power relay is arranged between a positive connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, while the other power relay is arranged between a negative connector of the high-voltage battery and the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a galvanically isolated DC/DC converter that is connected to a voltage source in the electrical system, whereby the DC/DC converter is configured such that it can transmit electric energy to a high-voltage side with the DC link capacitor in order to pre-charge the DC link capacitor, whereby the electrical system has a diagnostic device to test the power relays, whereby the diagnostic device has switchable voltage sensors, whereby one voltage sensor is arranged in parallel to the high-voltage battery, one voltage sensor is arranged in parallel to the DC link capacitor, in each case, one voltage sensor is arrange
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jens Uwe MÜLLER, Lan Dang HUNG, Markus STOLZ, Hendrik GERTH