Patents by Inventor Matthias Dank

Matthias Dank 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: 9453781
    Abstract: To enable testing of a starter motor on a test bench with an electrical dynamometer as a replacement for a real combustion engine, a simulation unit (20) is used in which a mathematical model of the combustion engine is implemented, and the simulation unit (20) determines a new load setpoint (ns, Ts) using the mathematical model from measured actual values (?i, ni, Ti) of the operation of the electrical dynamometer (3) at every scanning time point of a regulation, which new load setpoint (ns, Ts) is fed to the regulator (21) of the electrical dynamometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Kokal, Matthias Dank, Peter Holzhammer, Ronald Prettenthaler, Martin Stockreiter
  • Publication number: 20140366616
    Abstract: To enable testing of a starter motor on a test beach with an electrical dynamometer as a replacement for the real combustion engine, a simulation unit (20) is provided in which a mathematical model of the combustion engine is implemented, and the simulation unit (20) determines a new load setpoint (ns, Ts) using the mathematical model from measured actual values (?i, ni, Ti) of the operation of the electrical dynamometer (3) at every scanning time point of the regulation, which new load setpoint (ns, Ts) is fed to the regulator (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Kokal, Matthias Dank, Peter Holzhammer, Ronald Prettenthaler, Martin Stockreiter
  • Patent number: 8434352
    Abstract: A test stand arrangement includes at least one electric motor (4) connected to a test specimen for driving and/or loading the test specimen, and a control arrangement for the or each electric motor. In order to be able to create the connection of the drive train and vehicle simulation with the real, vehicle-specific combustion and dynamic behavior of the engine, at least one model for a multi-mass flywheel is implemented in the control arrangement, from which model at least a part of the control requirement for the or each electric motor is calculated and which model contains at least the two masses of the primary and secondary side of the multi-mass flywheel and a substitute model for the or each bow spring, and an algorithm is implemented in the control arrangement that analyzes the model for a multi-mass flywheel by means of an integrated time step method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Dank, Helmut Kokal, Josef Mayrhofer, Stephen Jones, Dirk Denger, Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8413498
    Abstract: A tire test system for tire tests under the most realistic conditions possible, however, including the possibility of widely-varied, simple and precisely reproducible parameters includes a track (6) contactable by at least one tire, as well as a positive guide (5) following this track, for example, in the form of at least one rail. In addition, a test trolley (2) is provided that is guided by a positive guide (5) and is autonomously driven and/or brakable independently of the tire(s), on which trolley at least one tire (1) is mountable, and which has equipment for driving and/or braking autonomously and independently of the test trolley (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Dank, Johann Eitzinger, Michael Resl
  • Publication number: 20110048120
    Abstract: A tire test system for tire tests under the most realistic conditions possible, however, including the possibility of widely-varied, simple and precisely reproducible parameters includes a track (6) contactable by at least one tire, as well as a positive guide (5) following this track, for example, in the form of at least one rail. In addition, a test trolley (2) is provided that is guided by a positive guide (5) and is autonomously driven and/or brakable independently of the tire(s), on which trolley at least one tire (1) is mountable, and which has equipment for driving and/or braking autonomously and independently of the test trolley (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Matthias Dank, Johann Eitzinger, Michael Resl
  • Publication number: 20110041595
    Abstract: A test stand arrangement is connected to at least one electric motor (4) connected to a test specimen (1) for driving and/or loading the test specimen (1) and comprises a control arrangement (6) for the or each electric motor (4). In order to be able to create the connection of the drive train and vehicle simulation with the real, vehicle-specific combustion and dynamic behavior of the engine, at least one model (7) for a multi-mass flywheel is implemented in the control arrangement (6), from which model (7) at least a part of the control requirement for the or each electric motor (4) is calculated and which model (7) contains at least the two masses of the primary and secondary side of the multi-mass flywheel and a substitute model for the or each bow spring, and an algorithm is implemented in the control arrangement (6) that analyzes the model for a multi-mass flywheel by means of an integrated time step method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Matthias Dank, Helmut Kokal, Josef Mayrhofer, Stephen Jones, Dirk Denger, Martin Schmidt