Patents by Inventor Moritz SCHINDLER

Moritz SCHINDLER 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: 20190256080
    Abstract: A method for a situation-based adaptation of a charging strategy of energy stores of a vehicle having automatic start-stop functionality includes identifying whether a current stop-and-go situation is present based on prescribed criteria during a current driving situation of the vehicle, and performing, in response to the current stop-and-go situation being present, an intensified charging of an energy store of the vehicle during engine running between two automatically initiated engine-off phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Dominik KERLER, Moritz SCHINDLER, Maximilian VON LOEWENFELD
  • Patent number: 10250044
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus for an onboard electrical system of a motor vehicle has a first electrical energy store characterized by a first voltage characteristic curve defining the quiescent voltage of the first store depending on the relative state of charge of the first store, and a second electrical energy store which can be connected in parallel with the first electrical energy store by a controllable switching element and which is characterized by a second voltage characteristic curve defining the quiescent voltage of the second electrical energy store depending on the relative state of charge of the second store. A first voltage value range covered by the first voltage characteristic curve and a second voltage value range which is covered by the second voltage characteristic curve partially overlap. The energy storage apparatus further has a device for determining the state of charge of the first energy store and/or of the second energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Moritz Schindler, Markus Mauerer
  • Patent number: 9929574
    Abstract: An electrical distribution system includes a first energy store and a second energy store. The two energy stores are connected in parallel. Characteristic values of the first and/or second energy store are detected and a regeneration phase of the first energy store is implemented depending on the detected characteristic values. In the regeneration phase, a first operating voltage is preset and provided by means of a generator in such a way that said first operating voltage contributes to the second energy store having, after a preset time span, a higher open-circuit voltage than the first energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Moritz Schindler, Stefan Schaeck
  • Patent number: 9914367
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided having a control device, an electronic power unit and an energy storage system including first and second electric energy storage devices connectable in parallel so as to have a common base voltage at respectively different states of charge. The base voltage is substantially adjustable by the electronic power unit. A predictive energy management system executed by the control device determines a predefined setpoint value of a base voltage as a function of a predicted charge balance of the energy storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Moritz Schindler
  • Patent number: 9855904
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a generator, electric consuming devices, a first electric energy storage device and a second energy storage device connected in parallel with the first energy storage device. The two electric energy storage devices, in a storage range, have at least partially overlapping characteristic open-circuit voltage curves. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve and the second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Moritz Schindler, Stefan Schaeck
  • Publication number: 20170264136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle electrical system that includes a first energy accumulator which has a first maximum open circuit voltage when the first energy accumulator is fully charged, and a second energy accumulator which has a second maximum open-circuit voltage when the second energy accumulator is fully charged. The second maximum open circuit voltage is higher than the first maximum open circuit voltage. The vehicle electrical system also includes a generator configured to generate electrical energy for the vehicle electrical system and a control unit that is configured to detect a recuperation mode of the vehicle. The control unit is also configured to cause the generator, while the vehicle is in the recuperation mode, to generate electrical energy with a charge voltage which is in or above a buffer voltage range, wherein the buffer voltage range lies between the first maximum open circuit voltage and the second maximum open circuit voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Moritz Schindler, Axel Reinfelder, Markus Mauerer
  • Publication number: 20170197520
    Abstract: An energy storage apparatus for an onboard electrical system of a motor vehicle has a first electrical energy store characterized by a first voltage characteristic curve defining the quiescent voltage of the first store depending on the relative state of charge of the first store, and a second electrical energy store which can be connected in parallel with the first electrical energy store by a controllable switching element and which is characterized by a second voltage characteristic curve defining the quiescent voltage of the second electrical energy store depending on the relative state of charge of the second store. A first voltage value range covered by the first voltage characteristic curve and a second voltage value range which is covered by the second voltage characteristic curve partially overlap. The energy storage apparatus further has a device for determining the state of charge of the first energy store and/or of the second energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Moritz SCHINDLER, Markus MAUERER
  • Publication number: 20150194828
    Abstract: An electrical distribution system includes a first energy store and a second energy store. The two energy stores are connected in parallel. Characteristic values of the first and/or second energy store are detected and a regeneration phase of the first energy store is implemented depending on the detected characteristic values. In the regeneration phase, a first operating voltage is preset and provided by means of a generator in such a way that said first operating voltage contributes to the second energy store having, after a preset time span, a higher open-circuit voltage than the first energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Moritz SCHINDLER, Stefan Schaeck
  • Publication number: 20150191139
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a generator, electric consuming devices, a first electric energy storage device and a second energy storage device connected in parallel with the first energy storage device. The two electric energy storage devices, in a storage range, have at least partially overlapping characteristic open-circuit voltage curves. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic charging internal-resistance curve. The first energy storage device has a first state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve and the second energy storage device has a second state-of-charge-dependent characteristic discharging internal-resistance curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Moritz SCHINDLER, Stefan SCHAECK
  • Publication number: 20150191100
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided having a control device, an electronic power unit and an energy storage system including first and second electric energy storage devices connectable in parallel so as to have a common base voltage at respectively different states of charge. The base voltage is substantially adjustable by the electronic power unit. A predictive energy management system executed by the control device determines a predefined setpoint value of a base voltage as a function of a predicted charge balance of the energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Moritz SCHINDLER