Patents by Inventor Oliver Horn

Oliver Horn 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: 20180150518
    Abstract: In some aspects, there is provided a method for database query execution planning. In some aspects, a method may include receiving, at a database execution engine, a query; generating, by the database execution engine, a query algebra for the query, the query algebra optimized by a query optimizer at the database execution engine; generating, based on the optimized query algebra, a query plan for execution, the query plan including pre-compiled code and code generated just-in-time; and executing, by the database execution engine, at least part of the query plan including pre-compiled code and code generated just-in-time. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Till Merker, Timm Steinbeck, Paul Willems, Oliver Horn, Joerg Fellmann
  • Publication number: 20180150514
    Abstract: A system for query execution and planning with pipelining and pump operators is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations comprising identifying a plurality of operators for executing a query, the plurality of operators including a first operator and a second operator, generating a pump operator when the first operator comprises a table scan operator, and/or generating a query plan for execution of the query, the query plan comprising the pump operator and the second operator. The operations can further include executing the pump operator to at least retrieve a portion of a database table, generate a first data portion based on the portion of the database table, and provide the first data portion for the second operator. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Willems, Oliver Horn
  • Publication number: 20180134123
    Abstract: A control system method is disclosed for air-conditioning a vehicle by a heat pump system, wherein one of multiple operating modes is automatically set, depending on the air-conditioning requirement. The passenger space is cooled by an air-conditioning evaporator and/or is heated by a heating heat exchanger. The heating heat exchanger is arranged in a heating branch of a coolant circuit and is provided with heat via a heat pump. If cooling is required, the heating branch is opened and the heating pump is deactivated. If heating is required, the heating branch is closed and heat is fed to the heating heat exchanger via the heat pump. In order to remove heat from the heating branch, same is opened and a low-temperature cooler, the condenser and the heating heat exchanger are operated connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Robert HERBOLZHEIMER, Oliver HORN, Patrick OSWALD
  • Patent number: 9821632
    Abstract: A method of controlling the refrigerant pressure in an ambient heat exchanger of a refrigerant circuit, particularly a heat pump circuit, for vehicles, in which the current temperature and the current humidity of the ambient air is measured, the current dew point temperature of the ambient air is determined from the measured temperature and humidity, and if the ambient air temperature is below 0° C. the refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant circuit is controlled by adjusting the rotational speed of a refrigerant compressor of the refrigerant circuit, the flow cross-section of a controllable expansion element of the refrigerant circuit and/or the ambient air volume flow flowing around or through the ambient heat exchanger, such that the temperature of the ambient heat exchanger is greater than the dew point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Wiedemann, Oliver Horn, Martin Knott
  • Publication number: 20170217285
    Abstract: A method and a correspondingly designed device are provided for controlling or regulating a coolant circuit of an air conditioning system, which includes at least one compressor, at least one condenser or gas cooler, and at least one evaporator. A controllable coolant expansion device is connected to the coolant inlet of the evaporator. It is detected when the coolant circuit is under filled with a coolant and, when an under filling of the coolant is detected, the control strategy of the expansion device is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Robert HERBOLZHEIMER, Oliver HORN, Stefan MORGENSTERN
  • Publication number: 20170174038
    Abstract: A heat pump system for climate control of an electric or hybrid vehicle includes an air conditioning unit having a heating heat exchanger, and an air conditioning unit evaporator having a refrigeration circuit, in which the air conditioning unit evaporator and a condenser are arranged. The refrigeration circuit includes a low temperature (LT) circuit in which at least one electrical power component is arranged. The heat pump system is configured to switch over between a cooling mode and a heating mode. The condenser, which is configured to transfer heat into the LT circuit, and an LT cooler are incorporated into the LT circuit. In the heating mode, the condenser outputs heat into the LT circuit and from there into a heating circuit, in which the heating heat exchanger is arranged, and in the cooling mode, the condenser outputs heat via the LT circuit to the LT cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Felix SCHELDEL, Oliver HORN, Philipp HOFMANN, Peter SATZGER, Robert HERBOLZHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20170174039
    Abstract: Temperature control of an interior of a motor vehicle having an electrical drive is carried out by a heat pump arrangement having a heating temperature region and a low temperature region, wherein the heating temperature region includes at least one interior heat exchanger thermally coupled to the interior and the low temperature region includes at least one of an exterior heat exchanger and a heat exchanger disposed on a component of the electrical drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Schedel, Philipp HOFMANN, Oliver HORN, Peter SATZGER, Markus MOSER
  • Patent number: 9625188
    Abstract: A method of operating a refrigerant circuit as a heat pump is provided. By way of a compressor, refrigerant is compressed and is pumped through a refrigerant/heating heat exchanger. The refrigerant coming from the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger is expanded in at least a first expansion element. The refrigerant expanded by way of the first expansion element flows to a suction input of the compressor through at least one evaporator. At a branch-off point of the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger situated between a refrigerant input and a refrigerant output of the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger, refrigerant is branched off and is guided by way of a second expansion element in the direction of the suction input of the refrigerant compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Satzger, Oliver Horn, Robert Herbolzheimer, Martin Knott, Stefan Morgenstern, Felix Schedel
  • Publication number: 20160114653
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for controlling a heating and air-conditioning system, having a refrigerant circuit that can be operated as a heat pump system having an ambient heat exchanger in which, during cooling operation, heat is given up by the refrigerant to the air flowing through the ambient heat exchanger and, in heating operation, heat is picked up by the refrigerant from the air flowing through the ambient heat exchanger. A quantity of air flowing through the ambient heat exchanger is influenced by way of an electric fan. The electric fan is activated during cooling operation as a function of the refrigerant high-pressure and during heating operation as a function of a parameter independent of the refrigerant high pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Oliver HORN, Robert HERBOLZHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20150276281
    Abstract: A method of operating a refrigerant circuit as a heat pump is provided. By way of a compressor, refrigerant is compressed and is pumped through a refrigerant/heating heat exchanger. The refrigerant coming from the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger is expanded in at least a first expansion element. The refrigerant expanded by way of the first expansion element flows to a suction input of the compressor through at least one evaporator. At a branch-off point of the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger situated between a refrigerant input and a refrigerant output of the refrigerant/heating heat exchanger, refrigerant is branched off and is guided by way of a second expansion element in the direction of the suction input of the refrigerant compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Peter SATZGER, Oliver HORN, Robert HERBOLZHEIMER, Martin KNOTT, Stefan MORGENSTERN, Felix SCHEDEL
  • Publication number: 20150224852
    Abstract: A method of controlling the refrigerant pressure in an ambient heat exchanger of a refrigerant circuit, particularly a heat pump circuit, for vehicles, in which the current temperature and the current humidity of the ambient air is measured, the current dew point temperature of the ambient air is determined from the measured temperature and humidity, and if the ambient air temperature is below 0° C. the refrigerant pressure in the refrigerant circuit is controlled by adjusting the rotational speed of a refrigerant compressor of the refrigerant circuit, the flow cross-section of a controllable expansion element of the refrigerant circuit and/or the ambient air volume flow flowing around or through the ambient heat exchanger, such that the temperature of the ambient heat exchanger is greater than the dew point temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan WIEDEMANN, Oliver HORN, Martin KNOTT
  • Patent number: 7434609
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20080173029
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle having a coolant circuit (1) that contains an electrically driven compressor (2), a condenser (4), an expansion valve (10) and a latent cold accumulator (12). Heat is removed from the latent cold accumulator (12) by the cooling circuit (1); this is referred to as the charging of the latent cold accumulator (12). The system is also equipped with an arrangement for cooling air, which are configured in such a way that heat is removed from the air and supplied to the latent cold accumulator (12). Thus, a cost-effective, efficient air conditioning system can be used, in particular, when the vehicle is stationary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kraemer, Noureddine Khelifa, Oliver Horn
  • Patent number: 7290599
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle includes a first climate control device designed to heat or cool a front area of the interior, and a second climate control device designed to heat or cool a rear area of the interior. A first evaporator connectable to a first cooling agent circuit assigned to the first climate control device and a second evaporator is connectable to a second cooling agent circuit assigned to the second climate control device. The second evaporator is located in a latent storage in order to charge the latent storage with cold and the second climate control device contains a first heat exchanger designed to transfer the cold removed via a heat transfer medium circuit or the second cooling agent circuit from the latent storage for cooling the rear area of the interior by an air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Steffen Korfmann
  • Patent number: 7240725
    Abstract: A device for climate control of a vehicle is provided which includes a coolant circuit in which coolant flows through a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; a heat transfer medium circuit in which heat transfer medium flows through a heat source and a heat exchanger; and a heat/cold reservoir in which the evaporator and the heat exchanger are located. The device of the present invention provides an improved and comparatively economical approach to climate control in the area of a driver's bed in a motor vehicle interior by, at least in part, using a heating/cooling surface for a driver's bed and/or vehicle interior wall, which is integrated into the heat transfer medium circuit such that the heat transfer medium can flow selectively through the heating/cooling surface, or the heat transfer medium which is conveyed by the heat source can flow through the heating/cooling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Wolfgang Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20070125514
    Abstract: A device for climate control of a vehicle is provided which includes a coolant circuit in which coolant flows through a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; a heat transfer medium circuit in which heat transfer medium flows through a heat source and a heat exchanger; and a heat/cold reservoir in which the evaporator and the heat exchanger are located. The device provides an improved and comparatively economical approach to climate control in the area of a driver's bed in a motor vehicle interior by, at least in part, using multiple heating/cooling surfaces for a driver's bed and/or vehicle interior wall, which is integrated into the heat transfer medium circuit in a parallel relationship to each other such that the heat transfer medium can flow selectively through the heating/cooling surfaces, or the heat transfer medium which is conveyed by the heat source can flow through the heating/cooling surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: WEBASTO THERMOSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver HORN, Noureddine KHELIFA, Wolfgang KRAMER
  • Publication number: 20070044951
    Abstract: Climate control system for the interior of a motor vehicle, with a refrigerating circuit, a first climate control device for at least cooling an interior area of the motor vehicle, and a latent cold storage for at least cooling the interior area of the motor vehicle. The first climate control device has an engine-driven compressor, and the second climate control device has a heat transfer circuit connected to a latent cold storage device. The second climate control device cools the interior area with the engine-driven compressor turned off. A control unit connected to an engine sensor and to a vehicle speedometer can turn off the compressor and cause discharging of cold from the latent cold storage in response to detection of both a vehicle speed below a predetermined vehicle speed value and an engine rpm below a predetermined engine rpm value or a exceeding of a defined high speed rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Wolfgang Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20060191676
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver HORN, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20060185837
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle includes a first climate control device designed to heat or cool a front area of the interior, and a second climate control device designed to heat or cool a rear area of the interior. A first evaporator connectable to a first cooling agent circuit assigned to the first climate control device and a second evaporator is connectable to a second cooling agent circuit assigned to the second climate control device. The second evaporator is located in a latent storage in order to charge the latent storage with cold and the second climate control device contains a first heat exchanger designed to transfer the cold removed via a heat transfer medium circuit or the second cooling agent circuit from the latent storage for cooling the rear area of the interior by an air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver HORN, Noureddine Khelifa, Steffen Korfmann
  • Patent number: 7063139
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle includes a first climate control device designed to heat or cool the front area of the interior, and a second climate control device designed to heat or cool the rear area of the interior. A first evaporator is connectable to a cooling circuit assigned to the first climate control device and a second evaporator is connectable to a second cooling circuit assigned to the second climate control device. The second evaporator is located in a latent storage in order to charge the latent storage with cold and the second climate control device contains a first heat exchanger designed to transfer the cold removed via the heat transfer medium circuit or the second cooling agent circuit from the latent storage for cooling of the rear area of the interior by an air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Steffen Korfmann