Patents by Inventor Peter P. Ebbinghaus

Peter P. Ebbinghaus 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: 11290101
    Abstract: A solid state power switch device comprises a switch unit comprising at least one switch element configured to provide power supply to a load of a vehicle while the switch element is in close state; a switch control unit in communication with the switch unit, and configured to control in open/close state the switch element; the switch control unit comprising a built in self-test module of the switch element configured to control a self-test sequence of the switch element and to check failure/success of the self-test sequence of the switch element such that the switch unit is self-tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Peter P. Ebbinghaus, Detlef Boll, Emmanuel Boudoux, Sebastian Yousef
  • Publication number: 20200099374
    Abstract: A solid state power switch device comprises a switch unit comprising at least one switch element configured to provide power supply to a load of a vehicle while the switch element is in close state; a switch control unit in communication with the switch unit, and configured to control in open/close state the switch element; the switch control unit comprising a built in self-test module of the switch element configured to control a self-test sequence of the switch element and to check failure/success of the self-test sequence of the switch element such that the switch unit is self-tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Peter P. Ebbinghaus, Detlef Boll, Emmanuel Boudoux, Sebastian Yousef