Patents by Inventor Robert Hoenen

Robert Hoenen 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).

  • Consumption-optimization system for motor vehicles by adapting the passenger compartment air conditioning
    Patent number: 11097597
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. In one example, a cabin of the vehicle may be heated firstly to a first temperature by flowing coolant to a heat exchanger, coolant may be diverted away from the heat exchanger and toward the engine in order to increase a temperature of the engine, and the coolant may then flow again to the heat exchanger in order to heat the cabin to a second temperature. An amount of fuel savings resulting from heating the engine by diverting coolant away from the heat exchanger may be displayed to an operator of the vehicle via a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Robert Hoenen
  • Methods and systems for thermal management of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11007995
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating a drive train temperature for a journey. In one example, a method comprises requesting a vehicle operator to input one or more travel parameters for the journey, predicting travel parameters the vehicle operator omitted to input, and displaying an estimated fuel economy for the journey, where the estimated fuel economy is based on the estimated drive train temperature, which is based on the travel parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Robert Hoenen, Christian Hans, Herbert Ernst, Antonio Farina
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180236997
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a estimating a drive train temperature for a journey. In one example, a method comprises requesting a vehicle operator to input one or more travel parameters for the journey, predicting travel parameters the vehicle operator omitted to input, and displaying an estimated fuel economy for the journey, where the estimated fuel economy is based on the estimated drive train temperature, which is based on the travel parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Robert Hoenen, Christian Hans, Herbert Ernst, Antonio Farina
  • CONSUMPTION-OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES BY ADAPTING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AIR CONDITIONING
    Publication number: 20170210203
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. In one example, a cabin of the vehicle may be heated firstly to a first temperature by flowing coolant to a heat exchanger, coolant may be diverted away from the heat exchanger and toward the engine in order to increase a temperature of the engine, and the coolant may then flow again to the heat exchanger in order to heat the cabin to a second temperature. An amount of fuel savings resulting from heating the engine by diverting coolant away from the heat exchanger may be displayed to an operator of the vehicle via a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hans Guenter Quix, Robert Hoenen