Patents by Inventor Stefan Butzmann

Stefan Butzmann 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: 20120306468
    Abstract: An energy supply system including an electrical energy storage system having multiple storage modules, in particular a battery system, an ascertaining device for ascertaining state variables of the storage modules and an energy transmission device for energy transmission between the storage modules and a downstream electrical device. It is provided that the energy transmission device has multiple d.c. chopper converters, which are connected to one another in parallel and/or in series at the output end, and each of the d.c. chopper converters is connectable to a storage module of the energy storage system, and the energy supply system has a trigger device for triggering the d.c. chopper converters as a function of the ascertained state variable of the respective connected storage module. Also described is a method for operating an energy supply system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Butzmann, Holger Fink
  • Publication number: 20120282500
    Abstract: A battery system comprises a battery module, including a high-voltage grid and a low-voltage network having a BCU. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series and a plurality of cell monitoring units configured to measure and to transmit battery voltages of the battery cells with respect to a first control signal. The BCU is configured to determine a charge state of the battery cells. The BCU includes a microcontroller and a nanocontroller. The nanocontroller is or can be directly connected to the cell monitoring units and is connected to the microcontroller by means of an isolator, and is configured to generate the first control signal and to transmit the signal to the cell monitoring units and to receive the battery voltages of the battery cells transmitted by the cell monitoring units and relay same to the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120243135
    Abstract: A deactivation device for disconnecting an electrical energy source from a load includes at least two one-time switches. The one-time switches become inoperative upon switching in response to the presence of a load exceeding a critical value, thereby disconnecting an electrical connection. The one time switches are connected in parallel, and the deactivation device is configured in such a way that, except for a one-time switch, which is provided for disconnecting the energy source from the load and for connecting the energy source to the load, the at least one other one-time switch remains open. In the case of an inoperativeness of the one one-time switch, the at least one other one-time switch is used for disconnecting the energy source from the load and for connecting the energy source to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120242156
    Abstract: A DC/DC converter circuit includes at least two DC/DC converters and a low-pass filter, the DC/DC converters in each case having one input side and one output side. The DC/DC converters are connected to each other in series on their output side, and the low-pass filter is post-connected to the DC/DC converters that are connected in series to each other, so as to smooth the output voltage generated by the DC/DC converters at their output side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Butzmann, Holger Fink
  • Publication number: 20120235627
    Abstract: A method for balancing the electrical group voltages of at least two accumulator groups which are connected in series and each of which have a plurality of accumulator units provides that one accumulator group is connected to the winding of a coil in order to excite the coil, and the other accumulator group is charged by the excited coil by the subsequent connection of the winding to the other accumulator group. In addition, a corresponding electrical accumulator is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Butzmann, Holger Fink
  • Publication number: 20120228931
    Abstract: An energy transformer for a battery system is disclosed. The energy transformer includes a first and a second primary DC/DC converter each having two inputs and two outputs. The inputs are designed for connecting a battery module and the first and the second primary DC/DC converters are connected in series on the output side. The energy transformer has at least one first secondary DC/DC converter having two inputs that are connected to the outputs of the second primary DC/DC converter and a first output connected to one of the outputs of the first primary DC/DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120223669
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for balancing the electrical voltages of at least two electrical accumulator units that are connected in series. According to the invention, one accumulator unit is connected to the winding of a coil in order to excite the coil, and the other accumulator unit is charged by the excited coil by the subsequent connection of the winding to the other accumulator unit. In addition, the invention provides a corresponding electrical accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120217797
    Abstract: A battery system includes a plurality of groups of series-connected battery cells, a plurality of DC/DC converters and a first switch. The groups of series-connected battery cells are themselves in turn connected in series. The DC/DC converters are connected on the input side to a first pole and to a second pole of a group of battery cells associated with the respective DC/DC converter, and are connected in series on the output side between a first output of the battery system and a second output of the battery system. The first switch is connected in a first current path between the first pole of a first group of battery cells and the first output of the battery system, and has a control input, which is connected to a controller, for a first control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120206103
    Abstract: A circuit for connecting a first accumulator line to a second accumulator line from an accumulator is described. The accumulator is provided for charging and discharging electrical energy via the accumulator lines. Each accumulator line has a positive pole and a negative pole for charging and discharging electrical energy. The circuit has at least one first switch which is provided for disconnecting and connecting two similar poles of the two accumulator lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20120181873
    Abstract: An energy transformer for a battery system is disclosed. The energy transformer includes a plurality of DC/DC converters each having a first and a second input and a first and a second output. The first output of a first of the DC/DC converters is connected to a first output of the energy transformer and the second output of a last of the DC/DC converters is connected to a second output of the energy transformer. The first and second inputs are designed for connecting a battery module. The DC/DC converters are connected in series on the output side. The energy transformer has a plurality of first diodes each of which have an anode connected to the first input of one of the DC/DC converters and a cathode connected to the second input of another DC/DC converter so that the DC/DC converters are connected in series on the input side and via a second diode having an anode connected to the first input of the first of the DC/DC converters and a cathode connected to the first output of the energy transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Butzmann, Holger Fink
  • Patent number: 8143884
    Abstract: It is described a current interface (100, 200) with a blocking capacitor (128, 228). The blocking capacitor (128, 228) is attached to an additional pin (115, 215), thus allowing a supply voltage ripple rejection of an internal sensor circuit (130, 230). The supply lines (160, 260, 170, 270) are decoupled from the capacitor (128, 228) by a diode (125) or by a voltage regulator (226). Thereby, the use of a sensor element (132, 232) with the current interface (100, 200) does not restrict the size of the blocking capacitor (128, 228) because transient times of edges of output current signals of the current interface (100, 200) are not affected by a low-pass behavior of the blocking capacitor (128, 228) combined with a sensing resistor (171, 271) being typically used for measuring the amperage of the output current signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110309070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating accumulator cells of an electrical energy accumulator, at least one first accumulator cell and at least one second accumulator cell being arranged in series. According to the invention, the first accumulator cell and the second accumulator cell alternately feed at least one inductive component which is electrically connected to an intermediate tap between the first and second accumulator cells. The invention also relates to a corresponding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Patent number: 8063635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetoresistive sensor with a triangle made of magnetic sensitive material with three corners with two wiring connections, wherein the three sides of the triangle have different or at least substantially equal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110279122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a characteristic status parameter of a memory unit via an electric circuit arrangement. In the circuit arrangement at least one inductive component and at least one capacitive component are arranged, forming a tuned circuit with the memory unit. The method has the following steps of energizing the tend circuit by temporary charging of the capacitive component, the energizing being carried out by an energizing device electrically supplied by the memory unit, and determining a time-dependent voltage change at the capacitive component after terminating the energizing and determining the characteristic status parameter from the time-dependence of the voltage change. The invention further relates to a corresponding electrical circuit arrangement and an electrical memory, including such a circuit arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110273182
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaluation circuit for detecting the voltage in battery cells of a battery system which are preferably connected in series. The evaluation circuit includes serially connected resistors, the number of which is equal to the number of battery cells for which the voltage is to be detected. One of the resistors is associated with each of the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110273024
    Abstract: A power transmitter for a battery system, a battery system including such a power transmitter, and a motor vehicle including such a battery system are disclosed. The power transmitter includes a plurality of DC/DC converters, each of which has a first and a second input and a first and a second output. According to the invention, first and second inputs are designed to connect a battery module, while the DC/DC converters are connected in series at the output end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110254561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the electrical cell voltages in several electrical storage cells of an electrical storage medium. Each storage cell has an associated measuring device and the measurement values of the measurement devices are read out based on a read command of a control unit. According to the invention, a synchronization line leading from the control unit to the measurement devices or from one of the measurement devices to all other measurement devices is provided for simultaneously reading out the measurement values. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110202315
    Abstract: A signal processor for removing at least one unintended signal component from an input signal (ua) is proposed. The signal processor includes a filter device (130) and a processing device (150). The filter device (130) filters the input signal (uâ) and generates a filtered signal (uf), which includes the unintended signal component to be removed. The processing device (150) generates an output signal (um), which indicates a deviation of the input signal (ua) from the filtered input signal (uf). By detecting the unintended signal component first an removing this component from the input signal (uâ), the input signal will not be manipulated directly but the unintended signal component in the input signal (uâ) will be compensated. This allows to remove the unintended component from the input signal (uâ) with less distortions of the interesting components in the input signal (uâ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Boris Klabunde, Stefan Butzmann
  • Patent number: 7948419
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for obtaining a binary output signal from a current signal delivered by a magnetic-field sensor comprises a magnetic-field sensor, a voltage-supply unit, a measuring device, a signal-conditioning stage, a control stage, wherein the signal values represent the two current values of the current signal, alternating in pulse shape, as supplied by the magnetic-field sensor, for supplying the currently obtained first and second signal values to a memory device after every pulse-shaped change in the current signal and for identifying a digital changeover-threshold signal in accordance with a first algorithm from the real-time first and second signal values, the memory device for storing the currently obtained first and second signal values, a digital/analogue converter stage, and a comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann
  • Publication number: 20110018621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a current mirror circuit (40, 50, 60) comprising an input-side transistor (Q1) or field effect transistor and an output-side transistor (Q2) or field effect transistor, which are coupled with their emitters or sources and are connected to a voltage (UB, 55), which are electrically coupled with each other with their respective base (45, 46, 57, 58) or gate and are connected to a the field effect transistor (Q3) in such a way that the source (44) of the field effect transistor (Q3) is coupled to the base (45,46,57,58) or gate of the two transistors (Q1, Q2) or field effect transistors and the drain (47) of the field effect transistor (Q3) is coupled to the collector (48) or drain of the input-side transistor (Q1) or field effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Stefan Butzmann