Patents by Inventor Stefan Götz

Stefan Götz 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: 20200328593
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for electronic current control for a flexible DC battery pack, in which the battery pack has a plurality of flexibly interconnectable modules having a respective energy store and at least two respective controllable switches and the modules are electrically connected to one another to form a section having a first and a second section end and the two section ends are connected to a respective high-voltage connection, in which the at least two switches of a respective module interrupt a battery current I or interconnect the respective energy store at least in series or parallel with or to bypass the respective energy store of the respectively adjacent module, in which the flexible interconnection of the modules is controlled by a battery control unit and hence a prescribed DC voltage V is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Goetz
  • Publication number: 20200317086
    Abstract: A method is provided for an energy transmission between at least two energy stores (914, 924) in a respective zero system of at least two n-phase electric machines (912, 922), in which one respective n-phase electric machine (912, 922) has a field winding that is brought together at a star point. The respective field winding is provided with n-windings corresponding to respective n-phases and has a neutral point (902), a respective energy store (914, 924) is assigned, and an electric connection is established in terms of circuitry between windings of corresponding phases, or between the neutral points (902) of the respective field windings of the at least two n-phase electric machines (912, 922) and a respective identical pole of the energy stores (914, 924). Thus, an energy transmission between the at least two energy stores (914, 924) that have a different charge state is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Goetz, Jan Kacetl, Tomas Kacetl
  • Patent number: 10790743
    Abstract: A module for connecting to a second module of the same type to provide an electrical converter system or, a battery system, wherein the module comprises an energy storage, at least five internal switching elements, and at least two connections on each side of the module, wherein the energy storage is connected directly to at least one of the at least two connections and the internal switching elements are arranged and connected in such a way that the internal switching elements, independently of a switching state of corresponding internal switching elements of the second module of the same type, can realize all switching states in order to dynamically switch an electrical connection between the energy storage and a corresponding energy storage of the second module. The invention further relates to an electrical converter system and to a battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Götz
  • Patent number: 10782320
    Abstract: A method for measuring a temporal drainage of an alternating current flowing through a measurement object, in which a Rogowski-Steinhaus-Chattock coil is aligned on the measurement object, at least one isolating line is inserted into coil windings of the Rogowski-Steinhaus-Chattock coil, said isolating line minimizing a capacitive coupling of the coil windings of the Rogowski-Steinhaus-Chattock coil with one another and/or with at least one further electrical line, and a voltage induced by the alternating current in at least one measuring line comprising the Rogowski-Steinhaus-Chattock coil is measured. A corresponding sensor and a method for providing a sensor of this type are furthermore disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Hermann Dibos, Rafael Banzhaf
  • Patent number: 10780789
    Abstract: A charging apparatus for charging at least one electric energy storage, in particular of motor vehicles, comprising a plurality of charging units, each charging unit having an AC/DC converter, a DC interlink circuit, a high-voltage energy storage and a DC/DC converter, wherein the charging units can be connected up on the output side as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, David Köhler
  • Patent number: 10784698
    Abstract: A method for improving the modulation index using an intelligent battery pack, in which method a battery pack includes a plurality of freely interconnectable energy modules. An energy module has at least one energy cell and at least two switches, and in which method series or parallel interconnection of a respective energy module with at least one adjacent energy module of the battery pack is implemented by a controller. A terminal voltage of the battery pack, which terminal voltage results from the respective interconnection, is adjusted in accordance with a respectively prespecified load demand on at least one N-phase electrical machine. The terminal voltage is connected as an input voltage to at least one multi-stage inverter, and an N-phase alternating current for supplying a respective N-phase electrical machine is formed by the at least one multi-stage inverter on the basis of a level of the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Malte Jaensch, Jan Kacetl, Tomas Kacetl, Stefan Götz
  • Patent number: 10759284
    Abstract: A battery module for a traction battery having a housing, battery cells arranged inside the housing, a power electronics circuit board which is adjacent to the battery cells, a support face, facing away from the power electronics circuit board, for a cooling plate of the traction battery, and a heat-conducting element which bears over a surface on the power electronics circuit board and runs between the battery cells in the direction of or along the support face. Also described is a corresponding method for manufacturing a battery module, a corresponding traction battery and a corresponding electric car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Malte Jaensch, Patrick Leidig, Stefan Götz
  • Publication number: 20200266694
    Abstract: A control circuit for a converter for use in a vehicle, such as an electrically powered vehicle. The converter has at least one controllable power semiconductor device. The control circuit is designed to control a changeover procedure of the at least one controllable power semiconductor device based on a control signal, and the control circuit is designed to control the at least one controllable power semiconductor device based on the control signal by temporally adjusting the behaviour of the at least one controllable power semiconductor device during the changeover procedure while taking a shaping parameter into account. The shaping parameter is a shaping parameter for electromagnetic emissions of the at least one controllable power semiconductor device. Also described is a converter for use in a vehicle having the at least one control circuit of that type, a vehicle having at least one converter of that type, and a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Götz
  • Publication number: 20200259383
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a slot base insulation in a stator (210, 220), wherein the stator (210, 220) is part of an electrical machine and is constructed from a ferromagnetic material. The stator (210, 220) is provided with at least one slot (204) to fit a winding wire (122) in the at least one slot (204). The at least one slot (204) is coated with a soft-magnetic insulation material. A stator (210, 220) also is provided with the slot base insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Goetz, Oliver Heil
  • Publication number: 20200249258
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus (1) is provided for measuring direct and alternating currents through a conductor (2). The sensor apparatus (1) has a Rogowski coil (3) and the plane of main extent of the Rogowski coil (3) is arranged substantially orthogonally in relation to the direction of main extent of the conductor (2). The conductor (2) is enclosed by the Rogowski coil (3). The sensor apparatus (1) also has a plurality of magnetic field sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Goetz
  • Patent number: 10714946
    Abstract: A method for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, at a direct-current charging apparatus, wherein the vehicle has an inverter which is connected to the battery, and an electric motor which is connected to the inverter. During the charging process, the inverter and at least one inductor of the electric motor are used for the step-up conversion of a low charging voltage of the direct-current charging apparatus into a higher voltage which is required for charging the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Till Lütje
  • Patent number: 10714884
    Abstract: A land-based electric vehicle charging plug has a plug base and a separate and exchangeable interface which is detachably fastened to the plug base. The plug base has an electrically non-conductive base body and at least one charging current base contact. The interface has an electrically non-conductive interface body and at least one charging current interface contact which is plugged-together with the corresponding charging current base contact. The plug base and the interface have a positive guide which forms an insertion funnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Jari Rönfanz, Volker Reber
  • Patent number: 10700587
    Abstract: An electronic system includes a plurality of switching elements (T) and a plurality of energy storage elements (L; C). The energy storage elements (L; C) are connected to one another by the switching elements (T). The energy storage elements (L; C) can be selectively switched to a first, a second or a third state by switching the switching elements (T). In the first state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are connected in series with one another. In the second state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are connected in parallel with one another. In the third state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are bypassed, wherein two of the energy storage elements (L; C) are each connected by no more than three of the switching elements (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Götz
  • Patent number: 10696183
    Abstract: A transformer apparatus for a charging station for electrically charging vehicles. The charging station includes at least two charging points. The transformer apparatus includes an input connection for electrical connection to an electrical power source. The transformer apparatus further includes at least one primary winding, and connected downstream electrically in series, at least three electrically parallel secondary windings that are DC-isolated from one another. The secondary windings are configured to be connected to at least two output connections of the at least two charging points of the charging station by switching logic. The switching logic connects at least two secondary windings electrically in parallel with a respective output connection of a respective charging point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Roggendorf, Stefan Götz
  • Patent number: 10688873
    Abstract: Charging system for electric vehicles, having: a charging station to which a traction battery of an electric vehicle can be coupled via a charging cable; power electronics, the charging station being able to be connected, with the interposition of the power electronics, to an electrical current and voltage supply network which provides a defined electrical network power; an electrical storage device which is connected between the electrical current and voltage supply network and the charging station such that said storage device is charged on the basis of the electrical network power and is discharged on the basis of a charging speed of the charging station; a re-cooling apparatus, the charging station, the power electronics and the electrical storage device connected to the re-cooling apparatus which provides a defined as thermal re-cooling power; a thermal storage device connected to the re-cooling apparatus, to the charging station, to the power electronics and to the electrical storage device such that sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Manuel Groß
  • Publication number: 20200169014
    Abstract: Mechanical and electrical connection is established between a power-electronics structural element and a circuit board. The circuit board has a bore and an electrical contact area encircles the bore. The power-electronics structural element has a mechanical fastening option and an electrical contact area encircles this fastening option at a point to be connected to the circuit board. A cylinder with a head on one end is inserted into the bore of the circuit board to achieve the mechanical connection, and a sleeve formed from an electrically conductive material surrounds the cylinder. Electrical contact areas of the power-electronics structural element and the circuit board are connected electrically by the sleeve. The mechanical connection is formed by an interlocking connection of the cylinder and the fastening option of the power-electronics structural element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Stefan Goetz
  • Patent number: 10637314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bar winding arrangement of a stator or a rotor of an electric machine, including a number of bar segments, which are housed in a plurality of slots of the stator or the rotor and are electrically connected to one another in such a way that they form a continuous winding of the stator or the rotor, wherein each of the slots is divided by the bar segments into a first group of bar segments and at least one second group of bar segments, wherein the bar segments of the first group have a smaller cross section than the bar segments of the second group, wherein the bar segments of the first group are electrically connected in series and the bar segments of the second group are electrically connected in series and in parallel with the bar segments of the first group and wherein the bar segments of the first group are arranged closer to a slot opening in the radial direction than the bar segments of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Malte Jaensch
  • Patent number: 10630201
    Abstract: A module configured as a component of a multilevel converter has a plurality of basic units and electrical energy sources. Each basic unit has at least one half-bridge. The at least one half-bridge includes at least one high-side switch and at least one low-side switch. Two basic units are arranged directly adjacent alongside one another within the module. A first basic unit is connected to a positive pole of a first energy source and the at least one low-side switch is connected to a negative pole of a second energy source. A second basic unit is connected to a positive pole of the second energy source and the at least one low-side switch is connected to a negative pole of the first energy source. Current is transported between two poles via at least one current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Johannes Höß
  • Patent number: 10622858
    Abstract: A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor iron, a stator iron and conductor bars. An air gap separates the rotor iron from the stator iron. The stator iron has a slot and the conductor bars run in the slot. The conductor bars have a first profile in a first segment, the conductor bars have a second profile in a second segment and the first profile differs from the second profile. Also described is a method which is adapted for producing an electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Götz, Malte Jaensch
  • Patent number: 10611254
    Abstract: A charging cable unit for a charging column of an electric filling station has a cooling unit and a charging cable which is preferably provided with cable shoes. The coding unit includes a heat exchanger with first connections and second connections. The charging cable has a secondary coolant circuit that is fluidically connected to the second connections. The cooling unit is designed to cool the secondary coolant circuit if the first connections are fluidically connected to a common primary coolant circuit of the electric filling station. Also described is a mounting method using such a charging cable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: David Köhler, Stefan Götz