Patents by Inventor Stefan SICKLINGER

Stefan SICKLINGER 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).

  • CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR TESTING A PROGRAM ELEMENT OF A VEHICLE FUNCTION, AND MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING A CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20230143265
    Abstract: A controller for a vehicle (10) and a method of testing a program element of a vehicle function using the controller includes the controller having a computing device which runs a control program for controlling a vehicle function and a test environment with a control test program for testing at least one program element of a vehicle function. The test environment may be defined within a runtime environment delimited by the control program. The control test program may have a program interface which can integrate and run the at least one program element in a runtime of the control test program so that the control test program can test the at least one program element of the vehicle function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Klaus HOFMOCKEL, Stefan SICKLINGER
  • Method for charging a battery-operated vehicle
    Patent number: 11338693
    Abstract: A method is provided for charging a battery-operated vehicle having a chargeable traction energy store and a system for autonomously guiding the vehicle with a charging vehicle having an energy generator and/or an energy store. The method forms at least one electrical coupling between the battery-operated vehicle and the charging vehicle via an autonomous driving manoeuver of the battery-operated vehicle and/or the charging vehicle. A charging of the traction energy store of the battery-operated vehicle occurs via the energy generator and/or the energy store of the charging vehicle during the driving of the paired battery-operated vehicle and charging vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fabian Bachmann, Robert Bobinger, Elsa Davy, Norbert Deixler, Richard Eiletz, Sebastian Gielisch, Roland Koenig, Alfred Pruckner, Dirk Schlichte, Hubert Scholz, Anette Sedlmaier-Fuchs, Ludwig Seethaler, Stefan Sicklinger, Ralf Stroph, Stefan Stuerzl, Martin Waldmann
  • Method for Charging a Battery-Operated Vehicle
    Publication number: 20190210479
    Abstract: A method is provided for charging a battery-operated vehicle having a chargeable traction energy store and a system for autonomously guiding the vehicle with a charging vehicle having an energy generator and/or an energy store. The method forms at least one electrical coupling between the battery-operated vehicle and the charging vehicle via an autonomous driving manoeuver of the battery-operated vehicle and/or the charging vehicle. A charging of the traction energy store of the battery-operated vehicle occurs via the energy generator and/or the energy store of the charging vehicle during the driving of the paired battery-operated vehicle and charging vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Fabian BACHMANN, Robert BOBINGER, Elsa DAVY, Norbert DEIXLER, Richard EILETZ, Sebastian GIELISCH, Roland KOENIG, Alfred PRUCKNER, Dirk SCHLICHTE, Hubert SCHOLZ, Anette SEDLMAIER-FUCHS, Ludwig SEETHALER, Stefan SICKLINGER, Ralf STROPH, Stefan STUERZL, Martin WALDMANN