Patents by Inventor Stephan BRÜSKE

Stephan BRÜSKE 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: 20230396192
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric machine including a rotor and a stator is connected to a first or a second power electronics assembly (PEA), the first or the second PEA including a circuit arrangement that produces a freewheeling condition or an active short circuit condition for a winding of the rotor or the stator, to a DC voltage network having a battery, and the first or the second PEA including an inverter formed by the circuit arrangement. The method includes, in response to a primary fault signal indicating a fault the first or the second PEA, actuating the first or the second PEA to produce the freewheeling condition, and in response to a secondary fault signal indicating a nonreceptiveness of the battery for power fed by the electric machine to the DC voltage network, actuating both the first and the second PEA to produce the active short circuit condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Florian BITTNER, Stephan BRÜSKE, Bastian HEIDLER, Mathias KORN
  • Patent number: 11831248
    Abstract: An inverter for an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The inverter includes a DC/AC converter and a DC/DC converter. The DC/AC converter includes at least one chip of silicon carbide having at least one MOSFET. The DC/DC converter includes at least one chip of silicon having at least one IGBT. The DC/DC converter is connectible to a first one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine and the DC/AC converter is connectible to a second one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Apelsmeier, Stephan Brüske
  • Patent number: 11780334
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the active discharge of a high-voltage intermediate circuit via a discharge resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas Baumeister, Stephan Brüske, Simon Haussmann, Jochen Heusel
  • Patent number: 11689072
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit device for demagnetizing the rotor of an externally excited synchronous machine and to a method for operating the circuit device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Schiedermeier, Stephan Brüske
  • Patent number: 11618325
    Abstract: A method and a device for the diagnosis of the active discharge of a HV intermediate circuit of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stephan Brüske
  • Publication number: 20220126697
    Abstract: A method and a device for the diagnosis of the active discharge of a HV intermediate circuit of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Publication number: 20220089032
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the active discharge of a high-voltage intermediate circuit via a discharge resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Thomas BAUMEISTER, Stephan BRÜSKE, Simon HAUSSMANN, Jochen HEUSEL
  • Publication number: 20210399649
    Abstract: An inverter for an electric machine is provided. The electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The inverter includes a DC/AC converter and a DC/DC converter. The DC/AC converter includes at least one chip of silicon carbide having at least one MOSFET. The DC/DC converter includes at least one chip of silicon having at least one IGBT. The DC/DC converter is connectible to a first one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine and the DC/AC converter is connectible to a second one of the rotor or the stator of the electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas APELSMEIER, Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Publication number: 20210313920
    Abstract: A system comprises a control unit for operating an electrical circuit arrangement connected to an electrical machine, wherein the electrical circuit arrangement is designed to energize a stator of the electrical machine, the control unit being connectable to at least one further circuit arrangement which is designed to energize a rotor of the electrical machine, the control unit being set up to operate the further circuit arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Patent number: 10992208
    Abstract: A converter device for an electrical machine, including a switch with a plurality of switching elements to generate a multiphase alternating current for the electrical machine and a plurality of phase conductors for conducting an alternating current generated in each case by the switch to the electrical machine, wherein a number of first phase conductors that is one less in number than the total number of phase conductors are coordinated with a current measuring means, and a control device is provided, which is designed to determine a calculated value describing a current along the second phase conductor from first measured values of the current measuring means, wherein the control device is designed to check the plausibility of the calculated value on the basis at least one second measured value of a short circuit detecting device coordinated with a switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Apelsmeier, Stephan Brüske
  • Publication number: 20210075277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit device for demagnetizing the rotor of an externally excited synchronous machine and to a method for operating the circuit device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Maximilian SCHIEDERMEIER, Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Patent number: 10924051
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a modulation of at least one electrical operating parameter of at least one component of a power electronics unit, wherein an electric machine of a vehicle is operated by the power electronics unit, wherein the modulation is adjusted by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Apelsmeier, Stephan Brüske
  • Patent number: 10784180
    Abstract: An electronics device with at least one component to be cooled, a cooling element for cooling the component to be cooled, at least one power supply line, and a respective current sensor for recording a current strength of a current flowing through the respective power supply line, wherein the cooling element has a recess, in which the current sensor engages or in which the current sensor is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas Apelsmeier, Benjamin Söhnle, Stephan Brüske
  • Publication number: 20190173409
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a modulation of at least one electrical operating parameter of at least one component of a power electronics unit, wherein an electric machine of a vehicle is operated by the power electronics unit, wherein the modulation is adjusted by a user of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas APELSMEIER, Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Publication number: 20190027420
    Abstract: An electronics device with at least one component to be cooled, a cooling element for cooling the component to be cooled, at least one power supply line, and a respective current sensor for recording a current strength of a current flowing through the respective power supply line, wherein the cooling element has a recess, in which the current sensor engages or in which the current sensor is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas APELSMEIER, Benjamin SÖHNLE, Stephan BRÜSKE
  • Publication number: 20180294697
    Abstract: A converter device for an electrical machine, including a switch with a plurality of switching elements to generate a multiphase alternating current for the electrical machine and a plurality of phase conductors for conducting an alternating current generated in each case by the switch to the electrical machine, wherein a number of first phase conductors that is one less in number than the total number of phase conductors are coordinated with a current measuring means, and a control device is provided, which is designed to determine a calculated value describing a current along the second phase conductor from first measured values of the current measuring means, wherein the control device is designed to check the plausibility of the calculated value on the basis at least one second measured value of a short circuit detecting device coordinated with a switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Andreas APELSMEIER, Stephan BRÜSKE