Patents by Inventor Stephanie PREISLER

Stephanie PREISLER 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).

  • Patent number: 11764563
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical system, particularly for a motor vehicle. The vehicle electrical system has at least two electrical system branches, a disconnecting switch device between the two electrical system branches, wherein the disconnecting switch device has a first controllable switch unit and a series circuit having a second controllable switch unit and an overcurrent protection unit, wherein the first switch unit and the series circuit are electrically connected to each other in parallel between the two electrical system branches, and a control unit which in an idle mode of the vehicle electrical system, is equipped to switch the first switch unit into an open, current-disconnecting switching state and to keep it in the current-disconnecting switching state and to switch the second switch unit into a closed, current-carrying switching state and to keep it in this current-carrying switching state. A motor vehicle with the above-mentioned vehicle electrical system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Ludwig Ramsauer, Rainer Knorr, Stephanie Preisler, Dirk Reichow
  • Publication number: 20220352705
    Abstract: A vehicle electrical system, particularly for a motor vehicle. The vehicle electrical system has at least two electrical system branches, a disconnecting switch device between the two electrical system branches, wherein the disconnecting switch device has a first controllable switch unit and a series circuit having a second controllable switch unit and an overcurrent protection unit, wherein the first switch unit and the series circuit are electrically connected to each other in parallel between the two electrical system branches, and a control unit which in an idle mode of the vehicle electrical system, is equipped to switch the first switch unit into an open, current-disconnecting switching state and to keep it in the current-disconnecting switching state and to switch the second switch unit into a closed, current-carrying switching state and to keep it in this current-carrying switching state. A motor vehicle with the above-mentioned vehicle electrical system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Ludwig RAMSAUER, Reiner KNORR, Stephanie PREISLER, Dirk REICHOW