Patents by Inventor Thomas Knorpp

Thomas Knorpp 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: 20230246570
    Abstract: The present invention relates to establishing a rotational speed-dependent safe operating mode. For this purpose, two redundant control paths are provided and are each designed to establish either an active short-circuit or a freewheeling mode as the safe operating mode. In this way, even if one control path fails, a rotational speed-dependent safe operating mode can still be fully established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Edwin Eberlein, Daniel Raichle, Manfred Kirschner, Thomas Merkel, Thomas Knorpp, Volker Gilgenbach
  • Patent number: 9983603
    Abstract: In a boost converter operation, a first voltage that is independent of an input voltage of the boost converter is preset in the boost converter, having an increased voltage level compared to the input voltage, as the setpoint output voltage, as long as the input voltage is below a first voltage threshold value, which is lower than the first voltage. As soon as the input voltage exceeds the first voltage threshold value, a second voltage that is a function of the input voltage is preset, having a lower voltage level compared to the input voltage, as the setpoint output voltage. As soon as the input voltage drops below a second voltage threshold value, which is lower than the first voltage, the first voltage is again preset as the setpoint output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Stephan Binhack, Wolfgang Mollenkopf
  • Patent number: 9487093
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical drive system of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a traction battery (1), a high-voltage intermediate circuit (2), a pulse-controlled inverter (3) which is coupled to the high voltage intermediate circuit (2), an electrical machine (5) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3); a DC-to-DC converter (6) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3) and the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) and is designed to convert a high voltage (UE) from the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) into a low voltage (UA) for a vehicle electrical system; a low-voltage battery (8) which is coupled to the DC-to-DC converter (6); a plurality of selectively-connectable electrical consumers (9a, 9b) of the vehicle electrical system, which are coupled to the low-voltage battery (8) and the DC-to-DC converter (6); and a control device (7) which, in the event of a traction battery failure, is designed to operate the DC-to-DC converter (6) in a current-controlled manner using t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Raichle, Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Markus Michels
  • Patent number: 9287704
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a polarity reversal on a low voltage side of a DC voltage transformer in a dual-voltage vehicle electrical system, particularly in a motor vehicle. A current flow is enabled, in this instance, in a connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer by a controllable switching element, a current is detected in a connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer, with the aid of a current sensor system, the direction of the detected current is evaluated by an evaluation unit and a polarity reversal is detected if the direction of the detected current differs from an expected current direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Beqir Pushkolli, Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Alexander Scheidle
  • Patent number: 9124179
    Abstract: A method for the control of a first current in a first direct voltage network which is connected to a direct voltage converter, wherein energy is transmitted between the first and a second direct voltage network via a transformation unit of the direct voltage converter, wherein a current control is provided for the control of a second current in the second direct voltage network. A second current setpoint is determined from a first current setpoint of the first direct voltage network based on a transfer function of the transformation unit, which second current setpoint is fed to the current control and therefore, due to the transformation ratio of the transformation unit, a first actual current of the current-control-free direct voltage network is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Knorpp
  • Publication number: 20140217817
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical drive system of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a traction battery (1), a high-voltage intermediate circuit (2), a pulse-controlled inverter (3) which is coupled to the high voltage intermediate circuit (2), an electrical machine (5) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3); a DC-to-DC converter (6) which is coupled to the pulse-controlled inverter (3) and the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) and is designed to convert a high voltage (UE) from the high-voltage intermediate circuit (2) into a low voltage (UA) for a vehicle electrical system; a low-voltage battery (8) which is coupled to the DC-to-DC converter (6); a plurality of selectively-connectable electrical consumers (9a, 9b) of the vehicle electrical system, which are coupled to the low-voltage battery (8) and the DC-to-DC converter (6); and a control device (7) which, in the event of a traction battery failure, is designed to operate the DC-to-DC converter (6) in a current-controlled manner using t
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Raichle, Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Markus Michels
  • Publication number: 20130234683
    Abstract: In a boost converter operation, a first voltage that is independent of an input voltage of the boost converter is preset in the boost converter, having an increased voltage level compared to the input voltage, as the setpoint output voltage, as long as the input voltage is below a first voltage threshold value, which is lower than the first voltage. As soon as the input voltage exceeds the first voltage threshold value, a second voltage that is a function of the input voltage is preset, having a lower voltage level compared to the input voltage, as the setpoint output voltage. As soon as the input voltage drops below a second voltage threshold value, which is lower than the first voltage, the first voltage is again preset as the setpoint output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Stephan Binhack, Wolfgang Mollenkopf
  • Publication number: 20130021019
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a polarity reversal on a low voltage side of a DC voltage transformer in a dual-voltage vehicle electrical system, particularly in a motor vehicle. A current flow is enabled, in this instance, in a connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer by a controllable switching element, a current is detected in a connecting line on the low voltage side of the DC voltage transformer, with the aid of a current sensor system, the direction of the detected current is evaluated by an evaluation unit and a polarity reversal is detected if the direction of the detected current differs from an expected current direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Beqir Pushkolli, Thomas Knorpp, Michael Ruffer, Alexander Scheidle