Patents by Inventor Timo Guttenkunst

Timo Guttenkunst 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: 20180219398
    Abstract: A cleaning device is provided, including an electrical consumption unit, at least two batteries, a discharge circuit electrically connecting these to the consumption unit, and a control unit for controlling the discharge circuit, wherein the batteries are connected to each other in parallel. To increase the utility and operational safety of the cleaning device, in the discharge operation of the cleaning device, a parameter reflecting a respective state of charge of the batteries is determinable, and the discharge circuit is controllable by the control unit such that, depending on the result of the determination, a respective discharge current path for the respective battery, in which discharge current path the consumption unit is arranged, is optionally releasable or blockable by means of at least one electrical switching element. In addition, methods for operating a cleaning device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Schuetz, Timo Guttenkunst, Gerhard Vorholzer, Attila Orban