Patents by Inventor Tobias Grassl

Tobias Grassl 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: 20250101138
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for oxidizing a carbohydrate into a dialdehyde carbohydrate using periodic acid, and regenerating the periodic acid used in the carbohydrate oxidation, involving first oxidizing a carbohydrate using periodic acid, to obtain the corresponding dialdehyde carbohydrate and iodic acid, wherein the iodic acid thus generated is subjected to a two-step electrolytic process, wherein the iodic acid is first electrolytically regenerated into periodate under alkaline conditions, and the periodate thus formed is then electrolytically acidified to periodic acid, which periodic acid is returned to the carbohydrate oxidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Rodenburg Productie B.V.
    Inventors: Joost Rodenburg, Thijs Rodenburg, Ronny Davidse, Philippe Elisabeth M. Willems, Tobias Graßl, Linda Heesch, Rieke Neuber, Simon de Die
  • Patent number: 12136895
    Abstract: A method for operating an electrical circuit arrangement comprising an electrical circuit and an electrical machine, wherein when at least one triggering criterion is fulfilled the electrical machine is switched via the electrical circuit to a freewheeling, after which a time duration is determined in dependence on at least one measurement value describing a change in the stator current in the electrical machine, and the electrical machine is operated in the freewheeling for this duration and then it is switched via the electrical circuit to an active short circuiting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias Graßl, Mathias Korn
  • Patent number: 12115866
    Abstract: A method, by a control device, to activate an active discharge circuit to discharge a capacitive energy storage of at least one electrical consumer of an on-board power supply for a motor vehicle. An energy source for the on-board power supply can be coupled to the on-board power supply and be disconnected from the on-board power supply by a switching device. The control device receives a signal (S) for activating the active discharge circuit, examines, after receiving the signal (S), if the energy source is disconnected from the on-board power supply according to at least one first criterion, and activates the active discharge circuit only upon satisfaction of a condition that the energy source has been disconnected from the on-board power supply according to the at least one first criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias Grassl, Jan Schmäling, Samy Arnaout, Marko Kertes, Markus Novotny, Tobias Knoke
  • Patent number: 12017552
    Abstract: A charging device for a motor vehicle having a device input interface and a device output interface, wherein the charging device comprises a plurality of charging modules to which an input voltage can be provided by a respective module input interface and the device input interface, wherein a respective voltage rectifier of the respective charging module is configured to convert the input voltage into an output voltage provided at a respective module output interface, wherein the module output interfaces are connected in parallel with the device output interface, wherein a charging module removed from the charging device can be used separately from the charging device as a charger in order to charge the energy storage device of the motor vehicle or a further motor vehicle from the power source or a further power source, wherein the respective charging module comprises a control device which is configured on the one hand, to detect at least one operating parameter of the respective charging module and/or to re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias Graßl
  • Publication number: 20240190258
    Abstract: The described examples may relate to a method of operating an on-board power supply of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in which at least one electrical machine is supplied with electrical energy from a vehicle battery connected to the on-board power supply via an inverter connected to the on-board power supply in an intended drive operation, and the inverter may include a radio interference suppression filter to reduce grid-bound interferences. In an example, at least the inverter may be electrically disconnected from the on-board power supply in a charging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Georg Dobmeier, Tobias Grassl, Kai Marschall, Cornelius Rettner, Bjarne Wirsen
  • Publication number: 20230268867
    Abstract: An inverter device of an electric drive device may be configured to convert a direct voltage of an intermediate circuit of the electric drive device into a multi-phase alternating current to operate an electric motor of the electric drive device. A safety signal may be received by a control unit of the electric drive device, which instructs the control unit to operate the electric motor in a safe operating mode and to discharge the intermediate circuit at same time. If an active short circuit mode is preset, the inverter device is controlled to operate the electric motor in the active short circuit mode and to discharge the intermediate circuit in the discharge mode. If a freewheel mode is preset, the inverter device is controlled to operate the electric motor in the freewheel mode and, upon satisfaction of a current criterion, controlled to discharge the intermediate circuit in the discharge mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias GRASSL, Marko KERTES, Mathias KORN
  • Publication number: 20230146756
    Abstract: A method for operating an electrical circuit arrangement comprising an electrical circuit and an electrical machine, wherein when at least one triggering criterion is fulfilled the electrical machine is switched via the electrical circuit to a freewheeling, after which a time duration is determined in dependence on at least one measurement value describing a change in the stator current in the electrical machine, and the electrical machine is operated in the freewheeling for this duration and then it is switched via the electrical circuit to an active short circuiting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias GRAßL, Mathias KORN
  • Publication number: 20230132671
    Abstract: A method, by a control device, to activate an active discharge circuit to discharge a capacitive energy storage of at least one electrical consumer of an on-board power supply for a motor vehicle. An energy source for the on-board power supply can be coupled to the on-board power supply and be disconnected from the on-board power supply by a switching device. The control device receives a signal (S) for activating the active discharge circuit, examines, after receiving the signal (S), if the energy source is disconnected from the on-board power supply according to at least one first criterion, and activates the active discharge circuit only upon satisfaction of a condition that the energy source has been disconnected from the on-board power supply according to the at least one first criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: AUDI AG, VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Tobias GRASSL, Jan SCHMÄLING, Samy ARNAOUT, Marko KERTES, Markus NOVOTNY, Tobias KNOKE
  • Patent number: 11515763
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle is provided, having, as a prime mover, a permanently-excited synchronous machine with windings. The synchronous machine is connected to a vehicle electrical system of the motor vehicle via a converter having a switching arrangement and a capacitor in an intermediate circuit. The switching arrangement can be controlled via a control device connected to the vehicle electrical system. The permanently-excited synchronous machine is operated as a generator while being driven by external means. Energy generated by the synchronous machine and stored in the capacitor for operating the control device and the switching arrangement is provided when a first threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded. When a second threshold value for the voltage in the intermediate circuit is exceeded, the switching arrangement is activated for short-circuiting the windings of the synchronous machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Tobias Graßl
  • Patent number: 11458850
    Abstract: A wallbox system for charging an electric vehicle comprises a wallbox, wherein the wallbox comprises at least one charging interface, wherein the charging interface is a socket, for example a Type 2 socket, or a cable outlet with a cable and a plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Tobias Graßl
  • Patent number: 11453291
    Abstract: A contactless charging device for contactlessly charging an energy accumulator of a motor vehicle, wherein the contactless charging device has an interface for coupling the contactless charging device to a power source, wherein the interface is designed for communicative coupling and for wired electrical coupling to a charging station, wherein the charging station is designed for the wired charging of the energy accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias Grassl
  • Patent number: 11437866
    Abstract: A contactless motor vehicle-charging device which, as components, includes a primary side and a secondary side, between which, via at least one air gap, energy can be transferred via inductive and/or capacitive coupling, and each of the components in each case includes at least a portion of a control circuit of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device, wherein at least one of the components includes a field controller and at least one of the components comprises a field measurement device which is designed to acquire a magnetic and/or electric field strength, wherein the field controller is designed to use in at least one control operation the acquired field strength as an actual value and, by this actual value and a predetermined setpoint value, to set at least one field strength of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device as a control variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias Grassl, Reinhard Peer
  • Publication number: 20220134892
    Abstract: An energy provision device for providing electrical energy for a motor vehicle, including a network connection for connecting the energy provision device to an AC network, at least one first connection device for creating a wired electrical connection between the network connection and the motor vehicle, and at least one second connection device for creating a wireless electrical connection between the network connection and the motor vehicle. The first connection device has a connection for connecting an electrical line provided for creating the wired connection to the motor vehicle and/or the electrical line connected to the connection and the second connection device has a wireless charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias GRAßL
  • Patent number: 11279244
    Abstract: A galvanically connected AC charger is provided having a monitoring and diagnostic system for the AC charging of an electric, fuel cell or hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Schiedermeier, Tobias Graßl
  • Publication number: 20210387536
    Abstract: A charging device for a motor vehicle having a device input interface and a device output interface, wherein the charging device comprises a plurality of charging modules to which an input voltage can be provided by a respective module input interface and the device input interface, wherein a respective voltage rectifier of the respective charging module is configured to convert the input voltage into an output voltage provided at a respective module output interface, wherein the module output interfaces are connected in parallel with the device output interface, wherein a charging module removed from the charging device can be used separately from the charging device as a charger in order to charge the energy storage device of the motor vehicle or a further motor vehicle from the power source or a further power source, wherein the respective charging module comprises a control device which is configured on the one hand, to detect at least one operating parameter of the respective charging module and/or to re
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tobias GRAßL
  • Publication number: 20210362610
    Abstract: A contactless charging device for contactlessly charging an energy accumulator of a motor vehicle, wherein the contactless charging device has an interface for coupling the contactless charging device to a power source, wherein the interface is designed for communicative coupling and for wired electrical coupling to a charging station, wherein the charging station is designed for the wired charging of the energy accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias GRASSL
  • Publication number: 20210284032
    Abstract: A contactless motor vehicle-charging device which, as components, includes a primary side and a secondary side, between which, via at least one air gap, energy can be transferred via inductive and/or capacitive coupling, and each of the components in each case includes at least a portion of a control circuit of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device, wherein at least one of the components includes a field controller and at least one of the components comprises a field measurement device which is designed to acquire a magnetic and/or electric field strength, wherein the field controller is designed to use in at least one control operation the acquired field strength as an actual value and, by this actual value and a predetermined setpoint value, to set at least one field strength of the contactless motor vehicle-charging device as a control variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias GRASSL, Reinhard PEER
  • Patent number: 11046194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component of an inductive energy transmission apparatus, wherein the component includes an object recognition apparatus having at least a first and a second electrical inductance, wherein the first electrical inductance is formed by an energy transmission coil of the component, which can be acted upon by a predetermined measurement current, and the component comprises a measurement apparatus, an energy transmission unit and an evaluation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias Grassl, Reinhard Peer
  • Publication number: 20210094429
    Abstract: A wallbox system for charging an electric vehicle comprises a wallbox, wherein the wallbox comprises at least one charging interface, wherein the charging interface is a socket, for example a Type 2 socket, or a cable outlet with a cable and a plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Tobias GRAßL
  • Patent number: 10951060
    Abstract: An energy supply device to supply electrical energy for a motor vehicle, having a power grid connector for connection of the energy supply device to an alternating current power grid, having at least one first connecting device for producing a cabled electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle, and having at least one second connecting device for producing a cableless electrical connection between the power grid connector and the motor vehicle. The first connecting device and the second connecting device are connected to the power grid connector via a common rectifier device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tobias Graßl