Patents by Inventor Ulrich Eger

Ulrich Eger 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: 9566872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging apparatus for contactless charging of an electrical energy store (2) of a motor vehicle (1), comprising a primary unit (13) which is arranged outside the motor vehicle (1) and comprising a vehicle-mounted secondary unit (14). In order to simplify contactless charging of a motor vehicle comprising an electrical energy store, the vehicle-mounted secondary unit (14) can be moved relative to the primary unit (13), which is arranged outside the motor vehicle (1), in order to reduce the size of an air gap or distance (16) between the primary unit (13) and the secondary unit (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Eger, Wolfgang Herdeg, Stefan Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20160238661
    Abstract: A method for determining a state of charge of a rechargeable battery using an open-circuit voltage characteristic curve of the rechargeable battery includes the steps of (a) loading the rechargeable battery in any desired manner by an application up to a first time; discharging the rechargeable battery with a prespecified discharge current from the first time up to a second time; discharging the rechargeable battery at most with a quiescent current, which is produced by the application, from the second time up to a third time; measuring an open-circuit voltage of the rechargeable battery at the earliest at the third time; and determining the state of charge using the open-circuit voltage characteristic curve on the basis of the open-circuit voltage. Also described is a corresponding apparatus, a corresponding computer program and a corresponding storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Ulrich Eger, Markus Höppe, Wolfgang Herdeg
  • Patent number: 8946926
    Abstract: An electrical supply and starting system for a motor vehicle has a variable-voltage on-board electrical system that can be operated by two different DC voltages for supplying the motor vehicle, and having a motor/generator system that operates as a generator to deliver electrical energy to the on-board electrical system of the motor vehicle, and operates for starting an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. ING. H.C.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulrich Eger
  • Publication number: 20140292266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging apparatus for contactless charging of an electrical energy store (2) of a motor vehicle (1), comprising a primary unit (13) which is arranged outside the motor vehicle (1) and comprising a vehicle-mounted secondary unit (14). In order to simplify contactless charging of a motor vehicle comprising an electrical energy store, the vehicle-mounted secondary unit (14) can be moved relative to the primary unit (13), which is arranged outside the motor vehicle (1), in order to reduce the size of an air gap or distance (16) between the primary unit (13) and the secondary unit (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Eger, Wolfgang Herdeg, Stefan Schmitz
  • Patent number: 8222859
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the charge state of a motor vehicle battery. An electrical voltage of the motor vehicle battery is detected and the electrical charge state of the motor vehicle battery is determined on the basis of the detected voltage of the motor vehicle battery. According to the method, the temperature of the motor vehicle battery is detected using a sensor that is separated spatially from the motor vehicle battery, and the charge state of the battery is determined on the basis of the detected voltage of the motor vehicle battery and on the basis of the detected temperature of the motor vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Eger, Alexander Dyck, Sargon Youssef
  • Publication number: 20110309675
    Abstract: An electrical supply and starting system for a motor vehicle has a variable-voltage on-board electrical system that can be operated by two different DC voltages for supplying the motor vehicle, and having a motor/generator system that operates as a generator to deliver electrical energy to the on-board electrical system of the motor vehicle, and operates for starting an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Ulrich Eger
  • Publication number: 20100090660
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining the charge state of a motor vehicle battery. An electrical voltage of the motor vehicle battery is detected and the electrical charge state of the motor vehicle battery is determined on the basis of the detected voltage of the motor vehicle battery. According to the method, the temperature of the motor vehicle battery is detected using a sensor that is separated spatially from the motor vehicle battery, and the charge state of the battery is determined on the basis of the detected voltage of the motor vehicle battery and on the basis of the detected temperature of the motor vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FWB KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Eger, Alexander Dyck, Sargon Youssef
  • Publication number: 20040134453
    Abstract: An adjustment device for two subassemblies standing in rotary drive connection is presented, especially for the adjustment of a camshaft to the drive wheel that drives it, wherein a control gear is arranged between the two that is drivable via a direct current commutator motor for adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Eberle, Ulrich Eger, Dietmar Schwarzenthal, Rainer Schroecker
  • Patent number: 4781027
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with two exhaust gas turbochargers of which one is adapted to be switched-in during the operation of the internal combustion engine by way of a switch-in valve controllable on the turbine side and by way of a check valve on the compressor side. Furthermore, a controllable blow-off valve (waste gate) is installed into a by-pass line which by-passes both turbines. The blow-off valve and the switch-in valve are controllable by a control apparatus as a function of condition magnitude of the internal combustion engine. The activation of the blow-off valve and of the switch-in valve is subjected to an anticipatory control dependent on condition magnitudes on which at least one charging-pressure-dependent regulation is superimposed. The regulation has advantageously a PID-like structure whereby the regulating parameters are condition-dependent. The regulation and control are additionally subjected to static as well as dynamic limitations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: Dr. Ing.h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Richter, Jochen Lorenz, Ulrich Eger