Patents by Inventor Ulrich Schuetterle

Ulrich Schuetterle 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: 11299057
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for charging an electrical energy store, the electrical energy store comprising at least one electrical energy storage unit and a predefined maximum permissible energy-store voltage limit value being specified for the electrical energy store. The electrical energy store is charged with a pulsed charging voltage, a maximum value of the pulsed charging voltage being greater than the predefined maximum permissible energy-store voltage limit value over a pulse duration in the case of at least one pulse. The invention further relates to a corresponding device for charging the electrical energy store, to a corresponding computer program, to a corresponding machine-readable storage medium and to a corresponding electrical energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lemke, Stefan Teusch, Thomas Lang, Maximilian Hinninger, Daniel Groezinger, Ulrich Schuetterle
  • Patent number: 11230176
    Abstract: A battery system (10) for use on a vehicle electrical system (50) of a motor vehicle, comprising a negative pole (21), a positive pole (22), a battery module (5) and a switching unit (60) that has at least one actuatable switch and a current sensor (65) for measuring a battery current (IB) flowing through the battery system (10) is disclosed. The switching unit (60) is operable in a safety mode in which the at least one switch and the current sensor (65) interact such that the battery current (IB) is limited to a prescribed maximum value or is interrupted for a prescribed maximum period of time if the battery current (IB) exceeds a prescribed limit value and hence starting of the motor vehicle is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Keppler, Klaus-Juergen Schuler, Manuel Bark, Mehmet Inan, Ronny Groschke, Ulrich Schuetterle, Fabian Hauser
  • Publication number: 20210188111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for charging an electrical energy store, the electrical energy store comprising at least one electrical energy storage unit and a predefined maximum permissible energy-store voltage limit value being specified for the electrical energy store. The electrical energy store is charged with a pulsed charging voltage, a maximum value of the pulsed charging voltage being greater than the predefined maximum permissible energy-store voltage limit value over a pulse duration in the case of at least one pulse. The invention further relates to a corresponding device for charging the electrical energy store, to a corresponding computer program, to a corresponding machine-readable storage medium and to a corresponding electrical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Lemke, Stefan Teusch, Thomas Lang, Maximilian Hinninger, Daniel Groezinger, Ulrich Schuetterle
  • Publication number: 20200148051
    Abstract: A battery system (10) for use on a vehicle electrical system (50) of a motor vehicle, comprising a negative pole (21), a positive pole (22), a battery module (5) and a switching unit (60) that has at least one actuatable switch and a current sensor (65) for measuring a battery current (IB) flowing through the battery system (10) is disclosed. The switching unit (60) is operable in a safety mode in which the at least one switch and the current sensor (65) interact such that the battery current (IB) is limited to a prescribed maximum value or is interrupted for a prescribed maximum period of time if the battery current (IB) exceeds a prescribed limit value and hence starting of the motor vehicle is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Bjoern Keppler, Klaus-Juergen Schuler, Manuel Bark, Mehmet Inan, Ronny Groschke, Ulrich Schuetterle, Fabian Hauser