Patents by Inventor Ulrich Steinhorst

Ulrich Steinhorst 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).

  • Supply device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10800271
    Abstract: A supply device for a motor vehicle has a DC/DC converter and a control device for the DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter has first terminals and second terminals, which first terminals are configured for electrical connection to a first energy storage or a first energy source and which second terminals are configured for electrical connection to a second energy storage or a load. The DC/DC converter is configured, in a first state to enable a conversion of a first DC voltage at the first terminals into a lower second DC voltage at the second terminals and, in a second state, to carry out no conversion of a first DC voltage at the first terminals into a lower second DC voltage at the second terminals. The control device enables an energy supply at the second terminals by repeatedly changing the DC/DC converter between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Vienken, Dominique Labonte, Ulrich Steinhorst, Marc Thele, Michael Schumacher
  • SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190217725
    Abstract: A supply device for a motor vehicle has a DC/DC converter and a control device for the DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter has first terminals and second terminals, which first terminals are configured for electrical connection to a first energy storage or a first energy source and which second terminals are configured for electrical connection to a second energy storage or a load. The DC/DC converter is configured, in a first state to enable a conversion of a first DC voltage at the first terminals into a lower second DC voltage at the second terminals and, in a second state, to carry out no conversion of a first DC voltage at the first terminals into a lower second DC voltage at the second terminals. The control device enables an energy supply at the second terminals by repeatedly changing the DC/DC converter between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Vienken, Dominique Labonte, Ulrich Steinhorst, Marc Thele, Michael Schumacher