Robert Boschgmbh

Morton International, Inc.

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basf Se Corporation

Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Ian C Faye

Klaus-Dieter Leimbach

Jan-Michael Graehn

Gabriel Wetzel

Ulrich Gottwick

Thorsten Allgeier

Rainer Saliger

Herbert Schramm

Bernd Eckert

Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer

Kai Oertel

Herbert Vollert

Falk Hecker

Markus Schubert

Werner Gruenwald

Oliver Jundt

Stephan Leuthner

Hardy Haas

Michael Hesse

Ulrich Müller

Kerstin Schierle-Arndt

Bradley D Harris

Helmut G Schwegler

Davin G Saderholm

Helmut Wiss

Ralf Henne

Hartmut Albrodt

Frank Miller

Markus Gesk

Franz Thoemmes

Daniel R Leininger

Andreas Mittag

Kevin E Hauppa

Gisbert Krauter

Hubert Moeller

Uwe K&uuml;hnle

The invention relates to a system for charging an electric vehicle, comprising a measuring device which is designed to measure a charge voltage on a charging interface of the electric vehicle, an evaluation device which is designed to determine first characteristic variables from the measured charge voltage, a communication device which is designed to transfer the first characteristic variables to other electric vehicles and/or to capture, from the other electric vehicles, second characteristic variables relating to charge voltages of the other electric vehicles, a control device which is designed to control, in accordance with the first and/or second characteristic variables, the charge power withdrawn from an energy supply network by the electric vehicle by means of the charging interface. The invention also relates to an electric vehicle and a method.

System for charging an electric vehicle, electric vehicle and method

The present invention relates to a method () for transmitting electrical power between an energy supply grid () and an energy consumer () or energy producer () which is coupled to the energy supply grid (), wherein at least one electrical variable of the energy supply grid () is detected, wherein a discrepancy between the electrical variable and a rated variable of the energy supply grid () which is associated with the electrical variable is determined, wherein the power transmission is controlled on the basis of the discrepancy, and wherein the electrical variable is a mains frequency and/or a mains voltage of the energy supply grid () and the rated variable is a rated frequency and/or rated voltage of the energy supply grid ().

Method and apparatus for transmitting electrical power

The present invention relates to a fuel cell assembly having a fuel cell and an actuating element, which is activated by a control unit, for bringing residual gas out of a fuel flow of the fuel cell. The invention is provided with the control unit having an open-loop and/or closed-loop control system which takes into consideration the fuel concentration in the fuel flow.

Fuel cell assembly

The invention relates to an electrical plug () having a connection unit () which can be coupled to an electrical line () in order to transmit electrical energy, having at least one electrical contact pin () which has a plug section () and a coupling section (), wherein the coupling section () is electrically coupled to the connection unit (), and wherein the plug section () is designed to provide a releasable plug connection to an associated contact socket () in order to electrically couple the contact pin () to the contact socket (), and having a detection unit () which is designed to) detect a tensile force which is exerted on the contact pin () and/or a movement of the contact pin () relative to the contact socket (), and to provide a disconnection signal for interrupting the energy transmission process.

Electrical plug and energy transmission arrangement

An absorption fluid reservoir having a fluid inlet for receiving gases during a charging event and a gas analysis unit for detecting unwanted impurities in the gases prior to being received in the reservoir and a control unit for eliminating the gases having the impurities.

Fluid reservoir having a gas sensor and a filter

The invention relates to a fuel reservoir for gaseous fuel in a vehicle, in particular a sorption reservoir. The fuel reservoir is delimited by at least one wall and includes a sorption material that is contained in its interior. The fuel reservoir has a tank inlet valve containing a shut-off valve and a throttle restriction valve. The restriction of the gaseous fuel takes place inside the fuel reservoir.

Gas absorption reservoir with optimized cooling

Hydrogen or methane gas pressure container having a minimum volume of 1 ma prescribed maximum filling pressure, has a filter through which oxygen, methane respectively, can flow during uptake. The filter has an adsorbent for adsorbing impurities selected from the group consisting of a higher hydrocarbon, ammonia, an odorous substance, hydrogen sulfide and a mixture of two or more of these substances. The pressure container and the filter comprise porous metal organic frameworks as adsorbent.

Pressurised gas container or storage means containing a gas pressurised container with filter means

A fuel cell device has a fuel cell unit including at least two fuel cell elements which are coupled with one another in a way selected from the group consisting of a series coupling, a parallel coupling, and both, for conversion of chemical energy into an electrical energy, and an electronic control unit for controlling individual fuel cell elements of the fuel cell unit.

Fuel cell device

A vehicle has a fuel system operative to chemically reform a fuel gas, a supply unit for supplying the fuel system with the fuel gas, and a gas reservoir provided with a storage volume for an intermediate storage of the fuel gas, the storage volume having a size that is changeable.

Vehicle with a supply unit

A vehicle with a device () for converting chemical energy into electrical and/or mechanical energy, in particular a fuel cell unit () and/or combustion device (), such as a diesel or gas engine (), whereby at least one oxygen-containing source mixture is proved. The efficiency of the energy conversion, in particular, for protection of the environment, is improved relative to the state of the art. This is achieved according to the present invention, in that a separator () for separating off at least one oxygen-enriched fluid () from a fluid residue () of the source mixture () is provided.

Vehicle with energy converter

The fuel cell system has a fuel cell unit and a catalytically active reactor unit () for at least partial chemical transformation of an operating medium stream (), especially a reformer, gas purifier stage and/or a combustor, in which the catalytically active reactor unit () has a variable catalytically active reactor volume () acted on by the operating medium stream. To provide the fuel cell system with a higher efficiency and good dynamic behavior the catalytically active reactor unit is provided with at least one control device () for controlling and/or for changing the variable catalytically active reactor volume () acted on by the operating medium stream (). In a preferred embodiment the control device includes a first valve () for the reactor unit arranged downstream of the maximum reactor volume and a second valve () connected with the reactor unit upstream of the first valve, so that, when the second valve is opened and the first valve is closed, the operating medium stream () passes through an effective reactor volume that is smaller than the maximum reactor volume.

Fuel cell system including a catalytically active reactor unit with flow control means

The fuel cell apparatus has a fuel cell (), a pressurized fuel tank () for supplying fuel at a supply pressure and a pressure-reducing unit () for reducing the supply pressure to an operating pressure of the fuel cell. In order to improve the overall efficiency of the unit in comparison to the art the pressure-reducing unit () is constructed as a cooling apparatus for cooling at least one cooling element, preferably a condenser ().

Fuel cell apparatus with pressurized fuel tank and pressure-reducing unit for supplying fuel at a reduced operating pressure

An atomizer nozzle () for fuels, in particular for feeding them into a chemical reformer for obtaining hydrogen, has a nozzle body () containing spray-discharge orifices () that discharge into a metering space, and has at least one metering aperture (). The spray-discharge orifices () are situated at elevation levels () so as to have a radial directional component with respect to a center line () of the nozzle body (), each elevation step having at least one spray-discharge orifice (), and the spray-discharge orifices () of at least one elevation level () being connected to at least one channel () of a nozzle-body insert () that has at least one flow-through opening ().

Atomising nozzle

A device for mixing fluids, in particular a gas injection valve, nozzle valve, mixing nozzle or jet compressor, is proposed. To that end, a first fluid-carrying device () for carrying a first fluid and a second fluid-carrying device () for carrying a second fluid are provided; the fluids are mixed with one another in a mixing region () that is in communication with the fluid-carrying devices (). In addition, a means () for generating turbulence in the applicable fluid and a heater, with which the fluid can be heated before reaching the mixing region (), disposed downstream of the means () for generating turbulence in terms of the flow direction of the applicable fluid are associated with at least one of the fluid-carrying devices (). The proposed device is used in particular for mixing hydrogen and saturated steam and to deliver this mixture to a fuel cell.

Device for mixing fluids

A method and a device for controlling a brake system of a vehicle, with an automatic braking action being triggered when a threshold value is exceeded. The threshold value is varied as a function of a quantity derived from the distance to an obstacle located in front of the vehicle.

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Ian C Faye