Patents by Inventor Jan Philipp Schmidt

Jan Philipp Schmidt 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: 11338687
    Abstract: A charging station for a container transport vehicle includes a charging device and a contacting unit connected thereto, to establish a connection between the charging station and contacts of a rechargeable battery of a container transport vehicle for battery charging process. The charging station, including the contacting unit and the charging device, is designed as a mobile unit. The contacting unit and the charging device are arranged in a housing, and the housing has an opening through which the contacting unit can be moved for a charging process. Optionally, battery contacts and a funnel-shaped guide are provided, and the contacts are arranged near the guide such that a contacting unit of the charging station can be guided to the battery contacts, by the guide, for a battery charging process. The disclosure also relates to a system including a charging station and a container transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz Eichner
  • Publication number: 20220158263
    Abstract: A two-part reference electrode for measuring impedance in a lithium-ion cell includes a first part (electrode Ref1) and a second part (electrode Ref2), each of which includes a metallic conductor. The first part and the second part are attached to a substrate separately from each other, and have a substantially constant spacing. The separator of the lithium-ion cell can act as a substrate. The electrode can be used for determining temperature and for detecting degradation of the electrode or electrolyte by way of impedance measurement. The electrode can also be used as a reference electrode for measuring half-cell potentials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11335965
    Abstract: A heating device for a prismatic battery cell of a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle includes two sheet-shaped heating elements to be arranged on two opposite lateral outer sides of a cell housing of the battery cell, and two connecting elements to be arranged on a housing cover of the cell housing. The connecting elements are electrically connected to terminals of the two heating elements. The connecting elements are flexibly formed, at least in certain regions, and as a result the heating elements are connected in a hinge-like manner. The heating device can be arranged by arranging the first heating element on the first lateral outer side of the cell housing, swinging the second heating element over the housing cover, and arranging the second heating element on the second lateral outer side on the cell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Bauer, Simon Nuernberger, Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220144094
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery is to be installed in a passenger transport vehicle as storage for the drive energy thereof. The rechargeable battery includes a plurality of galvanic cells and sensors for monitoring the state of the individual cells for the purpose of generating warning messages concerning the failure of individual cells. One of the sensors is an infrared matrix sensor, wherein the acquisition range of the infrared matrix sensor includes an area on which surface sides of the plurality of individual cells lie adjacent to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Franz FUCHS, Sebastian SCHARNER, Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11309595
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery cell includes a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, and a sensor that is arranged in the rechargeable battery cell. The sensor has at least two sensor electrodes and is accommodated in the rechargeable battery cell without a sheathing at least in sections. Moreover, the at least two sensor electrodes are operated in an electrical potential range that protects the sensor and/or the sensor electrodes against corrosion by the electrolyte. A method for producing and operating a rechargeable battery cell of this kind is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11269359
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for operating an automatically guided container transport vehicle that can be automatically guided during forward driving and during rearward driving. The transport vehicle includes a towing vehicle and a trailer with a loading surface for at least one container. The transport vehicle has a vehicle control system for controlling a steering system and a travel drive of the transport vehicle in such a way that the transport vehicle follows a nominal route. The nominal route is automatically pre-defined taking into account a trajectory of the transport vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Patent number: 11262414
    Abstract: A device detects a deformation of an electrical energy store. The device has a measuring device which is designed to measure the electrical current/voltage behavior of the energy store, and an evaluation unit which is designed to detect a change in the current/voltage behavior and to determine the deformation on the basis of the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11247672
    Abstract: A transportation vehicle for containers has a vehicle controller for automatically driving and controlling the speed of the transportation vehicle. The transportation vehicle includes a sensor apparatus for object identification, with the sensor apparatus interacting with the vehicle controller such that a movement region of the transportation vehicle can be ascertained. The transportation vehicle is configured to come to a standstill within the movement region by a braking process during a braking time, and that a movement region of an object that is identified by the sensor apparatus can be ascertained, with the object being moved within the movement region during the braking time of the transportation vehicle, so that the permissible speed of the transportation vehicle can be automatically reduced by the vehicle controller, and so that the two movement regions do not touch after the reduction in the permissible speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Patent number: 11242229
    Abstract: An arrangement of a gantry lifting device for handling containers, in particular ISO containers, having a sensor device for the navigation of the gantry lifting device and having a clearance profile which is formed such that the gantry lifting device can move across a container, and of a row of spaced-apart marking elements such that the gantry lifting device can be moved along the row of marking elements by means of raster navigation, where the row of marking elements can be read by the sensor device of the gantry lifting device. The sensor device, in an operating position, is arranged outside the clearance profile on the gantry lifting device so as, in the operating position, to read the row of marking elements for the navigation of the gantry lifting device, where the row of marking elements is arranged next to the clearance profile of the gantry lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Stefan Aldejohann, Heinz-Christoph Eichner, Mohammad Ahmadian
  • Publication number: 20210396817
    Abstract: Please replace the original Abstract with the following new Abstract: A method for detecting abnormal self-discharge in a battery system by monitoring the balancing charge for each cell and a battery system which is configured to use this method are provided. The method makes it possible to predict the probability of the occurrence of a safety-critical state, for example, an internal short circuit, with the result that suitable countermeasures can be taken in good time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sonia DANDL, Sebastian SCHARNER, Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210328277
    Abstract: An electrical circuit that enables a determination of a first voltage present inside a battery cell includes an oscillating circuit having a coil and a component, the electrical capacity of which depends on the voltage present on the component, and a reference electrode. The component can be a varactor diode. A method for determining a first voltage which is present within the battery cell and an arrangement having an additional electrical circuit outside the battery cell housing for reading out the first voltage present inside a battery cell are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210276434
    Abstract: A method is provided for impedance-controlled fast charging of a stored electrical energy source of a working device, in particular of a stored energy source in a vehicle. In the method: a variable characteristic of an impedance of the stored energy source is detected; a present charging current for charging the stored electrical energy source is set as a function of the variable characteristic of the impedance; the present charging current is temporarily reduced with a steep edge by temporarily connecting a resistive load to the stored energy source and feeding the load using the stored energy source; and a voltage response of the stored energy source to the steep edge is detected as the variable characteristic of the impedance of the stored energy source and is used as the basis for setting the present charging current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dave ANDRE, Christoph BAUER, Simon NUERNBERGER, Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210273276
    Abstract: A storage cell for an energy store includes a cell housing in which storage means for storing electric energy are received, at least one connection which is arranged outside of the cell housing and via which the electric energy stored by the storage means can be provided, and at least one electric heating element arranged within the cell housing for heating the storage cell. The cell housing has a connection region, in which the heating element within the cell housing is electrically connected to the cell housing. At least one connection device is provided, having at least one connection element that has a first connection part, which is electrically connected to the cell housing outside of the cell housing and is made of a first material, and a second connection part, which is electrically connected to the first connection part and is made of a second material that differs from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph BAUER, Thomas HAMMERSCHMIDT, Simon NUERNBERGER, Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210255250
    Abstract: A diagnostic method and a diagnostic system for an electrochemical energy storage cell, and a vehicle including the diagnostic system. An electrical current due to an electrical connection between the energy storage cell and a central load is modulated at a first excitation frequency and is measured centrally. An electrical voltage at the energy storage cell is measured and a first impedance value is determined based on the electrical current and the electrical voltage. Also, a previously-known electrical current due to an electrical connection between the energy storage cell and a predefined cell-individual load is modulated at a second excitation frequency. The electrical voltage occurring at the energy storage cell is measured and a second impedance value is determined based on the previously-known electrical current and the electrical voltage. Diagnostic information is determined and output based on a comparison of the first impedance value with the second impedance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210257678
    Abstract: A method monitors a battery cell. The method measures a first value corresponding to a pressure inside the battery cell; determines a second value on the basis of the first value, wherein the second value corresponds to a temperature of the battery cell; monitors the battery cell on the basis of the second value. It is possible to determine whether the battery cell is in a fault-free state or in a state which is faulty, in particular problematic, in particular critical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210237580
    Abstract: A device operates an electrical energy store for supplying components of an electrically operable motor vehicle, wherein operating limits are defined in each case for one or more characteristic variables of the energy store. A control unit prevents the operating limits from being exceeded during normal operation of the energy store. The device has an interface for receiving a user-side request message from an apparatus, the request message including change information about an intended shift in the operating limit of at least one of the characteristic variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11040839
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers using heavy goods vehicles which comprises a separate operating region in which the heavy goods vehicles can be operated, with at least one automated heavy goods vehicle and at least one manually driven heavy goods vehicle being operated together in a mixed traffic situation in the separate operating region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Konecranes Global Corporation
    Inventors: Armin Wieschemann, Stefan Aldejohann, Heiko Schulz, Jan-Philipp Schmidt-Ewig, Heinz Eichner
  • Patent number: 10966285
    Abstract: A safety switch device connects a heating unit for at least one battery cell of a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle to a power supply connection that provides a heating current for the heating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Hammerschmidt, Jose Lopez De Arroyabe, Simon Nuernberger, Jan Philipp Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10957952
    Abstract: A heatable battery includes a battery cell with an anode, a cathode, an anode connection which is connected to the anode, and a cathode connection which is connected to the cathode. The battery cell has a heating element and a connection for applying a voltage potential to the heating element. The heating element is connected to one of the components of the anode connection and the cathode connection. The battery cell further has a controllable switch which is arranged between the connection for applying the voltage potential to the heating element and the other of the components of the anode connection and the cathode connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Demund, Christoph Bauer, Thomas Hammerschmidt, Jan Philipp Schmidt, Christian Luther, Matthias Frahm, Edwin Knobbe
  • Publication number: 20210083260
    Abstract: An electrochemical energy storage module and a vehicle having an energy storage module of this type. At least one energy storage cell and at least one bridging device are electrically connected in parallel. The bridging device has a first current conductor having at least one bridging point, which has a bridging point cross-section, and a second current conductor, which is spaced apart from the first current conductor by a gap. The bridging device also has a bridging switch for establishing a first partial electrical connection between the first current conductor and the second current conductor and has a bridging material arranged in the region of the bridging point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Jan Philipp SCHMIDT