Abstract: The storage module for an energy store of a motor vehicle includes multiple storage cells. The multiple storage cells are wired together according to a circuit topology and are electrically connected together for storing electric energy. Each storage cell has at least one electric heating element for heating the each storage cell. The heating elements are electrically connected to one another according to the same circuit topology.

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.

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.

Abstract: A detection device detects a mechanical deformation of a high-voltage accumulator of a motor vehicle, and includes: a sensor element, which senses an electrical measurement variable, wherein the sensor element is substantially flat and is attached at least partially to a first component of the high-voltage accumulator; and an evaluation device for analyzing the electrical measurement variable between the sensor element and a second component of the high-voltage accumulator and for outputting a corresponding warning on the basis of the electrical measurement variable, wherein at least one region of the surface of the second component is electrically conductive.

Abstract: A method and a device operate an energy storage cell having a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte, a first reference electrode which has a first capacity for storing an electric charge, and a second reference electrode which has a second capacity for storing an electric charge, the second capacity being larger than the first capacity. The method detects at least one electrode voltage between the one cathode or anode and the second reference electrode; determines the charge state of the energy storage cell using the at least one electrode voltage; detects a reference voltage between the second reference electrode and the first reference electrode; connects a current source to the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode such that the charge state of the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode changes; and separates the current source from the first reference electrode and the second reference electrode.

Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle includes a battery housing for receiving a plurality of battery modules in an interior space of the battery housing, and a detection device for detecting damage to the battery housing. The detection device includes at least one pressure sensor arranged in the interior space of the battery housing, which is configured to detect a pressure signal in the interior space of the battery housing, and an evaluation unit, which is configured to identify the damage to the battery housing based on the pressure signal detected by the pressure sensor. A method and a motor vehicle using the high-voltage battery are also provided.

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.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement is provided for determining the impedance of a test battery having a first test battery pole of a first polarity and a second test battery pole of a second polarity. The circuit includes a first test connection for connecting the first test battery pole and a second test connection for connecting the second test battery pole, an AC source which is connected to the test connections and by which an alternating current can be applied to the test battery in the connected state, and a voltage detection device which is connected in parallel to the test connections and to the AC source and by which a voltage profile between the test connections can be detected.

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.

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.

Abstract: A storage battery arrangement includes a plurality of storage battery cells connected in series, a central network node designed to transmit data using the storage battery cells and connected to the series connection of storage battery cells, a plurality of cell network nodes designed to transmit data using the storage battery cells, where each cell network node is connected in parallel to a storage battery cell. The storage battery arrangement also includes a control device designed to command at least one first cell network node to apply a test signal having at least one predetermined frequency to a first storage battery cell to which said first cell network node is connected, and to command a second cell network node connected to a second storage battery cell to determine, based on a signal response of the second storage battery cell to the test signal, at least one condition of the second storage battery cell.

Abstract: A storage area for containers having at least one storage region arranged between two travel paths for the gantry crane, such that the gantry crane can be moved over the storage region on the travel paths, and where a transfer region is arranged between the travel paths at an end of the storage region pointing in the travel direction of the gantry crane, which can be reached by the gantry crane and a transport vehicle to transfer containers into and out of the storage area. An intermediate region is provided between the transfer region and the storage region; the transfer region and the intermediate region are designed and arranged such that a passage through the transfer region and travel in the intermediate region is possible for a transport vehicle, and the travel in the intermediate region is possible before or after the passage through the transfer region.

Abstract: A method for determining an operating temperature of a battery cell in which (i) a value of a measure variable for determining an external temperature of the battery cell is detected, (ii) an internal temperature of the battery cell is determined by detecting an electrical impedance of the battery cell, and (iii) a value of the operating temperature of the battery cell is determined from the external and/or the internal temperature. The internal temperature of the battery cell in a first operating state of the battery cell is determined more frequently when the value of the determined external temperature, the internal temperature and/or the operating temperature lies within a predefined first safe range, and is determined less frequently when the value of the determined external temperature, the internal temperature and/or the operating temperature lies outside the predefined first safe range.

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.

Abstract: An energy storage module, particularly a solid state battery, an energy storage system, a vehicle and a method for measuring an electrical voltage on an energy storage module or on an energy storage system is based on two stacked and series-connected energy storage cells, each have an anode layer and a cathode layer. A contact, which is electrically connected to an anode layer located within the stack of a first energy storage cell and to a cathode layer located within the stack of a second energy storage cell, which is adjacent to the first energy storage cell, leads out of the stack such that at least one contact can be contacted from outside the stack.

Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a motor vehicle has at least one battery cell for storing electrical energy and at least one temperature sensor, by which a temperature of the battery cell can be detected. The temperature sensor is arranged within the battery cell.

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.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell including an electrode, a housing, a cell interior inside the housing, a temperature sensor, and a heat-conducting part which differs from the electrode, is entirely or partially disposed inside the housing of the battery cell, and is thermally connected to the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A method determines the internal resistance of battery cells of a battery module, wherein for this purpose a cell voltage of a battery cell is determined as a voltage of the respective electrochemical unit of the battery cell, a cell current of a battery cell is determined from a voltage drop on a cell measuring resistor of the battery cell, and the ohmic resistance of a component of the battery cell in the conductive path is used as a cell measuring resistor.

Abstract: A heatable battery includes a battery cell with an anode and a cathode, an anode connection which is connected to the anode and a cathode connection which is connected to the cathode. A heating element is connected to one of the anode and cathode. The battery cell has a controllable switch which is arranged between the heating element and one of the anode and the cathode connection. The controllable switch is arranged in the interior of the battery cell.