Patents by Inventor Johannes PROELL

Johannes PROELL 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: 11444357
    Abstract: A process for joining a battery element (49) by at least one polymer thread (28, 30), comprises the method steps: a) applying a web-shaped or sheet-shaped electrode material (16) to a first separator web (12), b) heating the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) above the softening temperature of the polymer material, c) introducing at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the first separator web (12) and a further second separator web (40) to be applied to the first separator web (12), and d) cooling the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the separator webs (12, 40) and forming at least one material-bond compound (46, 48) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, GS Yuasa International Ltd.
    Inventors: Johannes Proell, Andreas Ringk
  • Patent number: 10985427
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electrode stack for a battery cell, comprising the following steps: providing a strip-shaped anode element (45) comprising an anodic current discharger (31) to which an anodic active material (41) is applied; providing a strip-shaped cathode element (46) comprising a cathodic current discharger (32) to which a cathodic active material (42) is applied; providing at least one strip-shaped separator element (16); introducing grooves (70) into the cathodic active material (42) around segmentation lines (S); generating a strip-shaped composite element (50) by applying the cathode element (46) onto the anode element (45), with the interposition of the at least one separator element (16); cutting the composite element (50) into plate-shaped composite segments at the segmentation lines (S); and stacking the composite segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Proell, Thomas Kretschmar, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20210094125
    Abstract: A method for welding a flexible film (10) to a carrier component (20) having the following steps: 1) pressing the film (10) on the carrier component (20) by a volumetric flow of a fluid, and 2) laser welding the film (10) on the carrier component (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Heider, Axel Bormann, Gerhard Kunz, Johannes Proell, Lukas Alter
  • Patent number: 10763514
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically conductive base material (112) for receiving a coating material (114) which comprises electrically conductive particles (116), a method for the production thereof and the use thereof as current collector for an electrode material comprising electrically conductive particles. The base material (112) comprises a metal foil, wherein at least one surface (118) of the base material (112) provided for receiving the electrically conductive particles (116) has a first structure (120) and a second structure (122), wherein the first structure (120) has first ridges (124) and/or first grooves (126) relative to the surface (118) of the base material (112) and wherein the second structure (122) has second ridges (128) and/or second grooves (130) relative to the surface (132) of the first structure (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE
    Inventors: Wilhelm Pfleging, Johannes Proell, Yijing Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200198052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Method for cutting a separator foil (41) for an electrode assembly for a battery cell, the separator foil (41) containing a polymer layer (45) and a ceramic layer (46), by dint of a laser beam (80), the laser beam (80) being emitted by an ultrashort pulse laser and consisting of ultrashort pulses of light, whereat the laser beam (80) propagates in a propagation direction (z) and is linear polarized in a vertical direction (x), and whereat the laser beam (80) is directed onto the separator foil (41) and is moved along the separator foil (41) in a cutting direction (s). The invention also relates to a separator foil (41) cut using the method according to the invention and a battery cell containing at least one such separator foil (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Scherner, Johannes Proell
  • Publication number: 20200028140
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electrode stack for a battery cell, comprising the following steps: providing a strip-shaped anode element (45) comprising an anodic current discharger (31) to which an anodic active material (41) is applied; providing a strip-shaped cathode element (46) comprising a cathodic current discharger (32) to which a cathodic active material (42) is applied; providing at least one strip-shaped separator element (16); introducing grooves (70) into the cathodic active material (42) around segmentation lines (S); generating a strip-shaped composite element (50) by applying the cathode element (46) onto the anode element (45), with the interposition of the at least one separator element (16); cutting the composite element (50) into plate-shaped composite segments at the segmentation lines (S); and stacking the composite segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes Proell, Thomas Kretschmar, Thomas Juestel
  • Publication number: 20190326575
    Abstract: A process for joining a battery element (49) by at least one polymer thread (28, 30), comprises the method steps: a) applying a web-shaped or sheet-shaped electrode material (16) to a first separator web (12), b) heating the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) above the softening temperature of the polymer material, c) introducing at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the first separator web (12) and a further second separator web (40) to be applied to the first separator web (12), and d) cooling the at least one polymer thread (28, 30) between the separator webs (12, 40) and forming at least one material-bond compound (46, 48) therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes Proell, Andreas Ringk
  • Publication number: 20180316020
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically conductive base material (112) for receiving a coating material (114) which comprises electrically conductive particles (116), a method for the production thereof and the use thereof as current collector for an electrode material comprising electrically conductive particles. The base material (112) comprises a metal foil, wherein at least one surface (118) of the base material (112) provided for receiving the electrically conductive particles (116) has a first structure (120) and a second structure (122), wherein the first structure (120) has first ridges (124) and/or first grooves (126) relative to the surface (118) of the base material (112) and wherein the second structure (122) has second ridges (128) and/or second grooves (130) relative to the surface (132) of the first structure (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wilhelm PFLEGING, Johannes PROELL, Yijing ZHENG
  • Patent number: 9337462
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrolyte battery electrode component having a layer having a surface adjoined by electrolyte in the battery and provided with a fluid-conducting channel structure. In this context, it is envisaged that through the fluid-conducting structure has channels having channel depths in the range from 10 to 200 ?m and/or at least 50% of the thickness of the active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie (KIT)
    Inventors: Wilhelm Pfleging, Robert Kohler, Johannes Pröll