Patents by Inventor Miran KOJC

Miran KOJC 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: 11949084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Wünsche, Rainer Retter, Miran Kojc, Thomas Hoermann, Matthias Pucher, Mario Marcovic, Volker Matl
  • Publication number: 20230344070
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a housing; a plurality of battery cells accommodated within the housing, each of the plurality of battery cells including a degassing valve; gas channel mounted to the housing as a structural member of the housing; and a thermally and electrically isolating sheet. The isolating sheet is arranged between the battery cells and the gas channel and is configured to provide conditional fluid communication between the gas channel and each of the degassing valves of the plurality of battery cells. The conditional fluid communication depends on whether or not one of the battery cells is ejecting and/or has ejected a venting gas through the degassing valve of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Miran KOJC, Mariagrazia MONTARULI, Wolfgang REINPRECHT
  • Patent number: 11355804
    Abstract: A removable battery component carrier (30,60) for accommodating a battery submodule (40,64) and configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to other removable battery component carriers (30,60) and/or to a carrier frame is provided. The removable battery component carrier (30,60) comprises a bottom plate (32,62), a pair of side walls (31) extending upward from the bottom plate (32,62) along two longitudinal edges of the bottom plate (32,62), a pair of end plates (33) extending upwards from the bottom plate (32,62) along two transversal edges of the bottom plate (32,62). The end plates (33) are mechanically coupled to the side walls (31) and/or to the bottom plate (32,62) to fix battery cells (1,1?) together. A cell cover (34,66) extends parallel to the bottom plate (32,62) so that the cell cover, the bottom plate, the side walls, and the end plates form an accommodating space for the battery submodule (40,64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marco Hirschbeck, Seongjoon Park, Ralph Wuensche, Stephan Klomberg, Thomas Brandner, Thomas Renger, Jörg Killmann, Miran Kojc
  • Patent number: 11247572
    Abstract: A removable battery component for receiving a battery submodule and being mechanically and electrically connectable to other removable battery component carriers and/or a carrier frame is provided. The removable battery component carrier includes a bottom plate, a pair of side walls perpendicular to the bottom plate and extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, a pair of end plates perpendicular to the bottom plate and the side wall, extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, and mechanically connected to the side walls and/or the bottom plate to fix the plurality of battery cells together. A cell cover extends parallel to the bottom plate to form a receiving space of the battery submodule along with the bottom plate, the side wall, and the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ralph Wuensche, Stephan Klomberg, Thomas Brandner, Thomas Renger, Joerg Killmann, Miran Kojc
  • Publication number: 20210359374
    Abstract: A battery system includes: battery cells; and a battery housing including: a chamber between a bottom cover and a top cover of the battery housing; and at least one sidewall member connecting the bottom cover and the top cover to each other, the at least one sidewall member extending along an outer boundary of the chamber, and including: a channel inside the sidewall member; and apertures connecting the chamber with the channel, the apertures being located at a top half of the channel such that at least a bottom half of the channel is for collecting solid matter. The battery system vents a venting gas of a thermal runaway from at least one of the battery cells by directing the venting gas along at least one venting path leading from the chamber, through at least one of the apertures and the channel, and to an environment of the battery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Wolfgang REINPRECHT, Matthias PUCHER, Miran KOJC, Michael ERHART
  • Publication number: 20210119282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph WÜNSCHE, Rainer RETTER, Miran KOJC, Thomas HOERMANN, Matthias PUCHER, Mario MARCOVIC, Volker MATL
  • Publication number: 20200062130
    Abstract: A removable battery component for receiving a battery submodule and being mechanically and electrically connectable to other removable battery component carriers and/or a carrier frame is provided. The removable battery component carrier includes a bottom plate, a pair of side walls perpendicular to the bottom plate and extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, a pair of end plates perpendicular to the bottom plate and the side wall, extending along two facing corners of the bottom plate, and mechanically connected to the side walls and/or the bottom plate to fix the plurality of battery cells together. A cell cover extends parallel to the bottom plate to form a receiving space of the battery submodule along with the bottom plate, the side wall, and the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph WUENSCHE, Stephan KLOMBERG, Thomas BRANDNER, Thomas RENGER, Joerg KILLMANN, Miran KOJC
  • Publication number: 20190296294
    Abstract: A removable battery component carrier (30,60) for accommodating a battery submodule (40,64) and configured to be mechanically and electrically connected to other removable battery component carriers (30,60) and/or to a carrier frame is provided. The removable battery component carrier (30,60) comprises a bottom plate (32,62), a pair of side walls (31) extending upward from the bottom plate (32,62) along two longitudinal edges of the bottom plate (32,62), a pair of end plates (33) extending upwards from the bottom plate (32,62) along two transversal edges of the bottom plate (32,62). The end plates (33) are mechanically coupled to the side walls (31) and/or to the bottom plate (32,62) to fix battery cells (1,1?) together. A cell cover (34,66) extends parallel to the bottom plate (32,62) so that the cell cover, the bottom plate, the side walls, and the end plates form an accommodating space for the battery submodule (40,64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Marco HIRSCHBECK, Seongjoon PARK, Ralph WUENSCHE, Stephan KLOMBERG, Thomas BRANDNER, Thomas RENGER, Jörg KILLMANN, Miran KOJC
  • Patent number: 9673491
    Abstract: A vehicle battery system has a vehicle battery, a cooling device to cool the vehicle battery and which includes a heat sink in thermal contact with the battery cells to transfer heat from the battery cells to the heat sink. The heat sink has at least one cooling channel through which a coolant may flow and connection ends formed by delimitations of the at least one cooling channel. A coolant distributor is provided at and connected to at least one end of the heat sink at a receiving region which is adhesive bonded to the heat sink, the receiving region of the coolant distributor surrounding the connection ends of the heat sink, in which the end faces of the delimitations of the cooling channel form stops for the coolant distributor which abut contact surfaces of the coolant distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Fabian, Miran Kojc, Boris Lobnik, Volker Matl
  • Publication number: 20140322571
    Abstract: A vehicle battery system has a vehicle battery, a cooling device to cool the vehicle battery and which includes a heat sink in thermal contact with the battery cells to transfer heat from the battery cells to the heat sink. The heat sink has at least one cooling channel through which a coolant may flow and connection ends formed by delimitations of the at least one cooling channel. A coolant distributor is provided at and connected to at least one end of the heat sink at a receiving region which is adhesive bonded to the heat sink, the receiving region of the coolant distributor surrounding the connection ends of the heat sink, in which the end faces of the delimitations of the cooling channel form stops for the coolant distributor which abut contact surfaces of the coolant distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Harald FABIAN, Miran KOJC, Boris LOBNIK, Volker MATL
  • Publication number: 20140087228
    Abstract: A battery system for a motor vehicle, the battery system including a first casing component having a first sidewall and a second sidewall and a base extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the first sidewall having a height which is greater than the height of the second sidewall; a second casing component operatively connected to the first casing component; cell holders fixedly connected to the first casing component at the base and the first sidewall; and a plurality of cells fixedly connected to the cell holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Harald FABIAN, Miran KOJC, Matthias PUCHER, Franz STEINER, Ralph WÜNSCHE