Patents Assigned to ElringKlinger AG
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Publication number: 20240128610Abstract: In order to provide an electrochemical cell (100) that can be produced as simply as possible and has as long a service life as possible, according to the invention an electrochemical cell (100), in particular a cylindrical cell, is provided, which comprises: an electrochemical element (104), a housing (106), a first cell terminal (118) and a second cell terminal (120); wherein the electrochemical cell (100) also comprises a cast element, in particular a first cast element (128), for connecting the housing (106) and the first cell terminal (118) and/or a cast element, in particular a second cast element (154), for connecting the housing (106) and the second cell terminal (120).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Mathias WIDMAIER, Mathias SCHERER, Christian BECK, Elisabeth REITZ, Marcel KURZ, Philipp ROMINGER, Aldina ASLANI
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Patent number: 11923524Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of electrical energy storage devices and in particular enables simplified manufacture and/or optimised operation thereof in that a cooling module, a cell stack, the entire electrical energy storage device and/or a method for cooling cells are optimised.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Torsten Stifel, Björn Betz, Martina Bulat, Stefan Dwenger, Matthias Biegerl, Melanie Kemnitz, Christian Wörsdörfer, Holger Keller
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Publication number: 20240066811Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a particularly planar component that is as simple as possible to produce and has an optimized stability. In order to achieve said aim, a component is proposed which comprises or is formed from a polymer matrix material and at least one non-compressible filler, wherein an average proportion of the at least one non-compressible filler is preferably approximately 75 wt. % or more, based on the total mass of the component and/or based on a local mass of the component in a locally compacted region of the component, wherein the component has one or more attachment regions for attaching the component to an additional component, and wherein a material of the component is compressed at least in the one or more attachment regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Robert WITZGALL, Harri DITTMAR
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Patent number: 11891929Abstract: In order to improve and in particular to more economically manufacture and/or assemble and/or maintain a sump device comprising a sump body particularly for an oil supply in a commercial motor vehicle having a pipe unit comprising a pipe body wherein the sump body is an injection moulded part of plastics material, it is proposed that the pipe unit be arranged on the sump body with play.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Ralf Franz, Marco Saile
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Publication number: 20240039129Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an electrochemical cell which is as simply constructed as possible and which requires as little production effort as possible. This is achieved by an electrochemical cell, in which a first connection conductor is secured to a cover element in a first connection region by means of a first potting element, said first potting element being surrounded and/or accommodated by a first compensation element of the electrochemical cell in the first connection region, and/or in which a second connection conductor is secured to the cover element in a second connection region by means of a second potting element, said second potting element being surrounded and/or accommodated by a second compensation element of the electrochemical cell in the second connection region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Mathias WIDMAIER, Christian BECK, Alfonso PEREZ DE LA FUENTE, Fabian HEILAND
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Patent number: 11876242Abstract: A module layer and to a battery system made therefrom, which, as a device for supplying and storing electrical energy between two final end components, comprises a number of battery modules that are electrically connected to one another in series. Each module here consists of a number of elementary cells, which are generally lithium-ion batteries. The module layer is embodied as a structural unit, wherein the cells in the module layer are positioned next to one another in a tray, in an upright position on a base element of the tray, and are enclosed by an outer frame that is embodied as a heat sink and constitutes the rim of the tray, the outer frame has a seal, and the module layer has a section of a central shaft into which bus bars protrude, which produce a conductive connection with the cells of the respective module layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Jochen Hantschel, Tobias Schmidt
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Patent number: 11873899Abstract: In order to provide a seal arrangement, in particular for sealing a first fluid space from a second fluid space or a plurality of fluid spaces, which on the one hand is producible in a simple and cost-effective manner and also enables a reliable sealing of a first fluid space from a second fluid space, it is proposed that the seal arrangement comprises the following: A sealing element for arranging between a first object and a second object, wherein the sealing element comprises two or more mutually connectible or mutually connected sealing element components, which each comprise a base body part and an elastic sealing body part arranged on the base body part, wherein the base body parts of the sealing element components form a preferably dimensionally stable base body of the sealing element, wherein the elastic sealing body parts of the sealing element components form an elastic sealing body for providing a sealing function of the sealing element.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Tobias Michael Gruhler, Stefan Dwenger, Robert Linkor
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Publication number: 20240001643Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a component, preferably a component for a vehicle, which is as stable as possible and which has an optimized electromagnetic compatibility. This is achieved by providing a component comprising a base element, which comprises or is made of at least one composite element, and a shielding element for electrically and/or electromagnetically shielding the component, wherein the shielding element comprises or is made of one or more foils, for example one or more metal foils, and is connected to the base element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Martin EBERHARDT, Silvio KOCH, Robert WITZGALL, Harri DITTMAR
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Patent number: 11856660Abstract: A heating system for a drive train or a component thereof and to a method for producing it. In order to produce an apparatus of the above-mentioned type, which can be inexpensively integrated into an existing system, it is proposed for at least one heating element, which is for active electrical heating of a drive train or component thereof, to be provided in combination with or in an already existing component for thermal and/or acoustic shielding.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Aylin Welder, Andreas Hubert, Kristina Wilsch, Marcel Bold, Bernd Ell
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Patent number: 11840995Abstract: In order to provide a piston device that is of simple construction and provides optimised sealing, it is proposed that the piston device should include the following: a housing that includes a piston receptacle; a piston that is arranged to be linearly displaceable in the piston receptacle; a main gasket element that separates a first medium space from a second medium space, and a supplementary gasket element, different from the main gasket element, for sealing in a region between the piston and the piston receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: ElringKlinger AG, ElringKlinger Kunststofftechnik GmbHInventors: Patrick Klein, Klaus Hocker, Fabian Kopp
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Patent number: 11761367Abstract: A shielding element, which comprises at least two sections that are embodied to be linearly connected to each other in abutting fashion on at least one contact surface so as to enclose a three-dimensionally shaped profile or pipe segment of an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine over a certain length when in use. In order to modify a shielding element of the above-mentioned type while amplifying its effect with other positive properties, it is proposed for the sections of the shielding element to each comprise at least one electrical heating system, which, in an installed position, is thermally directed at the pipe segment that is to be enclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Andreas Hubert, Peter Schölzel
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Publication number: 20230216162Abstract: In order to provide a feedthrough system which can be produced as easily as possible and has an optimized service life, it is proposed that the feedthrough system comprises a wall component which has one or more feedthrough openings, one or more lines which are guided through the one or more feedthrough openings, and a fastening device, the fastening device connecting the one or more lines to the wall component in one or more connection regions of the feedthrough system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Felix HAULER, Mathias WIDMAIER, Christian BECK
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Publication number: 20230175602Abstract: In order to provide a pressure equalization apparatus (10) by means of which a pressure equalization can be brought about in the event of an overpressure—in particular, in an electrochemical system—and which is as simple as possible to produce, according to the invention, the pressure equalization apparatus comprises a main element (110), a sealing device (112), and a connection device (114) for connecting the main element and the sealing device, wherein the sealing device sealingly bears against the main element when the pressure equalization apparatus is in a closed state and is fixed relative to the main element by means of the connection device, and wherein a fixing connection between the main element and the sealing device which is formed thereby can be released in order to unblock a fluid connection between the interior of the pressure equalization apparatus and surroundings of the pressure equalization apparatus, and wherein the connection device comprises a spring element (150), the spring force of whType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Matthias GOLDSCHE, Axel STREICHER
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Publication number: 20230174166Abstract: In order to improve a body unit comprising a body component that comprises an elongate carrier element and at least one injection molded part, it is proposed that at least one injection molded part that is molded onto the carrier element should hold at least one functional element at a holding part of the functional element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Oliver Radl, Marco Schrade
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Publication number: 20230167901Abstract: A functional element is provided which comprises a functional layer with at least one filter portion, a covering part on each side of the functional layer, at least one fluid passage in the functional element which passes through a passage area of the at least one filter portion, and a sealing segment which surrounds the passage area in a circumferentially closed manner with sealing material of the sealing segment permeating the filter portion to provide a seal in the filter portion and between the covering parts and the filter portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicants: ElringKlinger AG, ElringKlinger Automotive Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Tomas Pupsys, Kirk Eidam, Thomas Anhorn
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Publication number: 20230091675Abstract: In order to provide a rupture device which can be produced as simply as possible and which enables a controlled opening of a container in the event of an overpressure, it is proposed that the rupture device comprise a wall component which has at least one rupture web, wherein the at least one rupture web has a thickness varying in the longitudinal direction, and/or wherein the at least one rupture web is formed by at least one first depression, which is arranged on a first side of the wall component, and at least one second depression, which is arranged on a second side, facing away from the first side, of the wall component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Kirk EIDAM, Björn SCHULZ, Bernd SCHÄFER, Ingo WACHHOLZ, Mathias SCHERER
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Publication number: 20230092363Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide an electrochemical cell which can be produced as simply as possible and with which fluid can flow out of the interior in the event of an overpressure in the interior of the electrochemical cell. This is achieved by an electrochemical cell that comprises a housing, which surrounds the interior of the electrochemical cell, and a rupture device, which is arranged on a wall of the housing and is in particular formed integrally with the wall, wherein the rupture device comprises at least one rupture web, wherein the at least one rupture web has a thickness varying in the longitudinal direction, and/or wherein the at least one rupture web is formed by at least one first depression, which is arranged on an inner side, facing the interior, of the wall, and by at least one second depression, which is arranged on an outer side, facing away from the interior, of the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Kirk EIDAM, Björn SCHULZ, Bernd SCHÄFER, Ingo WACHHOLZ, Mathias SCHERER
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Patent number: 11588197Abstract: A cell contacting system for an electrochemical device is provided, which includes a plurality of cell groups having one or more electrochemical cells, each having a first and a second cell terminal. The first cell terminals follow each other along the longitudinal direction in a first cell terminal region of the electrochemical device and the second cell terminals follow each other along the longitudinal direction in a second cell terminal region of the electrochemical device. The cell contacting system includes at least one cell connector extending obliquely to the longitudinal direction and configured for electrically conductively connecting cell terminals of a first cell group in the first cell terminal region to cell terminals of a second cell group in the second cell terminal region, which cell contacting system reliably enables a relative movement between the cell terminals to be electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Wolfgang Fritz, Stefan Kazmaier
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Publication number: 20230032158Abstract: In order to improve a housing, in particular for an electrotechnical apparatus, comprising at least two housing parts which each have a connecting face, said connecting faces, in a closed state of the housing, facing one another along a connecting section, it is proposed that at least one of the at least two housing parts, along the connecting section, has at least one integrated protective section, in particular for EMC shielding and/or for mechanical protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Benjamin Ulmer, Jochen Schoellhammer, Tobias Kunert, Bodo Golchert, Bernhard Eberle, Bjoern Betz
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Patent number: 11552309Abstract: An electrochemical device comprises a stack consisting of a plurality of electrochemical units which succeed one another along a stack direction and which each include a membrane electrode arrangement, a bipolar plate and at least one sealing element, at least one medium channel which extends along the stack direction, a flow field through which a medium can flow from the medium channel to another medium channel, and a connection channel through which the flow field and the medium channel are in fluid connection with one another, wherein the sealing arrangement includes a connection channel region in which the sealing arrangement crosses the connection channel, and at least one neighboring region which is located in front of or behind the connection channel region in the longitudinal direction of the sealing arrangement, wherein the sealing arrangement has a lower average height in the connection channel region than in the neighboring region.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: ElringKlinger AGInventors: Juergen Kraft, Peter Stahl, Michael Goetz, Manuel Morcos