Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
  • Patent number: 9099714
    Abstract: An electrical storage battery includes a housing and a plurality of rectangular cell assembly modules electrically coupled together. The rectangular cell assembly modules are mounted by spring damping elements in the housing and are in each case arranged in an intermediate space between an outer area of at least one lower edge of the cell assembly modules and the housing, with at least one common spring damping element extending transversely with respect to the direction of the longest side of the cell assembly modules along the plurality of cell assembly modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Bechtold, Kai Pelz, Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann
  • Patent number: 9054363
    Abstract: A degassing system for a housing of an accumulator includes a labyrinth bolt having a bolt wall in which a plurality of channels are provided, which extend from the bolt interior toward outlets which are arranged in an axial section of the bolt wall. The degassing system also includes a labyrinth corso having a corso wall which, in the installed state, runs around the axial section of the bolt wall such that a gap is formed in the axial section between the bolt wall and the corso wall. The degassing system further includes a gas permeable membrane, which is arranged on an upper face of the labyrinth bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner, Edgar Kroll, Ralf Muenster
  • Patent number: 8986864
    Abstract: A battery housing for a hybrid vehicle battery includes a degassing system on a floor of the housing. The degassing system includes a base body configured for attachment to the floor, where the base body includes an opening in an upper section and is at least partially permeable to a liquid in a lower section. The degassing system also includes a guide in the base body and a float provided in the base body. The guide is configured to guide the float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wiegmann, Ralf Joswig
  • Patent number: 8642203
    Abstract: A round cell rechargeable battery includes a plurality of round cells arranged next to one another and a dissipation element that is electrically insulated from the round cells and connects a group of round cells in thermally-conductive fashion so as to dissipate heat. The dissipation element is in the form of a rod and is bent in such a way that it runs in zigzag fashion alternately in each case along a lower side, an adjoining side wall, and an upper side of the round cells. The battery also includes an electrically-insulating, thermally-conductive, rubber-elastic thermoplastic elastomer, which is arranged at least partially between the dissipation element and the round cells to insulate the dissipation element electrically from the round cells and to dissipate heat from the round cells to the dissipation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid And Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Helge Brenner, Markus Hoh, Martin Wiegmann
  • Publication number: 20140030933
    Abstract: The disclosure includes specifying an electrical connection arrangement, in particular for a rechargeable battery arrangement, having an electrical connecting element which permits the electrical energy to be transmitted between the rechargeable battery cells with as little loss as possible. In addition, there is disclosed an advantageous electrical connecting element in the form of a sheet-metal strip for the electrical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS HYBRID AND RECYCLING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Wiegmann, Markus Hoh, Ralf Joswig, Henning Eisermann
  • Publication number: 20130216889
    Abstract: Hose made from an elastic material, which is designed to be fitted on a hose connection by means of a hose endpiece of the hose being pushed over the hose connection, and which is designed to be fastened on the hose connection by a hose clip to be arranged in a fitting region of the hose endpiece, wherein the hose endpiece has at least one thickened area which protrudes from the outer side of the hose, said thickeded area protruding from the outer side of the hose at least to such an extent that a hose clip suitable for fastening the hose on the hose connection is held on the hose endpiece by the thickened area, with respect to the influence of gravity when this is effective in the longitudinal direction of the hose endpiece. The invention further relates to a hose having at least two branch-off points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS HYBRID AND RECYCLING GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner
  • Patent number: 8507120
    Abstract: A round cell rechargeable battery includes a plurality of round cells arranged alongside one another and at least one output element that is electrically insulated from the round cells. The at least one output element is in the form of a rod and is curved such that the output element runs in a zigzag shape alternately along a lower face, a side wall adjacent thereto, and an upper face of the round cells and thermally conductively connects a group of the round cells for heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner
  • Patent number: 8100211
    Abstract: An electrochemical accumulator includes a plurality of electrochemical cells, each of which has a casing. The accumulator also includes a cover, a housing which is closed by the cover, an electrolyte in the housing, and at least one connecting pole for making electrical contact with the accumulator, where the connecting pole is electrically connected to a group of the electrochemical cells. The accumulator also includes a cooling air area for holding cooling air for cooling the cells and a degassing area for holding a gas which emerges from the cells in the event of a defect. The cooling air area and the degassing area are separated from one another in a gas-tight manner and the cooling air area and the degassing area are passed out of the housing independently of one another. The cooling air area has channels which are guided on the casings of the cells outside the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Hoh, Joerg Birkholz, Martin Wiegmann
  • Patent number: 8062781
    Abstract: A degassing system for an accumulator includes a corso with a degassing opening, a pin that is arranged in the corso, at least one flap that is mounted such that it can rotate around the pin, a spring that is arranged to exert a torque on the at least one flap, and a seal that is arranged such that the at least one flap rests on the seal in a rest position and closes the degassing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann
  • Patent number: 7608360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rechargeable battery having a plurality of cells each having a plurality of positive and negative electrode plates, the positive and negative electrode plates electrically isolated from one another by separators and having output lugs arranged alternately alongside one another. The rechargeable battery also includes a first output lug bundle comprising the output lugs of the positive electrode plates of a first cell electrically connected together and a second output lug bundle comprising the output lugs of the negative electrode plates of the first cell electrically connected together. The first output lug bundle and the second output lug bundle each comprise a recess for holding a pole output conductor, the pole output conductor having a clamping shoe with two clamping plates which can be moved relative to one another by means of a clamping screw in which case the clamping screw can be inserted into the recess in the output lug bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Wiepen
  • Patent number: D584684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Aglassinger
  • Patent number: D589443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Aglassinger
  • Patent number: D589877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Wiegmann