Patents Assigned to MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
  • Publication number: 20140248527
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co Og
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wünsche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20140077819
    Abstract: Device to monitor the voltage of battery cells. The device includes a control device, voltage taps configured to tap the voltages of the battery cells, a holding plate having a first holding plate part and a second holding plate part, and a stamped-out circuit having measuring lines configured to electrically connect the control device to the voltage taps, the stamped-out circuit being arranged in cut-outs of the first holding plate part and the cut-outs being covered by the second holding plate such that the measuring lines are fixedly positioned in the cut-outs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR Systems GmbH & CO OG
    Inventor: Johann STARK
  • Patent number: 8644008
    Abstract: A distribution unit has an incomer module disposed on the exterior of a battery casing and electrically connected to a battery housed within the casing, and a plurality of feeder modules electrically daisy-chained to the incomer module and configured to respectively distribute electrical power from the battery to a plurality of individual electrically powered devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventor: Roland Barkoczi
  • Publication number: 20130314097
    Abstract: A device for detecting the insulation resistance of a high-voltage battery system of a motor vehicle that includes a high-voltage battery and a high-voltage component which is operatively connected to terminals of the high-voltage battery via converters. The device includes a reference resistor operatively connected to the terminals of the high-voltage battery via switches, with a voltage measurement device configured to detect the voltage present between each respective terminal and a reference potential of the vehicle; a voltage measurement device configured to measure the voltage between the terminals; and a coupling circuit configured to monitor the high-voltage component when the converters are open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR Systems GmbH & CO. OG
    Inventors: Ingo HAUSBERGER, Andreas KOBER, Markus LETTNER, Renato MANDIC
  • Publication number: 20130059206
    Abstract: A material for a battery or an accumulator, especially for a negative electrode of an accumulator, for example, a lithium ion secondary battery, the use of such a material, an electrode that includes such a material, a battery having such an electrode, and a process for producing such a material. The material includes carbon, an alloy and/or a mixture of silicon with at least one element of main group 1 of the Periodic Table of the Elements excluding lithium, and optionally at least one further metallic element and production-related impurities, the elements being distributed within a silicon phase in the case of a mixture, and a binder which binds carbon and the alloy and/or the mixture to give a solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. OG
    Inventors: Cornelia Bayer, Christoph Stangl, Colin God, Stefan Koller, Nikolaus Hochgatterer, Heimo Kreimaier, Gabriel Stabentheiner
  • Publication number: 20130049686
    Abstract: A control circuit for indirectly limiting a load current which flows through a controllable semiconductor component. The control circuit controls the controllable semiconductor component based upon a measured and/or a calculated load-current-dependent power loss of the semiconductor component. The control circuit can also control the controllable semiconductor component based upon a measured and/or a calculated load-current-dependent component temperature of the controllable semiconductor component. A charging circuit includes a controllable semiconductor component for limiting a load current and has a control circuit in accordance with the invention. A motor vehicle includes an on-board electrical power supply system having a charging circuit in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co. OG
    Inventor: Michael ERHART
  • Publication number: 20130015796
    Abstract: A converter for an electrical machine having a plurality of phase lines for connecting the electrical machine. For each phase line the converter has a half-bridge with a first first semiconductor switch is configured to electrically connect at least one of the phase lines intermittently to a first supply line of the converter, and a second semiconductor switch configured to electrically connect the phase line intermittently to a second supply line of the converter. The converter is configured for operation in a first energy recovery limiting mode in which at least two of the first semiconductor switches are at least intermittently on simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Thomas FEICHTINGER, Wolfgang PAUL, Christian SPINDELBERGER, Jürgen TANNHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20130002260
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring the state of an energy storage cell for storing electrical energy, in particular, an electrochemical energy storage cell or an energy storage cell having at least one capacitor. Integrated electronics for monitoring the state of the energy storage cell are arranged in the energy storage cell, the integrated electronics having a transmitting/receiving unit for wireless data exchange with a battery control system arranged outside the energy storage cell. Alternatively, the integrated electronics are connected to a transmitting/receiving unit for wireless data exchange with a battery control system arranged outside the energy storage cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. OG
    Inventor: Andrej Golubkov
  • Publication number: 20120301773
    Abstract: An accumulator having a housing, a plurality of voltage-generating cells that are arranged in the housing, a cooling/heating device and heat-conducting devices that are arranged between the cells and thermally coupled/connected to the cooling/heating device. In addition, at least one section of the housing is embodied as a cooling/heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GmbH & CO. OG
    Inventor: Stefan Roepke
  • Publication number: 20120280502
    Abstract: A power transmission train for a range extender module, including an internal combustion engine, an AC generator which is mechanically driven by the internal combustion engine, and a rectifier which is electrically connected to the AC generator and has a unidirectional DC/DC converter connected downstream for the purpose of feeding an electrical load, with the internal combustion engine being equipped with its own electric starter motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Stephan Bouvier, Heinz Lanzenberger, Andreas Schmidhofer
  • Publication number: 20120262151
    Abstract: A sensor assembly for measuring an intensity of a current includes a first sensor apparatus configured to record an intensity of the electrical current with contact, a second sensor apparatus configured to record an intensity of the electrical current, the second sensor apparatus having a common measurement range with the first sensor apparatus, and a first analog-digital converter configured to convert analog measured values into digitized measured values. The first sensor apparatus, the second sensor apparatus and the first analog-digital converter are arranged on a common circuit carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Renato MANDIC, Roland PLANK, Guido POSCHARNIG
  • Publication number: 20120263984
    Abstract: A cooling/heating element for a rechargeable battery, the cooling/heating element including a cooling area having a first boundary which physically contacts a first cell of the rechargeable battery, and a second boundary which physically contacts a second cell of the rechargeable battery. The cooling/heating element can be stacked and also include an inlet and/or outlet which interacts with an inlet and/or outlet of an adjacent cooling/heating element in a stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH &Co. OG
    Inventor: Gert Krammer
  • Publication number: 20120212882
    Abstract: A distribution unit has an incomer module disposed on the exterior of a battery casing and electrically connected to a battery housed within the casing, and a plurality of feeder modules electrically daisy-chained to the incomer module and configured to respectively distribute electrical power from the battery to a plurality of individual electrically powered devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-Car Systems GmbH & Co. OG
    Inventor: Roland Barkoczi
  • Publication number: 20120214033
    Abstract: A battery cell arrangement having a battery cell which is in the form of a film cell and includes a flat cell body with two end faces, a flexible cell rim surrounding the cell body, and two contact sections arranged on a rim side of the battery cell. The battery cell arrangement further has a frame arrangement which includes a first frame element and a second frame element which frames the cell body on all sides on the rim. At least one vent opening is provided on a side of the frame arrangement which faces away from the end faces of the cell body, in order to allow fluid, in particular gas, to emerge from the battery cell arrangement in the event of damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Magna E-Car Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Peter Dämon, Stefan Roepke, Herbert Thanner, Ralph Wünsche
  • Publication number: 20120129651
    Abstract: A system for driving an assembly arrangement for a motor vehicle, which assembly arrangement having at least one auxiliary assembly and an electric machine which is configured independently of a drive unit of the motor vehicle. It is possible for the electric machine to be operated both as a motor for driving the auxiliary assembly and as a generator for generating electric power. If required, it is possible for a separate engine which is configured as an internal combustion engine to be connected or fastened releasably via an interface to the assembly arrangement and to be coupled to the assembly arrangement for drive action, in order to supply the at least one auxiliary assembly and/or the electric machine with rotational drive moment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventors: Konstantin Erjawetz, Helfried Müller
  • Publication number: 20120094158
    Abstract: An essentially cuboid-shaped accumulator is provided, comprising at least one voltage generating cell and at least two separate housing elements, each comprising maximally three side parts and together comprising at least four side parts, wherein each side part is provided for limiting one respective side of the cuboid-shaped accumulator. At least two of the housing elements are connected to one another through snap hooks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventor: Ralph Wuensche
  • Publication number: 20120094164
    Abstract: A modular system for an essentially cuboid-shaped accumulator is provided, comprising at least one voltage generating cell and at least two loose housing elements. The housing elements each comprise maximally three side parts and together comprise at least four side parts, wherein each side part is provided for limiting one respective side of the cuboid-shaped accumulator. The modular system further comprises at least one additional alternative housing element which can be directly used instead of a housing element fulfilling a first function and which fulfills a second function different from the first function. Furthermore, an accumulator is provided which is built up of the components of said modular system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventor: Ralph Wuensche
  • Publication number: 20120040228
    Abstract: An electrical power storage unit for motor vehicles, having a housing comprising an electrical battery cell pack in a first housing section and an electrical circuit therefor in a second housing section separated from the first housing section and separately openable, wherein the second housing section has at least one separated and independently openable maintenance region, which—with the exception of an optional contact-protected high-voltage fuse—does not comprise any electrical circuit components operating above a predetermined low-voltage limit, preferably 60 V DC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventor: Oliver Heidenbauer
  • Publication number: 20110189527
    Abstract: An energy storage module having a plurality of stacked flat cells. The energy storage module has an interconnection formed in such a way that the energy storage module can be connected mechanically, electrically and/or for exchanging coolant with at least one other energy storage module of the same kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wuensche, Uwe Geidl, Dietmar Niederl
  • Publication number: 20110189526
    Abstract: An energy storage unit for storing electrical energy comprises a plurality of stacked flat cells, each having protruding electrodes. A cooling body of the energy storage unit is heat-conductively connected, at least in sections, to the flat cells. The cooling body at least partially consists of a plastic material and has openings through which the electrodes extend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: MAGNA E-CAR SYSTEMS GMBH & CO OG
    Inventors: Martin Michelitsch, Ralph Wuensche