Patents Assigned to PowerCo SE
  • Publication number: 20260341831
    Abstract: A battery cell having a cell housing and a cell terminal, preferably an external contact element. At least one heat conductor is arranged between the cell terminal, preferably the external contact element, and the cell housing. The external contact element is connected to the cell housing in a thermally conductive manner, and preferably in an electrically insulating manner, via the heat conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Matthias TOMECKI, Marvin CZECH, Mesut YURTSEVEN, Bastian SCHAAR, Anish GAUSH, Joan Malagarriga DUARTE
  • Patent number: 12763309
    Abstract: A method is proposed for manufacturing dry electrodes on a current collector with the aid of a roller system. The roller system includes at least three rollers and the current collector. A first roller and a second roller are rotated in opposite rotational directions. Powder is poured into a calender gap formed by the first rotating roller and the second rotating roller, the powder being carried on the second roller. A signal is triggered with the aid of a control unit for setting a laminating gap between the second roller and the third roller, the third roller and/or the first roller and the second roller moving toward each other in the direction of the current collector. At least the third roller is rotated in the opposite direction of the second roller. The current collector is moved through the laminating gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Sven Schopf, Ludger Busswinkel, Sebastian Reuber, Roland Schmidt-Lobach
  • Publication number: 20260290949
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a prismatic battery cell. An electrode stack having first electrodes and second electrodes are stacked one on top of the other. Arresters of the first electrodes rise up at an end-face side of the electrode arrangement. Arresters of the first electrodes are compacted, the compacted arresters are welded to a contact plate. The contact plate is welded to a contact element of a cell cover. A prismatic battery cell is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Bjoern LOEHR, Marius EBBIGHAUSEN, Natascha VON ASPERN, Lukas KWOCZEK
  • Patent number: 12742639
    Abstract: A method for checking a stack of multiple battery element layers in the form of anodes, cathodes, and separators. Geometries of at least one of the large surfaces of at least the anodes and/or the cathodes are determined. The battery element layers are stacked to form the stack. Subsequently for a position check of the anodes and/or of the cathodes, the stack is irradiated by X-ray radiation), wherein the X-ray radiation is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the large surfaces of the battery element layers, and via the detected X-ray radiation, with regard to at least one pair of opposite sides of the stack the greatest edge spacing that is present between the edges of the considered type of electrode (anodes or cathodes) of this pair is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventor: Steffen Masuch
  • Patent number: 12709508
    Abstract: A device to replace a coil or a core. The coil comprises the sleeve-like core and a film wound thereon. The device is stationary with respect to a winding station at which the film is unwindable from the coil or windable onto the core. The device has at least one stand and a support arm that is movably situated at the stand. The support arm extends along a horizontally running first axis. The coil or the core is situatable so that it is movable on the support arm along the first axis. An arrangement and a method for replacing a coil or a core is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Tommy Pietsch, Sebastian Dersch
  • Patent number: 12695126
    Abstract: A method for testing a stack of multiple battery cells, each comprising an anode, a cathode, and a separator as types of battery cell layers, wherein the separator is arranged between the anode and the cathode. In a first test step, it is checked whether the edges of the battery cell layers are within a first tolerance range, wherein the battery cells to which this applies are determined to be usable battery cells. Several of the usable battery cells are stacked to the battery cell stack. The battery cell stack is irradiated by X-rays. Via the X-rays, positions of those edges of a type of battery cell layers are determined which delimit at least two of the corners of these battery cell layers, checking whether the greatest distance between the equally located edges of each of the battery cell layers of the selected type is within a second tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventor: Steffen Masuch
  • Patent number: 12639801
    Abstract: A method for determining a position of corners of polygonal electrode sheets in at least one corner region of an electrode assembly stack, comprising the steps: 3D imaging of the corner region of the electrode assembly stack in an imaging region by means of an imaging process, so that a data set is created that includes 3D position information on the electrode sheets in the corner region of the electrode assembly stack relative to a carrier or to a marker arranged in the imaging region; and determining, from the data set, a first and a second edge profile of the edges framing the corner region of each electrode sheet. A position of the corner of the respective electrode sheet is determined on the basis of the edge profile. The electrode sheets and the edges thereof can be determined via a neural network system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventor: Steffen Masuch
  • Patent number: 12607575
    Abstract: A method for determining the placement accuracy of a plurality of electrode sheets, wherein the electrode sheets extend on mutually parallel planes and are stacked on top of one another and form a stack; wherein the placement accuracy describes positions of the edges of all of the electrode sheets relative to one another in the stack; wherein the method is carried out using a measuring device having a two-dimensionally resolving X-ray system with at least one beam source for X-ray radiation and a detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Mathias Kraken, Erik Rohkohl, Sven Rathmann, Malte Schönemann, Alexander Tornow
  • Publication number: 20260031475
    Abstract: A battery case for a battery cell. The battery case includes a base body that encloses, at least in areas. A chamber for accommodating galvanic components. A plurality of ventilation openings that connect the chamber to the surroundings of the base body. A plurality of ventilation lines that extend on an inner side of the base body facing the chamber and that are fluidically coupled to at least a portion of the plurality of ventilation openings. The plurality of ventilation lines extending in a material that forms the base body. A battery cell with such a battery case and a battery arrangement are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Sebastian KRAAS, Zhihang YU
  • Patent number: 12519129
    Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte (for an electrode layer of a solid-state battery has a core made of a core material and a shell layer surrounding the core and made of a shell material, wherein the core material has a crystalline structure, and the shell material has an amorphous structure, and wherein the core material and the shell material have the same chemical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventor: Wenbo Zhang
  • Patent number: 12500277
    Abstract: A method for producing a cell stack (57) for battery cells (8) comprises at least the following steps: a) feeding in at least a first material strip (3) comprising a first material; b) making a first cut into at least the first material strip (3), thereby forming at least one strip-like transport section (18) having tensile strength; c) combining the first material strip (3) with at least a second material strip (22, 27) comprising a second material, in order to form a partial stack (31); d) attaching the partial stack (31) thus formed at a first attachment site by means of a first movable clamping apparatus (32); e) replenishing at least one material strip (22, 27) and attaching the partial stack (31) thus formed at a second attachment site by means of a second movable clamping apparatus; f) making a second cut of the attached partial stack (31), whereby the transport section (18) is cut off; g) opening the clamping apparatuses (32, 33); and h) arranging at least two partial stacks (31) to form a cell stack
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Kartik Jamadar, Christian Theuerkauf
  • Patent number: 12466175
    Abstract: A method for producing a cell stack for battery cells comprises at least the following steps: feeding in at least a first material strip consisting of a first material; making a first cut into at least the first material strip while forming at least one transport section having tensile strength; combining the first material strip with at least a second material strip consisting of a second material, so as to form a partial stack; making a second cut of the partial stack, whereby the transport section is cut open; and arranging at least two partial stacks so as to form a cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Kartik Jamadar, Christian Theuerkauf
  • Patent number: 12424608
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a component, the component having a multiplicity of cell foils for storing electrical energy that are stacked on top of one another and at least one contact plate, wherein the cell foils form a foil stack in a connection portion, and the foil stack is connected to the contact plate by at least one weld seam for the electrical contacting of the cell foils via the contact plate. Furthermore, a corresponding component and a device for manufacturing such a component are also specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Dennis Böhm, Alexander Breuer, Talia Batres Hermosillo
  • Patent number: 12401068
    Abstract: An energy accumulator, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a secondary cell with two complementary electrodes, a separator spacing them apart, a cell housing which encloses the electrodes and the separator, and an electrolyte with which the cell housing is filled. In addition, hollow glass spheres are located within the cell housing, which are filled with a quantity of the electrolyte and/or an additive and which are in contact with the electrolyte accommodated in the cell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: PowerCo SE
    Inventors: Stephan Leonhard Koch, Miriam Kunze