Patents by Inventor Andreas Ruehle
Andreas Ruehle 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).
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Publication number: 20240136634Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2) which are electrically conductively connected to one another in series and/or in parallel and are arranged adjacent to one another in a longitudinal direction (3) of the battery module (1), so that a cell stack (25) is formed. An end plate unit (4) is arranged adjacent to a terminally arranged battery cell (21), wherein the end plate unit (4) comprises at least two end plates (5) formed separately from one another, which are each mechanically connected to a same side surface (6) of the terminally arranged battery cell (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Ionut Marian Lica, Marius Cichon, Martin Kassner, Walter Jasch
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Patent number: 11437668Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for controlling the temperature of at least one battery cell, in particular for a traction battery, having a frame (12), which forms a flow chamber (16) for a coolant to flow through, and a cover (14) of flexible design which delimits the flow chamber (16) in an at least partially fluid-tight manner and is provided for making thermal contact with the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the cooling plate (10) has at least one supporting element (30), which is arranged within the flow chamber (16) and around which coolant can flow, for increasing the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow chamber (16) and for supporting the at least one battery cell, which supporting element makes mechanical contact with the cover (14) of flexible design.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Patent number: 11437672Abstract: Electrical energy store (1), device and/or vehicle and method for producing an electrical energy store (1) comprising a control unit (11) and electrical energy storage cells (2), each comprising a cell controller (31), wherein the control unit (11) comprises a printed circuit board which is cohesively connected to the respective cell controller (31) of each electrical energy storage cell (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Boris Gendlin, Ionut Marian Lica, Matthias Oechsle, Thomas Dittert, Maximilian Russ-Mohl
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Patent number: 11417922Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for temperature control of a battery cell, having a frame (12) with a coolant flow space (16) and at least one perturbing contour (30) inside the flow space (16), which is provided to increase turbulence in the coolant and is designed to support the at least one battery cell or for mechanical contacting with a cover (14) of the flow space (16). The perturbing contour (30) is arranged such that the coolant can flow around the perturbing contour (30) and the perturbing contour (30) is formed in the manner of at least one opening (50) in such a way that the coolant can flow through the at least one perturbing contour (30) and/or the frame (12) forms an opening (52) beneath the perturbing contour (30) in such a way that the coolant can flow beneath the at least one perturbing contour (30).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Patent number: 11355799Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for the temperature control of at least one battery cell, especially for a traction battery, comprising a frame (12) with flow ducts (16) designed for the flowing of a coolant through them and a flexibly configured cover (14), which bounds the flow ducts (16) in fluid-tight manner and is provided for the thermal contacting of the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the flow ducts (16) comprise at least one perturbing contour (28), which is provided to increase the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow ducts (16).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Patent number: 11088399Abstract: The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partially coinciding with the middle region (22).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Eduard Reimer, Karsten Thoelmann, Kuen Cheuk Leung, Lisa Lorenz, Patrick Kaupp, Sven Bergmann
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Patent number: 10978750Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module comprising at least one battery cell and a cell monitoring unit which is connected in an electrically conducting manner to a flexible circuit board by at least one bonding wire and/or at least one bonding strip.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Emilia Schwindt, Carsten Mueller, Stefan Baumann, Andreas Ruehle
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Patent number: 10868345Abstract: A battery module comprising at least one battery cell (2), in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, and a cooling plate (3) thermally conductively connected to the at least one battery cell (2), a thermal compensation layer (4) configured in order to increase the thermal conductivity between the at least one battery cell (2) and the cooling plate (3) furthermore being arranged between the at least one battery cell (2) and the cooling plate (3), wherein the thermal compensation layer (4) is formed from a base material (5), and furthermore comprises at least one bimetallic actuator (6), which has a conversion temperature above a temperature of 20° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Jonas Seib, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20200303784Abstract: The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partialy coinciding with the middle region (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Eduard Reimer, Karsten Thoelmann, Kuen Cheuk Leung, Lisa Lorenz, Patrick Kaupp, Sven Bergmann
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Patent number: 10770697Abstract: A battery cell having a first housing element (4) which holds the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) and has an opening (6), and a second housing element (5) which has a voltage tap (7) to be accessed from a first surface (8) of the second housing element (5), the second housing element (5) closes off the opening (6) so that a first part region (91) of a second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) is immediately adjacent the interior space (10) of the first housing element (4), and that a second part region (92) of the second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) protrudes beyond the first housing element (4), wherein the second housing element (5) comprises a sealing element (11) connected to the first surface (8) and/or to the second part region (92) of the second surface (9).Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt, Peter Bauckhage, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20200106146Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for the temperature control of at least one battery cell, especially for a traction battery, comprising a frame (12) with flow ducts (16) designed for the flowing of a coolant through them and a flexibly configured cover (14), which bounds the flow ducts (16) in fluid-tight manner and is provided for the thermal contacting of the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the flow ducts (16) comprise at least one perturbing contour (28), which is provided to increase the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow ducts (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Publication number: 20200106144Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for controlling the temperature of at least one battery cell, in particular for a traction battery, having a frame (12), which forms a flow chamber (16) for a coolant to flow through, and a cover (14) of flexible design which delimits the flow chamber (16) in an at least partially fluid-tight manner and is provided for making thermal contact with the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the cooling plate (10) has at least one supporting element (30), which is arranged within the flow chamber (16) and around which coolant can flow, for increasing the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow chamber (16) and for supporting the at least one battery cell, which supporting element makes mechanical contact with the cover (14) of flexible design.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Publication number: 20200106145Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for temperature control of a battery cell, having a frame (12) with a coolant flow space (16) and at least one perturbing contour (30) inside the flow space (16), which is provided to increase turbulence in the coolant and is designed to support the at least one battery cell or for mechanical contacting with a cover (14) of the flow space (16). The perturbing contour (30) is arranged such that the coolant can flow around the perturbing contour (30) and the perturbing contour (30) is formed in the manner of at least one opening (50) in such a way that the coolant can flow through the at least one perturbing contour (30) and/or the frame (12) forms an opening (52) beneath the perturbing contour (30) in such a way that the coolant can flow beneath the at least one perturbing contour (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
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Patent number: 10608304Abstract: A battery having a plurality of battery cells accommodated in a housing, wherein a plurality of first battery cells are electrically connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, and a plurality of second battery cells are electrically connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, wherein the first battery cells each have a first outer surface and the second battery cells each have a second outer surface, wherein the housing of the battery has a first housing wall and a second housing wall, which is arranged opposite the first housing wall, wherein a first flow channel is formed between the first wall of the housing and the first outer surface of one of the first battery cells, and wherein a second flow channel is formed between the second wall of the housing and the second outer surface of one of the second battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt, Peter Bauckhage, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20200044201Abstract: Electrical energy store (1), device and/or vehicle and method for producing an electrical energy store (1) comprising a control unit (11) and electrical energy storage cells (2), each comprising a cell controller (31), wherein the control unit (11) comprises a printed circuit board which is cohesively connected to the respective cell controller (31) of each electrical energy storage cell (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Boris Gendlin, Ionut Marian Lica, Matthias Oechsle, Thomas Dittert, Maximilian Russ-Mohl
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Patent number: 10388924Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier assembly (1) for carrying and holding components for battery cells of a battery module, in particular for an electric vehicle, said carrier assembly comprising a non-conductive main body (2) and a plurality of electrical connection elements (3) for electrically connecting the battery cells to one another, said electrical connection elements (3) being arranged on the main body (2). According to the invention, the carrier assembly (1) comprises a venting channel (4) for the discharge of gas being emitted from the battery cells, and at least one cell-monitoring unit (5) for monitoring at least one battery cell. The invention also relates to a battery module comprising a carrier assembly (1) according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Marc Heydemann, Markus Hald, Ralf Angerbauer, Rene Deponte, Philipp Berg
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Publication number: 20190058170Abstract: A battery cell having a first housing element (4) which holds the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) and has an opening (6), and a second housing element (5) which has a voltage tap (7) to be accessed from a first surface (8) of the second housing element (5), the second housing element (5) closes off the opening (6) so that a first part region (91) of a second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) is immediately adjacent the interior space (10) of the first housing element (4), and that a second part region (92) of the second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) protrudes beyond the first housing element (4), wherein the second housing element (5) comprises a sealing element (11) connected to the first surface (8) and/or to the second part region (92) of the second surface (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt, Peter Bauckhage, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20190044202Abstract: A battery module comprising at least one battery cell (2), in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, and a cooling plate (3) thermally conductively connected to the at least one battery cell (2), a thermal compensation layer (4) configured in order to increase the thermal conductivity between the at least one battery cell (2) and the cooling plate (3) furthermore being arranged between the at least one battery cell (2) and the cooling plate (3), wherein the thermal compensation layer (4) is formed from a base material (5), and furthermore comprises at least one bimetallic actuator (6), which has a conversion temperature above a temperature of 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Jonas Seib, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20180316073Abstract: A battery having a plurality of battery cells accommodated in a housing, wherein a plurality of first battery cells are electrically connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, and a plurality of second battery cells are electrically connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, wherein the first battery cells each have a first outer surface and the second battery cells each have a second outer surface, wherein the housing of the battery has a first housing wall and a second housing wall, which is arranged opposite the first housing wall, wherein a first flow channel is formed between the first wall of the housing and the first outer surface of one of the first battery cells, and wherein a second flow channel is formed between the second wall of the housing and the second outer surface of one of the second battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt, Peter Bauckhage, Torsten Koller
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Publication number: 20170237113Abstract: The present invention relates to a receptacle (10) for accommodating at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module such that said battery cell is at least partially pressed in, wherein the receptacle (10) has two end plates (14a, 14b) which can be arranged on two opposite sides of the at least one battery cell (12), characterized in that the end plates (14a, 14b) are connected by a plurality of rod-like supports (16a-d) which are fixed to the end plates (14a, 14b), wherein the supports (16a-d) are designed to support in each case one edge (18a-d) of the at least one battery cell (12) in two dimensions. In summary, a receptacle (10) of the kind described above, in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner, allows battery cells (12) to be fixed in a battery module and allows the performance of a battery module to be maintained, irrespective of the temperature, by at least temporary bracing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Carsten Mueller, Eduard Reimer, Ralf Angerbauer, Stefan Baumann, Maximilian Russ-Mohl