Patents by Inventor Arno Arzberger

Arno Arzberger 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).

  • Publication number: 20240354472
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for producing an electrode layer of a battery store by a system using an electrode layer paste. An example method includes: acquiring system parameters associated with the production of the electrode layer; acquiring a measured value of a variable of the electrode layer; calculating a correction value from a comparison of the acquired measured value of the electrode layer with a defined target value range; and setting the system parameters as a function of the calculated correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Baldauf, Jonas Witt, Thomas Runkler, Marc Christian Weber, Clemens Otte, Frank Steinbacher, Arno Arzberger, Gunnar Stoelben
  • Publication number: 20240303800
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for analyzing an electrode layer for a battery storage device in an electrode layer production facility. The method may include: acquiring an image comprising two pixels of the electrode layer, wherein a first pixel represents a first location of the electrode layer and a second pixel represents a second location of the electrode layer, wherein the first location and the second location are disposed adjacent to each other; determining a first value for a material property of the electrode layer at the first location based on the first pixel; determining a second value for the material property of the electrode layer at the second location based on the second pixel; comparing the first value and the second value and determining a comparison value; and determining characteristic properties of the electrode layer based on the comparison value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Schulte, Manfred Baldauf, Alexander Michael Gigler, Frank Steinbacher, Arno Arzberger
  • Publication number: 20240175935
    Abstract: A method including a) running through at least two cycles of a cycling process for measuring parameters within the cycles in the temporally first phase, b) manipulating measurement data formed by the parameters measured over the cycles in a second phase in such a way that at least one part of the measurement data from at least one part of the cycles is changed within the cycles with respect to parameters at least partially correlating with an upper voltage limit and a lower voltage limit, c) forming a generated measurement data set for the part of the cycles in such a way that modified at least partially correlating parameters of the manipulated part of the measurement data and the unmanipulated part of the measurement data from the part of the cycles are merged, d) generating signals representing the values of the generated measurement data, e) determining the aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Barbara Schricker, Arno Arzberger, Kilian Scheer
  • Publication number: 20240168097
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for ascertaining at least one average capacity loss of a battery storage device. The method may include: measuring at least two load cycles of the battery storage device using a high precision coulometry apparatus; determining a first charge displacement and a second charge displacement; determining a capacity loss equal to the difference between the first charge displacement and the second charge displacement; repeatedly measuring load cycles until the capacity loss is almost constant in at least two consecutive load cycles; and ascertaining an average capacity loss based on at least two capacity losses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arno Arzberger
  • Publication number: 20240120760
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product for changing an electrical state of charge of an electrical energy storage: a) stipulating at least one target value for a target state of charge of the electrical storage device, b) determining at least one actual value of an actual state of charge of the electrical storage device, c) extrapolating the actual value of the actual state of charge of the energy storage device to an extrapolation value of an extrapolation state of charge of the energy storage device, taking into account at least one charging parameter of the charging process, and d) comparing the target value of the target state of charge with the extrapolation value of the extrapolation state of charge and starting or interrupting the charging process if the extrapolation value deviates from the target value by more than 2%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Polleti, Arno Arzberger, Kilian Scheer, Jonas Witt
  • Patent number: 11946978
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for classifying a battery cell. The method may include: measuring load cycles of the cell using a coulometry apparatus; repeating the measurement until an abort criterion is met; determining values for a discharge capacity of the battery cell using a first and a second calculation rule; wherein a calibration is input differently into the first and the second rule; carrying out an optimization method to determine a calibration of the current measurement with the greatest match between the first and the second discharge capacity; determining an aging criterion for the battery cell based on the result of the measurement; and sorting the battery cell into one of several classification ranges based on the aging criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Arno Arzberger
  • Publication number: 20230338963
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for industrial scale production of a suspension for a battery, wherein an input material is processed via ball milling in a rotating chamber of a device that is effected as a continuous process with a continuously controlled addition of the input material and with a continuously controlled delivery of the processed output material, where state parameters of the input material and process parameters of the manufacturing installation are acquired as first parameters during production of the suspension, results of laboratory analyses about the state or quality of the manufactured suspension are acquired as second parameters in a learning phase during production, the first and the second parameters are used in the learning phase for training a model for predicting the state or quality via machine learning, and where the device is open-loop or closed-loop controlled outside the learning phase via the first parameters and the trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jonas WITT, Manfred BALDAUF, Thomas RUNKLER, Marc-Christian WEBER, Frank STEINBACHER, Clemens OTTE, Arno ARZBERGER
  • Publication number: 20230031420
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for ascertaining the residual value of a used battery. The method may include: feeding the battery to a test station; bringing it to a test temperature; stabilizing the temperature within less than 2 K; measuring a load cycles using a high-precision coulometry apparatus; carrying out measurement until fulfilment of a termination criterion; ascertaining a first and a second value for a discharging capacity using two different calculation rules, wherein calibration is handled differently in the two calculation rules; carrying out an optimization process; determining a residual value of the battery; and determining whether the used battery is to be employed for use in a static energy storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arno Arzberger, Manfred Baldauf, Sascha Schulte
  • Publication number: 20230033057
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for classifying a battery cell. The method may include: measuring load cycles of the cell using a coulometry apparatus; repeating the measurement until an abort criterion is met; determining values for a discharge capacity of the battery cell using a first and a second calculation rule; wherein a calibration is input differently into the first and the second rule; carrying out an optimization method to determine a calibration of the current measurement with the greatest match between the first and the second discharge capacity; determining an aging criterion for the battery cell based on the result of the measurement; and sorting the battery cell into one of several classification ranges based on the aging criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arno Arzberger
  • Publication number: 20230028368
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for ascertaining a mean capacity loss of a battery storage device. The method may include: providing results of a measurement series on the battery storage device taken during a plurality of load cycles, each including a charging and a discharging phase; ascertaining a first and a second discharge capacity of the device using a first and a second calculation rule, wherein each calibration is different for correcting values of the current measurement; and carrying out an optimization process so a calibration of the current measurement is ascertained to achieve the greatest match of the ascertained first discharge capacity and the second discharge capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Arno Arzberger
  • Publication number: 20220381832
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for producing a quality test system executing a quality test model with a filter mask and a quality model to determine a quality feature of a battery cell. The system has an electrochemical impedance spectroscopic unit for capturing test data relating to the battery within a frequency range. The method includes: creating the model; and producing the system. Creating the model includes: capturing spectroscopic learning data; creating the filter mask using a first machine learning method with analysis data from part of the frequency range by consulting the filter mask and creating the model using a second machine learning method. The first and the second learning method are coupled based on the learning data. The first machine learning method creates a filter mask determining the analysis data such that the second machine learning method creates a quality model optimized with respect to maximizing the quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marc Christian Weber, Manfred Baldauf, Jonas Witt, Frank Steinbacher, Arno Arzberger, Thomas Runkler, Clemens Otte
  • Patent number: 11251482
    Abstract: A cell housing plate for the arrangement of round cells, comprising a cover plate arranged on the top side of the cell housing plate, and a base plate arranged opposite the cover plate on the underside of the cell housing plate, wherein the cover plate and the base plate have a plurality of cut-outs arranged opposite each other for receiving the round cells, wherein the cut-outs each have a collar pointing radially towards the inside of the cut-out for receiving a sealant, and an opening arranged inside the collar for passage of the round cells, wherein the cover plate and the base plate are arranged relative to each other such that the cut-outs of the cover plate and the opposite cut-outs of the base plate form cavities for receiving sealant for sealing the round cells which may be arranged inside the cell housing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ringk, Anton Ringel, Arno Arzberger, Rudi Kaiser, Silvan Poller, Thomas Kretschmar, Christoph Schlund
  • Publication number: 20200136098
    Abstract: A cell housing plate for the arrangement of round cells, comprising a cover plate arranged on the top side of the cell housing plate, and a base plate arranged opposite the cover plate on the underside of the cell housing plate, wherein the cover plate and the base plate have a plurality of cut-outs arranged opposite each other for receiving the round cells, wherein the cut-outs each have a collar pointing radially towards the inside of the cut-out for receiving a sealant, and an opening arranged inside the collar for passage of the round cells, wherein the cover plate and the base plate are arranged relative to each other such that the cut-outs of the cover plate and the opposite cut-outs of the base plate form cavities for receiving sealant for sealing the round cells which may be arranged inside the cell housing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Ringk, Anton Ringel, Arno Arzberger, Rudi Kaiser, Silvan Poller, Thomas Kretschmar, Christoph Schlund