Patents by Inventor Bastian SCHAAR

Bastian SCHAAR 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).

  • Patent number: 11532845
    Abstract: A battery cell in the form of a round cell, having: at least one electrode element having an inner side and an outer side and at least one temperature control element, wherein the inner side of the at least one electrode element is spaced apart, at least in sections, from the outer side of the at least one electrode element by means of the temperature control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Volker Hohm, Bastian Schaar, Frank Wesche, Joerg Kaufmann, Helge Herten
  • Publication number: 20220263158
    Abstract: A battery comprises a cell stack that encompasses layers stacked above each other in a stacking direction, whereby the layers consist alternately of an electrode or of a separator. At least one of the electrodes that is arranged between the ends of the cell stack protrudes beyond the remaining electrodes on one side perpendicular to the stacking direction, and said protruding electrode is thermally contacted with a cooling element that is arranged parallel to the stacking direction and next to the cell stack. A battery module has several such batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf PAPE, Bastian SCHAAR
  • Patent number: 11318849
    Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle has a battery wall that encloses a battery interior, an extinguishing agent reservoir situated in the battery interior, in which an extinguishing agent is accommodated, and at least one battery cell that is situated in the battery interior separate from the extinguishing agent. The extinguishing agent reservoir has a reservoir wall for retaining the extinguishing agent, and the reservoir wall has a first wall temperature at a normal operating temperature of the battery cell and has a second wall temperature at a limiting operating temperature of the battery cell. The reservoir wall is designed to maintain sealtightness for retaining the extinguishing agent at the first wall temperature and to be destroyed by the heat at the second wall temperature. The second wall temperature is greater than the first wall temperature, and the reservoir wall may be brought to the second wall temperature by means of the battery cell of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ahmed Soliman, Bastian Schaar
  • Patent number: 11139263
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising at least a semiconductor component, a heat sink, a connecting element and an electrical circuit connected to the heat sink in an electrically conductive manner; wherein the semiconductor component and the heat sink are arranged at a distance from one another and are electrically and thermally conductively connected via the connecting element, wherein an electrical current can be supplied to the electrical circuit via the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Lemke, Marcus Klink, Bastian Schaar, Werner Rössler, Frank Wesche, Henning Volkmar, Lutz Lackenmacher, Bastian Gröger
  • Patent number: 11127994
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy store (1), in particular a high-voltage energy store, for motor vehicles, comprising a cell stack, which has a plurality of cell units (3) stacked one on the other and which has a plurality of cell holders (15, 16) of plastic, each of which is arranged between two cell units (3) lying one on the other in order to hold and align the stacked cell units (3), and comprising at least one flat heat sink (10, 17). According to the invention, the at least one heat sink (17) is arranged within the cell stack (2) on at least one of the cell units (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Wesche, Bastian Schaar, Oliver Nolte, Arne-Christian Voigt
  • Patent number: 11059387
    Abstract: In a method for cooling a traction battery of an electrically drivable vehicle, a refrigerant is used as cooling medium, and in a mass flow of specified magnitude is led along the traction battery through at least one channel. The at least one channel is in heat-conducting connection with the traction battery. It is proposed that an available cooling power (PV) for cooling the traction battery is determined, wherein as a function of the available cooling power (PV), the magnitude of the mass flow of the refrigerant is regulated in such a way that either no cooling power (Pactual) is delivered to the traction battery, or the delivered cooling power (Pactual) in each case assumes one of multiple cooling power stages (I, II) as a function of the available cooling power (PV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph Albrecht, Carsten Wachsmuth, Bastian Schaar
  • Publication number: 20200365932
    Abstract: A battery module comprises at least one battery cell and a cell mount, whereby the battery cell has a cylindrical cell housing with an external lateral surface, whereby an external thread is created in the lateral surface, and whereby the cell mount has at least one threaded hole with an internal thread into which the at least one battery cell is screwed in or can be screwed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bastian SCHAAR, Nicolas WOLFF
  • Publication number: 20200328179
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising at least a semiconductor component, a heat sink, a connecting element and an electrical circuit connected to the heat sink in an electrically conductive manner; wherein the semiconductor component and the heat sink are arranged at a distance from one another and are electrically and thermally conductively connected via the connecting element, wherein an electrical current can be supplied to the electrical circuit via the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas LEMKE, Marcus KLINK, Bastian SCHAAR, Werner RÕSSLER, Frank WESCHE, Henning VOLKMAR, Lutz LACKENMACHER, Bastian GRÖGER
  • Publication number: 20200144685
    Abstract: A battery cell in the form of a round cell, having: at least one electrode element having an inner side and an outer side and at least one temperature control element, wherein the inner side of the at least one electrode element is spaced apart, at least in sections, from the outer side of the at least one electrode element by means of the temperature control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Hohm, Bastian Schaar, Frank Wesche, Joerg Kaufmann, Helge Herten
  • Publication number: 20190359070
    Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle has a battery wall that encloses a battery interior, an extinguishing agent reservoir situated in the battery interior, in which an extinguishing agent is accommodated, and at least one battery cell that is situated in the battery interior separate from the extinguishing agent. The extinguishing agent reservoir has a reservoir wall for retaining the extinguishing agent, and the reservoir wall has a first wall temperature at a normal operating temperature of the battery cell and has a second wall temperature at a limiting operating temperature of the battery cell. The reservoir wall is designed to maintain sealtightness for retaining the extinguishing agent at the first wall temperature and to be destroyed by the heat at the second wall temperature. The second wall temperature is greater than the first wall temperature, and the reservoir wall may be brought to the second wall temperature by means of the battery cell of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ahmed SOLIMAN, Bastian Schaar
  • Publication number: 20190275911
    Abstract: In a method for cooling a traction battery of an electrically drivable vehicle, a refrigerant is used as cooling medium, and in a mass flow of specified magnitude is led along the traction battery through at least one channel. The at least one channel is in heat-conducting connection with the traction battery. It is proposed that an available cooling power (PV) for cooling the traction battery is determined, wherein as a function of the available cooling power (PV), the magnitude of the mass flow of the refrigerant is regulated in such a way that either no cooling power (Pactual) is delivered to the traction battery, or the delivered cooling power (Pactual) in each case assumes one of multiple cooling power stages (I, II) as a function of the available cooling power (PV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph ALBRECHT, Carsten WACHSMUTH, Bastian SCHAAR
  • Publication number: 20180366796
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy store (1), in particular a high-voltage energy store, for motor vehicles, comprising a cell stack, which has a plurality of cell units (3) stacked one on the other and which has a plurality of cell holders (15, 16) of plastic, each of which is arranged between two cell units (3) lying one on the other in order to hold and align the stacked cell units (3), and comprising at least one flat heat sink (10, 17). According to the invention, the at least one heat sink (17) is arranged within the cell stack (2) on at least one of the cell units (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank WESCHE, Bastian SCHAAR, Oliver NOLTE, Arne-Christian VOIGT