Patents by Inventor Bastian WESTPHAL

Bastian WESTPHAL 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: 11951495
    Abstract: A process for coating a carrier material with an active material for production of an electrode foil of a battery cell with a Laval nozzle, wherein the Laval nozzle has at least one converging first portion, one second portion having a smallest flow cross section, and one diverging third portion arranged one after the other along a flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kartik Jamadar, Bastian Westphal, Sven Schopf, Priyanka Gangurde
  • Publication number: 20220399539
    Abstract: Technologies and techniques for the dry manufacture of an electrode. A substrate is provided, and a primer material is dispensed on the substrate to provide a primer layer on the substrate, dispensing an electrode material on the primer layer and attaching the electrode material via pressure and/or temperature to provide an electrode material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Bastian Westphal
  • Publication number: 20220305503
    Abstract: A process for coating a carrier material with an active material for production of an electrode foil of a battery cell with a Laval nozzle, wherein the Laval nozzle has at least one converging first portion, one second portion having a smallest flow cross section, and one diverging third portion arranged one after the other along a flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kartik JAMADAR, Bastian WESTPHAL, Sven SCHOPF, Priyanka GANGURDE
  • Publication number: 20220199963
    Abstract: A method for the production of an electrode powder mixture for a battery cell includes filling an active material, a binder and a conductive additive into a filling section of a machine that has a driven screw which extends in the lengthwise direction and which serves for thoroughly blending and conveying a powder in the lengthwise direction. The screw blends the binder, the active material and the conductive additive in order to form a first powder, and the screw makes a second powder out of the first powder in that the binder is fibrillated. The screw produces the electrode powder mixture out of the second powder in that the fibrillated binder is comminuted, and the electrode powder mixture is removed from the machine at a removal opening, whereby the removal opening is at a distance from the filling section in the lengthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sven SCHOPF, Alba Tunas, Bastian Westphal, Malte Meitz
  • Patent number: 11050097
    Abstract: A method is described for the treatment of used batteries, in particular lithium batteries, containing the steps: comminuting the batteries such that comminuted material is obtained, inactivating the comminuted material such that inactivated comminuted material is obtained, and filling a transport container with the inactivated comminuted material. The inactivation is performed by drying the comminuted material, and the comminuted material is dried until an electrolyte content is so low that an electrochemical reaction is not possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: DUESENFELD GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Hanisch, Bastian Westphal, Wolfgang Haselrieder, Martin Schoenitz
  • Publication number: 20180301769
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the treatment of used batteries (10), in particular lithium batteries, containing the steps: comminuting the batteries (10) such that comminuted material (24) is obtained, inactivating the comminuted material (24) such that inactivated comminuted material (42) is obtained, and filling a transport container (46) with the inactivated comminuted material (42). It is provided according to the invention that the inactivation is performed by drying the comminuted material (24) and the comminuted material (24) is dried until an electrolyte content is so low that an electrochemical reaction is not possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Christian HANISCH, Bastian WESTPHAL, Wolfgang HASELRIEDER, Martin SCHOENITZ