Patents by Inventor Bernhard Springer

Bernhard Springer 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: 10326179
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a state of at least one predetermined battery cell of a battery having a number of series-connected or series-connectable battery cells. In one example, the method includes placing the battery, during a first phase, into a first state in which the battery cells in each case have a predefined charging state, discharging the battery, which is in the first state, during a second phase following the first phase, charging the battery during a third phase, following the second phase, up to a point in time at which at least one battery cell of the battery has the predefined charging state, detecting the voltage provided by the at least one predetermined battery cell at least temporarily, and determining information for detecting the state of the at least one predetermined battery cell by evaluating the detected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Lithium Energy and Power GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Springer, Marco Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10018678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for measuring a battery cell current through a battery cell unit. After the battery cell unit has been switched off, inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit is discharged (S1) by means of a discharging unit, wherein the inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit is energy stored by means of an inductive behavior of the battery cell unit, a time period in which the inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit has fallen to a predefined threshold value is determined (S2), and a battery cell current is determined (S3) on the basis of the time period determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Hillenbrand, Bernhard Springer
  • Publication number: 20170018821
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a state of at least one predetermined battery cell of a battery having a number of series-connected or series-connectable battery cells. In one example, the method includes placing the battery, during a first phase, into a first state in which the battery cells in each case have a predefined charging state, discharging the battery, which is in the first state, during a second phase following the first phase, charging the battery during a third phase, following the second phase, up to a point in time at which at least one battery cell of the battery has the predefined charging state, detecting the voltage provided by the at least one predetermined battery cell at least temporarily, and determining information for detecting the state of the at least one predetermined battery cell by means of evaluating the detected voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Bernhard Springer, Marco Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20160377683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for measuring a battery cell current through a battery cell unit. After the battery cell unit has been switched off, inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit is discharged (S1) by means of a discharging unit, wherein the inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit is energy stored by means of an inductive behavior of the battery cell unit, a time period in which the inductively stored energy from the battery cell unit has fallen to a predefined threshold value is determined (S2), and a battery cell current is determined (S3) on the basis of the time period determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Hillenbrand, Bernhard Springer