Patents by Inventor Bert Holtappels

Bert Holtappels 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: 10229552
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing charged battery units into a tank of an electrically powered apparatus. The dispenser comprises a dispensing container for accommodating a plurality of charged battery units, and a conduit having a first end coupled to the dispensing container and a second end adapted to be coupled to a tank to be filled. The dispenser further comprises a dispensing mechanism for selectively dispensing battery units to the tank through said conduit, the dispensing mechanism comprising a metering unit for monitoring and controlling the number and or state of battery units dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TANKTWO OY
    Inventors: Bert Holtappels, Juha Tuomola, Timo Rissanen
  • Patent number: 9806318
    Abstract: A battery unit comprising an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: TANKTWO OY
    Inventors: Bert Holtappels, Juha Tuomola, Timo Rissanen
  • Patent number: 9450220
    Abstract: An electric energy storage and supply system comprising a tank capable of accommodating a plurality of battery units where each battery unit comprises an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads. The system further comprises at least two inwardly facing tank contact pads provided on the inside of the tank for contacting electric contact pads of neighboring battery units and for delivering electrical energy from the system towards an external load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: TANKTWO OY
    Inventors: Bert Holtappels, Juha Tuomola, Timo Rissanen
  • Publication number: 20160232736
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing charged battery units into a tank of an electrically powered apparatus. The dispenser comprises a dispensing container for accommodating a plurality of charged battery units, and a conduit having a first end coupled to the dispensing container and a second end adapted to be coupled to a tank to be filled. The dispenser further comprises a dispensing mechanism for selectively dispensing battery units to the tank through said conduit, the dispensing mechanism comprising a metering unit for monitoring and controlling the number and or state of battery units dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: TANKTWO OY
    Inventors: Bert HOLTAPPELS, Juha TUOMOLA, Timo RISSANEN
  • Publication number: 20160020445
    Abstract: An electric energy storage and supply system comprising a tank capable of accommodating a plurality of battery units where each battery unit comprises an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads. The system further comprises at least two inwardly facing tank contact pads provided on the inside of the tank for contacting electric contact pads of neighboring battery units and for delivering electrical energy from the system towards an external load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Bert Holtappels, Juha Tuomola, Timo Rissanen
  • Publication number: 20150303434
    Abstract: A battery unit comprising an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Bert HOLTAPPELS, Juha TUOMOLA, Timo RISSANEN
  • Patent number: 8451849
    Abstract: A solution for establishing a session of a real-time media communication service in a communication system comprising at least two separately administered subsystems. The session establishment comprises receiving a request for session initiation, querying subscriber information related to the requested session, and initiating the session according to the queried subscriber information. The invented method comprises detecting that the terminating subscriber does not belong to the same subsystem as the originating subscriber, determining a defined transit server associated with the terminating subscriber, said transit server having access to a subscriber database of the subsystem of the terminating subscriber, and querying subscriber information related to the requested session with a first control message comprising parameters of the requested session to the transit server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Saku Oja, Simo Hyytiä, Paavo Helenius, Bert Holtappels, Andrew Rebeiro-Hargrave, Ilkka Westman
  • Publication number: 20050254510
    Abstract: A solution for establishing a session of a real-time media communication service in a communication system comprising at least two separately administered subsystems. The session establishment comprises receiving a request for session initiation, querying subscriber information related to the requested session, and initiating the session according to the queried subscriber information. The invented method comprises detecting that the terminating subscriber does not belong to the same subsystem as the originating subscriber, determining a defined transit server associated with the terminating subscriber, said transit server having access to a subscriber database of the subsystem of the terminating subscriber, and querying subscriber information related to the requested session with a first control message comprising parameters of the requested session to the transit server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Saku Oja, Simo Hyytia, Paavo Helenius, Bert Holtappels, Andrew Rebeiro-Hargrave, Ilkka Westman