Patents by Inventor Caroline Born

Caroline Born 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: 10899248
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one cooling rib that is arranged inside the fuel tank. The cooling rib can be thermally connected to a connection portion of the fuel tank, which is thermally connected to the traction battery and is constructed in such a manner that it extends almost completely or completely as far as a base wall portion of the fuel tank. The fuel tank can be arranged to be lower than the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Daniel Kok, Caroline Born
  • Patent number: 10894486
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank, and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one fuel pump that is arranged in the fuel tank and at least one fuel line that is connected and/or can be connected to a pressure side of the fuel pump. A connection portion of the fuel tank is thermally connected to the traction battery. Fuel can be used to cool the connection portion, which cools the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Caroline Born, Daniel Kok
  • Patent number: 10780794
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly includes at least one fuel tank having the form of a saddle tank. The assembly further includes at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank, and at least one fuel pump arranged in the fuel tank. The fuel pump can convey a fuel from within the fuel tank to an internal-combustion engine of the hybrid electric vehicle. To provide a cooling system for the traction battery, the traction battery can be thermally connected to an active tank portion of the fuel tank, in which the fuel pump is arranged. The traction battery can be connected to the active tank portion via a bridge portion of the fuel tank, which is connected in a communicating manner to a passive tank portion of the fuel tank. Fuel in the passive tank portion can be conveyed into the active tank portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Daniel Kok, Caroline Born
  • Publication number: 20190225111
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one cooling rib that is arranged inside the fuel tank. The cooling rib can be thermally connected to a connection portion of the fuel tank, which is thermally connected to the traction battery and is constructed in such a manner that it extends almost completely or completely as far as a base wall portion of the fuel tank. The fuel tank can be arranged to be lower than the connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Daniel Kok, Caroline Born
  • Publication number: 20190225110
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank, and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one fuel pump that is arranged in the fuel tank and at least one fuel line that is connected and/or can be connected to a pressure side of the fuel pump. A connection portion of the fuel tank is thermally connected to the traction battery. Fuel can be used to cool the connection portion, which cools the traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Caroline Born, Daniel Kok
  • Publication number: 20190225112
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an assembly for a vehicle, in particular for a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly includes at least one fuel tank having the form of a saddle tank. The assembly further includes at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank, and at least one fuel pump arranged in the fuel tank. The fuel pump can convey a fuel from within the fuel tank to an internal-combustion engine of the hybrid electric vehicle. To provide a cooling system for the traction battery, the traction battery can be thermally connected to an active tank portion of the fuel tank, in which the fuel pump is arranged. The traction battery can be connected to the active tank portion via a bridge portion of the fuel tank, which is connected in a communicating manner to a passive tank portion of the fuel tank. Fuel in the passive tank portion can be conveyed into the active tank portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Zenner, Daniel Kok, Caroline Born
  • Patent number: 6158397
    Abstract: In order to reduce the soot content of a diesel engine's exhaust gas, a fluid containing a peroxide compound, preferably an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, is fed into the combustion chamber after the start of the injection and combustion of the fuel, preferably following the combustion phase. The diesel fuel is preferably injected in the range 10.degree..+-.5.degree. before top dead center and the fluid containing the peroxide compound is fed in the range 5.degree. to 30.degree. after top dead center. Use may be made for the alternate supply of diesel fuel and hydrogen peroxide of a shared injection nozzle (FIG. 1) which supplies one or other of the media depending on the pressure of the diesel fuel and hydrogen peroxide solution supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Peters, Caroline Born, Christian Antoni, Tobias Plessing