Patents by Inventor Christan Kern

Christan Kern 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: 10953758
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery arrangement for an electric or hybrid vehicle may include a plurality of battery modules and a module connector arrangement electrically contact-connecting adjacent battery modules when in a switching position and electrically separating the adjacent battery modules when in a basic position. The module connector arrangement may include a plurality of module connectors each secured to a respective battery module and including a positive pole contact element and a negative pole contact element. Each respective module connector may be secured to a respective battery module and may include a guide device. The guide device may include an actuating. At least one of a positive pole contact element and a negative pole contact element of a battery module is electrically interconnectable to at least one of the positive pole contact element and the negative pole contact element of an adjacent battery module when the actuating element is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Christan Kern, Andre Loges, Michael Moser, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20210050639
    Abstract: A battery housing for a battery, e.g., a directly fluid temperature-controllable battery of a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The battery housing includes a housing pot including a pot base and a pot collar that projects from the pot base at an angle. The housing pot delimits a housing interior, through which a dielectric temperature-control fluid can flow, for receiving one or more battery cell modules. A fluid chamber is disposed on a chamber side of the pot collar and is connected in a fluidically communicating manner to the housing interior via a plurality of apertures present in the pot collar. The fluid chamber is delimited by a chamber collar that projects outwards from the pot collar and defines a chamber opening that can be closed by a cover. At least one electrical line is arranged at least partially in the fluid chamber and passes through at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Christan Kern, Ruediger Knauss, Alireza Mirsadraee, Peter Nowak, Dennis Riegraf, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200164753
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery arrangement for an electric or hybrid vehicle may include a plurality of battery modules and a module connector arrangement electrically contact-connecting adjacent battery modules when in a switching position and electrically separating the adjacent battery modules when in a basic position. The module connector arrangement may include a plurality of module connectors each secured to a respective battery module and including a positive pole contact element and a negative pole contact element. Each respective module connector may be secured to a respective battery module and may include a guide device. The guide device may include an actuating. At least one of a positive pole contact element and a negative pole contact element of a battery module is electrically interconnectable to at least one of the positive pole contact element and the negative pole contact element of an adjacent battery module when the actuating element is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Christan Kern, Andre Loges, Michael Moser, Mario Wallisch