Patents by Inventor Christian Zehentner

Christian Zehentner 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).

  • Battery cell comprising a temperature sensor
    Patent number: 11936016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell including an electrode, a housing, a cell interior inside the housing, a temperature sensor, and a heat-conducting part which differs from the electrode, is entirely or partially disposed inside the housing of the battery cell, and is thermally connected to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Born, Christian Kulp, Arne Menck, Sebastian Paul, Jan Philipp Schmidt, Benno Schweiger, Werner Seliger, Jens Vetter, Hermann Zehentner, Dieter Ziegltrum
  • Device and method for switching between different operating modes of a transducer
    Patent number: 6043768
    Abstract: A device and method for data transmission between a transducer and a processing unit which are coupled by one or several signal transmission lines, to selectively activate at least two different modes of operation of the transducer. The device includes a comparator unit which identifies the respectively activated mode of operation by comparing signals present on at least one signal transmission line with predetermined reference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Strasser, Robert Wastlhuber, Hermann Hofbauer, Christian Zehentner, Steffen Bielski, Helmut Huber