Patents by Inventor Christopher Volkmer

Christopher Volkmer 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).

  • Publication number: 20220336886
    Abstract: A battery device for a motor vehicle, having a first battery module with a first housing, a second battery module which is arranged next to the first battery module in a first direction (X) with a second housing, a coolant channel, and a battery module connector arranged in the coolant channel for electrically contacting the first and the second battery module. The first and the second housing have coolant inlet openings on respective opposite end sides in a second direction (Y) arranged orthogonally to the first direction (X). In each case one coolant outlet opening is arranged in the center of the first or second housing with respect to the second direction (Y) and leads into the coolant channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Oliver Heeg
  • Publication number: 20220336916
    Abstract: A battery device has at least one battery module including a battery module housing, in which battery module housing battery cells are provided. The battery cells each have a cell envelope with a cell vent. The battery module housing has a battery-module housing wall with battery-module housing vents. The battery-module housing vents are respectively assigned a first closure arrangement, which first closure arrangement closes the assigned battery-module housing vent in a first state (Z1) and opens it in a second state (Z2), in order to allow at least partial venting of gas from the battery module housing through the assigned battery-module housing vent in the second state (Z2) of the first closure arrangement. At least two of the cell vents respectively lie opposite an assigned battery-module housing vent, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Ralf Keller, Adrian Starczewski, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220328904
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery component includes a connection device for connecting a coolant line for a coolant to a heat sink of a high-voltage battery. The connection device has a connection part, which is connectable to the heat sink, and a sealing element arranged at the end of the connection part for providing a seal between the connection part and the heat sink. The connection device includes a spreading part, which is movable relative to the connection part. The spreading part, by pushing into the connection part, can be transferred from an insertion position for inserting the connection part into the heat sink into a sealing position. In the sealing position, the spreading part spreads the sealing element radially outward such that the sealing element can be placed in a sealing manner against the heat sink when the connection part is plugged into the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Immanuel Vogel, Dieter Schiebel, Sascha Mostofi, Adrian Starczewski, Christopher Volkmer
  • Publication number: 20220294068
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery module housing and a battery cell package, which has a plurality of battery cells and is arranged in the battery module housing. The battery cell package is supported on an inner face of the battery module housing at least by way of an outer face. A battery cell monitoring unit is connected to the battery cells via a signal line. A protective plate is arranged on the outer face of the battery cell package that is supported on the inner face of the battery module housing. A recess is provided on the side of the protective plate facing toward or facing away from the battery cell package, in which recess at least one portion of the signal line is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Falk, Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi
  • Publication number: 20220263184
    Abstract: A battery module for a partially or fully electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing, which has a main body with at least one open end, and at least one battery cell stack, which has a carrier plate at least at one end. The battery cell stack has been introduced into the main body such that the carrier plate substantially closes off the open end of the main body. On the carrier plate, there is provided an at least sectionally peripheral seal, which projects from the carrier plate and bears at least sectionally against the inner surface of the main body. The seal is of air-permeable form, so that, during the introduction of a fluid of relatively high viscosity into an intermediate space between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the main body, displaced air can escape from the main body through the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Adrian Starczewski, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer
  • Publication number: 20220242344
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body for a motor vehicle includes a battery compartment, a sill, a crossmember arranged in front of the battery compartment in a direction of travel and orthogonally with respect to the sill, and a longitudinal member arranged in front of the crossmember in the direction of travel. A sheet-metal shell is arranged in front of the crossmember between the longitudinal member and an end side of the crossmember.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Jan Hogenmueller, Jan Kretzschmar
  • Publication number: 20220166112
    Abstract: A method for interconnecting cell stacks of a battery module in a battery. In the battery module, the cell stacks are arranged in a battery module housing. In each case two cell stacks are arranged next to one another and form a cell stack group, and the two cell stack groups are arranged behind one another. The two cell stacks of the first cell stack group are inserted into the battery module housing. The two cell stacks of the first cell stack group are electrically interconnected via at least one opening arranged in a wall of the battery module housing. The two cell stacks of the second cell stack group are inserted into the battery module housing. Electrically interconnecting the two cell stacks of the second cell stack group to each one of the two cell stacks of the first cell stack group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Enerji Cavus, Philipp Kellner, Max Falk, Christopher Volkmer, Marco Augustdörfer
  • Publication number: 20220144098
    Abstract: An electric vehicle has longitudinal sills, arranged on both sides of the electric vehicle, and a traction battery, arranged between the sills, for driving the electric vehicle. The traction battery has a device for degassing the traction battery in the case of a thermal event. A duct for carrying gas during degassing of the traction battery is formed in the electric vehicle between at least one of the longitudinal sills and the traction battery. An electric vehicle of this kind ensures increased occupant protection and increased component protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer
  • Publication number: 20220144066
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a traction battery module which has a hermetically sealed module housing in which at least one cell stack pair including a left-hand-side and a right-hand-side cell stack including, in each case, at least two battery cells is accommodated. The traction battery module is arranged in the vehicle floor and extends symmetrically in relation to the vehicle center (M) in the vehicle transverse direction (X). The traction battery module has a bottom wall in a horizontal plane. A gas space is formed in the module housing in the vehicle center (M) and between the left-hand-side cell stack and the right-hand-side cell stack with respect to the vehicle transverse direction (X). The module bottom wall has a degassing element centrally in the vehicle in the region of the gas space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Immanuel Vogel, Adrian Starczewski, Dieter Schiebel, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220131211
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery having a plurality of battery modules, coolant-carrying heat sinks for cooling the battery modules, a coolant supply line for supplying the coolant to the heat sinks via supply connections and discharge connections for discharging the coolant from the heat sinks to a coolant discharge line. In this high-voltage battery, the supply connections and the discharge connections respectively form a coolant distributor. The respective coolant distributor is connected to the heat sinks of the respective battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Adrian Starczewski
  • Publication number: 20220126667
    Abstract: A traction battery module has a housing body having four side walls and two end walls, and a plurality of cell elements which are arranged in the housing body, are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to two of the four side walls and are combined to form a cell element stack. A respective holding frame is positioned at the two end-side longitudinal ends of the cell element stack, on which holding frame the longitudinal ends of the cell elements are held such that the cell element stack is spaced apart in all four transverse directions from the four side walls. Each holding frame has a spring arrangement on its spring side facing a side wall and does not have a spring arrangement on its fixed side opposite the spring side. The holding frame is pressed by the spring arrangement onto the side wall assigned to the fixed side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Adrian Starczewski
  • Publication number: 20220024349
    Abstract: A battery housing for a battery module of a traction battery of a motor vehicle has (i) a housing for enclosing at least one battery cell of the battery module, (ii) at least one cooling groove which is formed in at least one housing wall of the housing after which is open away from the battery cell and which serves for conducting a cooling fluid, and (iii) a cover which is configured as a planar plate and which is connected to the housing wall and which serves for closing the at least one cooling groove. Owing to the cooling groove formed in the housing wall, the cover can be configured as an inexpensive planar plate, such that cooling of a battery module is made possible with little outlay in terms of production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi, Immanuel Vogel, Dieter Schiebel, Thomas Neuhauser
  • Publication number: 20220029215
    Abstract: A battery arrangement for a motor vehicle, with a battery which has a battery housing and a plurality of battery cells. The battery cells are arranged in the battery housing. A protective plate is arranged at least on one side of the battery. A damage detection apparatus has a damage indicator. The damage indicator is arranged on the protective plate. The damage indicator is embedded into the protective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer, Dominik Klaiber, Ralf Keller, Maximilian Müller
  • Publication number: 20220024278
    Abstract: A heat exchange module for an energy storage module, having a module housing for heat-transferring contact with an energy storage module; at least one operating medium channel for an operating fluid for heat transport; and at least one fluid connection for at least one external line for the operating fluid of the operating medium channel. There is formed by the at least one operating medium channel at least one receiving opening with a predetermined cross section in a channelward extension of the operating medium channel, in which a plug with a shape filling the predetermined cross section of the receiving opening is received such that the receiving opening is bonded thereto in a fluid-tight manner. With the heat exchange module, efficient use is made of a structural space, while the heat exchange module at the same time is able to be manufactured at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christopher Volkmer, Dieter Schiebel, Sascha Mostofi, Thomas Neuhauser, Immanuel Vogel, Philipp Kellner
  • Publication number: 20220009359
    Abstract: A traction battery system of an electrically operable motor vehicle is configured in the form of an underfloor battery and has at least one first battery module and one second battery module. The traction battery system includes a battery assistant module that is designed for operating the battery modules. The battery modules and the battery assistant module, which have an assistant module housing, are oriented in series in relation to one another in the direction of a body longitudinal axis of a motor vehicle body, and can be arranged between a first sill and a second sill of the body. The battery assistant module has a load-transmitting element for transmitting forces acting on side elements of the body, which load-transmitting element extends from the first sill to the second sill in the direction of a body transverse axis of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Max Falk, Ilija Brandic
  • Publication number: 20210376408
    Abstract: A traction battery module for a vehicle, with a battery housing, the battery housing having a preferably extruded housing part with hollow chambers formed in it, which extend alongside one another along a central longitudinal direction and are open at the ends. The hollow chambers respectively define a cooling channel. At least one cooling connection adapter is provided, having a non-circular outer circumferential surface in an insertion portion and having been introduced or pressed at the end into one of the hollow chambers with an inner circumferential surface corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the insertion portion. A pressing engagement is formed, at least in certain portions, between the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi, Dieter Schiebel
  • Publication number: 20210226281
    Abstract: A motor vehicle traction battery module includes a rigid battery module housing having at least one battery element. The battery module housing has at least one planar and liquid-cooled housing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has at least one continuously linear coolant cooling channel and at least one continuously linear empty channel, which is parallel thereto and through which there is no liquid flowing. The liquid-cooled housing wall has a contact-making opening, by means of which exclusively the empty channel is interrupted, and wherein an electrical terminal element is arranged in the region of the contact-making opening, with electrical contact being made with at least one battery element by means of said electrical terminal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi
  • Publication number: 20210119190
    Abstract: A traction battery system for a motor vehicle includes a traction battery, which is designed such that it can be nonmovably received in a body of the motor vehicle, and a protective structure, which is arranged between the traction battery and a roadway of the motor vehicle, wherein the protective structure is connected to the traction battery by a fixing system. The fixing system is a releasable fixing system designed to have a female element and a male element, wherein the female element and the male element are designed to produce a form-fitting connection with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Philipp Kellner
  • Publication number: 20210111386
    Abstract: An energy storage arrangement for a motor vehicle, including a protective device which can be arranged above a ground clearance line of the motor vehicle, and at least one battery module which is arranged above the protective device and which has at least one load-bearing battery module housing and at least one battery cell pack arranged in the interior of the battery module housing. The battery module housing includes at least two vertically arranged housing walls. The protective device has a protective plate and at least two load introduction elements arranged above the protective plate. The load introduction elements are arranged below the housing walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Jens Bohlien, Christopher Volkmer