Patents by Inventor Dirk Hoefner
Dirk Hoefner 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).
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Publication number: 20230327235Abstract: A cooling device for an energy store for cooling a cell group on both sides, having a first cooling unit for a first side of the cell group and a second cooling unit for an opposite second side of the cell group. The first cooling unit includes a first cooling area associated with the cell group, which is divided into a first and second sub-area in relation to a second direction, and the second cooling unit includes a second cooling area associated with the cell group, which is divided into a third and fourth sub-area in relation to the second direction. The first sub-area is opposite the third sub-area and the second sub-area is opposite the fourth sub-area, and the first and fourth sub-areas are located closer to an at least one supply port of a distributor arrangement of the cooling device than the second and third sub-areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Wolfgang BECK, Uwe GERLINGER, Johannes HAF, Joohwa Sarah LEE, Thomas MILDE, Martin LINDNER, Dirk HOEFNER, Martin SCHÜSSLER
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Patent number: 11688898Abstract: An attachment assembly with a battery module, a cooling device, and an attachment device for attaching the battery module to the cooling device. The battery module is arranged on the cooling device. A heat-conducting element is arranged between the battery module and the cooling device. The battery module has a first attachment component. The attachment assembly has a second attachment component, which is provided by a part of the cooling device or is connected to the cooling device. The first attachment component is attached to the second attachment component by the attachment device.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk Hoefner
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Publication number: 20230155234Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement for tolerance compensation between a first component and a second component to be fastened to the first component, the tolerance compensation arrangement having a tolerance compensation unit, a base element for fastening to the first component, a compensation element which can be accommodated in the base element, and a first through-opening extending in a first direction through the base element and through the compensation element accommodated in the base element. The tolerance compensation arrangement has a nut for fastening to the second component. The tolerance compensation unit is designed in such a way that by screwing a specific screw, the screw neck of which is passed through the first through-opening of the tolerance compensation unit, into the nut in a screwing-in direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Steffen SINZEL, Dirk HOEFNER, Alexander LOEFFLATH
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Patent number: 11646462Abstract: A traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing having a housing base, on which at least one battery module rests in a heat-conducting manner, which has an installation section, which can be clamped via a threaded bolt on a housing flange of the battery housing, wherein in the clamped state the threaded bolt is screwed together with a housing flange internal thread and the battery module installation section is clamped between a bolt head of the threaded bolt and the housing flange, specifically with a tolerance compensation unit interposed, which is supported between the battery module installation section and a housing flange upper side facing away from the housing base, wherein the tolerance compensation unit has a stop sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Steffen Sinzel, Dirk Hoefner, Norbert Hornbostel
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Patent number: 11456508Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery module having at least one battery cell, wherein the battery cell includes a cell housing, which includes a lower side and an upper side opposite to the lower side in a first direction, wherein an opening releasable in the event of an overpressure in the battery cell is arranged in the upper side. In this case, the battery module includes an atomizing device, which is arranged in the first direction above the releasable opening of the at least one battery cell, and which comprises at least one flame passage opening, through which flames escaping from the releasable opening of the battery cell can penetrate, and which comprises a passage area which is smaller than an area of the releasable opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk Hoefner
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Patent number: 11444345Abstract: A separating device for a battery module. The separating device includes a first separating element and a second separating element, which are arranged congruently with respect to one another and adjacent one another. The first separating element and the second separating element are formed from a heat-conducting material. Furthermore, the two separating elements enclose a chamber and the first separating element and the second separating element have embossments corresponding to one another for forming the chamber, wherein the embossments of the first separating element extend away from the second separating element and the embossments of the second separating element extend away from the first separating element.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk Hoefner
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Patent number: 11309612Abstract: A separating device for a battery module. The separating device includes a first separating element and a second separating element, which are arranged congruently with respect to one another and adjacent one another. Furthermore, the first separating element and the second separating element enclose a chamber between them, and the chamber is filled with a flame-retarding and/or insulating fluid.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk Hoefner
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Patent number: 11139525Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a cell stack having multiple battery cells disposed next to each other in a stacking direction (x), wherein the clamping device comprises at least one fastening element for fastening the clamping device to a battery housing, and first and second end plate units, wherein at least the first end plate unit includes an end plate which is firmly connected to the at least one fastening element and a deformation plate. The deformation plate is configured such that the deformation plate can be deformed by a deformation force (F) applied to the deformation plate in the case of a cell stack received in the clamping device when at least one battery cell of the cell stack swells.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Martin Schuessler, Steffen Walter, Dirk Höfner
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Publication number: 20210143384Abstract: A separating device for a battery module. The separating device includes a first separating element and a second separating element, which are arranged congruently with respect to one another and adjacent one another. Furthermore, the first separating element and the second separating element enclose a chamber between them, and the chamber is filled with a flame-retarding and/or insulating fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk HOEFNER
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Publication number: 20210143494Abstract: A separating device for a battery module. The separating device includes a first separating element and a second separating element, which are arranged congruently with respect to one another and adjacent one another. The first separating element and the second separating element are formed from a heat-conducting material. Furthermore, the two separating elements enclose a chamber and the first separating element and the second separating element have embossments corresponding to one another for forming the chamber, wherein the embossments of the first separating element extend away from the second separating element and the embossments of the second separating element extend away from the first separating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk HOEFNER
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Publication number: 20210043989Abstract: A traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing having a housing base, on which at least one battery module rests in a heat-conducting manner, which has an installation section, which can be clamped via a threaded bolt on a housing flange of the battery housing, wherein in the clamped state the threaded bolt is screwed together with a housing flange internal thread and the battery module installation section is clamped between a bolt head of the threaded bolt and the housing flange, specifically with a tolerance compensation unit interposed, which is supported between the battery module installation section and a housing flange upper side facing away from the housing base, wherein the tolerance compensation unit has a stop sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Steffen SINZEL, Dirk HOEFNER, Norbert HORNBOSTEL
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Publication number: 20210028412Abstract: A battery for an at least partially electrically operated functional device, including at least one battery cell module, in each of which a predetermined number of battery cells is clamped by a mechanical clamping device to form a cell stack. The clamping device transmits a traction force or a contact pressure corresponding to the traction force to the cell stack by delimiting elements and traction elements. A frame element is arranged in each case between at least two or some or each of the battery cells and/or the respective terminal battery cell and the delimiting element is arranged adjacent to the respective terminal battery cell and associated with it. The frame element includes a circumferential part and a free volume delimited by the circumferential part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Christian Gert VOIGT, Christoph GLASSL, Florian SCHELS, Dirk HOEFNER, Steffen WALTER, Michael BAYER, Tamas GYULAI, Waldemar BAUER
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Publication number: 20200365859Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery module having at least one battery cell, wherein the battery cell includes a cell housing, which includes a lower side and an upper side opposite to the lower side in a first direction, wherein an opening releasable in the event of an overpressure in the battery cell is arranged in the upper side. In this case, the battery module includes an atomizing device, which is arranged in the first direction above the releasable opening of the at least one battery cell, and which comprises at least one flame passage opening, through which flames escaping from the releasable opening of the battery cell can penetrate, and which comprises a passage area which is smaller than an area of the releasable opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk HOEFNER
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Publication number: 20200343498Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a cell stack having multiple battery cells disposed next to each other in a stacking direction (x), wherein the clamping device comprises at least one fastening element for fastening the clamping device to a battery housing, and first and second end plate units, wherein at least the first end plate unit includes an end plate which is firmly connected to the at least one fastening element and a deformation plate. The deformation plate is configured such that the deformation plate can be deformed by a deformation force (F) applied to the deformation plate in the case of a cell stack received in the clamping device when at least one battery cell of the cell stack swells.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Martin SCHUESSLER, Steffen WALTER, Dirk HÖFNER
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Publication number: 20200266503Abstract: An attachment assembly with a battery module, a cooling device, and an attachment device for attaching the battery module to the cooling device. The battery module is arranged on the cooling device. A heat-conducting element is arranged between the battery module and the cooling device. The battery module has a first attachment component. The attachment assembly has a second attachment component, which is provided by a part of the cooling device or is connected to the cooling device. The first attachment component is attached to the second attachment component by the attachment device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Dirk HOEFNER
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Patent number: 9422897Abstract: In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, a low-pressure delivery unit for the fuel, at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one low-pressure injection device. The fuel system further provides a high-pressure delivery unit, which has a drive region and a delivery region and at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one high-pressure injection device. According to the invention, the fuel is first delivered by the low-pressure delivery unit to the drive region of the high-pressure delivery unit and from there onward to the low-pressure injection device and/or to the delivery region of the high-pressure delivery unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Audi AGInventors: Dirk Hoefner, Sven Troester, Bernd Schroeder, Berthold Pfuhl, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Martin Laich
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Publication number: 20150167604Abstract: In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, a low-pressure delivery unit for the fuel, at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one low-pressure injection device. The fuel system further provides a high-pressure delivery unit, which has a drive region and a delivery region and at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one high-pressure injection device. According to the invention, the fuel is first delivered by the low-pressure delivery unit to the drive region of the high-pressure delivery unit and from there onward to the low-pressure injection device and/or to the delivery region of the high-pressure delivery unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Dirk Hoefner, Sven Troester, Bernd Schroeder, Berthold Pfuhl, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Martin Laich
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Patent number: 9038600Abstract: A fuel feed device for attachment to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has at least one fuel distribution element extending along a longitudinal direction, and at least one connecting element extending transversely to the longitudinal direction, wherein the connecting element can be used to connect the fuel distribution element to the cylinder head. The fuel feed device further includes at least one reinforcing element which is connected, on one hand, to an outer surface of the fuel distribution element and, on the other hand, to the connecting element outside the fuel distribution element.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignees: AUDI AG, BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GmbHInventors: Maximilian Stichlmeir, Sven Troester, Dirk Höfner, Jürgen Becker, Georg Dertinger, Markus Mehring, Damian Zwiener
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Patent number: 8973556Abstract: In a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, a low-pressure delivery unit for the fuel, at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one low-pressure injection device. The fuel system further provides a high-pressure delivery unit, which has a drive region and a delivery region and at least indirectly delivers fuel to at least one high-pressure injection device. According to the invention, the fuel is first delivered by the low-pressure delivery unit to the drive region of the high-pressure delivery unit and from there onward to the low-pressure injection device and/or to the delivery region of the high-pressure delivery unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Dirk Hoefner, Sven Troester, Bernd Schroeder, Berthold Pfuhl, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Martin Laich
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Publication number: 20130047961Abstract: A fuel feed device for attachment to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine has at least one fuel distribution element extending along a longitudinal direction, and at least one connecting element extending transversely to the longitudinal direction, wherein the connecting element can be used to connect the fuel distribution element to the cylinder head. The fuel feed device further includes at least one reinforcing element which is connected, on one hand, to an outer surface of the fuel distribution element and, on the other hand, to the connecting element outside the fuel distribution element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Audi AGInventors: Maximilian Stichlmeir, Sven Troester, Dirk Höfner, Jürgen Becker, Georg Dertinger, Marcus Mehring, Damian Zwiener