Patents by Inventor Dirk Uwe Sauer

Dirk Uwe Sauer 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: 20230273265
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for locally determining at least one characteristic value of a battery cell, wherein time series of voltages and time or another measure of a state-of-health indicator of a cell are supplied to a further neural network, wherein the further neural network is a network designed for sequence-to-sequence deep learning, and for obtaining a second indicator from the further neural network, wherein the second indicator is a further measure for the expected degradation of the cell. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Weihan LI, Neil SENGUPTA, Dirk Uwe SAUER
  • Patent number: 8603685
    Abstract: There is provided a method for the activation of a fuel cell. An exemplary method comprises operating the fuel cell entirely or partially at least briefly in an electrolysis regimen during galvanic operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Rheinisch-Westfälisch-Technische Hochschule Aachen
    Inventors: Klaus Wippermann, Heinz Schmitz, Jürgen Mergel, Andrei Kulikovsky, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Birger Fricke, Tilman Sanders
  • Publication number: 20100075182
    Abstract: There is provided a method for the activation of a fuel cell. An exemplary method comprises operating the fuel cell entirely or partially at least briefly in an electrolysis regimen during galvanic operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH, Templergraben 55
    Inventors: Klaus Wippermann, Heinz Schmitz, Andrei Kulikovsky, Dirk Uwe Sauer, Birger Fricke, Tilman Sanders
  • Patent number: 6829933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (2) for determining the density of an electrolyte (4). Said device (2) comprises at least two immersion tubes (9, 10) provided with an open orifice (52) and immerging at different depths in the electrolyte (4), whereby said immersion tubes can be respectively filled with gas to a depth (21, 22) which is allocated thereto and each tube has a different gas depth (d) with respect to the other. A least one differential pressure sensor (16) is used to define the difference in pressure inside the immersion tubes (9, 10). An electrode (11, 19) is respectively provided inside the immersion tubes (9, 10), whereby said electrode is connected to a voltage source (5, 35) in order to produce the required depth (21, 22) of gas so that said immersion tubes (9, 10) can be filled therewith upon contact with the electrolyte(4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Heribert Schmidt, Dirk Uwe Sauer