Patents by Inventor Edgar Kroll

Edgar Kroll 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).

  • Degassing system for an accumulator, and accumulator having a degassing system
    Patent number: 9054363
    Abstract: A degassing system for a housing of an accumulator includes a labyrinth bolt having a bolt wall in which a plurality of channels are provided, which extend from the bolt interior toward outlets which are arranged in an axial section of the bolt wall. The degassing system also includes a labyrinth corso having a corso wall which, in the installed state, runs around the axial section of the bolt wall such that a gap is formed in the axial section between the bolt wall and the corso wall. The degassing system further includes a gas permeable membrane, which is arranged on an upper face of the labyrinth bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner, Edgar Kroll, Ralf Muenster
  • DEGASSING SYSTEM FOR AN ACCUMULATOR, AND ACCUMULATOR HAVING A DEGASSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110244278
    Abstract: A degassing system for a housing of an accumulator includes a labyrinth bolt having a bolt wall in which a plurality of channels are provided, which extend from the bolt interior toward outlets which are arranged in an axial section of the bolt wall. The degassing system also includes a labyrinth corso having a corso wall which, in the installed state, runs around the axial section of the bolt wall such that a gap is formed in the axial section between the bolt wall and the corso wall. The degassing system further includes a gas permeable membrane, which is arranged on an upper face of the labyrinth bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Ralf Joswig, Martin Wiegmann, Helge Brenner, Edgar Kroll, Ralf Muenster