Patents by Inventor Eduard Reimer
Eduard Reimer 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: 20220289055Abstract: A positioning device for location positioning of a plurality of energy storage cells of an energy storage device of a vehicle, a cover for closing such a positioning device, an energy storage device with such a positioning device, and a such cover are provided. The present disclosure is based on a general idea of providing a positioning device for energy storage cells which allows both material savings and functional integration of a number of functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Julius Aktas, Stefan Moedinger, Eduard Reimer, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Georg Votteler, Johannes Weinmann
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Patent number: 11217848Abstract: A battery module comprising a plurality or a multiplicity of battery cells which are positioned in a battery module housing, wherein the battery module housing comprises side walls (12), a base surface and a battery module cover (14), wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises at least one terminal (16) for the current-carrying or data-conducting contacting of the battery module (10), wherein the terminal (16) is provided with a current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26), and wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises a device (28) for the coiling of said current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eduard Reimer, Matthias Oechsle, Seref Aktuerk, Thomas Dittert
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Publication number: 20210316619Abstract: A battery may include a housing having two longitudinal walls aligned transversely to a width direction and at least two transverse walls aligned transversely to a longitudinal direction, the housing being delimited towards the outside by the longitudinal and transvers walls. The battery may also include at least one battery stack of multiple individual cells stacked against one another in a stack direction, the battery stack being received in the housing between the longitudinal walls and the transverse walls following one another in the longitudinal direction. The battery may further include at least one cooler through which a cooling liquid is flowable and which on an outside heat-transferringly lies against a cooled one of the longitudinal walls. Each battery stack may be heat-insulated from the cooled longitudinal wall and may heat-transferringly lie against the transverse walls adjacent to the respective battery stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Peter Geskes, Eduard Reimer, Joachim Treier, Johannes Weinmann
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Patent number: 11108097Abstract: A battery cell, specifically a lithium-ion battery cell, having a prismatic battery cell housing (6), in which the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) are accommodated, and further comprising a thermal equalization element (8), which is configured for the enhancement of thermal conductivity, which is arranged on a smallest lateral surface (64) of the battery cell housing (6), such that a region (9) of the smallest lateral surface (64) which is not covered by the thermal equalization element (8) at least partially encloses said thermal equalization element (8).Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eduard Reimer, Martin Koehne
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Patent number: 11088399Abstract: The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partially coinciding with the middle region (22).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Ruehle, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Eduard Reimer, Karsten Thoelmann, Kuen Cheuk Leung, Lisa Lorenz, Patrick Kaupp, Sven Bergmann
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Publication number: 20200303784Abstract: The invention relates to a current sensor comprising an electric conductor (10), through which a first current (I) can flow parallel to a first direction (R1) and which comprises three regions (21, 22, 23) immediately following on from each other in the first direction (R1). A middle region (22) of the three regions (21, 22, 23) comprises a conductor cross-sectional area that is smaller than a conductor cross-sectional area of each of the two outer regions (21, 23) of the three regions (21, 22, 23). A voltage sensor of the current sensor is designed to measure a first voltage between the two terminals (41, 42) thereof. The first voltage is the same as a voltage applied to a measuring region (22, 25) at least partialy coinciding with the middle region (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Chrysanthos Tzivanopoulos, Eduard Reimer, Karsten Thoelmann, Kuen Cheuk Leung, Lisa Lorenz, Patrick Kaupp, Sven Bergmann
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Patent number: 10461382Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle (34) for at least partially compressively receiving at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module, wherein the receptacle (34) has at least two end plates (10) which can be arranged on two opposing sides of the at least one battery cell (12), wherein the end plates (10) are connected to one another by a plurality of connecting means (24), which are fixed to the end plates (10) and in each case have at least two plug elements (28), in such a way that the plug elements (28) of the connecting means (24) for fixing the connecting means (24) to the end plates (10) engage in bushings (22) of the end plates (10) in a plane arranged substantially at right angles to the direction of extension of the connecting means (24).Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Steffen Benz, Dirk Liepold, Eduard Reimer, Ionut Marian Lica, Jochen Schweinbenz, Jonas Schuetz, Kushtrim Krasniqi, Lukasz Paczkowski, Markus Kohlberger, Nicolai Joerg, Ulrich Lange
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Publication number: 20190296315Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device (10) for electrically connecting electric storage units (110), in particular of a motor vehicle, the connection device comprising at least two insulation layers (11) and comprising connection elements (12) arranged between the insulation layers (11), wherein the connection elements (12) are outwardly electrically insulated by the insulation layers (11), and each connection element (12) has, on a first end, at least one cell connector (14) provided for connecting the electric storage units (110), and/or a terminal connection (15), wherein the cell connector and/or the terminal connection is/are integrally bonded with the connection elements (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Eduard Reimer, Matthias Oechsle
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Publication number: 20190237721Abstract: A battery module comprising a plurality or a multiplicity of battery cells which are positioned in a battery module housing, wherein the battery module housing comprises side walls (12), a base surface and a battery module cover (14), wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises at least one terminal (16) for the current-carrying or data-conducting contacting of the battery module (10), wherein the terminal (16) is provided with a current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26), and wherein the battery module cover (14) comprises a device (28) for the coiling of said current-carrying or data-conducting cable (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Eduard Reimer, Matthias Oechsle, Seref Aktuerk, Thomas Dittert
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Patent number: 10290844Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device for at least one battery cell, wherein the retaining device comprises at least two retaining elements, wherein each retaining element comprises at least one fastening means, wherein the at least two retaining elements are mechanically detachably connected by means of the fastening means.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Eduard Reimer, Carsten Mueller
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Publication number: 20190074560Abstract: A battery cell, specifically a lithium-ion battery cell, having a prismatic battery cell housing (6), in which the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) are accommodated, and further comprising a thermal equalization element (8), which is configured for the enhancement of thermal conductivity, which is arranged on a smallest lateral surface (64) of the battery cell housing (6), such that a region (9) of the smallest lateral surface (64) which is not covered by the thermal equalization element (8) at least partially encloses said thermal equalization element (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Eduard Reimer, Martin Koehne
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Publication number: 20170324130Abstract: The invention relates to a receptacle (34) for at least partially compressively receiving at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module, wherein the receptacle (34) has at least two end plates (10) which can be arranged on two opposing sides of the at least one battery cell (12), wherein the end plates (10) are connected to one another by a plurality of connecting means (24), which are fixed to the end plates (10) and in each case have at least two plug elements (28), in such a way that the plug elements (28) of the connecting means (24) for fixing the connecting means (24) to the end plates (10) engage in bushings (22) of the end plates (10) in a plane arranged substantially at right angles to the direction of extension of the connecting means (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Steffen Benz, Dirk Liepold, Eduard Reimer, Ionut Marian Lica, Jochen Schweinbenz, Jonas Schuetz, Kushtrim Krasniqi, Lukasz Paczkowski, Markus Kohlberger, Nicolai Joerg, Ulrich Lange Lange
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Publication number: 20170237113Abstract: The present invention relates to a receptacle (10) for accommodating at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module such that said battery cell is at least partially pressed in, wherein the receptacle (10) has two end plates (14a, 14b) which can be arranged on two opposite sides of the at least one battery cell (12), characterized in that the end plates (14a, 14b) are connected by a plurality of rod-like supports (16a-d) which are fixed to the end plates (14a, 14b), wherein the supports (16a-d) are designed to support in each case one edge (18a-d) of the at least one battery cell (12) in two dimensions. In summary, a receptacle (10) of the kind described above, in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner, allows battery cells (12) to be fixed in a battery module and allows the performance of a battery module to be maintained, irrespective of the temperature, by at least temporary bracing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Carsten Mueller, Eduard Reimer, Ralf Angerbauer, Stefan Baumann, Maximilian Russ-Mohl
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Publication number: 20160204402Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device for at least one battery cell, wherein the retaining device comprises at least two retaining elements, wherein each retaining element comprises at least one fastening means, wherein the at least two retaining elements are mechanically detachably connected by means of the fastening means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Eduard Reimer, Carsten Mueller