Patents by Inventor Frank TENFELDE

Frank TENFELDE 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).

  • Patent number: 11909071
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery which has a housing and at least one battery module arranged in the housing that has multiple battery cells which are electrically connected together via a cell contacting system. Each of the battery cells has a battery cell housing with an emergency degassing opening which opens at a specified cell inner pressure and through which hot or burning gas can be leaked out of the interior of the battery cell housing into the housing of the high-voltage battery in the event of a disruption or damage to individual battery cells. The emergency degassing openings face the cell contacting system and/or a wall of the housing of the high-voltage battery. The cell contacting system and/or the wall of the housing of the high-voltage battery is/are provided with a heat protection layer, at least in the regions in which the emergency degassing openings are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Lustig, Philip Raettich, Tobias Schmieg, Frank Tenfelde
  • Patent number: 11870093
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery that has a housing and at least one battery cell arranged in the housing. The battery cell has a battery cell housing with an emergency degassing opening which opens at a specified cell inner pressure and through which hot or burning gas can pass out of the interior of the battery cell housing into the housing of the high-voltage battery in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell. The emergency degassing opening faces a housing wall against which hot or burning gas flows in the event of the disruption or damage to the battery cell. The housing wall of the high-voltage battery is designed to be more thermally resistant locally in the region in which the emergency degassing opening is arranged and in which the hot or burning gas flows out of the battery cell housing in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell than in the wall regions at a distance from the emergency degassing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philip Raettich, Frank Tenfelde
  • Publication number: 20230112029
    Abstract: An assembly for a traction battery of a motor vehicle includes a battery module having a cell composite formed by a plurality of battery cells, wherein degassing regions of the battery cells are located on an upper side of the cell composite for letting out a hot gas from a cell housing of the battery cells; a battery component arranged in a vertical direction above the battery module, such that the upper side of the cell composite is facing an underside of the battery component; and a protective unit having a sheet-metal-type protective region for protecting the battery component from the hot gas and a frame-type support region connected to the protective region. The battery component is secured to the support region and the protective region is arranged between the underside of the battery component and the upper side of the cell composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Simon HABERL, Thomas HARSCH, Frank TENFELDE
  • Publication number: 20220140433
    Abstract: A high-voltage accumulator for vehicles, includes a high-voltage accumulator housing, and at least one accumulator cell which is arranged in the high-voltage accumulator housing and has an emergency degassing opening that opens when a specified accumulator cell internal pressure is exceeded and allows hot gas to exit the interior of the accumulator cell into the interior of the high-voltage accumulator housing. A chamber filled with a phase-changing medium is provided in the region of the emergency degassing opening of the at least one accumulator cell. The chamber is directly or indirectly supplied with hot gas when the hot gas exits the interior of the accumulator cell, whereby heat is input into the phase-changing medium and the phase-changing medium is heated and/or transitions into a high-energy aggregate state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Philip RAETTICH, Frank TENFELDE
  • Publication number: 20210367307
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery that has a housing and at least one battery cell arranged in the housing. The battery cell has a battery cell housing with an emergency degassing opening which opens at a specified cell inner pressure and through which hot or burning gas can pass out of the interior of the battery cell housing into the housing of the high-voltage battery in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell. The emergency degassing opening faces a housing wall against which hot or burning gas flows in the event of the disruption or damage to the battery cell. The housing wall of the high-voltage battery is designed to be more thermally resistant locally in the region in which the emergency degassing opening is arranged and in which the hot or burning gas flows out of the battery cell housing in the event of a disruption or damage to the battery cell than in the wall regions at a distance from the emergency degassing opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Philip RAETTICH, Frank TENFELDE
  • Publication number: 20210091353
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a high-voltage battery which has a housing and at least one battery module arranged in the housing that has multiple battery cells which are electrically connected together via a cell contacting system. Each of the battery cells has a battery cell housing with an emergency degassing opening which opens at a specified cell inner pressure and through which hot or burning gas can be leaked out of the interior of the battery cell housing into the housing of the high-voltage battery in the event of a disruption or damage to individual battery cells. The emergency degassing openings face the cell contacting system and/or a wall of the housing of the high-voltage battery, wherein the cell contacting system and/or the wall of the housing of the high-voltage battery is/are provided with a heat protection layer, in particular a heat protection coating, at least in the regions in which the emergency degassing openings are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Robert LUSTIG, Philip RAETTICH, Tobias SCHMIEG, Frank TENFELDE