Patents by Inventor Georg EICHBERGER

Georg EICHBERGER 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: 11962031
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a ventilation device for a battery, particularly to a multifunctional breathing and venting device for a casing of one of a battery submodule, battery module or battery system, such as for an electric vehicle and an energy storage system (ESS). The ventilation device comprising a housing configured for being attached to a vent opening of a battery casing in a sealing manner and comprising at least one lateral wall, a breathable filter separating an interior of the battery casing from a breathing chamber within the housing, a venting membrane separating the breathing chamber from an exterior environment in a gas tight manner, and a breathing sprout fluidly connecting the breathing chamber and the environment and bypassing the venting membrane. The disclosure further relates to a battery comprising such a ventilation device attached to its casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: XSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bernhard Waha, Alexander Roeck, Kim Dillenkofer, Georg Eichberger
  • Publication number: 20200280030
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a ventilation device for a battery, particularly to a multifunctional breathing and venting device for a casing of one of a battery submodule, battery module or battery system, such as for an electric vehicle and an energy storage system (ESS). The ventilation device comprising a housing configured for being attached to a vent opening of a battery casing in a sealing manner and comprising at least one lateral wall, a breathable filter separating an interior of the battery casing from a breathing chamber within the housing, a venting membrane separating the breathing chamber from an exterior environment in a gas tight manner, and a breathing sprout fluidly connecting the breathing chamber and the environment and bypassing the venting membrane. The disclosure further relates to a battery comprising such a ventilation device attached to its casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bernhard WAHA, Alexander ROECK, Kim DILLENKOFER, Georg EICHBERGER
  • Patent number: 10677383
    Abstract: A male connector for a cooling pipe is provided. The male connector includes a hollow cylindrical base having a first end having a chamfered outer circumferential edge and a second end. The base includes a circumferential notch adjacent to the first end and configured to receive an O-ring and an elastic pin integrally formed with and protruding from a surface of the base. An acute angle formed between the surface of the base and the elastic pin has a vertex pointing toward the first end of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Georg Eichberger
  • Patent number: 9972872
    Abstract: A battery system having at least one battery cell, an absorption element, and a temperature-control system having a liquid temperature-control medium configured to cool and/or heat the battery cells in a battery housing, and a motor vehicle having such a battery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peter Dämon, Georg Eichberger
  • Publication number: 20180119861
    Abstract: A male connector for a cooling pipe is provided. The male connector includes a hollow cylindrical base having a first end having a chamfered outer circumferential edge and a second end. The base includes a circumferential notch adjacent to the first end and configured to receive an O-ring and an elastic pin integrally formed with and protruding from a surface of the base. An acute angle formed between the surface of the base and the elastic pin has a vertex pointing toward the first end of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Georg EICHBERGER
  • Patent number: 9356329
    Abstract: A battery system having a plurality of cells in a battery housing, and an absorption device arranged in the battery housing to absorbs fluid that has escaped in the battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Dämon, Georg Eichberger, Ralph Wünsche
  • Publication number: 20140220405
    Abstract: A battery system having a plurality of cells in a battery housing, and an absorption device arranged in the battery housing to absorbs fluid that has escaped in the battery housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Peter DÄMON, Georg EICHBERGER, Ralph WÜNSCHE
  • Publication number: 20140134469
    Abstract: A battery system having at least one battery cell, an absorption element, and a temperature-control system having a liquid temperature-control medium configured to cool and/or heat the battery cells in a battery housing, and a motor vehicle having such a battery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Peter Dämon, Georg EICHBERGER