Patents by Inventor Ingo Koch
Ingo Koch 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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Patent number: 11894582Abstract: A stopper (1) for closing and sealing an opening (120) in a housing (110) of an energy storage system (100), in particular for closing and sealing an opening (120) in a housing (110) of a lead acid storage battery, wherein the stopper (1) comprises a connecting region (20), which is configured to engage with the opening (120) in the energy storage system (100), and a sealing region (30), which is disposed above the connecting region (20) in the axial direction (A) of the stopper (1), wherein the sealing region (30) is configured to accommodate a sealing element (32) which is designed to be deformed by a force acting at least partially, in particular completely, in the axial direction (A) of the stopper (1) when the stopper (1) is in the installed state.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Julius Schwab, Ingo Koch, Armin Staffeldt, Bernd Ide
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Publication number: 20230231146Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bemd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Patent number: 11611082Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Publication number: 20220247054Abstract: A stopper (1) for closing and sealing an opening (120) in a housing (110) of an energy storage system (100), in particular for closing and sealing an opening (120) in a housing (110) of a lead acid storage battery, wherein the stopper (1) comprises a connecting region (20), which is configured to engage with the opening (120) in the energy storage system (100), and a sealing region (30), which is disposed above the connecting region (20) in the axial direction (A) of the stopper (1), wherein the sealing region (30) is configured to accommodate a sealing element (32) which is designed to be deformed by a force acting at least partially, in particular completely, in the axial direction (A) of the stopper (1) when the stopper (1) is in the installed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Julius Schwab, Ingo Koch, Armin Staffeldt, Bernd Ide
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Patent number: 11309591Abstract: A method of estimating a state of an energy storage system of a vehicle, in particular for estimating an aging state of the energy storage system, includes the following steps: acquiring information about the energy storage system; analyzing the acquired information while taking into account specified boundary conditions; and estimating the state of the energy storage system.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: Ciarlos Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ingo Koch, Eberhard Meissner, Peter Ostertag
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Publication number: 20210280867Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically conductive structure, particularly for using in an energy storage system of a vehicle, which is formed from a metal or a substance similar to metal at least in sections, containing a plurality of closed pores. The invention also relates to a system respectively comprising at least one of the following elements: a storage battery, particularly a lead storage battery, an electrical pick-up element which is electrically connected to at least one pole of the storage battery, and a structure as described above, which is part of the storage battery and/or the electrical pick-up element. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Juergen Bauer, Eberhard Meissner, Ingo Koch, Boris Vshnepolskiy
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Publication number: 20210248844Abstract: A battery health diagnostic system is disclosed, wherein the battery health diagnostic system comprises a battery, the battery configured to be provided in a vehicle having a vehicle state; a sampling device in electrical communication with the battery and configured to acquire battery characteristic data during a vehicle state; a processor in communication with the device, the processer configured to analyze battery characteristic data to produce a battery condition output; and an alert device configured to provide the battery condition output during regular use of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Mark D. GUNDERSON, Diego Hernan DIAZ MARTINEZ, Samuel F. FREEMAN, Chee Wee GAN, Julie C. ROBERTS, Thomas M. WATSON, Sepehr SHIRAZI, Ingo KOCH, Markus HOH, Briana KELLY
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Publication number: 20210135240Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Patent number: 10978685Abstract: A sealing plug arrangement for sealing a combined filling and degassing opening of an accumulator. The sealing plug arrangement includes at least one valve part, one valve holder, and one sealing plug. The valve part is arranged on the valve holder and forms an openable valve mechanism with the valve holder for sealing at least one interior space of the accumulator from the surrounding area upon pressurization. The sealing plug includes at least one fastening means for fixing to the filling and degassing opening and at the same time subjecting the valve part to a pretensioning force toward the valve holder. The valve holder includes at least one extension axially projecting toward the valve part which is formed as a circumferential sealing edge on a surface facing the valve part on which the valve part rests.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGAAInventors: Ingo Koch, Armin Staffeldt
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Patent number: 10886571Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing element designed to be installed into a housing of a liquid electrolyte-operated electrochemical accumulator in order to mix the electrolyte as a result of forces and/or motion exerted on the accumulator during operation, wherein the mixing element is designed as a hollow body provided with at least one respective opening at opposite end regions such that a channel is formed in the hollow body which leads into the at least one respective opening in the opposite end regions and is circumferentially delimited there by the material of the mixing element, wherein the mixing element comprises one or more securing and/or spacer ribs protruding from the external side of the mixing element and designed to contact parts of the accumulator housing in order to fix the mixing element in the accumulator and/or set a specific position of the mixing element relative to the housing parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGAAInventors: Julius M. Schwab, Ingo Koch, Nadine Dehnert, Thorsten Werle
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Patent number: 10840515Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Clarios Germany GmbH & Co. KGAAInventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Publication number: 20200217898Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a battery state of charge includes a computer that determines a lifespan of a battery by creating test conditions for the battery by reflecting predetermined driving information of a vehicle and then performing the test conditions; and a tester that performs charging according to predetermined charging conditions and discharging according to predetermined discharging conditions on the battery in accordance with the test conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Young-Kug Lee, Ki-Seon Ryu, Jae-Eun Jin, Jong-Dae Kim, Ingo Koch, Jorn Albers
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Patent number: 10418637Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator comprising a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, wherein the grid comprises grid bars respectively surrounding cutouts of the grid, wherein the majority of the grid bars surrounding the cutouts are respectively disposed in a hexagonal arrangement such that the cutout situated in between forms a hexagon, characterized by one, some or all of the following a), b), c), d), e) features): a) the grid arrangement is coated with a pasty active mass on which liquid-absorbing material designed to absorb liquid electrolyte of the accumulator is disposed, b) the size of the hexagonal cutouts increases toward the upper frame element, c) the grid bars of all the hexagonal cutouts have the same width or the same cross-sectional area, d) none of the grid baType: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Frank-Thomas Johns, Armin Staffeldt, Andreas Dudenbostel, Dirk Goebbels, Christian Fischer, Juergen Bauer
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Publication number: 20190140323Abstract: A method of estimating a state of an energy storage system of a vehicle, in particular for estimating an aging state of the energy storage system, includes the following steps: acquiring information about the energy storage system; analyzing the acquired information while taking into account specified boundary conditions; and estimating the state of the energy storage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Ingo Koch, Eberhard Meissner, Peter Ostertag
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Publication number: 20190088953Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Patent number: 10170768Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator having a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, and wherein the grid is at least formed by horizontal bars, which are bars extending substantially horizontally, and vertical bars, which are bars extending substantially vertically, wherein at least some of the vertical bars are arranged at different angles to one another in the shape of a fan. The invention further relates to an accumulator.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Armin Staffeldt, Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Ornwasa Traisigkhachol
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Patent number: 9806322Abstract: The invention relates to a battery cell connector with a first and a second substantially flat limb (1, 2), wherein the first limb (1) has a connecting side (3) for connection to a plurality of electrodes of a battery, the second limb (2) is arranged at an angle with respect to the first limb (1) and extends from that side (4) of the first limb which is opposite the connection side (3), wherein a shoulder (5) is provided which extends from the first to the second limb. Against this background, the invention specifies a battery cell connector with a high current-carrying capacity which is improved in comparison with the known battery cell connectors. For this purpose, the invention provides that the profile of the height (h) of the shoulder (5) from the first limb (1) towards the second limb is nonlinear and is convex with respect to the first and the second limb (1, 2).Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2010Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGAAInventors: Ingo Koch, Peter Streuer, Andreas Dudenbostel, Anja Schwarze, Dirk Stellfeldt, Peter Schellenberg
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Patent number: 9508972Abstract: The invention relates to a venting device (1) for an electrochemical battery (90). The venting device comprises at least one inlet opening (2) for receiving gases venting from the battery (90), at least one outlet opening (3) for venting the gases received from the battery (90), and at least one flame arrester element (4). The inlet opening (2) is in communication with the outlet opening (3) via the flame arrester element (4). An explosion chamber (5, 6) is located within the venting device (1) on the side of the flame arrester element (4) which is directed to the outlet opening (3). The explosion chamber (5, 6) is arranged for developing and temporarily storing an explosive mixture of the gases received from the battery (90) and oxygen from the ambient air, which explodes in case a flame occurs within the explosion chamber (5, 6), thereby blowing off the flame.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: Johnson Controls Technology Company, Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGAAInventors: Ingo Koch, Peter Streuer, Armin Staffeldt, Doreen Lucht, Jerome Heiman, Donald Caldwell, Dirk Bremer
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Publication number: 20160294020Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing element designed to be installed into a housing of a liquid electrolyte-operated electrochemical accumulator in order to mix the electrolyte as a result of forces and/or motion exerted on the accumulator during operation, wherein the mixing element is designed as a hollow body provided with at least one respective opening at opposite end regions such that a channel is formed in the hollow body which leads into the at least one respective opening in the opposite end regions and is circumferentially delimited there by the material of the mixing element, wherein the mixing element comprises one or more securing and/or spacer ribs protruding from the external side of the mixing element and designed to contact parts of the accumulator housing in order to fix the mixing element in the accumulator and/or set a specific position of the mixing element relative to the housing parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Julius M. Schwab, Ingo Koch, Nadine Dehnert, Thorsten Werle
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Publication number: 20160260982Abstract: The invention relates to a grid arrangement for a plate-shaped battery electrode of an electrochemical accumulator comprising a frame and a grid arranged thereon, wherein the frame comprises at least one upper frame element having a connecting lug of the battery electrode disposed on its side facing away from the grid, wherein the grid comprises grid bars respectively surrounding cutouts of the grid, wherein the majority of the grid bars surrounding the cutouts are respectively disposed in a hexagonal arrangement such that the cutout situated in between forms a hexagon, characterized by one, some or all of the following a), b), c), d), e) features): a) the grid arrangement is coated with a pasty active mass on which liquid-absorbing material designed to absorb liquid electrolyte of the accumulator is disposed, b) the size of the hexagonal cutouts increases toward the upper frame element, c) the grid bars of all the hexagonal cutouts have the same width or the same cross-sectional area, d) none of the grid baType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Ingo Koch, Bernd Ide, Frank-Thomas Johns, Armin Staffeldt, Andreas Dudenbostel, Dirk Goebbels, Christian Fischer, Juergen Bauer