Patents by Inventor Jerome Homann

Jerome Homann 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).

  • Publication number: 20230268605
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells which are received in an interior of a housing of the battery module and which are electrically conductively connected to one another in series and/or in parallel, wherein the housing comprises an opening which is designed to guide a voltage tap of the battery module from the interior of the housing, and the battery module further includes a tapping element which is designed to contact the voltage tap of the battery module from an environment of the battery module, wherein the housing and the tapping element are connected to one another in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the environment, wherein a sealing element of the housing is raised relative to a surface of the housing, which surface is arranged so as to directly surround the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Jerome Homann, Michael Hienzsch
  • Publication number: 20230261295
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module comprising a housing element (2) made of a metal material (3) and a cover element (4) made of a metal material (5), which elements are connected to one another by means of a plurality of screw connections (8), so as to form a common interior (6) designed to receive a plurality of battery cells (7), in such a way that an electrical contact is formed between the housing element (2) and the cover element (4), wherein a sealing element (9) is also arranged between the housing element (2) and the cover element (4) in such a way that the interior (6) is sealed off in a fluid-tight manner from an environment (10), wherein the plurality of screw connections (8) is arranged outside of the sealing element (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jerome Homann, Markus Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20210367261
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. A support frame surrounds the cell stack and is configured to receive and support the outer peripheral edge of the edge insulating device of each cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Angerbauer, Bernd Schumann, Florian Schmid, Joerg Thielen, Christian Diessner, Mark Kotik, David Naughton, Jerome Homann, Anne Serout, Laura Bauer, Steve Scott, Dan Schneider, Gary Mosley
  • Publication number: 20210313612
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and electrically insulates a given cell of the cell stack from an adjacent cell of the cell stack including along a periphery of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Angerbauer, Bernd Schumann, Florian Schmid, Joerg Thielen, Christian Diessner, Mark Kotik, David Naughton, Jerome Homann, Anne Serout, Laura Bauer, Steve Scott, Dan Schneider, Gary Mosley
  • Publication number: 20210257651
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. Within each cell, an elastic seal is provided between the edge insulating device and the first surface of one cell or the solid electrolyte layer of an adjacent cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Angerbauer, Bernd Schumann, Florian Schmid, Joerg Thielen, Christian Diessner, Mark Kotik, David Naughton, Jerome Homann, Anne Serout, Laura Bauer, Steve Scott, Dan Schneider, Gary Mosley
  • Publication number: 20210218065
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. The edge insulating device physically contacts and is directly secured to one of the first surface of one cell and the solid electrolyte layer of an adjacent cell, and is movable relative to, the other of the first surface of the one cell and the solid electrolyte layer of the adjacent cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf Angerbauer, Bernd Schumann, Florian Schmid, Joerg Thielen, Christian Diessner, Mark Kotik, David Naughton, Jerome Homann, Anne Serout, Laura Bauer, Steve Scott, Dan Schneider, Gary Mosley
  • Publication number: 20210210820
    Abstract: A battery includes a stacked arrangement of electrochemical cells. Each electrochemical cell is free of a cell housing and includes a bipolar plate having a substrate, a first active material layer formed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second active material layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. Each cell includes a solid electrolyte layer that encapsulates at least one of the active material layers, and an edge insulating device that is disposed between the peripheral edges of the substrates of each pair of adjacent cells. Within each cell, the substrate includes a surface feature that is engaged with a corresponding feature of the edge insulating device in such a way as to locate the edge insulating device relative to the bipolar plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Florian Schmid, Laura Bauer, Joerg Thielen, Jerome Homann, Steve Scott, Dan Schneider, Bernd Schumann, Christian Diessner, David Naughton, Gary Mosley, Ralf Angerbauer, Mark Kotik, Anne Serout
  • Patent number: 11038220
    Abstract: A battery module with a cooling plate and at least one battery cell, wherein the battery module further comprises a connecting system which has a first connecting element with a first surface and a further first surface and which has a second connecting element with a second surface and a further second surface, wherein the first surface of the first connecting element is connected to the at least one battery cell, and the second surface of the second connecting element is connected to the cooling plate, and the further first surface is connected to the further second surface, wherein the connection between the further first surface and the further second surface is configured with a lower adhesive force than the connection between the first surface and the at least one battery cell and/or than the connection between the second surface and the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jerome Homann
  • Publication number: 20180351220
    Abstract: A battery module with a cooling plate and at least one battery cell, wherein the battery module further comprises a connecting system which has a first connecting element with a first surface and a further first surface and which has a second connecting element with a second surface and a further second surface, wherein the first surface of the first connecting element is connected to the at least one battery cell, and the second surface of the second connecting element is connected to the cooling plate, and the further first surface is connected to the further second surface, wherein the connection between the further first surface and the further second surface is configured with a lower adhesive force than the connection between the first surface and the at least one battery cell and/or than the connection between the second surface and the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Jerome Homann