Patents by Inventor Johannes KURTZ

Johannes KURTZ 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: 11828813
    Abstract: A battery management system and method for performing a battery health parameter observation, in particular, cell impedance observation, with two redundant, independent and dissimilar lanes. Specifically, a cell impedance observation in a first one of the lanes is based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, EIS. The other lane employs a different algorithm than EIS. In embodiments, a battery state observation is further performed independently by the two lanes, wherein again the first lane employs EIS and the other lane a different (dissimilar) algorithm. On the basis of state and health observation, state (state of function) of the battery system can be predicted to determine a range of flight in accordance with a predetermined flight profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Kurtz, Moritz Schuhmann
  • Publication number: 20220299569
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system for an electric air vehicle such as an eVTOL aircraft for observing a battery system state and a battery health state of an energy storage system of the air vehicle. Based on an observation result, a state prediction, in particular, a prediction of the remaining accessible energy, is carried out during a flight. In particular, the observation and prediction is performed by two independent and dissimilar lanes of the battery management system. A first lane predicts the battery state according to a pre-defined flight profile representing a worst case scenario. A second lane predicts the battery state according to a planned flight profile so as to determine a range of the flight. Hence, it can be confirmed during the flight that the intended destination can be safely reached with the remaining accessible energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Kurtz, Bartlomiej Bronski, Pedro Manuel De La Camara Cruz, Julian Carl
  • Publication number: 20220268842
    Abstract: A battery management system and method for performing a battery state and, optionally, health parameter observation is disclosed, in particular, cell state-of-charge (SOC) observation, with two redundant, independent and dissimilar lanes. Specifically, a SOC determination in a first one of the lanes is based on Coulomb Counting. The other lane employs a different algorithm than Coulomb Counting. In some embodiments, a battery health observation is further performed independently by the two lanes, wherein the first lane employs an aging model and the other lane a different (dissimilar) algorithm. On the basis of state and health observation, state (state of function) of the battery system can be predicted to determine a range of flight in accordance with a predetermined flight profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Kurtz, Moritz Schuhmann
  • Publication number: 20220268850
    Abstract: A battery management system and method for performing a battery health parameter observation, in particular, cell impedance observation, with two redundant, independent and dissimilar lanes. Specifically, a cell impedance observation in a first one of the lanes is based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, EIS. The other lane employs a different algorithm than EIS. In embodiments, a battery state observation is further performed independently by the two lanes, wherein again the first lane employs EIS and the other lane a different (dissimilar) algorithm). On the basis of state and health observation, state (state of function) of the battery system can be predicted to determine a range of flight in accordance with a predetermined flight profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Kurtz, Moritz Schuhmann
  • Patent number: 11411411
    Abstract: A device balances an energy storage module having multiple energy storage cells connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Hollweg, Johannes Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20210210805
    Abstract: A vehicle has a high-voltage store, which is provided for storing electrical energy, wherein the high-voltage store has a high-voltage store housing, in which a plurality of electrical storage cells are arranged, and a device is provided in the high-voltage store housing through which the gas escaping from one or more of the storage cells into the interior of the high-voltage store housing can escape outwards from the high-voltage store housing into the environment. The device has a purely mechanical acoustic signal generator which is provided in order to generate an acoustic warning signal when gas flows through the device, wherein the warning signal is generated merely by the gas flowing through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin CZYRKA, Bastian HUBER, Johannes KURTZ, Nadine SCHOEWEL, Jochen ZEYHER
  • Publication number: 20200099233
    Abstract: A device balances an energy storage module having multiple energy storage cells connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias HOLLWEG, Johannes KURTZ