Patents by Inventor Kai MICHEL

Kai MICHEL 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: 20250158199
    Abstract: A battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically powered vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcement structure has a hollow profile with a first upper leg with a first opening and a second lower leg with a second opening. A sleeve extends between the vertically spaced legs and connects the openings in the legs. A fitting plate covers the first opening in the first leg, wherein the fitting plate has a passage through which the sleeve is guided with a sleeve section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Christian HANDING, Kai MICHEL, Stefan SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20250030101
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically driven vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan having a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcing structure comprises an outer profile which is configured as U-shaped in cross-section with a web and two legs as well as an opening. The outer profile is directed with the opening towards the battery pan and is connected to the battery pan using the legs. In the longitudinal direction (LR) of the outer profile, multiple sleeves are provided at a distance from one another, wherein a sleeve extends between the legs and connects openings in the legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Christian HANDING, Christoph NITSCHKE, Stefan SCHMITZ, Kai MICHEL
  • Publication number: 20240396143
    Abstract: A battery tray for holding battery elements for providing electrical energy in electrically powered vehicles. The battery tray has a battery pan with a reinforcing structure which is arranged on the outside in front of a side wall of the battery pan. The reinforcing structure includes an inner profile and an outer profile, wherein the inner profile 5 has a U-shaped cross-section with a web and two legs as well as an opening, wherein the legs of the inner profile face away from the battery pan and the opening of the inner profile is closed at least in length by the outer profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christian HANDING, Kai MICHEL, Stefan SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20240123810
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery holder for receiving a plurality of battery cells or battery modules in an electrically driven vehicle, with a one-piece, uniform-material receiving tray for receiving the plurality of battery cells or battery modules, the receiving tray having a base plate and an outer wall which is arranged circumferentially around the base plate, the outer wall delimiting a tray interior of the receiving tray, an outer reinforcement, the outer reinforcement having a first reinforcement region, which is arranged on a lateral side of the outer wall facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the outer wall, and wherein the outer reinforcement having a second reinforcing region, which is arranged on a side of the first reinforcing region facing away from the tray interior of the receiving tray and is connected to the first reinforcing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Christian HANDING, Kai MICHEL, Konstantin TATARINOV, Stefan SCHMITZ