Patents by Inventor Marc GORMANNS
Marc GORMANNS 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: 11794203Abstract: An attachment element for a static mixer and an attachment system with such an attachment element, the static mixer, and a pressure sensor. The attachment element has a flow channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening arranged opposite the inlet opening in a longitudinal direction of the flow channel and designed as an injection nozzle. The attachment element is designed to be fastened at an inlet side having the inlet opening by a fastening unit of the attachment element on top of an injection tip of the static mixer. Furthermore, the attachment element has a receiving opening for the pressure sensor. The receiving opening extends from an exterior side of the attachment element to an opening in a subsection of a channel wall of the flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Marc Gormanns, Erich Lehner
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Patent number: 11784373Abstract: A method for supporting a battery housing when a battery module is inserted. A support device includes a support for supporting the battery housing. Here, the support has several mutually movable pin elements for setting down the battery housing. A negative shape corresponding to a shape of a base bottom side of a housing base of the battery housing by the pin elements is set on the basis of a selective displacement of the support along a predetermined translational direction of movement in that each pin element is displaced from a respective starting position to a respective end position when it reaches the base bottom side and locked at the respective end position by a locking unit. After the negative shape has been set, the support is displaced by a defined offset distance opposite to the direction of movement.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Michael Frauenhofer, Marc Gormanns, Ruben Heid, Oliver Schieler
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Publication number: 20230187767Abstract: A battery arrangement having a housing base arrangement and at least one battery unit which is arranged on the housing base arrangement and is arranged above the housing base arrangement with respect to a first direction and which comprises at least one battery cell. The at least one battery cell has a first side having a releasable degassing opening which is releasable for discharging a gas from the at least one battery cell. The housing base arrangement has at least one predetermined breaking point, which is designed, in dependence on a gas escape of a gas from the degassing opening of the at least one battery cell, to release an opening penetrating the housing base arrangement with respect to the first direction, in order to discharge the gas escaping from the degassing opening of the at least one battery cell through the released opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Tobias BENKER, Lukas DÖBBELIN, Marc GORMANNS, Ruben HEID, Victor SCHMADALLA, Martin SIMON, Matthias WIMMI, Michael SCHUESSLER
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Publication number: 20230127050Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery, which has a battery housing and at least one cell module, the cell module being introduced into the battery housing to form an intermediate space between a wall of the battery housing and the cell module, and a heat conducting medium then being introduced by an introduction device into the intermediate space. One operating mode is selected from a first operating mode of the introduction device and a second operating mode of the introduction device and is used for introducing the heat conducting medium, with the introduction of the heat conducting medium in the first operating mode occurring with an introduction volume flow set to a preset volume flow and in the second operating mode occurring with an introduction pressure set to a preset pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: AUDI AGInventor: Marc GORMANNS
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Patent number: 11611118Abstract: A method for assembling a traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, in which at least one battery module is inserted into a battery housing in a module setting process, with the formation of an air gap between the battery module and a housing base of the battery housing, which is filled with a highly viscous thermal paste, which builds up a viscosity force due to internal friction when it is distributed in the air gap, which acts on the housing base until the thermal paste is distributed in the air gap by the flow of material and the accompanying reduction in the viscosity force. The housing base is supported on its housing base lower side by a counter holder in order to limit a deflection of the housing base due to the viscosity force of the thermal paste.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Oliver Schieler, Marc Gormanns, Pedro De Sousa Schmiech
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Patent number: 11532861Abstract: A battery device and a method for producing a battery device for a motor vehicle. In said method, a cooling base element and a battery module are provided, and the battery module is mounted on the cooling base element, forming at least one gap between a battery module region and a cooling base region. A filling device is then coupled to at least one filling opening of at least one filling tube, with the at least one filling tube extending into the at least one gap, and a heat conducting medium is introduced from the filling device through the filling tube into the at least one gap.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Marc Gormanns, Tobias Benker, Michael Frauenhofer, Oliver Schieler, Michael Schüßler
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Publication number: 20220285754Abstract: A method for introducing a first heat-conducting compound into at least one first free space in a battery module, which is provided with a module housing and a cell pack arranged therein, and has a first housing side and an opposite second housing side, wherein the cell pack has a first side which faces toward the first housing side and a second side which faces toward the second housing side. The first free space is between the first side of the cell pack and the first housing side and a second free space is between the second side and the second housing side. Furthermore, a second heat-conducting compound is filled into the second free space overlapping in time with the filling of the first heat-conducting compound into the first free space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Juergen GERBRAND, Marc GORMANNS, Thomas MILDE, Oliver SCHIELER, Martin SCHUESSLER, Thomas WITTENSCHLAEGER
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Publication number: 20220094007Abstract: A method for supporting a battery housing when a battery module is inserted. A support device includes a support for supporting the battery housing. Here, the support has several mutually movable pin elements for setting down the battery housing. A negative shape corresponding to a shape of a base bottom side of a housing base of the battery housing by the pin elements is set on the basis of a selective displacement of the support along a predetermined translational direction of movement in that each pin element is displaced from a respective starting position to a respective end position when it reaches the base bottom side and locked at the respective end position by a locking unit. After the negative shape has been set, the support is displaced by a defined offset distance opposite to the direction of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Michael FRAUENHOFER, Marc GORMANNS, Ruben HEID, Oliver SCHIELER
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Publication number: 20210162442Abstract: An attachment element for a static mixer and an attachment system with such an attachment element, the static mixer, and a pressure sensor. The attachment element has a flow channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening arranged opposite the inlet opening in a longitudinal direction of the flow channel and designed as an injection nozzle. The attachment element is designed to be fastened at an inlet side having the inlet opening by a fastening unit of the attachment element on top of an injection tip of the static mixer. Furthermore, the attachment element has a receiving opening for the pressure sensor. The receiving opening extends from an exterior side of the attachment element to an opening in a subsection of a channel wall of the flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Marc GORMANNS, Erich LEHNER
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Publication number: 20210143382Abstract: A method for assembling a traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, in which at least one battery module is inserted into a battery housing in a module setting process, with the formation of an air gap between the battery module and a housing base of the battery housing, which is filled with a highly viscous thermal paste, which builds up a viscosity force due to internal friction when it is distributed in the air gap, which acts on the housing base until the thermal paste is distributed in the air gap by the flow of material and the accompanying reduction in the viscosity force. The housing base is supported on its housing base lower side by a counter holder in order to limit a deflection of the housing base due to the viscosity force of the thermal paste.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Oliver SCHIELER, Marc GORMANNS, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH
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Publication number: 20210028435Abstract: A battery device and a method for producing a battery device for a motor vehicle. In said method, a cooling base element and a battery module are provided, and the battery module is mounted on the cooling base element, forming at least one gap between a battery module region and a cooling base region. A filling device is then coupled to at least one filling opening of at least one filling tube, with the at least one filling tube extending into the at least one gap, and a heat conducting medium is introduced from the filling device through the filling tube into the at least one gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, Michael FRAUENHOFER, Oliver SCHIELER, Michael SCHÜßLER
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Publication number: 20200373532Abstract: The disclosure relates to a module housing for accommodating a cell stack having multiple individual battery cells for a high-voltage battery of a motor vehicle, wherein the module housing has at least one first side wall confining the cell stack in its longitudinal direction z when said cell stack is accommodated in the module housing. Herein, the at least one first side wall has a passage opening extending from a top to a bottom of the first side wall, in which a mixing element is arranged to mix a gap filler or, in general, a heat transfer medium and to convey the same underneath the battery module formed by the cell stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, MichaeI FRAUENHOFER, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH, Michael SCHUESSLER
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Publication number: 20200373635Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for introducing a heat-conducting medium between a battery module and a cooling base, wherein the battery module is positioned in relation to the cooling base such that a lower side of the battery module faces toward the cooling base and an upper side of the battery module faces away from the cooling base.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, MichaeI FRAUENHOFER, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH, Michael SCHUESSLER