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).

  • Patent number: 11794203
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc Gormanns, Erich Lehner
  • Patent number: 11784373
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Frauenhofer, Marc Gormanns, Ruben Heid, Oliver Schieler
  • Publication number: 20230187767
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Tobias BENKER, Lukas DÖBBELIN, Marc GORMANNS, Ruben HEID, Victor SCHMADALLA, Martin SIMON, Matthias WIMMI, Michael SCHUESSLER
  • Publication number: 20230127050
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Marc GORMANNS
  • Patent number: 11611118
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Oliver Schieler, Marc Gormanns, Pedro De Sousa Schmiech
  • Patent number: 11532861
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc Gormanns, Tobias Benker, Michael Frauenhofer, Oliver Schieler, Michael Schüßler
  • Publication number: 20220285754
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Juergen GERBRAND, Marc GORMANNS, Thomas MILDE, Oliver SCHIELER, Martin SCHUESSLER, Thomas WITTENSCHLAEGER
  • Publication number: 20220094007
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael FRAUENHOFER, Marc GORMANNS, Ruben HEID, Oliver SCHIELER
  • Publication number: 20210162442
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Erich LEHNER
  • Publication number: 20210143382
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Oliver SCHIELER, Marc GORMANNS, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH
  • Publication number: 20210028435
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, Michael FRAUENHOFER, Oliver SCHIELER, Michael SCHÜßLER
  • Publication number: 20200373532
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, MichaeI FRAUENHOFER, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH, Michael SCHUESSLER
  • Publication number: 20200373635
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Tobias BENKER, MichaeI FRAUENHOFER, Pedro DE SOUSA SCHMIECH, Michael SCHUESSLER