Patents by Inventor Marcel Wilka

Marcel Wilka 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: 20220115735
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven work appliance with electrical drive power. The battery pack has: at least one battery cell, wherein the battery cell has at least one safety device, at least one voltage-carrying surface, an insulating lacquer, wherein the insulating lacquer adheres on the voltage-carrying surface, and at least one cover element. The at least one cover element covers the safety device such that no insulating lacquer adheres on and/or in the safety device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Raphael WEGMANN, Daniel AMANN, Thilo JAEGER, Patrick BEHRINGER, Siegfried FREY, Danny KNAPP, Marcel WILKA
  • Publication number: 20200365869
    Abstract: A battery apparatus supplies electrical drive power to an electrically driven work appliance. The battery apparatus includes at least one battery cell. The battery cell has a terminal with a safety valve. The safety valve is embodied with a moving part of a surface of the terminal, with movement from a closed position for outward movement into an open position. The battery apparatus includes at least one cell contacting device. The cell contacting device has electrical contact with the terminal by way of at least one integral connection in the closed position of the moving part and allows the movement of the moving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Joachim KOLB, Marcel WILKA
  • Publication number: 20200358053
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power. The battery pack includes: a plurality of pouch cells, wherein the pouch cells have cell tabs and are configured and disposed in a stack such that the cell tabs are disposed on a common tab side of the stack in two tab columns, wherein averted end limits of the tab columns define an intermediate zone, and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed within the intermediate zone and is electrically connected to the cell tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel SAUERTEIG, Julien SCHOLL, Kenichi OZAWA, Takayuki SATO, Daiki MISAWA, Malte VON HOFEN, Daniel WAGNER, Marcel WILKA, Martin SCHURR, Uwe BOSSMANN, Dirk LIEPOLD
  • Publication number: 20200358055
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power and includes: a plurality of accumulator cells, wherein the accumulator cells have cell contacts; at least one circuit board, wherein the at least one circuit board is electrically connected to the cell contacts; and a battery pack housing, wherein the battery pack housing has a first battery pack housing part and a second battery pack housing part, wherein the first battery pack housing part and the second battery pack housing part are closed by each other. The accumulator cells are disposed within the battery pack housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel SAUERTEIG, Julien SCHOLL, Kenichi OZAWA, Takayuki SATO, Daiki MISAWA, Daniel WAGNER, Marcel WILKA, Martin SCHURR, Uwe BOSSMANN, Dirk LIEPOLD
  • Publication number: 20200358054
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power, and includes: a stack limiting structure; a plurality of pouch cells, wherein the pouch cells are disposed in a stack, wherein the stack is disposed within the stack limiting structure; an outer temperature sensor, wherein the outer temperature sensor is disposed and configured for measuring an outer temperature of the stack outside the stack at an edge of the stack or the stack limiting structure, and/or outside the stack limiting structure; and a control device. The control device is configured for comparison of the measured outer temperature and/or a quantity based on the measured outer temperature to at least one temperature comparative value. The at least one temperature comparative value is a function of at least one of the pouch cells. The control device is configured for controlling the battery pack in response to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel SAUERTEIG, Julien SCHOLL, Takayuki SATO, Daiki MISAWA, Malte VON HOFEN, Atsushi CHINEN, Daniel WAGNER, Marcel WILKA
  • Publication number: 20200358060
    Abstract: A battery pack supplies an electrically driven treatment apparatus with an electric driving power. The battery pack includes: a stack housing, wherein the stack housing has a common housing opening defined by a housing edge, and a plurality of pouch cells, wherein the pouch cells have cell tabs and are configured and disposed in a stack within the stack housing such that the cell tabs at least with tab parts on the common housing opening project beyond at least one edge portion of the housing edge. The tab parts are directly electrically connected to each other by welded connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel SAUERTEIG, Julien SCHOLL, Kenichi OZAWA, Takayuki SATO, Daiki MISAWA, Marcel WILKA, Martin SCHURR, Uwe BOSSMANN, Dirk LIEPOLD, Daniel WAGNER
  • Patent number: 10693120
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device which can easily fix plates of an electrode assembly to a container. An energy storage device (10) includes: an electrode assembly (500) formed by stacking plates; and a container (100) which accommodates the electrode assembly (500), wherein the container (100) includes: a body portion (200); and a conductive terminal portion (300) connected to the body portion (200), and the terminal portion (300) includes a first portion (310) and a second portion (320) which sandwich the plates therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Wilka, Naoto Takebayashi
  • Publication number: 20200083496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rechargeable battery subunit (35) comprising: at least one rechargeable battery cell (36); at least one cell housing (37) for accommodating the battery cell (36), wherein the cell housing (37) has two opposite axial end faces (38, 39) separated from each other by a circumferential lateral area (40) of the cell housing (37), and at least one axial end face (38, 39) comprises at least one through hole (41, 42); and at least one contact unit (43, 44) being at least partly electrically conductive and fixed to the cell housing (37) to close the through hole (41, 42), wherein the contact unit (43, 44) is electrically connected with at least one current collector (47, 48) of the battery cell (36) via the through hole (41, 42), and the contact unit (43, 44) comprises at least one outer contact surface (45, 46) facing away from the battery cell (36) for electrically connecting the battery subunit (35) with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Marcel Wilka
  • Publication number: 20190036100
    Abstract: Provided is an energy storage device which can easily fix plates of an electrode assembly to a container. An energy storage device (10) includes: an electrode assembly (500) formed by stacking plates; and a container (100) which accommodates the electrode assembly (500), wherein the container (100) includes: a body portion (200); and a conductive terminal portion (300) connected to the body portion (200), and the terminal portion (300) includes a first portion (310) and a second portion (320) which sandwich the plates therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel Wilka, Naoto Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 9973015
    Abstract: A battery cell (10) with two battery cell terminals (11, 12) which are contactable from inside and/or outside the battery cell (10), and an electrochemical part (20) comprising at least one separator. Upon the achievement of a predefined temperature, the at least one separator is at least partially impermeable to ions which can be generated in the electrochemical part (20). The battery cell (10) has a rapid discharge unit (30), which is connectable between the battery cell terminals (11, 12) and which, in a switched-in and consequently activated state, has a predefined resistance value. The predefined resistance value is selected such that, with the rapid discharge unit (30) switched-in, the at least one separator achieves the predefined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Lithium Energy and Power GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Yutaro Katsumata, Marcel Wilka, Marco Friedrich, Stephan Leuthner, Cornelius Liebenow, Yuji Ashida, Shunsuke Mizutani, Daisuke Konishi, Shinya Kitano
  • Publication number: 20170133872
    Abstract: A battery cell (10) with two battery cell terminals (11, 12) which are contactable from inside and/or outside the battery cell (10), and an electrochemical part (20) comprising at least one separator. Upon the achievement of a predefined temperature, the at least one separator is at least partially impermeable to ions which can be generated in the electrochemical part (20). The battery cell (10) has a rapid discharge unit (30), which is connectable between the battery cell terminals (11, 12) and which, in a switched-in and consequently activated state, has a predefined resistance value. The predefined resistance value is selected such that, with the rapid discharge unit (30) switched-in, the at least one separator achieves the predefined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Yutaro Katsumata, Marcel Wilka, Marco Friedrich, Stephan Leuthner, Cornelius Liebenow, Yuji Ashida, Shunsuke Mizutani, Daisuke Konishi, Shinya Kitano
  • Publication number: 20170133709
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery comprising at least one battery cell (2), the battery cell (2) in each case comprising a negative electrode (21), a positive electrode (22), an electrolyte composition (15), and a separator (18), characterized in that the lithium-ion battery further comprises at least one fast discharge device (61) and the surface of the negative and/or of the positive electrode (21, 22) is coated with a material which has an electrical resistance of more than 0 ?cm2 and a lithium-ion conductivity of more than 0 S/cm and which has a solubility of less than 1 g/L in the electrolyte composition (15) under the operating conditions of the lithium-ion battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Yudai Kawasoe, Yutaro Katsumata, Marcel Wilka
  • Publication number: 20170133716
    Abstract: A battery cell with improved safety. The battery cell comprises two battery cell terminals which are contactable from outside of the battery cell and an electrochemical part comprising at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode, an electrolyte comprising at least one conductive salt and at least one solvent, and at least one separator, wherein the at least one separator becomes at least partially impermeable for ions which can be generated inside of the electrochemical part, when the at least one separator reaches a predefined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hideki Masuda, Shunsuke Mizutani, Yudai Kawasoe, Yutaro Katsumata, Marcel Wilka, Marco Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20170077725
    Abstract: Battery system with overcharge and/or exhaustive-discharge protection, having a rapid-discharge unit for electrically discharging an electrical energy store having a first connection which is electrically connected to a first pole, characterized in that the battery system comprises a tripping unit having an electrically conductive mechanical component for tripping the rapid-discharge unit, wherein the mechanical component is electrically connected directly to a second pole by an electrically conductive housing of the electrical energy store and/or by an electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Marcel Wilka
  • Publication number: 20170077723
    Abstract: Battery system with overcharge and/or exhaustive-discharge protection, comprising at least one electrical energy store having a first pole which is electrically connected to a first electrode of the electrical energy store, having a second pole which is electrically connected to a second electrode of the electrical energy store, having a rapid-discharge unit for electrically discharging the electrical energy store having a first connection which is electrically connected to the first pole, having a second connection which is electrically connected to the second pole, characterized in that the battery system comprises a tripping unit for tripping the rapid-discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Marcel Wilka