Patents by Inventor Markus Schmitt

Markus Schmitt 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: 11355799
    Abstract: A cooling plate (10) for the temperature control of at least one battery cell, especially for a traction battery, comprising a frame (12) with flow ducts (16) designed for the flowing of a coolant through them and a flexibly configured cover (14), which bounds the flow ducts (16) in fluid-tight manner and is provided for the thermal contacting of the at least one battery cell. It is proposed that the flow ducts (16) comprise at least one perturbing contour (28), which is provided to increase the turbulence in the coolant flowing through the flow ducts (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Andreas Ruehle, Benjamin Kopp
  • Patent number: 11335971
    Abstract: A battery module comprising a battery cell having a battery cell housing, and a battery module housing, wherein a coolant fluid intake is configured between the battery module housing and the battery cell housing, such that a direct and thermal contact is provided between the coolant fluid and the battery cell housing, wherein the battery cell housing further comprises a gas venting opening, which is configured to discharge gas from the interior of the battery cell housing directly to a surrounding environment, wherein the gas venting opening of the battery cell housing is isolated from the coolant fluid intake in a fluid-tight manner, wherein one lateral surface of the battery cell housing of the at least one battery cell, on which the gas venting opening is arranged, other than in the region of the gas venting opening, is essentially entirely enclosed by the coolant fluid intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20220084981
    Abstract: A method of soldering elements together includes providing a substrate having a metal die attach surface, providing a semiconductor die that is configured as a power semiconductor device and having a semiconductor body, a rear side metallization, and a front side layer stack, the front side layer stack having a front side metallization and a contaminant protection layer, arranging the semiconductor die on the substrate with a region of solder material between the die attach surface and the rear side metallization, and performing a soldering process that reflows the region of solder material to form a soldered joint between the metal die attach surface and the rear side metallization, wherein the soldering process comprises applying mechanical pressure to the front side metallization, and wherein the contaminant protection layer is configured to prevent transmission of contaminants into the semiconductor body after the soldering process is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Verdugo, Katrin Schmidt, Steffen Schmidt, Markus Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20220052395
    Abstract: A battery housing (10) for a battery module, wherein the battery housing (10) has a main body (11). The main body (11) comprises an interior (12) for arrangement of at least one battery cell of the battery module, a housing base (13) and at least one housing sidewall (14a,b). At least a section (20) of the main body (11) has a diecast (15) with a channel region (21), comprising at least one groove-shaped channel (22) for conveying temperature control fluid for controlling the temperature of the at least one battery cell of the battery module. The channel region (21) is covered by at least one cover element (30) in a fluid-tight manner to form a closed channel structure (23b). The cover element (30) and/or the diecast (15) have, in the channel region (21), at least one structure (40) around which temperature control fluid can flow for increasing heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp
  • Publication number: 20220052397
    Abstract: A battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells in thermally conductive contact with an electrical resistive heating element that comprises an electrical resistive heating wire, wherein a first area of the heating element comprises an electrical resistive heating wire with a first cross section, which is in thermally conductive contact with a first outer surface region of battery cells, and wherein a second area of the heating element, which has a resistive heating wire with a second cross section different from the first cross section, is in thermally conductive contact with a second outer surface region of battery cells, and/or wherein the resistive heating element has a first area with a first laying density of electrical resistive heating wire that is in thermally conductive contact with first outer surface regions of battery cells and comprises a second area that has a second laying density, different from the first laying density, of the electrical resistive heating wire and is in thermally cond
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Christian Loew, Roman Marx, Markus Schmitt, Matthias Oechsle
  • Publication number: 20220037719
    Abstract: A battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells (14), in particular rechargeable lithium-ion battery cells that each have a battery cell housing (16), comprising a side surface that surrounds the inside of the cell, a bottom and a top surface, wherein the side surface and/or the bottom surface of the battery cell housings (16) are/is in physical contact with an electrical resistive heater (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Christian Loew, Markus Schmitt, Roman Marx
  • Publication number: 20210359355
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells (14), in particular rechargeable lithium ion battery cells or lithium polymer battery cells, the plurality of battery cells (14) being arranged in the form of a stack (12) of battery cells and the stack (12) of battery cells being enclosed at its outer face by a mechanical bracing device (20), a layer of thermally conductive material (22) being located between the outer face of the stack (12) of battery cells and the mechanical bracing device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Christian Loew, Roman Marx
  • Patent number: 11171373
    Abstract: A battery module having at least one battery cell is disclosed, in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, comprising a housing, in which the at least one battery cell is accommodated, and a temperature-regulating element, wherein a Peltier element is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, which Peltier element is thermally conductively connected in each case to the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, and which Peltier element is furthermore connected to a voltage source in such a way that heat transfer between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element is able to be formed by means of the Peltier element, wherein a compensation element for homogenizing the temperature, said compensation element being formed from a metallic material, is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the Peltier element, wherein preferably the at least one battery cell is directly or cohesively con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Frank Gottwald, Markus Schmitt, Roman Marx, Stefan Baumann
  • Publication number: 20210296722
    Abstract: A battery module with a plurality of battery cells is disclosed, comprising a first temperature control member and second temperature control member, which are connected together directly thermally conductively in places, wherein the plurality of battery cells is connected directly thermally conductively with the second temperature control member and at least one switchably configured Peltier element connected thermally conductively with the first temperature control member and the second temperature control member is arranged between the first temperature control member and the second temperature control member, wherein a control device is configured to drive the at least one Peltier element in such a way that, when switched on, the at least one Peltier element transfers heat from the second temperature control member to the first temperature control member or heat from the first temperature control member to the second temperature control member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Roman Marx, Benjamin Kopp, Markus Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20210242527
    Abstract: A battery (100), in particular a lithium-ion battery, having: a plurality of battery cells (10), which are assembled to form a cell stack and are received in a housing (20), wherein the battery cells (10) are bonded to the base (21) of the cell housing (20) by a heat conductive bonding material (TIM), a plurality of spacer elements (11), wherein a spacer element (11) of the plurality of spacer elements (11) is arranged in each case between two adjacent battery cells (10) of the plurality of battery cells (10), two end plates (22), which delimit the cell stack at the ends, wherein the end plates (22) are connected by at least one tensioning band (23), wherein the at least one tensioning band (23) at least partially surrounds the cell stack circumferentially. To this end, it is provided according to the invention that the at least one tensioning band (23) is bonded to the side walls of the battery cell (10) by a band bonding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Ionut Marian Lica, Martin Kassner, Roman Marx
  • Publication number: 20210143487
    Abstract: A battery system (100) which comprises a metallic battery housing (200) and a metallic component housing (300), wherein at least one battery module (10) having at least one battery cell (12) and a control unit (20) for controlling and monitoring the at least one battery module (10) are arranged in the battery housing (200) and wherein at least one electrical component (80) is arranged in the component housing (300), which electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one battery module (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Gross, Felix Koehl, Henrik Wolfgang Behm, Holger Stegmueller, Markus Schmitt, Matthias Oechsle, Peter Kohn, Philipp Einsiedel, Robert Kohler, Stefan Baumann, Steve Kroeger, Thomas Dittert
  • Publication number: 20210111385
    Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20) which in a longitudinal direction (3) of the battery module (1) are disposed so as to be mutually adjacent, and the plurality of battery cells (2) are mutually braced by means of a tensioning element (4), wherein a thermal compensation element (5) is disposed between a battery cell (2) and the tensioning element (4), and the tensioning element (4), on a side of the tensioning element (4) that faces away from the battery cell (2), is connected to a heating element (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Christian Loew, Markus Schmitt, Roman Marx
  • Publication number: 20210111447
    Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20) which in a longitudinal direction (3) of the battery module (1) are disposed so as to be mutually adjacent, and furthermore disposed so as to be thermally insulating and mutually spaced apart in such a manner that a thermal conduction between two battery cells (21, 22) which are disposed so as to be directly mutually adjacent is reduced, wherein the plurality of battery cells (2) are mutually braced by means of a tensioning element (4), wherein a thermal compensation element (5) is disposed between a battery cell (2) and the tensioning element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Christian Loew, Roman Marx
  • Publication number: 20210104714
    Abstract: A battery wherein a first housing element (2) forms a first temperature-control structure (101) on a side averted from the interior space (5), wherein a second housing element (3) forms a second temperature-control structure (102) on a side averted from the interior space (5), and a cover element (100) is connected to the second housing element (3) such that the cover element (100) delimits a temperature-control fluid receptacle (112), which can be flowed through by temperature-control fluid, and the second temperature-control structure (102) is formed such that it can be flowed around by the temperature-control fluid, wherein the cover element (100) is formed in a planar configuration from a metal or has a deformed portion for accommodating a second element (9) of the battery controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp
  • Publication number: 20210085572
    Abstract: A method for producing a powder lead is disclosed, wherein at least one colourant, at least one filler and at least one binder are mixed with a carrier liquid, leads are shaped from the wet compound, the leads shaped in step b) are guided through a chamber in which they are exposed to a pulverulent covering agent, and the powdered leads are guided into a drying apparatus and dried therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Katrin Hollmann-Raabe, Tamara Segets, Markus Schmitt, Irina Künstler, Stefan Mozer, Reinhard Pinzer, Christian Sprogar, Thomas Stadter
  • Publication number: 20210083247
    Abstract: A battery comprising a first housing element (2) and a second housing element (3) that jointly form an inner chamber (5) for receiving a battery module (10), wherein the second housing element (3) forms a second temperature control structure (102) on a face that is facing the inner chamber (5) and in particular is facing the first housing element (2), and a cover element (100) is connected to the second housing element (3) in such a manner that a temperature-controlling fluid receiving device (112) through which temperature-controlling fluid can flow is delimited by the cover element (100) in a fluid-tight manner with respect to the inner chamber (5) and the second temperature control structure (102) is embodied in such a manner that the temperature-controlling fluid can flow around it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp
  • Patent number: 10943987
    Abstract: A transistor device includes at least one transistor cell, having, in a semiconductor body, a source region of a first doping type in a body region of a second doping type, a drain region, and a drift region of the first doping type adjoining the body region and arranged between the body region and the drain region. A low-resistance region of the second doping type in the body region adjoins the source region. A gate electrode dielectrically insulated from the source and body regions by a gate dielectric is arranged above a first surface of the semiconductor body. A length of an overlap between the source region and the gate electrode is larger than 70 nanometers. A doping profile of the low-resistance region along a line that is vertical to the first surface and goes through an edge of the gate electrode has a maximum of higher than 1E19 cm?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Katarzyna Kowalik-Seidl, Bjoern Fischer, Winfried Kaindl, Markus Schmitt, Matthias Wegscheider
  • Publication number: 20200328483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising a first housing element (2) and a second housing element (3), which jointly form an inner chamber (5) for receiving a battery module (6), wherein a plurality of battery cells (7) of the battery module (6) is arranged in the inner chamber (5), said battery cells being connected in an electrically conductive manner in series and/or in parallel to one another and wherein furthermore at least one electrical component (8) and/or at least one electronic component (9) of the battery module (6) are arranged in the inner chamber (5), wherein the first housing element (2) forms a first temperature control structure (101) on a face that is remote from the inner chamber (5) and in particular from the second housing element (3), wherein the second housing element (3) is connected to a third housing element (4) on a face that is remote from the inner chamber (5) and in particular from the first housing element (2) while forming a second temperature control chamber (112) through
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Markus Schmitt
  • Patent number: 10797365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module having a multiplicity of battery cells (4), wherein the battery module (1) has a housing (2) with an interior space (3) in which the multiplicity of battery cells (4) is accommodated, wherein a housing wall (5, 6) of the housing (2) has a multiplicity of projections (7) facing toward the interior space (3) of the housing (2), wherein in each case two adjacent projections (7) delimit a flow channel (8) designed for a flow of temperature-control fluid, wherein the multiplicity of battery cells (4) makes direct contact in each case with the multiplicity of projections (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Mario Kustosch, Markus Schmitt
  • Patent number: 10770697
    Abstract: A battery cell having a first housing element (4) which holds the electrochemical components of the battery cell (2) and has an opening (6), and a second housing element (5) which has a voltage tap (7) to be accessed from a first surface (8) of the second housing element (5), the second housing element (5) closes off the opening (6) so that a first part region (91) of a second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) is immediately adjacent the interior space (10) of the first housing element (4), and that a second part region (92) of the second surface (9) of the second housing element (5) protrudes beyond the first housing element (4), wherein the second housing element (5) comprises a sealing element (11) connected to the first surface (8) and/or to the second part region (92) of the second surface (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Claus Gerald Pflueger, Markus Schmitt, Peter Bauckhage, Torsten Koller