Patents by Inventor Michael Gless

Michael Gless 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: 20130209844
    Abstract: A battery includes a housing in which at least one battery cell and a device configured to dry air present in a housing inner chamber are arranged. The battery also includes a molded body made of a porous, moisture-absorbing material that is arranged such that it extends both into the housing inner chamber and into an outer chamber of the housing and connects said chambers to each other such that moisture is conducted there between. The part of the molded body present in the housing inner chamber is connected to the device configured to dry the air present in the housing inner chamber such that collected water is transferred out of the device to the molded body for air drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: SB LiMotive Germany GmbH, SB LiMotive Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Gless, Ulrich Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20130196217
    Abstract: A battery includes a battery body and at least one terminal protruding from an outside surface of the battery body. The terminal is electrically conductively connected to one of the battery poles. The battery further includes at least one electrically conductive bending lug, which is electrically conductive, connected via the terminal to the battery pole. The bending lug has a length that is greater than a distance of the longitudinal axis of the terminal from the point of penetration through the outside surface up to a lateral edge of the outside surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicants: SB LiMotive Germany GmbH, SB LiMotive Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Gless, Ralf Angerbauer