Patents by Inventor Michael Korte

Michael Korte 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: 20240294072
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive subject matter relate to a current collector that includes a vehicle-mounted base frame and including a lower scissor fastened on the base frame and an upper scissor fastened on the lower scissor with respective steering rods and includes a current collector rocker fastened on the upper scissor that includes contact strips for contacting an energized overhead line. A height adjustment device is situated on the base frame to pivot the lower scissor relative to the base frame, the height adjustment device including an electrical linear drive, the linear drive being connected to a sled, which is mounted for translational displacement on the base frame, the sled being displaceable by the linear drive from a park position into a lift position, the sled being connected to the lower scissor via a tension spring to initiate a pivoting movement of the lower scissor into a raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Jens Kunze, Michael Korte
  • Publication number: 20230387543
    Abstract: A battery cell arrangement for a motor vehicle, having multiple battery cells, which each include two cell poles, a first side, a second side, a height in the direction from the second side to the first side, and a releasable degassing opening for discharging gases from the relevant battery cell in case of a thermal runaway. In case of a thermal runaway, a respective battery cell includes at least one thermal hotspot area, which is provided by at least one of the cell poles and/or the degassing opening, and the battery cell arrangement includes at least one potting compound layer, in which a section of a respective battery cell is embedded in the direction of the height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Michael KORTE, Oliver SCHIELER, Martin SIMON
  • Publication number: 20230042421
    Abstract: A method for producing a motor car rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of a motor vehicle. The motor car rim has a rim well delimited on opposite sides by an outer flange and an inner flange, a hub with a center recess and a pitch circle diameter, as well as a rim center connecting the rim well and the hub to one another and engaging the rim well off-center in the longitudinal section. The rim center is formed with several spokes spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction as relates to a center longitudinal axis of the motor car rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jaan Mattes REILING, Jan GAUGLER, Marc HUMMEL, Michael KORTE
  • Patent number: 10351959
    Abstract: A method for passivating a metal surface of a light-weight metal part is disclosed, wherein a conversion layer is applied to the surface of the light-weight metal part in a passivation step. A passivation step is carried out wherein an aqueous passivation solution is used to create a calcium phosphate-containing conversion layer (5) on the metal surface of the part, said conversion layer comprising oxides and hydroxides from the material of the part and from the passivation solution and containing amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Michael Grabowski, Daniel Blücher, Michael Korte, Matthias Brettmann, Sannakaisa Virtanen
  • Publication number: 20170037517
    Abstract: A method for passivating a metal surface of a light-weight metal part is disclosed, wherein a conversion layer is applied to the surface of the light-weight metal part in a passivation step. A passivation step is carried out wherein an aqueous passivation solution is used to create a calcium phosphate-containing conversion layer (5) on the metal surface of the part, said conversion layer comprising oxides and hydroxides from the material of the part and from the passivation solution and containing amino acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MICHAEL GRABOWSKI, DANIEL BLÜCHER, MICHAEL KORTE, MATTHIAS BRETTMANN, SANNAKAISA VIRTANEN
  • Patent number: 9346568
    Abstract: Rotary packaging machine and method for filling open-mouth bags with multiple filling units disposed over the circumference and rotating along, each of which having a filling spout with a bottom filling opening, wherein the open-mouth bags can be appended by way of a motion oriented upwardly relative to the filling spout. A transfer device for transferring the open-mouth bags intended for filling to the filling units is provided. The transfer device comprises a gripping arm including a gripping unit provided thereat. The gripping arm is rotatingly disposed at the transfer device. A longitudinal speed of the longitudinal motion of the gripping arm is temporarily adapted to a peripheral speed of the circumferential motion of the filling spouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HAVER & BOECKER OHG
    Inventors: Michael Korte, Frank Waltermann, Christian Westarp
  • Publication number: 20140083559
    Abstract: Rotary packaging machine and method for filling open-mouth bags with multiple filling units disposed over the circumference and rotating along, each of which having a filling spout with a bottom filling opening, wherein the open-mouth bags can be appended by way of a motion oriented upwardly relative to the filling spout. A transfer device for transferring the open-mouth bags intended for filling to the filling units is provided. The transfer device comprises a gripping arm including a gripping unit provided thereat. The gripping arm is rotatingly disposed at the transfer device. A longitudinal speed of the longitudinal motion of the gripping arm is temporarily adapted to a peripheral speed of the circumferential motion of the filling spouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HAVER & BOECKER OHG
    Inventors: Michael Korte, Frank Waltermann, Christian Westarp
  • Publication number: 20130206528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting a vehicle operated by electrical current to a socket of a low-voltage alternating-current network, said device comprising a charging cable provided with a plug that fits the socket. The charging cable comprising the plug is arranged in a recess beneath a region of the bonnet of the vehicle that is true to the windscreen of the vehicle. The charging cable is at least indirectly connected to the vehicle in a fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Norbert Enning, Michael Korte, Jörg Michael