Patents by Inventor Mickael Segret

Mickael Segret 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: 12301032
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of at least one energy storage cell of a removable battery pack using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and at least two temperature sensors integrated in the removable battery pack. In an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be electrically connected to the removable battery pack, a measured temperature of a first of the at least two temperature sensors is evaluated by a further monitoring unit of the electrical device and, essentially simultaneously, another measured temperature of a second of the at least two temperature sensors is evaluated by the first monitoring unit of the removable battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret, Juergen Mack, Marc-Alexandre Seibert
  • Patent number: 12174258
    Abstract: An indicator device for a rechargeable battery pack, in particular, a rechargeable battery pack of a power tool, for indicating a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, including at least one charge state indicator unit, which includes at least one indicator element for indicating the charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, and including at least one control line for transmitting at least one electrical and/or electronic signal, in particular, as a function of a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, from a separate control unit of the rechargeable battery pack, in particular, structurally separated with respect to the charge state indicator unit, in particular, from main control electronics of the rechargeable battery pack to the charge state indicator unit. The charge state indicator unit is configured to short-circuit at least one indicator element as a function of the electrical and/or electronic signals transmitted via the control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Patent number: 12126202
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of a removable battery pack. Cell voltage values of a plurality of energy storage cells of the removable battery pack are detected by a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a voltage of the removable battery pack is detected by a further monitoring unit integrated in an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the removable battery pack. The cell voltage values detected by the first monitoring unit are transmitted to the further monitoring unit. The further monitoring unit sums the cell voltage values and compares this with the voltage value of the removable battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20240333015
    Abstract: A method for compensating for the internal resistance of an energy storage device, in particular an exchangeable replaceable battery pack, comprising at least one energy storage cell, in which the internal resistance is compensated for in an electric consumer or charging device, which is connected to the energy storage device, on the basis of an exponentially declining approximation, the curve of which depends on the temperature and the cell chemistry of the at least one energy storage cell. A system includes at least one energy storage device designed as an exchangeable replaceable battery pack and an electric consumer for discharging the exchangeable replaceable battery pack and/or a charging device for charging the exchangeable replaceable battery pack. The exchangeable replaceable battery pack, the electric consumer, and the charging device each has an electromechanical interface with a plurality of electric contacts for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Mickael Segret, Patrick Roeder, Christoph Klee, Andreas Gonser, Andreas Friese
  • Patent number: 11984743
    Abstract: A battery pack having a specified number of battery cells connected to one another and having a monitoring unit, in particular of the type of an SCM circuit, for the individual battery cells. The monitoring unit has a passive input circuit, and is designed to recognize various electrical faults within the passive input circuit using a time measuring unit allocated to the monitoring unit, in particular on the basis of a measurement of rise times of a voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Juergen Mack, Mickael Segret
  • Patent number: 11979040
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of at least one removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the at least one removable battery pack, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the at least one removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The first monitoring unit and the further monitoring unit each count the faulty charging or discharging processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Patent number: 11828814
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of a plurality of energy storage cells interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel in a removable battery pack using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a multiplexer measuring apparatus, which can be controlled by the first monitoring unit to sequentially measure cell voltages of the energy storage cells. A further monitoring unit sends a command to the first monitoring unit to control the multiplexer measuring apparatus, and is provided in an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be electrically connected to the removable battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Friese, Christoph Klee, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret
  • Patent number: 11777329
    Abstract: A method controls a charging or discharging current of a removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The method includes monitoring a defined control potential of a signal or data contact between the removable battery pack and the electrical device using the further monitoring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Holger Wernerus, Juergen Mack, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret, Tim Brecht
  • Publication number: 20230246253
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing with a first external contact and a second external contact for supplying the electrical device with power. The electrical device has a first conductor, a second conductor, and an evaluation unit in the housing. The first conductor is electrically connected to a first contact for a first potential. The second conductor is electrically connected to a second contact for a second potential that is different from the first potential. The first conductor and the second conductor are electrically connected to the evaluation unit. The first conductor and the second conductor are configured such that an electrical connection between the first conductor and the second conductor, due to dirt or moisture in the housing, is detected by the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mickael Segret, Christoph Klee, Marc-Alexandre Seibert
  • Publication number: 20230148274
    Abstract: A protective device for an electronic component is connected to an interface and includes a compensation element connected in series with the electronic component. The compensation element has a positive temperature coefficient of its electrical resistance. The compensation element is connected to a pole or measuring contact of an electrical energy accumulator. The electronic component and the compensation element are thermally coupled to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Mickael Segret, Holger Wernerus
  • Publication number: 20230122579
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a protective device for an electronic component connected to an electrical interface, comprising: a detection device for detecting electrical voltage and/or electrical current at the electronic component; a monitoring device; an electronic switch connected in series with the electronic component for disconnecting the electronic component from the electrical interface in the event that an impermissibly high electrical voltage is applied at the electronic component, wherein at least double the nominal voltage is identified as an impermissibly high electrical voltage, wherein in the event that an impermissibly high electrical voltage is no longer detected at the electronic component, the electronic component can be connected to the interface by means of the electronic switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Juergen Mack, Mickael Segret, Christoph Klee
  • Publication number: 20220029432
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of at least one removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the at least one removable battery pack, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the at least one removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The first monitoring unit and the further monitoring unit each count the faulty charging or discharging processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20220029437
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of a removable battery pack. Cell voltage values of a plurality of energy storage cells of the removable battery pack are detected by a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a voltage of the removable battery pack is detected by a further monitoring unit integrated in an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be connected to the removable battery pack. The cell voltage values detected by the first monitoring unit are transmitted to the further monitoring unit. The further monitoring unit sums the cell voltage values and compares this with the voltage value of the removable battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20220026503
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of a plurality of energy storage cells interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel in a removable battery pack using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a multiplexer measuring apparatus, which can be controlled by the first monitoring unit to sequentially measure cell voltages of the energy storage cells. A further monitoring unit sends a command to the first monitoring unit to control the multiplexer measuring apparatus, and is provided in an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be electrically connected to the removable battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Friese, Christoph Klee, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20220029433
    Abstract: A method detects electrical fault states of at least one energy storage cell of a removable battery pack using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and at least two temperature sensors integrated in the removable battery pack. In an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, that can be electrically connected to the removable battery pack, a measured temperature of a first of the at least two temperature sensors is evaluated by a further monitoring unit of the electrical device and, essentially simultaneously, another measured temperature of a second of the at least two temperature sensors is evaluated by the first monitoring unit of the removable battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret, Juergen Mack, Marc-Alexandre Seibert
  • Publication number: 20220029436
    Abstract: A method controls a charging or discharging current of a removable battery pack and/or an electrical device, in particular a charging device, a diagnostic device or an electrical consumer, using a first monitoring unit integrated in the removable battery pack and a further monitoring unit integrated in the electrical device. The method includes monitoring a defined control potential of a signal or data contact between the removable battery pack and the electrical device using the further monitoring unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Christoph Klee, Holger Wernerus, Juergen Mack, Marc-Alexandre Seibert, Mickael Segret, Tim Brecht
  • Patent number: 11211657
    Abstract: A battery pack for a handheld power tool has a battery pack housing, at least one cell holder having at least one battery cell, and a battery pack electronics unit that includes at least one flexible, in particular bendable, circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marcin Rejman, Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20210396813
    Abstract: An indicator device for a rechargeable battery pack, in particular, a rechargeable battery pack of a power tool, for indicating a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, including at least one charge state indicator unit, which includes at least one indicator element for indicating the charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, and including at least one control line for transmitting at least one electrical and/or electronic signal, in particular, as a function of a charge state of the rechargeable battery pack, from a separate control unit of the rechargeable battery pack, in particular, structurally separated with respect to the charge state indicator unit, in particular, from main control electronics of the rechargeable battery pack to the charge state indicator unit. The charge state indicator unit is configured to short-circuit at least one indicator element as a function of the electrical and/or electronic signals transmitted via the control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20210296918
    Abstract: A battery pack having a specified number of battery cells connected to one another and having a monitoring unit, in particular of the type of an SCM circuit, for the individual battery cells. The monitoring unit has a passive input circuit, and is designed to recognize various electrical faults within the passive input circuit using a time measuring unit allocated to the monitoring unit, in particular on the basis of a measurement of rise times of a voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Klee, Juergen Mack, Mickael Segret
  • Publication number: 20210288370
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack, in particular a rechargeable battery pack for a hand-held power tool. The rechargeable battery pack includes a housing in which at least one rechargeable battery cell is accommodated. It is provided that the rechargeable battery pack includes at least one protective element that is connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Marcin Rejman, Benjamin Grauer, Thorsten Seidel, Mickael Segret