Patents by Inventor Philipp Kellner

Philipp Kellner 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: 12381263
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a battery arrangement and a protective arrangement. The protective arrangement includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, and acceleration sensors. The third layer has a layer volume that can be reduced under the effect of pressure. The acceleration sensors include at least one first acceleration sensor and at least one second acceleration sensor. The least one first acceleration sensor is disposed in contact with the first layer and is configured to generate and output a first sensor signal as a function of the acceleration and wherein the at least one second acceleration sensor is disposed in contact with the second layer and is configured to generate and output a second sensor signal (SIG2) as a function of the acceleration in order to enable detection of damage to the protective arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer
  • Patent number: 12337771
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a shell including a first side facing a roadway and a second side opposite to the first side, and a housing in which at least one electronic component is arranged. The housing is fastened to the shell via a mounting member. The mounting member is releasably fastened to the shell and the housing is releasably fastened to the mounting member such that, in a mounting operation of the housing, the mounting member and the housing are mountable on the shell via the first side of the shell, and the housing is removable via the second side of the shell during a removal operation of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Adrian Starczewski, Immanuel Vogel
  • Patent number: 12341214
    Abstract: A battery module for a partially or fully electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing, which has a main body with at least one open end, and at least one battery cell stack, which has a carrier plate at least at one end. The battery cell stack has been introduced into the main body such that the carrier plate substantially closes off the open end of the main body. On the carrier plate, there is provided an at least sectionally peripheral seal, which projects from the carrier plate and bears at least sectionally against the inner surface of the main body. The seal is of air-permeable form, so that, during the introduction of a fluid of relatively high viscosity into an intermediate space between the battery cell stack and the inner surface of the main body, displaced air can escape from the main body through the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Adrian Starczewski, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer
  • Patent number: 12327879
    Abstract: A battery device has at least one battery module including a battery module housing, in which battery module housing battery cells are provided. The battery cells each have a cell envelope with a cell vent. The battery module housing has a battery-module housing wall with battery-module housing vents. The battery-module housing vents are respectively assigned a first closure arrangement, which first closure arrangement closes the assigned battery-module housing vent in a first state (Z1) and opens it in a second state (Z2), in order to allow at least partial venting of gas from the battery module housing through the assigned battery-module housing vent in the second state (Z2) of the first closure arrangement. At least two of the cell vents respectively lie opposite an assigned battery-module housing vent, at least in certain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Ralf Keller, Adrian Starczewski, Maximilian Müller
  • Patent number: 12315950
    Abstract: A battery arrangement for an electric vehicle including a battery housing and a plurality of battery cells. The battery cells are arranged in the battery housing. A protective plate is arranged on a side of the battery and faces toward a roadway. A deformation detection device includes at least one deformation sensor arranged at the protective plate. The protective plate is constructed of multiple layers and includes at least one first layer and one second layer separate from the first layer. The deformation detection device includes a first deformation sensor and a second deformation sensor. The first deformation sensor is arranged at the first layer of the multi-layer protective plate and the second deformation sensor is arranged at the second layer of the multi-layer protective plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer, Ralf Keller, Markus Grupp, Daniel Fink
  • Patent number: 12288431
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, in particular an at least partly electrically driven motor vehicle, has a battery device with at least one battery cell. The battery device is arranged in a floor region of the motor vehicle and has a protective device for protecting the battery device from mechanical action. The protective device has a protective plate, which is arranged in such a way that it covers the battery device at least in some regions, so that any mechanical actions are absorbed by the protective plate. The protective device also has an acoustic monitoring device, which monitors the protective plate acoustically and with which a signal can be output when a noise characteristic of a mechanical impairment of the protective plate is registered. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring the protective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Teiwen Fehse, Christopher Volkmer
  • Patent number: 12221165
    Abstract: An underbody protection panel including a multi-layered panel structure with a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and at least one intermediate layer arranged between the first outer layer and the second outer layer is provided. The intermediate layer is configured as a compressible intermediate layer, and the mechanical properties of the compressible intermediate layer vary across the surface of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Simon Friess
  • Patent number: 12176577
    Abstract: A method for interconnecting cell stacks of a battery module in a battery. In the battery module, the cell stacks are arranged in a battery module housing. In each case two cell stacks are arranged next to one another and form a cell stack group, and the two cell stack groups are arranged behind one another. The two cell stacks of the first cell stack group are inserted into the battery module housing. The two cell stacks of the first cell stack group are electrically interconnected via at least one opening arranged in a wall of the battery module housing. The two cell stacks of the second cell stack group are inserted into the battery module housing. Electrically interconnecting the two cell stacks of the second cell stack group to each one of the two cell stacks of the first cell stack group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Enerji Cavus, Philipp Kellner, Max Falk, Christopher Volkmer, Marco Augustdörfer
  • Patent number: 12145433
    Abstract: A vehicle substructure for a motor vehicle driven at least semi-electrically including at least one chassis auxiliary frame for a rear axle chassis and a battery system arranged in a forward travel direction in front of the chassis auxiliary frame with a battery support structure for receiving at least one battery device. The battery support structure is connected to the body. A mounting carrier serves to transfer a load from the chassis auxiliary frame into the battery support structure in a crash event. The mounting carrier is suitable and configured so as to fixedly connect the chassis auxiliary frame and the battery system to one another prior to being installed in the vehicle, thereby providing a pre-mounting assembly. The mounting carrier can be downwardly disengaged from the chassis auxiliary frame and the battery system after the marriage has been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Andreas Munzert, Christopher Volkmer, Sebastian Ortmann
  • Patent number: 12132220
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery module housing and a battery cell package, which has a plurality of battery cells and is arranged in the battery module housing. The battery cell package is supported on an inner face of the battery module housing at least by way of an outer face. A battery cell monitoring unit is connected to the battery cells via a signal line. A protective plate is arranged on the outer face of the battery cell package that is supported on the inner face of the battery module housing. A recess is provided on the side of the protective plate facing toward or facing away from the battery cell package, in which recess at least one portion of the signal line is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Falk, Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi
  • Patent number: 12122311
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body for a motor vehicle includes a battery compartment, a sill, a crossmember arranged in front of the battery compartment in a direction of travel and orthogonally with respect to the sill, and a longitudinal member arranged in front of the crossmember in the direction of travel. A sheet-metal shell is arranged in front of the crossmember between the longitudinal member and an end side of the crossmember.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Jan Hogenmueller, Jan Kretzschmar
  • Patent number: 12115758
    Abstract: Wood-plastic hybrid component for use in a motor vehicle having a multi-component structure including a wood subsection, at least one water-impermeable plastic coating, arranged directly on the wood subsection for protecting the wood subsection, and a plastic subsection. The water-impermeable plastic coating is at least partially directly adjacent to the plastic subsection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Scally Rommelfanger
  • Patent number: 12021254
    Abstract: A multi-chamber battery module is equipped with first cell packets and second cell packets. The multi-chamber battery module includes a module housing divided into at least three adjacently arranged regions in a first direction by first separating walls. At least two first or second cell packets are arranged in each region in a second direction arranged perpendicular to the first direction. The regions arranged externally in the first direction include the first cell packets and the at least one region lying between the externally arranged regions includes the second cell packets. The first cell packets include electrical connections, which are arranged on opposite sides of the cell packets. The second cell packets include electrical connections, which are arranged on the same side of the cell packets. Cell packets that are arranged side-by-side across regions are electrically connected to one another in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer
  • Patent number: 11993176
    Abstract: A battery housing for a battery module of a traction battery of a motor vehicle has (i) a housing for enclosing at least one battery cell of the battery module, (ii) at least one cooling groove which is formed in at least one housing wall of the housing after which is open away from the battery cell and which serves for conducting a cooling fluid, and (iii) a cover which is configured as a planar plate and which is connected to the housing wall and which serves for closing the at least one cooling groove. Owing to the cooling groove formed in the housing wall, the cover can be configured as an inexpensive planar plate, such that cooling of a battery module is made possible with little outlay in terms of production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Sascha Mostofi, Immanuel Vogel, Dieter Schiebel, Thomas Neuhauser
  • Publication number: 20240083080
    Abstract: A wood-plastic hybrid component includes a wood part and a form-fit plastic part. The wood part includes a structural zone having a machine-deformed and closed surface structuring with machined recesses. The plastic part includes a form-fitting zone with elevations that engage into the complementary recesses of the surface structuring, such that a full-surface form fit is realized in the transverse direction in relation to the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Scally Rommelfanger, David Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20240075986
    Abstract: A vehicle front frame assembly with two supporting lateral longitudinal beams, whose front ends are connected to each other by a crash flat belt assembly stretched in the transverse direction. The crash flat belt assembly is formed from a closed flat belt loop, whose two deflection sections each sit on a round deflection body. The two deflector bodies themselves are fixed to the longitudinal beam front ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Scally Rommelfanger
  • Publication number: 20240051466
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a cargo space and a cargo space well bounding the cargo space, wherein the cargo space well includes at least two tray parts and a frame structure connected to the tray parts. The respective tray part includes a floor section and at least one side wall section extending from the floor section, wherein the tray parts are arranged in such a way that the floor sections overlap in the region of their main expansion surfaces. The side wall sections of the tray parts circumferentially bound the cargo space, wherein adjacent side wall sections of the tray parts are connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Scally Rommelfanger
  • Patent number: 11888137
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery having a plurality of battery modules, coolant-carrying heat sinks for cooling the battery modules, a coolant supply line for supplying the coolant to the heat sinks via supply connections and discharge connections for discharging the coolant from the heat sinks to a coolant discharge line. In this high-voltage battery, the supply connections and the discharge connections respectively form a coolant distributor. The respective coolant distributor is connected to the heat sinks of the respective battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer, Dieter Schiebel, Immanuel Vogel, Adrian Starczewski
  • Patent number: 11872899
    Abstract: A traction battery system of an electrically operable motor vehicle is configured in the form of an underfloor battery and has at least one first battery module and one second battery module. The traction battery system includes a battery assistant module that is designed for operating the battery modules. The battery modules and the battery assistant module, which have an assistant module housing, are oriented in series in relation to one another in the direction of a body longitudinal axis of a motor vehicle body, and can be arranged between a first sill and a second sill of the body. The battery assistant module has a load-transmitting element for transmitting forces acting on side elements of the body, which load-transmitting element extends from the first sill to the second sill in the direction of a body transverse axis of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Christopher Volkmer, Max Falk, Ilija Brandic
  • Patent number: 11872897
    Abstract: An electric vehicle has longitudinal sills, arranged on both sides of the electric vehicle, and a traction battery, arranged between the sills, for driving the electric vehicle. The traction battery has a device for degassing the traction battery in the case of a thermal event. A duct for carrying gas during degassing of the traction battery is formed in the electric vehicle between at least one of the longitudinal sills and the traction battery. An electric vehicle of this kind ensures increased occupant protection and increased component protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Kellner, Sascha Mostofi, Christopher Volkmer