Patents by Inventor Rainer Glauning

Rainer Glauning 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: 20140111162
    Abstract: A method for operating a storage device for storing electrical energy, having at least two storage cells. The storage cells are charged with the aid of a physical charge quantity provided by an electrical charging device, and a physical variable is monitored in each case in the storage cells. As a function of the monitored variables, a control signal is transmitted to the charging device for controlling same, and the charge quantity is successively reduced as a function of the control signal. A related storage device for storing electrical energy is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Thomas Heinrich, Rainer Glauning, Holger Claus
  • Publication number: 20140091768
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage device (101) for storing electrical energy, having a storage cell (103) that is chargeable using an electric charging current, having a charging circuit (105) connected to the storage cell (103) for charging the storage cell (103), having a discharging circuit (107) connected to the storage cell (103) for discharging the storage cell (103) and a monitoring device (109) for monitoring a physical variable in the storage cell (103), a switching element (111) controllable by the monitoring device (109) for interrupting the charging circuit (105) being formed as a function of the monitored physical variable. The invention also relates to a method for operating a storage device (101) for storing electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning, Thomas Heinrich
  • Publication number: 20140091644
    Abstract: An electric hand-held power tool includes at least one electrical drive, at least one electrical device that requires electrical energy in order to operate, a shut-off delay device for the electrical drive and/or the electrical device, at least one rechargeable battery for supplying electrical energy to the drive and the electrical device and an exhaustive-discharge safeguard device. The exhaustive-discharge safeguard device specifies the delay time (?t) of the shut-off delay device as a function of the state of charge of the rechargeable battery it has determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Bernd Wirnitzer, Rainer Glauning
  • Patent number: 8545259
    Abstract: The invention is based on a spare handheld power tool module, having at least one interface that has at least one contact region and at least one electrical contact that is disposed at least partly in the contact region. It is proposed that the interface has at least one closure unit, which is provided for covering the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Gunter Flinspach, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Patent number: 8531161
    Abstract: An energy consumption output device for outputting the still remaining usability of an electrical consumer which may be connected to an energy storage. The energy consumption output device has the following features: a unit for providing a residual capacity of the electrical energy storage; a power consumption ascertainment unit which is configured to ascertain a power consumption rate in an instantaneous operating mode of the electrical consumer; and an output unit which is configured to determine information concerning the maximum usability for a user of the energy consumption output device with regard to the instantaneous operating mode, using the provided residual capacity and the ascertained power consumption rate, and to output this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Glauning
  • Patent number: 8508189
    Abstract: A handheld power tool charger, having at least one battery contact device is proposed, which is provided for charging at least one nondiscretely positioned handheld power tool battery. According to the invention, the battery contact device has at least one contact region which is embodied as elongated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20130181666
    Abstract: The invention is based on a rechargeable battery charging case, in particular a cordless handheld power tool case, having at least one battery attachment device and a case body. It is proposed that the rechargeable battery charging case has an electrical energy output and a supply unit, which in at least one operating state is connected to the energy output and to the battery attachment device for supplying the energy output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Wolf MATTHIAS, Juergen MACK, Florian SCHMEHL, Alexander OSSWALD, Rainer GLAUNING
  • Patent number: 8415924
    Abstract: The invention is based on a rechargeable battery charging case, in particular a cordless handheld power tool case, having at least one battery attachment device and a case body. It is proposed that the rechargeable battery charging case has an electrical energy output and a supply unit, which in at least one operating state is connected to the energy output and to the battery attachment device for supplying the energy output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Juergen Mack, Florian Schmehl, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20120327573
    Abstract: In an electrical device having a device housing which has an interface for electrical and mechanical connection to an associated battery pack, at least one connecting element is provided at the interface for electrically conductive connection to a contact element associated with the battery pack. At least one of the electrical device and the battery pack is designed to generate, during operation, an air stream which is supplied to the connecting element and the contact element to enable cleaning of the connecting element and the contact element by the air stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventor: Rainer GLAUNING
  • Patent number: 8305042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld electrical machine tool having at least one electrical drive, at least one electrical device requiring electrical energy for its operation, a shut-off delay apparatus for the electrical drive and/or the electrical device and having at least one rechargeable battery for the electrical supply to the drive and the electrical device. Provision is made for the handheld electrical machine tool to have an exhaustive discharge protection apparatus (8), which predetermines the delay time (t) of the shut-off delay apparatus (3) as a function of the state of charge of the rechargeable battery (9) detected by it. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Wirnitzer, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20120267134
    Abstract: A handheld tool having a battery interface is described, in which a provision is made for the handheld tool to have at least one measuring device interface, which is provided to receive at least data containing measuring information of a handheld tool add-on measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Gunter Flinspach, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20120238119
    Abstract: A hand tool module having an interconnection device, which has an interface. The interconnection device has, in addition to the interface, at least one auxiliary interface, which is provided to bidirectionally exchange at least power at least with one additional hand tool module and/or a hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Marcin Rejman, Wolf Matthias, Gunter Flinspach, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20120229083
    Abstract: A handheld tool battery charging unit, e.g., for a handheld machine tool battery, has at least one battery accommodation region and at least one detachable battery contact unit provided to be connected to at least one battery pack, as well as at least one charging connection element provided for receiving energy transmitted in a wireless manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Gunter Flinspach, Alexander Osswald, Rainer Glauning, Tobias Hans
  • Publication number: 20120171539
    Abstract: A handheld machine tool energy supply unit, particularly a battery pack or an accumulator pack having an accumulator unit and an interface element, is described. The handheld machine tool energy supply unit includes a damping unit, which is provided for supporting the accumulator unit in an oscillation-damped manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Marcin REJMAN, Rainer Glauning, Thorsten Seidel
  • Publication number: 20120139497
    Abstract: An equipment system includes a battery unit (10) having a monitoring circuit (14), which detects at least one operating parameter of the battery unit (10) and furnishes a control signal, dependent on the operating parameter, for switching means (25, 31). The switching means control the charging and discharging process of the battery unit (10) and are located in the electrical device (20) and in the charger (30), respectively. From the battery unit (10), the control signal is transmitted to the switching means (25, 31) in the electrical device (20) and in the charger (30), respectively. By this provision of shifting the switching means (25, 31) out of the battery unit (10) into the electrical device (20) and into the charger (30), respectively, the heat development in the battery unit (10) and also its structure size are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Arnim FIEBIG, Hans-Joachim BAUR, Guenther LOHR, Stefan ROEPKE, Rainer GLAUNING, Volker BOSCH
  • Publication number: 20120082885
    Abstract: An energy storage pack for an electric power tool comprising a housing for reception of a plurality of cell blocks having electrochemical storage cells, as well as electrical pole terminals to which poles of the cell blocks are electrically connectable. At least one pole terminal is embodied as a subassembly that encompasses two electrically separated contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Wolf Matthias, Rainer Glauning
  • Patent number: 8148941
    Abstract: An equipment system includes a battery unit (10) having a monitoring circuit (14), which detects at least one operating parameter of the battery unit (10) and furnishes a control signal, dependent on the operating parameter, for switching means (25, 31). The switching means control the charging and discharging process of the battery unit (10) and are located in the electrical device (20) and in the charger (30), respectively. From the battery unit (10), the control signal is transmitted to the switching means (25, 31) in the electrical device (20) and in the charger (30), respectively. By this provision of shifting the switching means (25, 31) out of the battery unit (10) into the electrical device (20) and into the charger (30), respectively, the heat development in the battery unit (10) and also its structure size are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Arnim Fiebig, Hans-Joachim Baur, Guenther Lohr, Stefan Roepke, Rainer Glauning, Volker Bosch
  • Patent number: 8113868
    Abstract: An electric device has an electric unit having a receiving region, a power supply unit received by the receiving region of the electric unit in a receiving direction, contact units for making an electrical connection between the power supply unit and said electric unit, unit for counteracting a motion of the contact units, which is movable relative to the electric unit in the receiving direction, relative to the power supply unit located on the receiving region, and within a region intended for the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Glauning, Marcin Rejman, Wolf Matthias
  • Patent number: 8076019
    Abstract: An energy storage module for current supply of an electrical apparatus, in particular for an electrical hand-held machining tool, has a plurality of cells for storage of electrical energy, at least one cell support mounting the cells, being in contact with the cells, enclosing the plurality of cells and made from a heat-conductive material, and at least one cooling body formed on the cell support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Lohr, Stefan Roepke, Rainer Glauning
  • Publication number: 20110253406
    Abstract: A portable power tool battery has at least one fuse holder. The fuse holder is provided for detachably attaching a fuse situated in the fuse holder in a form-fitting and/or force-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Rainer GLAUNING