Patents by Inventor Ralph Glemser
Ralph Glemser 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).
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Patent number: 12347841Abstract: A housing assembly (11) for a battery module (10), comprising an electronics housing (12) for electronics components having an electronics cooling channel opening (13), and comprising a battery housing (15) for battery cells having a first battery cooling channel opening (16) and a second battery cooling channel opening (17), wherein, in an assembled state of the housing assembly (11), the electronics cooling channel opening (13) is positioned adjacently to the first battery cooling channel opening (16), and a drip edge (20) partially surrounding the electronics cooling channel opening (13) is formed on the electronics cooling channel opening (13), wherein the drip edge (20) extends beyond the electronics cooling channel opening (13) in an opening direction of the electronics cooling channel opening (13). The invention also relates to an electronics housing (12), a battery housing (15), and a battery module (10).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20250023184Abstract: An assembly of a battery module with a housing includes a connection assembly. The connection assembly includes a contact element, configured for electrical contacting of an outside of the battery module, and a busbar, configured for electrical contacting with at least one battery cell accommodated in an interior of the battery module. The contact element and the busbar are connected to one another in a mechanically and electrically conductive manner. The busbar is connected to the housing in such a way that rotation about a longitudinal axis of the busbar is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Markus Schmitt, Ralph Glemser, Sinasi Temiz
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Patent number: 12199296Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a first housing element (21) and a second housing element (22) is disclosed. The housing elements together form an interior space (9) in which the plurality of battery cells is accommodated, and are each formed from a metal material, the first housing element (21) having a projection (31) and the second housing element (22) having an indentation (32), the projection (31) engaging in the indentation (32). On a side facing away from the interior space, the first housing element (21) has a first weld region (41) and the second housing element (22) has a second weld region (42), the first weld region (41) and the second weld region (42) being connected to one another by welding.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Alexander Foitzik, Christian Boehnlein, Lars Liebscher, Ralph Glemser, Robert Kohler
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Publication number: 20240297413Abstract: A method for forming an electrically conductively formed connection between a first power bus, which is electrically conductively connectable or connected to a voltage tap of a terminally arranged battery cell of a plurality of electrically conductively interconnected battery cells, and a second power bus, which is electrically conductively connected to a control unit of a battery module. The plurality of battery cells, the control unit, and the first power bus and the second power bus are accommodated in a housing of the battery module. An opening is provided in the housing, and an assembly aid is inserted into the opening. A connecting element is accommodated in the mounting aid, and a mechanical connection is formed between the first power bus and the second power bus by the connecting element, such that an electrically conductively formed connection is formed between the first power bus and the second power bus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Ralph Glemser, Markus Schmitt, Silvio Grund
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Patent number: 12007029Abstract: A component assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing and an actuating element that is rotatable about an axis. The assembly also includes an actuator which is configured to cause rotation of the actuating element. The assembly further includes a rotatable shaft which extends along a shaft axis and is disposed between the actuating element and the actuator and which is coupled to the actuating element and the actuator. The shaft is guided through a first through opening in the housing. A sealing system which seals a first end of the first through opening in relation to a second end, facing away from the first end, of the first through opening against liquid media passing through is provided in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the shaft axis so as to be between the shaft and a first internal wall of the first through opening. The sealing system has a first sealing element having a second through opening through which the shaft is guided.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Knepper, Ralph Glemser
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Patent number: 11994243Abstract: A coolant connecting piece (100) for conducting coolant between a first housing (201, 503) and a second housing (203, 507). The coolant connecting piece (100) comprises a cylindrical main body (101) with a coolant channel formed on an inner side of the main body (101), and a protective ring (103) with a drip edge (117), wherein a cross-section of the protective ring (103) is greater than a cross-section of the main body (101), and wherein the drip edge (117) is configured to let condensate running off on an outer side of the main body (101), opposite the inner side, drip off into a predetermined region (213).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20240006705Abstract: An electrochemical energy storage system including a housing having an interior space, a component, and a wedge body pair. The wedge body pair includes a wedge body having a wedge body tip and a wedge body end, and the wedge body includes a component section at least regionally on the component arranged in the interior space of the housing. The wedge body pair also includes a counter-wedge body having a counter-wedge body tip and a counter-wedge body end. The counter-wedge body is arranged with a housing section at least regionally on a housing inner wall of the housing. The wedge body is arranged with a counter-wedge body section at least regionally on a wedge body section of the counter-wedge body in order to generate a wedge force for fixing and positioning the component arranged in the interior space of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Ralph Glemser
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Patent number: 11804624Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20), which are each electrically conductively interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel, and a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first connecting element (41) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the first terminal (31) to a voltage tap (5) of a battery cell (2, 21) arranged at an end and a second connecting element (42) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the second terminal (32) to a voltage tap (6) of the battery module (1), wherein the first connecting element (41) and/or the second connecting element (42) are received in a thermally conductive manner in a receptacle (7, 71, 72) of the housing (10) of the battery module (1).Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Frank Gottwald, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20230344051Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells, which are each electroconductively connected serially and/or in parallel to each other, and having a switching device, which comprises a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector is electroconductively connected to a voltage tap of a terminally arranged battery cell, and wherein the second connector is electroconductively connected to a voltage tap of the battery module, and having a temperature control element configured such that a temperature control fluid flows through it and which is also thermoconductively connected to the plurality of battery cells as well as the switching device, wherein the temperature control element comprises a first region, which is arranged immediately adjacent the plurality of battery cells and comprises a second region, which is arranged immediately adjacent the switching device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20230268592Abstract: A battery module includes a housing element (2) made of a metallic material (3) and a lid element (4) made of a metal material (5), which are connected to one another while forming a common internal space (6) configured to accommodate a plurality of battery cells (7) by the formation of a plurality of plastic deformations (8) of the lid element (4) that are arranged so as to be spaced apart from one another, in such a way that an electrical contact is established between the housing element (2) and the lid element (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20230097233Abstract: A coolant connecting piece (100) for conducting coolant between a first housing (201, 503) and a second housing (203, 507). The coolant connecting piece (100) comprises a cylindrical main body (101) with a coolant channel formed on an inner side of the main body (101), and a protective ring (103) with a drip edge (117), wherein a cross-section of the protective ring (103) is greater than a cross-section of the main body (101), and wherein the drip edge (117) is configured to let condensate running off on an outer side of the main body (101), opposite the inner side, drip off into a predetermined region (213).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Ralph Glemser
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Patent number: 11566669Abstract: A component assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing and an actuating element that is rotatable about an axis. The assembly also includes an actuator which is configured to cause a rotation of the actuating element. The assembly further includes a rotatable shaft which extends along a shaft axis and is disposed between the actuating element and the actuator and which is coupled to the actuating element and the actuator. The shaft is guided through a first through opening in the housing. A sealing system is provided in a radial direction perpendicular to the shaft axis so as to be between the shaft and a first internal wall of the first through opening. The sealing system has a sealing element support having a first side and a second side that faces away from the first side. The sealing element support is fastened in the first through opening. The sealing element support has a second through opening having a second internal wall. The shaft is guided through the second through opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ralph Glemser, Rene Schepp
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Publication number: 20230024294Abstract: A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (2), which are each connected electrically conductively in series and/or in parallel with one another, and comprising a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first electrically conductive connecting element (41) connects the first terminal (31) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a first terminal (51) of a fuse element (5), and a second terminal (52) of the fuse element (5) is electrically conductively connected to a voltage tap (61) of a terminally arranged battery cell (2, 21), and a second electrically conductive connecting element (42) connects the second terminal (32) of the switching device (3) electrically conductively to a voltage tap (62) of the battery module (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Christian Loew, Dominik Schaefer, Frank Gottwald, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20230012291Abstract: A housing assembly (11) for a battery module (10), comprising an electronics housing (12) for electronics components having an electronics cooling channel opening (13), and comprising a battery housing (15) for battery cells having a first battery cooling channel opening (16) and a second battery cooling channel opening (17), wherein, in an assembled state of the housing assembly (11), the electronics cooling channel opening (13) is positioned adjacently to the first battery cooling channel opening (16), and a drip edge (20) partially surrounding the electronics cooling channel opening (13) is formed on the electronics cooling channel opening (13), wherein the drip edge (20) extends beyond the electronics cooling channel opening (13) in an opening direction of the electronics cooling channel opening (13). The invention also relates to an electronics housing (12), a battery housing (15), and a battery module (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 12, 2023Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20220399596Abstract: A battery housing part (11) for a battery housing (10) of a battery module (30) for accommodating battery cells, having a cooling channel (12) with a cooling channel bottom (13), a cooling channel wall (14) for delimiting the cooling channel (12), and flow-disturbing elements (15) for disturbing a coolant flow in the cooling channel (12), the flow-disturbing elements (15) projecting in a height direction (21) in a projection-like manner from the cooling channel bottom (13), and a part of the flow-disturbing elements (15) being designed in the form of normal elements (15a) and another part of the flow-disturbing elements (15) being designed in the form of supporting elements (15b), the supporting elements (15b) being designed to be higher in the height direction (21) than the normal elements (15a) in order to support a covering means (19) covering the cooling channel (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Ralph Glemser, Silvio Grund, Thomas Kern
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Publication number: 20220399597Abstract: A housing assembly (11) for a battery module (10), comprising an electronics housing (12) for electronics components having an electronics cooling channel opening (13), and comprising a battery housing (15) for battery cells having a first battery cooling channel opening (16) and a second battery cooling channel opening (17), wherein, in an assembled state of the housing assembly (11), the electronics cooling channel opening (13) is positioned adjacently to the first battery cooling channel opening (16), and, next to the first battery cooling channel opening (16) and/or next to the second battery cooling channel opening (17), there is formed at least one inclined fluid drainage channel (18, 19) for a defined fluid drainage from the battery housing (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Benjamin Kopp, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20220336899Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a first housing element (21) and a second housing element (22) is disclosed. The housing elements together form an interior space (9) in which the plurality of battery cells is accommodated, and are each formed from a metal material, the first housing element (21) having a projection (31) and the second housing element (22) having an indentation (32), the projection (31) engaging in the indentation (32). On a side facing away from the interior space, the first housing element (21) has a first weld region (41) and the second housing element (22) has a second weld region (42), the first weld region (41) and the second weld region (42) being connected to one another by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Markus Schmitt, Alexander Foitzik, Christian Boehnlein, Lars Liebscher, Ralph Glemser, Robert Kohler
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Publication number: 20210367287Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), in particular lithium-ion battery cells (20), which are each electrically conductively interconnected with one another in series and/or in parallel, and a switching device (3), which has a first terminal (31) and a second terminal (32), wherein a first connecting element (41) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the first terminal (31) to a voltage tap (5) of a battery cell (2, 21) arranged at an end and a second connecting element (42) of electrically conductive design electrically conductively connects the second terminal (32) to a voltage tap (6) of the battery module (1), wherein the first connecting element (41) and/or the second connecting element (42) are received in a thermally conductive manner in a receptacle (7, 71, 72) of the housing (10) of the battery module (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20210222775Abstract: A component assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing and an actuating element that is rotatable about an axis. The assembly also includes an actuator which is configured to cause rotation of the actuating element. The assembly further includes a rotatable shaft which extends along a shaft axis and is disposed between the actuating element and the actuator and which is coupled to the actuating element and the actuator. The shaft is guided through a first through opening in the housing. A sealing system which seals a first end of the first through opening in relation to a second end, facing away from the first end, of the first through opening against liquid media passing through is provided in a radial direction that is perpendicular to the shaft axis so as to be between the shaft and a first internal wall of the first through opening. The sealing system has a first sealing element having a second through opening through which the shaft is guided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Markus Knepper, Ralph Glemser
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Publication number: 20210222736Abstract: A component assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing and an actuating element that is rotatable about an axis. The assembly also includes an actuator which is configured to cause a rotation of the actuating element. The assembly further includes a rotatable shaft which extends along a shaft axis and is disposed between the actuating element and the actuator and which is coupled to the actuating element and the actuator. The shaft is guided through a first through opening in the housing. A sealing system is provided in a radial direction perpendicular to the shaft axis so as to be between the shaft and a first internal wall of the first through opening. The sealing system has a sealing element support having a first side and a second side that faces away from the first side. The sealing element support is fastened in the first through opening. The sealing element support has a second through opening having a second internal wall. The shaft is guided through the second through opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Ralph Glemser, Rene Schepp