Patents by Inventor Sönke Kühl

Sönke Kühl 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: 20240356142
    Abstract: An energy storage for a motor vehicle, including a housing on which a plurality of fastening positions are formed, at which a fastening receptacle is provided for a fastening element to be connected to a body component. At least some of the fastening positions, a first fastening receptacle and a second fastening receptacle positioned offset from the first are provided, the two fastening receptacles of the fastening positions are provided offset in a common direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Christian NEUFELDT, Thorsten KEIM, Sönke KÜHL, Thomas MILDE
  • Patent number: 11491858
    Abstract: An electrically operated vehicle having a traction battery installed on the underside of the vehicle and a body side structure which has a door entry region on a lateral rocker panel. The vehicle has at least one shielding element which at least partially closes a free distance between the underside of the vehicle and a vehicle standing plane in the event of battery damage, so that the door entry region is shielded from the damaged traction battery installed on the underside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Soenke Kuehl, Thomas Milde, Juergen Stegmaier, Juergen Gerbrand
  • Publication number: 20210265695
    Abstract: A battery for a motor vehicle the battery includes a plurality of battery cells arranged in an interior of a battery housing. The battery housing includes a housing cover having a layer composite, which includes an electromagnetically shielding envelope layer and a metal plate arranged thereon. The metal plate is thermally and/or mechanically more stable than the envelope layer and faces toward the interior of the battery housing, so that the envelope layer is protected from a gas jet and/or fire jet escaping from the respective battery cell in case of damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marvin CZECH, Andreas DEINDL, Sönke KÜHL, Jürgen STEGMAIER
  • Publication number: 20210086602
    Abstract: An electrically operated vehicle having a traction battery installed on the underside of the vehicle and a body side structure which has a door entry region on a lateral rocker panel. The vehicle has at least one shielding element which at least partially closes a free distance between the underside of the vehicle and a vehicle standing plane in the event of battery damage, so that the door entry region is shielded from the damaged traction battery installed on the underside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Soenke KUEHL, Thomas MILDE, Juergen STEGMAIER, Juergen GERBRAND
  • Patent number: 8690218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle body structure having a body reinforcement behind the second row of seats, the body reinforcement including a beam assembly which is formed from two opposite longitudinal side beams (9, 10), a floor crossbeam (4) and two vertical side beams (5, 6), of which in each case a left-side longitudinal side beam (9), an associated end of the floor crossbeam (4) and a left-side vertical side beam (5) are connected at a left-side nodal point (11) and, correspondingly, the second longitudinal side beam (10) is connected to the other end of the floor crossbeam (4) and the second vertical side beam (10) at a right-side nodal point, and, at the two nodal points, corner reinforcements being fitted for increased stiffening in the transverse plane of the floor crossbeam (4) and the vertical side beams (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Sönke Kühl, Klaus-Dieter Carle, Tobias Urban, Oliver Thaysen
  • Publication number: 20120181809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle body structure having a body reinforcement behind the second row of seats, the body reinforcement including a beam assembly which is formed from two opposite longitudinal side beams (9, 10), a floor crossbeam (4) and two vertical side beams (5, 6), of which in each case a left-side longitudinal side beam (9), an associated end of the floor crossbeam (4) and a left-side vertical side beam (5) are connected at a left-side nodal point (11) and, correspondingly, the second longitudinal side beam (10) is connected to the other end of the floor crossbeam (4) and the second vertical side beam (10) at a right-side nodal point, and, at the two nodal points, corner reinforcements being fitted for increased stiffening in the transverse plane of the floor crossbeam (4) and the vertical side beams (5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Sönke Kühl, Klaus-Dieter Carle, Tobias Urban, Oliver Thaysen