Patents by Inventor Sebastian Reuber
Sebastian Reuber 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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Publication number: 20240332486Abstract: A coating device for producing an electrode with at least one double-layer powder layer on a substrate with a feed unit for feeding a substrate into a first press nip, with a first roller device for transferring a first powder as a first layer onto a first side of the substrate. The first roller device has a first metering unit, a first application roller, a first pressure roller unit, and a second pressure roller unit. A first metering gap is provided between the first application roller and the first pressure roller unit. A first press nip is provided between the first pressure roller unit and the second pressure roller unit. A second roller device transfers a second powder onto the first layer on the first side of the substrate. The second roller device being disposed downstream of the first roller device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sven SCHOPF, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH
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Publication number: 20240332485Abstract: A method is proposed for manufacturing dry electrodes on a current collector with the aid of a roller system. The roller system includes at least three rollers and the current collector. A first roller and a second roller are rotated in opposite rotational directions. Powder is poured into a calender gap formed by the first rotating roller and the second rotating roller, the powder being carried on the second roller. A signal is triggered with the aid of a control unit for setting a laminating gap between the second roller and the third roller, the third roller and/or the first roller and the second roller moving toward each other in the direction of the current collector. At least the third roller is rotated in the opposite direction of the second roller. The current collector is moved through the laminating gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Sven SCHOPF, Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH
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Publication number: 20240326089Abstract: A coating device for manufacturing an electrode on a substrate. A feed unit feeds a substrate into a pressing gap. A first metering unit accommodates a first powder and a second powder and parallel fills a first metering gap with the first powder and the second powder. A roller device has a first application roller, a first pressing roller unit, and a second pressing roller unit. The first metering gap is provided between the first application roller and the first pressing roller unit, and the pressing gap is provided between the first pressing roller unit and the second pressing roller unit. The first metering gap is provided for applying the first powder and the second powder, as a first at least two-ply layer to the first pressing roller unit via a first application force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sven SCHOPF, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH
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Publication number: 20240322114Abstract: A process arrangement for producing an electrode of a battery cell using dry forming, with a film forming/laminating process in which an electrode active material in the form of a solvent-free dry film powder can be laminated onto one or both sides of a substrate as a dry film, forming the electrode. The film forming/laminating process is followed by a compression process, in which the dry film laminated to the substrate can be compressed to a target density.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: September 26, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sven SCHOPF, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH, Sebastian REUBER
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Publication number: 20240313192Abstract: A method and device for operating a rolling device for manufacturing an electrode sheet. The rolling device including a rolling mill for forming a material film for the electrode sheet, which includes a roller pair and includes an application roller which is separate from the roller pair or is a part of the roller pair. The application roller being supplied with a substrate for the electrode sheet, the rolling mill having a film forming gap, which is formed by the roller pair, which outputs a quantity of material and which produces the material film therefrom. The material film being applied to the application roller and being transferred from the application roller to the substrate. The material film having a grammage and a film thickness, the grammage and/or the film thickness being regulated to a setpoint value, and the rolling device being controlled depending on the grammage and/or the film thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Sven SCHOPF, Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sebastian REUBER
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Publication number: 20240282904Abstract: A method for manufacturing electrodes for storage battery cells, wherein a material web is coated at least on a first side with a coating material, and the coating material is deposited on the first side using a first application roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger Busswinkel, Sebastian Reuber, Roland Schmidt-Lobach, Sven Schopf
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Publication number: 20240217226Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode with a substrate and with a first dry film, wherein to form a first dry film, solvent-free dry film material is brought into a first nip formed between a first roller and a second roller. The first dry film formed in the first nip is conveyed roller-borne into a second nip formed between the second roller and a third roller and compressed there. For laminating, the compressed first dry film and the substrate are conveyed into a third nip formed between the third roller and a fourth roller, wherein the first dry film is conveyed roller-borne into the third nip. Moreover, the disclosure relates to a corresponding device for manufacturing the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger BUßWINKEL, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH, Sven SCHOPF
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Publication number: 20240170637Abstract: A method for the production of an electrode for a battery cell, with a coating process in which a current collector foil is coated with electrode material by means of a discharge system. The discharge system has a pair of rollers with rotating calender rollers spaced from each other by a roller gap. A powdered output component of the electrode material in the dry state is filled into a roller gap feed section and compacted in the roller gap under pressure and shear to form an electrode material film, which is applied to the current collector foil. The discharge system ensures a temporally and spatially constant and/or adjustable powder dosing into the roller gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, CT Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sven SCHOPF, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH, Martin SCHLACHTER
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Publication number: 20240162408Abstract: A device for producing a dry film, in particular an electrode layer. The device has a roller apparatus with a first roller and with a second roller for forming the dry film from a dry film material charge, as well as a doctor blade, which is movable to regulate a height of the dry film material charge. In addition, a method is provided for producing a dry film, in particular, by the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ludger BUSSWINKEL, Sebastian REUBER, Roland SCHMIDT-LOBACH, Sven SCHOPF
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Patent number: 9005833Abstract: The invention relates to a system having high-temperature fuel cells, for example SOFCs. A reformer connected upstream of the high-temperature fuel cells at the anode side, a start burner for the preheating of the cathodes of the high-temperature fuel cells, an afterburner and an operating heat exchanger are present at the system in accordance with the invention. Oxidizing agent can be supplied to the high-temperature fuel cell cathodes through the operating heat exchanger. In addition, it can be heated with the exhaust gas of the high-temperature fuel cells. Exhaust gas conducted through the operating heat exchanger can flow in an exhaust gas line together with environmental air and can then be conducted away into the environment as cooled exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Sebastian Reuber, Markus Barthel, Mareike Wolter, Stefanie Koszyk, Rico Belitz
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Patent number: 8895201Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature fuel cell system having a start burner. Such fuel cell systems are in particular operated at temperatures between 650° C. and 1000° C. due to the ion-conductive properties of the electrolytes used. It is necessary for this reason to carry out a heating before the actual operation of the systems, which takes place by an external supply of energy. The exhaust gas of a start burner of the high-temperature fuel cell system is supplied to a heat exchanger or to two heat exchangers in a series connection for the preheating of an oxidizing agent which can be supplied to at least one fuel cell at the cathode side.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Sebastian Reuber, Christian Schlemminger, Mareike Wolter, Thomas Pfeifer
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Patent number: 8512901Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature fuel cell system which can be operated with at least one hydrocarbon compound, preferably with methane or a gas containing methane such as natural gas or biogas. It is the object of the invention to increase the efficiency of high-temperature fuel cell systems and to allow a more flexible operation. In the system in accordance with the invention, individual fuel cells are present which are connected electrically in series and form the stacks.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Mihails Kusnezoff, Sebastian Reuber
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Publication number: 20130089799Abstract: The invention relates to a system having high-temperature fuel cells, for example SOFCs. A reformer connected upstream of the high-temperature fuel cells at the anode side, a start burner for the preheating of the cathodes of the high-temperature fuel cells, an afterburner and an operating heat exchanger are present at the system in accordance with the invention. Oxidizing agent can be supplied to the high-temperature fuel cell cathodes through the operating heat exchanger. In addition, it can be heated with the exhaust gas of the high-temperature fuel cells. Exhaust gas conducted through the operating heat exchanger can flow in an exhaust gas line together with environmental air and can then be conducted away into the environment as cooled exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: April 11, 2013Inventors: Sebastian Reuber, Markus Barthel, Mareike Wolter, Stefanie Koszyk, Rico Belitz
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Publication number: 20120208101Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature fuel cell system having a start burner. Such fuel cell systems are in particular operated at temperatures between 650° C. and 1000° C. due to the ion-conductive properties of the electrolytes used. It is necessary for this reason to carry out a heating before the actual operation of the systems, which takes place by an external supply of energy. The exhaust gas of a start burner of the high-temperature fuel cell system is supplied to a heat exchanger or to two heat exchangers in a series connection for the preheating of an oxidizing agent which can be supplied to at least one fuel cell at the cathode side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Sebastian Reuber, Christian Schlemminger, Mareike Wolter, Thomas Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20120178005Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature fuel cell system which can be operated with at least one hydrocarbon compound, preferably with methane or a gas containing methane such as natural gas or biogas. It is the object of the invention to increase the efficiency of high-temperature fuel cell systems and to allow a more flexible operation. In the system in accordance with the invention, individual fuel cells are present which are connected electrically in series and form the stacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Fõrderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.Inventors: Mihalis Kusnezoff, Sebastian Reuber