Patents by Inventor Sebastian Zeh

Sebastian Zeh 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).

  • Method for determining a state of charge and remaining operation life of a battery
    Patent number: 10031185
    Abstract: Determining a state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery includes using a first process to determine a first value for the SOC of the battery and using a second process to determine a second value for the SOC of the battery and deriving the SOC as a weighted average of the first value for the SOC and the second value for the SOC. During a charging cycle of the battery an input charge of the battery is determined from an input current flowing into the battery and a charging time. During a discharging cycle an output charge of the battery is determined from an output current flowing out of the battery, a discharging time and an actual capacity of the battery is the sum of the input charge over charging cycles minus the sum of the output charge over discharging cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Rainer Bussar, Gerd Wessels Hoogestraat, Wolfgang Rudolf Fischer, Thomas Hopper, Nicolas Henri Bernard Redon, Olaf Sielemann, Sebastian Zeh
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF CHARGE AND REMAINING OPERATION LIFE OF A BATTERY
    Publication number: 20150377972
    Abstract: Determining a state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery includes using a first process to determine a first value for the SOC of the battery and using a second process to determine a second value for the SOC of the battery and deriving the SOC as a weighted average of the first value for the SOC and the second value for the SOC. During a charging cycle of the battery an input charge of the battery is determined from an input current flowing into the battery and a charging time. During a discharging cycle an output charge of the battery is determined from an output current flowing out of the battery, a discharging time and an actual capacity of the battery is the sum of the input charge over charging cycles minus the sum of the output charge over discharging cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Rainer Bussar, Gerd Wessels Hoogestraat, Wolfgang Rudolf Fischer, Thomas Hopper, Nicolas Henri Bernard Redon, Olaf Sielemann, Sebastian Zeh