Patents by Inventor Stefan Baumann
Stefan Baumann 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: 20240139775Abstract: The application relates to an ultrasonic transducer comprising a carrier with conductor traces and a piezoelectric element with electrodes, wherein the piezoelectric element has a contact side which is fixed on the carrier, and wherein the conductor traces and the electrodes are electrically coupled via the contact side of the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Michael Gebhart, Stefan Sax, Amira Hedhili, Martina Kreuzbichler, Peter Lukan, Johann Kreiter, Johann Pichler, Pierre Baumann, Jens Mohrmann
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Publication number: 20240067877Abstract: A lighting device includes a phosphor having the general molecular formula (MA)a(MB)b(MC)c(MD)d(TA)e(TB)f(TC)g(TD)h(TE)i(TF)j(XA)k(XB)l(XC)m(X D)n:E. MA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, MB is selected from a group of divalent metals, MC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, MD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, TB is selected from a group of divalent metals, TC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, TD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TE is selected from a group of pentavalent elements, TF is selected from a group of hexavalent elements, XA is selected from a group of elements which comprises halogens, XB is selected from a group of elements which comprises O, S and combinations thereof, XC=N and XD=C and E=Eu, Ce, Yb and/or Mn.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Markus SEIBALD, Simon PESCHKE, Gregor HOERDER, Gina Maya ACHRAINER, Klaus WURST, Dominik BAUMANN, Tim FIEDLER, Stefan LANGE, Hubert HUPPERTZ, Daniel DUTZLER, Thorsten SCHROEDER, Daniel BICHLER, Gudrun PLUNDRICH
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Patent number: 11835128Abstract: In a process for the adjustment of backlash between a pinon (20) and a rack (10) in a rack-pinion drive, a motor-gearbox assembly (30) including a motor and a gearbox is supported on a carrier (40) via a positioning mechanism (42) for precisely positioning the assembly (30) in a radial position relative to the rack (10). In the process, the assembly (30) is positioned in a first radial distance relative to the rack (10), using the positioning mechanism (42) and a first circumferential backlash between the pinon (20) and the rack (10) is determined at a first position of the pinion (20) along the rack (10), based on measurements taken on an input side of the gearbox.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Güdel AGInventors: Walter Zulauf, Stefan Baumann, Christof Ackermann
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Patent number: 11631904Abstract: A battery system (100) which comprises a metallic battery housing (200) and a metallic component housing (300), wherein at least one battery module (10) having at least one battery cell (12) and a control unit (20) for controlling and monitoring the at least one battery module (10) are arranged in the battery housing (200) and wherein at least one electrical component (80) is arranged in the component housing (300), which electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one battery module (10).Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andre Gross, Felix Koehl, Henrik Wolfgang Behm, Holger Stegmueller, Markus Schmitt, Matthias Oechsle, Peter Kohn, Philipp Einsiedel, Robert Kohler, Stefan Baumann, Steve Kroeger, Thomas Dittert
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Publication number: 20220275859Abstract: In a process for the adjustment of backlash between a pinon (20) and a rack (10) in a rack-pinion drive, a motor-gearbox assembly (30) including a motor and a gearbox is supported on a carrier (40) via a positioning mechanism (42) for precisely positioning the assembly (30) in a radial position relative to the rack (10). In the process, the assembly (30) is positioned in a first radial distance relative to the rack (10), using the positioning mechanism (42) and a first circumferential backlash between the pinon (20) and the rack (10) is determined at a first position of the pinion (20) along the rack (10), based on measurements taken on an input side of the gearbox.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Güdel AGInventors: Walter ZULAUF, Stefan BAUMANN, Christof ACKERMANN
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Patent number: 11398651Abstract: A battery module having a battery module housing (2) which has a multiplicity of housing walls (3) which form an interior space (4), wherein a multiplicity of battery cells (22) is arranged in the interior space (4), and the battery module housing (2) furthermore has a cooling element receptacle (5), wherein a cooling element (12) of the battery module (1) is arranged in the cooling element receptacle (5) of the battery module housing (2).Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Henrik Wolfgang Behm, Lisa Lorenz, Sinasi Temiz, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: 11171373Abstract: A battery module having at least one battery cell is disclosed, in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, comprising a housing, in which the at least one battery cell is accommodated, and a temperature-regulating element, wherein a Peltier element is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, which Peltier element is thermally conductively connected in each case to the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, and which Peltier element is furthermore connected to a voltage source in such a way that heat transfer between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element is able to be formed by means of the Peltier element, wherein a compensation element for homogenizing the temperature, said compensation element being formed from a metallic material, is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the Peltier element, wherein preferably the at least one battery cell is directly or cohesively conType: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Benjamin Kopp, Frank Gottwald, Markus Schmitt, Roman Marx, Stefan Baumann
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Publication number: 20210143487Abstract: A battery system (100) which comprises a metallic battery housing (200) and a metallic component housing (300), wherein at least one battery module (10) having at least one battery cell (12) and a control unit (20) for controlling and monitoring the at least one battery module (10) are arranged in the battery housing (200) and wherein at least one electrical component (80) is arranged in the component housing (300), which electrical component is electrically connected to the at least one battery module (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Andre Gross, Felix Koehl, Henrik Wolfgang Behm, Holger Stegmueller, Markus Schmitt, Matthias Oechsle, Peter Kohn, Philipp Einsiedel, Robert Kohler, Stefan Baumann, Steve Kroeger, Thomas Dittert
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Patent number: 10978750Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module comprising at least one battery cell and a cell monitoring unit which is connected in an electrically conducting manner to a flexible circuit board by at least one bonding wire and/or at least one bonding strip.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Emilia Schwindt, Carsten Mueller, Stefan Baumann, Andreas Ruehle
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Patent number: 10930908Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) for a battery pack (10), characterized in that: the battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) can contain a large number of battery cells (100111, . . . 100432) which each have a large wall surface (1201, 1202) and a small wall surface (1301, 1302), of which small wall surface the surface area is less than a surface area of the large wall surface (1201, 1202), wherein the battery cells (100119, 100129, 100132, 100142, 100219, 100229, 100232, 100242, 100319, 100329, 100332, 100342, 100419, 100432) which can be arranged adjacent to outer sides of the battery pack (10) can be oriented in such a way that their large wall surfaces (1201, 1202) run along the outer sides, so that a force which acts on one of the outer sides can initially be received by one of the large wall surfaces (1201, 1202), and also to a battery module (201, 204), to a battery pack (10), to a battery, to a vehicle and also to a method for producing a battery module (201, . .Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Rainer Menig, Alfons Doerr, Andreas Lemke, Andreas Selent, Benjamin Mangold, Benjamin Kopp, Berengar Krieg, Carsten Mueller, Jochen Schweinbenz, Johannes Teuber, Marcus Hildenbrand, Maximilian Russ-Mohl, Stefan Baumann, Steffen Benz, Timo Kegel, Torsten Koller, Xiaofeng Yan, Christian Buder
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Patent number: 10851885Abstract: A planetary transmission, comprising a housing, a drive part, an output part having an output shaft that is rotatable about an output axis of rotation, and at least one gear stage between the drive part and the output part. The drive part, the at least one gear stage, and the output part are mounted in the housing, the housing has an output flange on the output side, wherein the output flange has a first lateral surface with circularly symmetrical in radial planes about an axis of symmetry, wherein the first lateral surface is arranged eccentrically with respect to the output axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: GUEDEL GROUP AGInventors: Walter Zulauf, Christian Marie, Romain Bopp, Nicolas Laval, Stefan Baumann, Mathieu Amiet
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Publication number: 20200168967Abstract: A battery module having at least one battery cell is disclosed, in particular a lithium-ion battery cell, comprising a housing, in which the at least one battery cell is accommodated, and a temperature-regulating element, wherein a Peltier element is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, which Peltier element is thermally conductively connected in each case to the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element, and which Peltier element is furthermore connected to a voltage source in such a way that heat transfer between the at least one battery cell and the temperature-regulating element is able to be formed by means of the Peltier element, wherein a compensation element for homogenizing the temperature, said compensation element being formed from a metallic material, is furthermore arranged between the at least one battery cell and the Peltier element, wherein preferably the at least one battery cell is directly or cohesively conType: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Benjamin Kopp, Frank Gottwald, Markus Schmitt, Roman Marx, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: 10497918Abstract: A device (10; 10?) for connecting battery cells (30), characterized by: a multiplicity of cell connectors (14) for electrically connecting terminals (36) of the battery cells (30), and a carrier (12; 12?) for mechanically connecting the cell connectors (14) to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Lemke, Thomas Kretschmar, Alfons Doerr, Davide Bossi, Martin Gerlach, Gerhard Schubert, Stefan Baumann
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Publication number: 20190186613Abstract: The invention relates to a planetary transmission (100), comprising a housing (110), a drive part, an output part having an output shaft that is rotatable about an output axis of rotation, and at least one gear stage between the drive part and the output part. The drive part, the at least one gear stage, and the output part are mounted in the housing (110). On the output side, the housing (110) has an output flange (140), wherein the output flange has a first lateral face (115), which in radial planes is circularly symmetrical about an axis of symmetry. The first lateral face (115) is arranged eccentrically with respect to the output axis of rotation. Due to the eccentricity of the lateral face (115) with respect to the output axis of rotation, a component mounted on the output part, for example, a pinion (20) or a belt pulley, can be adjusted by twice the value of the eccentric by way of a rotation of the planetary transmission (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: GUEDEL GROUP AGInventors: Walter ZULAUF, Christian MARIE, Romain BOPP, Nicolas LAVAL, Stefan BAUMANN, Mathieu AMIET
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Publication number: 20180366704Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) for a battery pack (10), characterized in that: the battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) can contain a large number of battery cells (100111, . . . 100432) which each have a large wall surface (1201, 1202) and a small wall surface (1301, 1302), of which small wall surface the surface area is less than a surface area of the large wall surface (1201, 1202), wherein the battery cells (100119, 100129, 100132, 100142, 100219, 100229, 100232, 100242, 100319, 100329, 100332, 100342, 100419, 100432) which can be arranged adjacent to outer sides of the battery pack (10) can be oriented in such a way that their large wall surfaces (1201, 1202) run along the outer sides, so that a force which acts on one of the outer sides can initially be received by one of the large wall surfaces (1201, 1202), and also to a battery module (201, 204), to a battery (10), to a battery, to a vehicle and also to a method for producing a battery module (201, . . .Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Rainer Menig, Alfons Doerr, Andreas Lemke, Andreas Selent, Benjamin Mangold, Benjamin Kopp, Berengar Krieg, Carsten Mueller, Jochen Schweinbenz, Johannes Teuber, Marcus Hildenbrand, Maximilian Russ-Mohl, Stefan Baumann, Steffen Benz, Timo Kegel, Torsten Koller, Xiaofeng Yan, Christian Buder
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Publication number: 20180138563Abstract: A battery module having a battery module housing (2) which has a multiplicity of housing walls (3) which form an interior space (4), wherein a multiplicity of battery cells (22) is arranged in the interior space (4), and the battery module housing (2) furthermore has a cooling element receptacle (5), wherein a cooling element (12) of the battery module (1) is arranged in the cooling element receptacle (5) of the battery module housing (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Henrik Wolfgang Behm, Lisa Lorenz, Sinasi Temiz, Stefan Baumann
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Publication number: 20170237113Abstract: The present invention relates to a receptacle (10) for accommodating at least one battery cell (12) for a battery module such that said battery cell is at least partially pressed in, wherein the receptacle (10) has two end plates (14a, 14b) which can be arranged on two opposite sides of the at least one battery cell (12), characterized in that the end plates (14a, 14b) are connected by a plurality of rod-like supports (16a-d) which are fixed to the end plates (14a, 14b), wherein the supports (16a-d) are designed to support in each case one edge (18a-d) of the at least one battery cell (12) in two dimensions. In summary, a receptacle (10) of the kind described above, in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner, allows battery cells (12) to be fixed in a battery module and allows the performance of a battery module to be maintained, irrespective of the temperature, by at least temporary bracing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Andreas Ruehle, Carsten Mueller, Eduard Reimer, Ralf Angerbauer, Stefan Baumann, Maximilian Russ-Mohl
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Publication number: 20170162843Abstract: A battery system, in particular a lithium-ion system, includes at least one battery device, at least one first housing element, at least one second housing element, and a closing device. The housing elements have a common connecting hinge that enables moving at least one of the housing elements about a common rotation axis, and are configured to move into a closed position whereat the housing elements define a common closed interior. The housing elements are also configured to receive the battery device. The closing device is configured to automatically move at least one of the housing elements about the common rotation axis into the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Clemens Schupp, Mario Bleicher, Matthias Oechsle, Michael Wellm, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: D825577Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Qibixx AGInventors: Dragan Brander, Stefan Baumann
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Patent number: D871418Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Qibixx AGInventors: Dragan Brander, Stefan Baumann