Patents by Inventor Steffen Aldinger

Steffen Aldinger 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).

  • Patent number: 10516143
    Abstract: A battery includes an outer wall having a through-hole defined by a peripheral opening edge, at least one cell having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, an electrically conductive terminal stud connected to the positive electrode or the negative electrode, including a shaft extending through the through-hole, and at least one clamping element sitting on the shaft and covering the through-hole, and forming an annular gap together with the outer wall, an electrically insulating and annular support element surrounding the shaft of the terminal stud in a sleeve-like manner, and having an outward-facing peripheral contact surface against which the opening edge of the through-hole lies, wherein the support element includes a glass or a ceramic, or a glass- or ceramic-based composite material, and a sealing element arranged concentrically around the support element in the gap between the clamping element and the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: VARTA Microbattery GmbH, VW Kraftwerk GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Aldinger, Achim Frick, Andreas Gaugler, Konrad Holl, Andreas Huth
  • Publication number: 20180315966
    Abstract: A battery includes an outer wall having a through-hole defined by a peripheral opening edge, at least one cell having a positive electrode and a negative electrode, an electrically conductive terminal stud connected to the positive electrode or the negative electrode, including a shaft extending through the through-hole, and at least one clamping element sitting on the shaft and covering the through-hole, and forming an annular gap together with the outer wall, an electrically insulating and annular support element surrounding the shaft of the terminal stud in a sleeve-like manner, and having an outward-facing peripheral contact surface against which the opening edge of the through-hole lies, wherein the support element includes a glass or a ceramic, or a glass- or ceramic-based composite material, and a sealing element arranged concentrically around the support element in the gap between the clamping element and the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen Aldinger, Achim Frick, Andreas Gaugler, Konrad Holl, Andreas Huth