Patents by Inventor Steffen SINZEL

Steffen SINZEL 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: 12512544
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement for tolerance compensation between a first component and a second component to be fastened to the first component, the tolerance compensation arrangement having a tolerance compensation unit, a base element for fastening to the first component, a compensation element which can be accommodated in the base element, and a first through-opening extending in a first direction through the base element and through the compensation element accommodated in the base element. The tolerance compensation arrangement has a nut for fastening to the second component. The tolerance compensation unit is designed in such a way that by screwing a specific screw, the screw neck of which is passed through the first through-opening of the tolerance compensation unit, into the nut in a screwing-in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen Sinzel, Dirk Hoefner, Alexander Loefflath
  • Patent number: 12459342
    Abstract: A setting arrangement for automatically attaching tolerance compensation elements to a respective component, in particular a battery housing part. The setting arrangement has a storage unit which is designed to receive the tolerance compensation elements and to position them correctly in a row in such a way that the tolerance compensation elements positioned in the row are oriented in the same way, and a movable setting unit which has a magazine in which the tolerance compensation elements correctly positioned in a row are receivable. The magazine has a first longitudinal extension in which the tolerance compensation elements received in the magazine are arranged adjacent to one another. The magazine has an opening, and the setting unit is designed to dispense the tolerance compensation elements individually through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen Sinzel, Norbert Hornbostel, Alexander Löfflath
  • Publication number: 20230155234
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement for tolerance compensation between a first component and a second component to be fastened to the first component, the tolerance compensation arrangement having a tolerance compensation unit, a base element for fastening to the first component, a compensation element which can be accommodated in the base element, and a first through-opening extending in a first direction through the base element and through the compensation element accommodated in the base element. The tolerance compensation arrangement has a nut for fastening to the second component. The tolerance compensation unit is designed in such a way that by screwing a specific screw, the screw neck of which is passed through the first through-opening of the tolerance compensation unit, into the nut in a screwing-in direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen SINZEL, Dirk HOEFNER, Alexander LOEFFLATH
  • Patent number: 11646462
    Abstract: A traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing having a housing base, on which at least one battery module rests in a heat-conducting manner, which has an installation section, which can be clamped via a threaded bolt on a housing flange of the battery housing, wherein in the clamped state the threaded bolt is screwed together with a housing flange internal thread and the battery module installation section is clamped between a bolt head of the threaded bolt and the housing flange, specifically with a tolerance compensation unit interposed, which is supported between the battery module installation section and a housing flange upper side facing away from the housing base, wherein the tolerance compensation unit has a stop sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen Sinzel, Dirk Hoefner, Norbert Hornbostel
  • Publication number: 20220176790
    Abstract: A setting arrangement for automatically attaching tolerance compensation elements to a respective component, in particular a battery housing part. The setting arrangement has a storage unit which is designed to receive the tolerance compensation elements and to position them correctly in a row in such a way that the tolerance compensation elements positioned in the row are oriented in the same way, and a movable setting unit which has a magazine in which the tolerance compensation elements correctly positioned in a row are receivable. The magazine has a first longitudinal extension in which the tolerance compensation elements received in the magazine are arranged adjacent to one another. The magazine has an opening, and the setting unit is designed to dispense the tolerance compensation elements individually through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen SINZEL, Norbert HORNBOSTEL, Alexander LÖFFLATH
  • Publication number: 20210043989
    Abstract: A traction battery for an electrically operated vehicle, having a battery housing having a housing base, on which at least one battery module rests in a heat-conducting manner, which has an installation section, which can be clamped via a threaded bolt on a housing flange of the battery housing, wherein in the clamped state the threaded bolt is screwed together with a housing flange internal thread and the battery module installation section is clamped between a bolt head of the threaded bolt and the housing flange, specifically with a tolerance compensation unit interposed, which is supported between the battery module installation section and a housing flange upper side facing away from the housing base, wherein the tolerance compensation unit has a stop sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Steffen SINZEL, Dirk HOEFNER, Norbert HORNBOSTEL