Patents by Inventor Thomas Dufaux

Thomas Dufaux 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: 12009679
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein a safety switch is provided which is designed to interrupt an electrical line of the electrical energy store, wherein a current flowing through the electrical line is detected and an actuation of the safety switch only occurs if the current is below a predefinable threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Rainer Heinrich Hoerlein, Thomas Dufaux
  • Patent number: 11967841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein a safety switch is provided which is designed to interrupt an electrical line of the electrical energy store, wherein a current flowing through the electrical line is detected and an actuation of the safety switch only occurs if the current is below a predefinable threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Rainer Heinrich Hoerlein, Thomas Dufaux
  • Publication number: 20210399569
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical energy store, comprising a storage cell for storing electrical energy and a control unit, wherein a safety switch is provided which is designed to interrupt an electrical line of the electrical energy store, wherein a current flowing through the electrical line is detected and an actuation of the safety switch only occurs if the current is below a predefinable threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Gottwald, Rainer Heinrich Hoerlein, Thomas Dufaux
  • Patent number: 11094962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a regeneration procedure of a lithium battery cell (1) which comprises an anode (2), a cathode (3) and the regeneration electrode (4). The method comprises: detecting a current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2); detecting a current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3); passing a first current (I1) between the anode (2) and the regeneration electrode (4) until the actual availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2) corresponds to a targeted availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2); and passing a second current (I2) between the cathode (3) and the regeneration electrode (4) until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3) corresponds to a targeted availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Ziegler, Olivier Cois, Thomas Dufaux, Ulrich Lange, Ulrich Hasenkox
  • Patent number: 10444291
    Abstract: A method determines a potential of an anode and/or a potential of a cathode in a battery cell. The method measures a current flowing through the battery cell, determines a charge transfer resistance of the battery cell, ascertains a charge transfer resistance of the anode and a charge transfer resistance of the cathode, ascertains a depth of discharge, ascertains an anode residual voltage and a cathode residual voltage from the depth of discharge from an idle voltage, ascertains an anode excess potential from the charge transfer resistance of the anode and the current and ascertains a cathode excess potential from the charge transfer resistance of the cathode and the current. The method ascertains the potential of the anode from the anode residual voltage and the anode excess potential and ascertains the potential of the cathode from the cathode residual potential and the cathode excess potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier Cois, Thomas Dufaux, Andre Boehm
  • Patent number: 10147980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a battery comprising a plurality of battery cells, wherein a maximum value of a current that can be delivered by the battery is adjusted on the basis of a frequency distribution (44) of a root mean square current delivered by the battery. The invention further relates to a battery management system and a computer program for carrying out said method as well as to a motor vehicle comprising a battery which includes a battery management system of said type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Stimm, Andreas Lemke, Benjamin Mangold, Christian Korn, Thomas Dufaux
  • Publication number: 20180175444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a regeneration procedure of a lithium battery cell (1) which comprises an anode (2), a cathode (3) and the regeneration electrode (4). The method comprises: detecting a current availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2); detecting a current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3); passing a first current (I1) between the anode (2) and the regeneration electrode (4) until the actual availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2) corresponds to a targeted availability of cyclable lithium in the anode (2); and passing a second current (I2) between the cathode (3) and the regeneration electrode (4) until the current availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3) corresponds to a targeted availability of cyclable lithium in the cathode (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg Ziegler, Olivier Cois, Thomas Dufaux, Ulrich Lange, Ulrich Hasenkox
  • Publication number: 20180136286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a potential (P1) of an anode (21) and/or a potential (P2) of a cathode (22) in a battery cell (2) which has a negative terminal (11) and a positive terminal (12), having the following steps:—measuring a current (I) flowing through the battery cell (2),—determining a charge transfer resistance of the battery cell (2),—ascertaining a charge transfer resistance (Rct1) of the anode (21) and/or a charge transfer resistance (Rct2) of the cathode (22) from the charge transfer resistance,—ascertaining an idle voltage of the battery cell (2),—ascertaining a depth of discharge of the battery cell (2) from the idle voltage,—ascertaining an anode residual voltage (U1) and/or a cathode residual voltage (U2) from the depth of discharge of the battery cell (2),—ascertaining an anode excess potential (N1) from the charge transfer resistance (Rct1) of the anode (21) and the current (I) and/or ascertaining a cathode excess potential (N2) from the charge Rct2 transfer resistance
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Olivier Cois, Thomas Dufaux, Andre Boehm
  • Publication number: 20180062215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a battery system, wherein the battery system comprises a battery which is operable using an operating parameter, wherein the method has the following method steps: a) defined operating of the battery using a predefined variable of the operating parameter in such a way that b) at least one of the duration of the operation of the battery using the predefined variable of the operating parameter and the variable of the operating parameter is selected based on a load criterion, wherein c) the load criterion is determined for maintaining a future predetermined aging progression of the battery, wherein the aging progression is based on a load of the battery by the operating parameter. A previously described method enables the operation of a battery with a particularly high performance, for example, with a particularly high capacity, in a simultaneously safe operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Andre Boehm, Thomas Dufaux, Michael Erden, Ulrich Lange
  • Publication number: 20170207498
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a battery comprising a plurality of battery cells, wherein a maximum value of a current that can be delivered by the battery is adjusted on the basis of a frequency distribution (44) of a root mean square current delivered by the battery. The invention further relates to a battery management system and a computer program for carrying out said method as well as to a motor vehicle comprising a battery which includes a battery management system of said type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Stimm, Andreas Lemke, Benjamin Mangold, Christian Korn, Thomas Dufaux