Patents by Inventor Thomas HOERMANN

Thomas HOERMANN 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).

  • Publication number: 20240213579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Ralph WÜNSCHE, Rainer RETTER, Miran KOJC, Thomas HOERMANN, Matthias PUCHER, Mario MARCOVIC, Volker MATL
  • Patent number: 11949084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Wünsche, Rainer Retter, Miran Kojc, Thomas Hoermann, Matthias Pucher, Mario Marcovic, Volker Matl
  • Patent number: 11456496
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules and a liquid cooling circuit. At least one of the battery modules is arranged in two different levels from among a plurality of levels of the battery pack, the levels of the battery pack being adjacent each other in a vertical direction. The liquid cooling circuit is in thermal contact with the battery modules in the two different levels of the battery pack, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube having an inlet opening at a highest point of the liquid cooling circuit in the vertical direction and an outlet opening within the liquid cooling circuit at a lower point of the liquid cooling circuit than the highest point of the liquid cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Carl-Michael Masaryk, Matthias Pucher, Thomas Hoermann
  • Patent number: 11424498
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules and a liquid cooling circuit. At least one of the battery modules is arranged in two different levels from among a plurality of levels of the battery pack, the levels of the battery pack being adjacent each other in a vertical direction. The liquid cooling circuit is in thermal contact with the battery modules in the two different levels of the battery pack, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube having an inlet opening at a highest point of the liquid cooling circuit in the vertical direction and an outlet opening within the liquid cooling circuit at a lower point of the liquid cooling circuit than the highest point of the liquid cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Carl-Michael Masaryk, Matthias Pucher, Thomas Hoermann
  • Publication number: 20210119282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery pack including a frame profile with integral coolant circuit elements. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules, each comprising a plurality of secondary battery cells, a framework comprising a first frame profile and a second frame profile opposite to the first frame profile, and a liquid cooling circuit comprising one or more cooling plates being in thermal contact with the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph WÜNSCHE, Rainer RETTER, Miran KOJC, Thomas HOERMANN, Matthias PUCHER, Mario MARCOVIC, Volker MATL
  • Publication number: 20200119418
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is provided. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules and a liquid cooling circuit. At least one of the battery modules is arranged in two different levels from among a plurality of levels of the battery pack, the levels of the battery pack being adjacent each other in a vertical direction. The liquid cooling circuit is in thermal contact with the battery modules in the two different levels of the battery pack, and the liquid cooling circuit includes a bypass tube having an inlet opening at a highest point of the liquid cooling circuit in the vertical direction and an outlet opening within the liquid cooling circuit at a lower point of the liquid cooling circuit than the highest point of the liquid cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Carl-Michael MASARYK, Matthias PUCHER, Thomas HOERMANN
  • Patent number: 9620831
    Abstract: A cooling element to cool a component of a battery system, and a battery system having at least on cooling element. The cooling element includes a top cooling element part, a bottom cooling element part spatially under the top cooling element part, at least one cooling duct between the top cooling element part and the bottom cooling element part, and through which a cooling medium is to flow, and a Peltier element arranged resting against the bottom cooling element part so as to lie at least partially at the height of the at least one cooling duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Stefan Brandstaetter, Thomas Hoermann, Stefan Roepke
  • Publication number: 20150295288
    Abstract: A cooling element to cool a component of a battery system, and a battery system having at least on cooling element. The cooling element includes a top cooling element part, a bottom cooling element part spatially under the top cooling element part, at least one cooling duct between the top cooling element part and the bottom cooling element part, and through which a cooling medium is to flow, and a Peltier element arranged resting against the bottom cooling element part so as to lie at least partially at the height of the at least one cooling duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan BRANDSTAETTER, Thomas HOERMANN, Stefan ROEPKE