Patents by Inventor Thomas Kalmbach

Thomas Kalmbach 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: 20220340010
    Abstract: A temperature-control device of an energy store, e.g., in a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The temperature-control device includes a first circuit, in which a first heat transfer unit and the energy store to be temperature-controlled are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a first heat transfer medium, and a second circuit, in which a second heat transfer unit and the first heat transfer unit are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a second heat transfer medium. In at least one line of the first circuit and/or at least one line of the second circuit a predetermined breaking point and/or a predetermined bending point is arranged which upon a predefined force effect interrupts a flow of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Jauss, Thomas Kalmbach, Hans-Martin Ruppert, Dietmar Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20220278353
    Abstract: A traction battery device or an accumulated battery device is provided having a cell stack of rechargeable individual battery cells that are stacked onto one another in a stack direction. An end plate each is touchingly arranged on two stack front-faces of the cell stack oriented opposite to one another in the stack direction. It is substantial for the disclosure that the individual battery cells of the cell stack are clamped or can be clamped to another in the stack direction with at least one anchor board that is equipped or can be equipped with electronic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Caroline Janzen, Thomas Kalmbach, Heiko Neff
  • Patent number: 11342610
    Abstract: An accumulator arrangement for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells stacked in a stacking direction to form at least one battery block, and a housing including a support frame limiting the housing towards an outside on four sides. The support frame may include at least two longitudinal members and at least two cross members perpendicularly aligned with one another. At least one longitudinal member of the at least two longitudinal members may be configured to conduct a coolant. The at least one battery block may abut against at least one of (i) the at least one longitudinal member and (ii) at least one of the at least two cross members to transfer heat. A plurality of connection points of the at least one longitudinal member, through which the coolant is flowable, may be configured on an outside of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, Thomas Kalmbach, Andre Loges, Michael Moser, Joachim Treier, Georg Votteler, Mario Wallisch
  • Patent number: 11145918
    Abstract: A battery system for an electric vehicle may include at least one battery module, which may have a plurality of battery cells in a module housing, and a system housing, which may have a separate receiving space for each battery module, which may be delimited by two support walls that run parallel to one another and may be spaced apart from one another, and into which the respective battery module may be inserted. The module housing may have two housing walls, which may run parallel to and may be spaced apart from one another, and which may be each supported in a planar manner with an outer side on an inner side of the respective support wall. The respective support wall may have at least one cooling duct for guiding a coolant, and, on its upper or lower side, screw openings, into which screws may be screwed. The module housing may have screw flanges complementary to the screw openings comprising through openings, through which the screws may be guided to fix the respective screw flange to the support wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Andre Loges, Heiko Neff
  • Patent number: 11075415
    Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device including a plurality of cooling elements through which a flow of cooling fluid is passable. The plurality of cooling elements may be disposed between neighbouring battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element of the plurality of cooling elements may at least one of i) include and ii) be formed by a compressible porous intermediate insert having a plurality of pores through which a flow of the cooling fluid is passable. The intermediate insert may be disposed between and connected in a heat-transmitting manner to respective neighbouring battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20210050639
    Abstract: A battery housing for a battery, e.g., a directly fluid temperature-controllable battery of a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The battery housing includes a housing pot including a pot base and a pot collar that projects from the pot base at an angle. The housing pot delimits a housing interior, through which a dielectric temperature-control fluid can flow, for receiving one or more battery cell modules. A fluid chamber is disposed on a chamber side of the pot collar and is connected in a fluidically communicating manner to the housing interior via a plurality of apertures present in the pot collar. The fluid chamber is delimited by a chamber collar that projects outwards from the pot collar and defines a chamber opening that can be closed by a cover. At least one electrical line is arranged at least partially in the fluid chamber and passes through at least one aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Christan Kern, Ruediger Knauss, Alireza Mirsadraee, Peter Nowak, Dennis Riegraf, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Mario Wallisch
  • Patent number: 10813239
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement may include a fluid-tight housing in which a power electronics system and a dielectric fluid for cooling the power electronics system may be arranged. The dielectric fluid may be in heat-transferring contact with the power electronics system and may cool the power electronics system via a fluid movement. The fluid movement may be provided via acceleration forces acting on the cooling arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Ganz, Jessica Kansy, Thomas Kalmbach, Michael Trebbe
  • Publication number: 20200307346
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled energy storage arrangement for an electric drive in a motor vehicle may include an energy storage, a volume through which a cooling medium is flowable, and at least one positive pressure discharge member. The energy storage may include a housing, in which a plurality of storage cells may be arranged. The volume may be in heat-conducting contact with the plurality of storage cells. The volume may be limited at least by a cooling medium-guiding feed line and a cooling medium-guiding discharge line. The plurality of storage cells may be structured and arranged to be in direct contact with the cooling medium. The at least one positive pressure discharge member may connect the volume to a surrounding area, and may be configured to open at a predefined pressure. The at least one positive pressure discharge member may be arranged in one of the feed line and the discharge line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200161725
    Abstract: A battery system for an electric vehicle may include at least one battery module, which may have a plurality of battery cells in a module housing, and a system housing, which may have a separate receiving space for each battery module, which may be delimited by two support walls that run parallel to one another and may be spaced apart from one another, and into which the respective battery module may be inserted. The module housing may have two housing walls, which may run parallel to and may be spaced apart from one another, and which may be each supported in a planar manner with an outer side on an inner side of the respective support wall. The respective support wall may have at least one cooling duct for guiding a coolant, and, on its upper or lower side, screw openings, into which screws may be screwed. The module housing may have screw flanges complementary to the screw openings comprising through openings, through which the screws may be guided to fix the respective screw flange to the support wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Andre Loges, Heiko Neff
  • Publication number: 20200153060
    Abstract: An accumulator arrangement may include a plurality of battery cells stacked in an X direction to form at least one battery block, a housing with at least one part interior in which the battery block may be arranged, and a cooling device for cooling the battery cells, a cooling fluid being flowable through the cooling device. The battery block may have first and second contact sides lying opposite one another in a Y direction, first and second support sides lying opposite one another in a Z direction, and two clamping sides lying opposite one another in the X direction. The battery block in the part interior may be able to be at least one of flowed around by the cooling fluid multilaterally and flowed through at least partially, so that the part interior forms a part of the cooling device through which the cooling fluid is flowable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Christian Kern, Ruediger Knauss, Alireza Mirsadraee, Heiko Neff, Peter Nowak, Markus Plandowski, Dennis Riegraf, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200153065
    Abstract: An accumulator arrangement for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells stacked in a stacking direction to form at least one battery block, a housing having at least one part interior in which the at least one battery block is arranged, and a cooling device through which a cooling liquid is flowable for cooling the at least one battery block. In the at least one part interior, the cooling liquid may be at least one of flowable about a plurality sides of the at least one battery block and/or flowable through the at least one battery block, such that the at least one part interior defines a portion of the cooling device. At least one passage structure body for displacing the cooling liquid is arranged in the at least one part interior at least in regions about the at least one battery block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Ruediger Knauss, Peter Nowak, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Alireza Mirsadraee
  • Publication number: 20200136203
    Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device including a plurality of cooling elements through which a flow of cooling fluid is passable. The plurality of cooling elements may be disposed between neighbouring battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element of the plurality of cooling elements may at least one of i) include and ii) be formed by a compressible porous intermediate insert having a plurality of pores through which a flow of the cooling fluid is passable. The intermediate insert may be disposed between and connected in a heat-transmitting manner to respective neighbouring battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200136213
    Abstract: An accumulator arrangement for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells stacked in a stacking direction to form at least one battery block, and a housing including a support frame limiting the housing towards an outside on four sides. The support frame may include at least two longitudinal members and at least two cross members perpendicularly aligned with one another. At least one longitudinal member of the at least two longitudinal members may be configured to conduct a coolant. The at least one battery block may abut against at least one of (i) the at least one longitudinal member and (ii) at least one of the at least two cross members to transfer heat. A plurality of connection points of the at least one longitudinal member, through which the coolant is flowable, may be configured on an outside of the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, Thomas Kalmbach, Andre Loges, Michael Moser, Joachim Treier, Georg Votteler, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200119415
    Abstract: An accumulator may include a plurality of accumulator cells arranged adjacent to one another in a stacking direction, a plurality of cell holders for holding the accumulator cells, each cell holder holding two successive accumulator cells, and a cooling plate arranged between and in heat-transferring contact with the two successive accumulator cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Christian Kern, Ruediger Knauss, Alireza Mirsadraee, Peter Nowak, Markus Plandowski, Dennis Riegraf, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich, Mario Wallisch
  • Publication number: 20200079241
    Abstract: An accumulator arrangement for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include at least two closed partial housings, a plurality of battery modules arranged in at least two battery rows, and a cooling device through which a cooling fluid is flowable. The cooling device may include at least one central fluid directing element arranged between adjacent battery rows of the at least two battery rows. The at least one central fluid directing element may include at least one of i) a return duct and ii) a forward flow duct. Each of the at least two battery rows may be arranged in a respective partial housing. The at least one central fluid directing element may be secured between adjacent partial housings. The at least one central fluid directing element may be structured in a modular manner and may have at least two fluid directing modules fluidically connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ingo Haeusler, Thomas Kalmbach, Ruediger Knauss, Peter Nowak, Karl-Ulrich Schmid-Walderich
  • Publication number: 20200076024
    Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device which may include a plurality of cooling elements disposed between neighbouring battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element may have two compression plates which bear in a heat-transmitting manner on a bearing face of each of the neighbouring battery cells. The two compression plates may delimit a compression space therebetween. The compression space may be compressible such that an expansion of the neighbouring battery cells in the stacking direction is absorbable at least via an elastic deformation of the two compression plates into the compression space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch, Achim Wiebelt
  • Publication number: 20200029452
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement may include a fluid-tight housing in which a power electronics system and a dielectric fluid for cooling the power electronics system may be arranged. The dielectric fluid may be in heat-transferring contact with the power electronics system and may cool the power electronics system via a fluid movement. The fluid movement may be provided via acceleration forces acting on the cooling arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Ganz, Jessica Kansy, Thomas Kalmbach, Michael Trebbe
  • Publication number: 20180361858
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage arrangement (1) having at least one energy store (2) and having a temperature-control device (3) for cooling/heating the at least one energy store (2), wherein the at least one energy store (2) has two electrical cell conductors (4), wherein the temperature-control device (3) has a spray compartment (5) in which at least one energy store (2) is received with its cell conductors (4), wherein a fluid distributing system (6) is provided, via which at least the cell conductors (4) can be sprayed with dielectric temperature-control fluid (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Thomas Kalmbach, Jessica Kansy, Heiko Neff, Mario Wallisch, Achim Wiebelt
  • Patent number: 9707578
    Abstract: A bell plate is rotated about a rotational axis, and coating material is supplied to a discharge surface of the bell plate such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A working fluid is blown at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate by means of a dispensing device. Furthermore, a spray head for a rotary atomizer is provided for applying a coating material to an object, having a bell plate which can be rotated about a rotational axis and which has a discharge surface, wherein coating material can be supplied to the discharge surface such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A dispensing device which can blow a working fluid at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: EISENMANN SE
    Inventors: Ralph Meier, Claus Lang-Koetz, Jan Reichler, Thomas Kalmbach, Manuel Liebing, Markus Hauber
  • Publication number: 20150140235
    Abstract: A bell plate is rotated about a rotational axis, and coating material is supplied to a discharge surface of the bell plate such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A working fluid is blown at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate by means of a dispensing device. Furthermore, a spray head for a rotary atomizer is provided for applying a coating material to an object, having a bell plate which can be rotated about a rotational axis and which has a discharge surface, wherein coating material can be supplied to the discharge surface such that the coating material is projected away from the bell plate. A dispensing device which can blow a working fluid at least temporarily as a transonic or supersonic flow onto the coating material coming from the bell plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ralph Meier, Claus Lang-Koetz, Jan Reichler, Thomas Kalmbach, Manuel Liebing, Markus Hauber