Patents by Inventor Thomas OLFERMANN

Thomas OLFERMANN 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: 10763475
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for at least one electric battery module in a vehicle, comprising: a hollow profile base configured to receive the electric battery module, wherein the hollow profile base has a plurality of hollow channels configured to allow fluid to pass through to control the temperature of the electric battery module; and a hollow profile side wall that laterally bounds the hollow profile base, wherein a fluid-distributing structure configured to distribute fluid to the hollow channels is formed in the hollow profile side wall, wherein the fluid-distributing structures configured to be fluidically connected to the plurality of hollow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Krenzer, Thomas Olfermann
  • Patent number: 10559796
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for accommodating at least one electric battery module in a vehicle. The battery carrier may include at least one first wall, at least one second wall arranged at an angle with respect to the first wall, wherein the second wall is joined to the first wall by a joining region, wherein an adhesive region is formed in the joining region, and the adhesive region is configured to condition the joining region for a materially bonded connection to a seal, and at least one seal materially bonded to the adhesive region in order to fluidically seal the joining region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Olfermann, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 10377216
    Abstract: A battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having a trough for receiving at least one battery. The trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base. The load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
  • Patent number: 10305151
    Abstract: A battery carrier for accommodating at least one battery for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having tension spring elements being arranged underneath a base of the battery carrier. The tension spring elements press a temperature adjustment element, which is likewise arranged underneath the base, onto the base, such that heat conduction from the base into the temperature adjustment element takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hitz, Christian Handing, Thomas Olfermann
  • Publication number: 20190074494
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for at least one electric battery module in a vehicle, comprising: a hollow profile base configured to receive the electric battery module, wherein the hollow profile base has a plurality of hollow channels configured to allow fluid to pass through to control the temperature of the electric battery module; and a hollow profile side wall that laterally bounds the hollow profile base, wherein a fluid-distributing structure configured to distribute fluid to the hollow channels is formed in the hollow profile side wall, wherein the fluid-distributing structures configured to be fluidically connected to the plurality of hollow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Harald Krenzer, Thomas Olfermann
  • Publication number: 20190070651
    Abstract: A hollow profile and a method of producing the hollow profile from a hardenable steel alloy blank is disclosed having an L-shaped cross section with an upper vertical hollow chamber, and a lower horizontal hollow chamber, wherein the blank comes in abutment on an intermediate bridge area, forming a double layer. The hollow profile further includes, at least in regions, a tensile strength Rm greater than 1000 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Günter FORTMEIER, Conrad FRISCHKORN, Julian GRENZ, Christian HANDING, Christian HIELSCHER, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180269447
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a battery carrier for accommodating at least one electric battery module in a vehicle. The battery carrier may include at least one first wall, at least one second wall arranged at an angle with respect to the first wall, wherein the second wall is joined to the first wall by a joining region, wherein an adhesive region is formed in the joining region, and the adhesive region is configured to condition the joining region for a materially bonded connection to a seal, and at least one seal materially bonded to the adhesive region in order to fluidically seal the joining region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Olfermann, Christian Handing
  • Publication number: 20180229593
    Abstract: A battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having a trough for receiving at least one battery. The trough is produced in the form of a formed sheet-metal component deep-drawn from a hardenable steel material with a base and walls arranged at an angle to the base. The load paths arising in the trough are hardened locally, and/or connecting points for struts arranged in the trough are hardened locally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HITZ, Christian HANDING, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180183116
    Abstract: A battery carrier for accommodating at least one battery for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed having tension spring elements being arranged underneath a base of the battery carrier. The tension spring elements press a temperature adjustment element, which is likewise arranged underneath the base, onto the base, such that heat conduction from the base into the temperature adjustment element takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HITZ, Christian HANDING, Thomas OLFERMANN
  • Publication number: 20180138477
    Abstract: A battery support for an electric motor vehicle is disclosed. The battery support has a tray for receiving a plurality of batteries and a lid that closes the tray which has a base and a periphery that encircles the base. The battery support is produced as an integral thin-walled deep drawn component from a sheet metal blank, and reinforcement braces that extend from one wall side to the opposite wall side are disposed within the tray. A tolerance equalization element is disposed on the end side on a reinforcement brace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Christian HANDNING, Andreas HITZ, Thomas OLFERMANN