Patents by Inventor Thomas Rahn

Thomas Rahn 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: 20140087217
    Abstract: A battery (e.g., lithium-ion) cell having fewer components than conventional cells. A metallic housing, having a winding element, two current collectors, and an electrolyte, is closed off in a gas- and pressure-tight manner with a cover assembly having a cover plate by which a housing opening is largely closed off. A click spring area (formable in this plate) has a smaller thickness than surrounding areas of the plate, and can snap from a first state, in which the click spring area is bent inwardly into the housing, into a second state in which the click spring area is bent outwardly from the housing when a threshold internal pressure in the housing is exceeded, and establishes an electrical connection between the plate and a current collector. When there is a pressure rise in the housing due to temperature, for example, the battery cell may be deactivated in a targeted manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias ZINK, Thomas RAHN, Markus FEIGL
  • Patent number: 8071197
    Abstract: An assembled honeycomb structure includes at least two prismatic honeycomb segments. An outer cross section of each of the at least two prismatic honeycomb segments perpendicular to a flow direction in an interior of the assembled honeycomb structure is a quadrangle with included angles of one of: (i) about 60° and about 120°, or (ii) about 60°, about 90° and about 120°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Cleandieselceramics GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Adler, Hans-Juergen Richter, Reinhard Lenk, Uwe Petasch, Claus Holdschuh, Thomas Rahn, Hans-Joerg Rembor
  • Publication number: 20080160250
    Abstract: The invention refers to the field of ceramics and relates to an assembled honeycomb, such as can be used, e.g., as a catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gases. The object of the present invention is to disclose an assembled honeycomb that is assembled from honeycomb segments with simple cross-sectional shapes with only few variations. The object is attained through an assembled honeycomb, composed of at least two honeycomb segments, whereby the outer cross section of a honeycomb segment is a quadrangle with included angles of 60° and 120° or of 60° and 90° and 120°, and the lateral surfaces are in contact with one another in the interior of the assembled honeycomb, and in the cross section of the assembled honeycomb the corners of the outer cross section meet or are connected to one another by adhesive force as an extension of their sides at least at two but no more than five points, and the assembled honeycomb as a whole has a convex outer geometry with an outer cross section that is convex overall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., CLEANDIESELCERAMICS GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg ADLER, Hans-Juergen RICHTER, Reinhard LENK, Uwe PETASCH, Claus HOLDSCHUH, Thomas RAHN, Hans-Joerg REMBOR