Patents by Inventor Tillmann Hoefer

Tillmann Hoefer 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).

  • Battery comprising a number of individual cells connected electrically to one another and method for maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing such a battery
    Patent number: 10276851
    Abstract: A battery includes a number of single cells interconnected in series and/or in parallel, the electrical poles of which for the electrical interconnection are connected to one another in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner, directly or by means of cell connectors. The battery also includes a battery monitoring unit connected to the electrical poles and/or to the cell connectors in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner. The electrical poles of the single cells, the cell connectors, and/or the battery monitoring unit have redundant contact areas for the positive-fit and/or integrally bonded connection. In each case only one of the contact areas which are redundant with one another is connected in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner, and the further contact area(s) is/are not connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Norbert Bachmann, Tillmann Hoefer, Rainer Kaufmann, Jens Meintschel, Rudolf Reinhardt, Dirk Schroeter, Heiko Steinmetz
  • Battery Comprising a Number of Individual Cells Connected Electrically to One Another and Method for Maintaining, Repairing and/or Optimizing such a Battery
    Publication number: 20140363704
    Abstract: A battery includes a number of single cells interconnected in series and/or in parallel, the electrical poles of which for the electrical interconnection are connected to one another in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner, directly or by means of cell connectors. The battery also includes a battery monitoring unit connected to the electrical poles and/or to the cell connectors in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner. The electrical poles of the single cells, the cell connectors, and/or the battery monitoring unit have redundant contact areas for the positive-fit and/or integrally bonded connection. In each case only one of the contact areas which are redundant with one another is connected in a positive-fit and/or integrally bonded manner, and the further contact area(s) is/are not connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Norbert Bachmann, Tillmann Hoefer, Rainer Kaufmann, Jens Meintschel, Rudolf Reinhardt, Dirk Schroeter, Heiko Steinmetz