Patents by Inventor Timo Kegel

Timo Kegel 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: 10930908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) for a battery pack (10), characterized in that: the battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) can contain a large number of battery cells (100111, . . . 100432) which each have a large wall surface (1201, 1202) and a small wall surface (1301, 1302), of which small wall surface the surface area is less than a surface area of the large wall surface (1201, 1202), wherein the battery cells (100119, 100129, 100132, 100142, 100219, 100229, 100232, 100242, 100319, 100329, 100332, 100342, 100419, 100432) which can be arranged adjacent to outer sides of the battery pack (10) can be oriented in such a way that their large wall surfaces (1201, 1202) run along the outer sides, so that a force which acts on one of the outer sides can initially be received by one of the large wall surfaces (1201, 1202), and also to a battery module (201, 204), to a battery pack (10), to a battery, to a vehicle and also to a method for producing a battery module (201, . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Menig, Alfons Doerr, Andreas Lemke, Andreas Selent, Benjamin Mangold, Benjamin Kopp, Berengar Krieg, Carsten Mueller, Jochen Schweinbenz, Johannes Teuber, Marcus Hildenbrand, Maximilian Russ-Mohl, Stefan Baumann, Steffen Benz, Timo Kegel, Torsten Koller, Xiaofeng Yan, Christian Buder
  • Patent number: 10559784
    Abstract: An insulating molding (1) for a housing of at least one battery cell is disclosed, specifically for a housing of at least one lithium-ion battery cell, wherein, on at least one molding sidewall (3a, 3b) of the insulating molding (1), a depression (5) is configured, which is constituted by means of a reduced wall thickness, in order to reduce the force acting on the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kai-Uli Striegel, Martin Gerlach, Thomas Kretschmar, Timo Kegel
  • Patent number: 10483511
    Abstract: A method for insulating a battery module (100) which has a multiplicity of battery cells (10), having at least one foldable insulation element (20), having at least the following steps: a) forming a receptacle pocket (21) from the insulation element (20) for receiving at least one battery cell (10), b) closing the receptacle pocket (21) by means of attachment sections (22) which are arranged laterally on the insulation element (20), as a result of which the battery cell (10) is surrounded at least on five sides by the insulation element (20), as a result of which the individual battery cell (10) is insulated with respect to an adjacent battery cell (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Klaus Wipfler, Timo Kegel, Tomas Korinek, Torsten Koller
  • Patent number: 10249406
    Abstract: A cable harness (10) includes a plurality of electrical conductors (12) for the contacting of battery cells of a battery module as well as a film-shaped carrier element (14). The electrical conductors (12) are arranged for at least a portion in parallel with each other on the carrier element (14) and are joined to the carrier element (14). A flexible elongated hollow body (16) is arranged in parallel for at least a portion with at least one of the electrical conductors (12) and is joined to the carrier element (14). A battery module has a plurality of battery cells and at least one cable harness (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Heiko Klaumuenzer, Jochen Zipfel, Laura Bauer, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20180366704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) for a battery pack (10), characterized in that: the battery module housing (2001, . . . 2004) can contain a large number of battery cells (100111, . . . 100432) which each have a large wall surface (1201, 1202) and a small wall surface (1301, 1302), of which small wall surface the surface area is less than a surface area of the large wall surface (1201, 1202), wherein the battery cells (100119, 100129, 100132, 100142, 100219, 100229, 100232, 100242, 100319, 100329, 100332, 100342, 100419, 100432) which can be arranged adjacent to outer sides of the battery pack (10) can be oriented in such a way that their large wall surfaces (1201, 1202) run along the outer sides, so that a force which acts on one of the outer sides can initially be received by one of the large wall surfaces (1201, 1202), and also to a battery module (201, 204), to a battery (10), to a battery, to a vehicle and also to a method for producing a battery module (201, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Rainer Menig, Alfons Doerr, Andreas Lemke, Andreas Selent, Benjamin Mangold, Benjamin Kopp, Berengar Krieg, Carsten Mueller, Jochen Schweinbenz, Johannes Teuber, Marcus Hildenbrand, Maximilian Russ-Mohl, Stefan Baumann, Steffen Benz, Timo Kegel, Torsten Koller, Xiaofeng Yan, Christian Buder
  • Publication number: 20180248237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery pack (50) comprising a housing (72) in which at least one battery module (60) having at least one battery cell (2) is arranged, as well as a cooling system for cooling said at least one battery cell (2). The cooling system at least comprises a cooling plate (62) arranged outside the housing (72), said at least one cooling plate (62) lying flat against a cover plate (80) of the housing (72) and heat dissipating from the at least one battery cell (2) to the cooling plate (62) through said cover plate (80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Postler, Timo Kegel, Alexander Klonczynski, Gerhard Schubert, Johannes Teuber, Sabine Stadter
  • Patent number: 10005374
    Abstract: A prismatic accumulator cell (2) with a cuboid housing (4) and electrodes (10) arranged therein, wherein the electrodes (10) for the take-up and delivery of energy from the accumulator cell (2) are electrically connected to terminal connections (18), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a cover area (24) which accommodates the terminal connections (18) and at least one area provided with an insulating material cladding (26). The accumulator cell (2) is provided with at least one metal contact pin (28), which is electrically connected to one of the two electrodes (10), and is routed through the insulating material cladding (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Schlemmer, Alexander Klonczynski, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20180130982
    Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2), which are mutually electrically interconnected in series or in parallel. The battery cells (2) are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction (5) and, in combination, constitute at least a first outer surface (6) and a second outer surface (7). The battery module (1) further comprises a first clamping plate (3) and a second clamping plate (4), and the first clamping plate (3) is arranged on the first outer side (6), and the second clamping plate (4) is arranged on the second outer side (7). A first adhesive layer (8) is arranged between the first clamping plate (3) and the first outer side (6), a second adhesive layer (9) is arranged between the second clamping plate (4) and the second outer side (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Schlund, Florian Postler, Steffen Schoenfeld, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20180108453
    Abstract: A cable harness (10), comprising a plurality of electrical conductors (12) for the contacting of battery cells of a battery module as well as a film-shaped carrier element (14), wherein the electrical conductors (12) are arranged for at least a portion in parallel with each other on the carrier element (14) and are joined to the carrier element (14), and wherein a flexible elongated hollow body (16) is arranged in parallel for at least a portion with at least one of the electrical conductors (12) and is joined to the carrier element (14). The invention also concerns a battery module, comprising a plurality of battery cells and at least one cable harness (10) according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Heiko Klaumuenzer, Jochen Zipfel, Laura Bauer, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20180097209
    Abstract: An insulating molding (1) for a housing of at least one battery cell is disclosed, specifically for a housing of at least one lithium-ion battery cell, wherein, on at least one molding sidewall (3a, 3b) of the insulating molding (1), a depression (5) is configured, which is constituted by means of a reduced wall thickness, in order to reduce the force acting on the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kai-Uli Striegel, Martin Gerlach, Thomas Kretschmar, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20170214017
    Abstract: A method for insulating a battery module (100) which has a multiplicity of battery cells (10), having at least one foldable insulation element (20), having at least the following steps: a) forming a receptacle pocket (21) from the insulation element (20) for receiving at least one battery cell (10), b) closing the receptacle pocket (21) by means of attachment sections (22) which are arranged laterally on the insulation element (20), as a result of which the battery cell (10) is surrounded at least on five sides by the insulation element (20), as a result of which the individual battery cell (10) is insulated with respect to an adjacent battery cell (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Claus Gerald Pflueger, Klaus Wipfler, Timo Kegel, Tomas Korinek, Torsten Koller
  • Publication number: 20170005317
    Abstract: A prismatic accumulator cell (2) with a cuboid housing (4) and electrodes (10) arranged therein, wherein the electrodes (10) for the take-up and delivery of energy from the accumulator cell (2) are electrically connected to terminal connections (18), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a cover area (24) which accommodates the terminal connections (18) and at least one area provided with an insulating material cladding (26). The accumulator cell (2) is provided with at least one metal contact pin (28), which is electrically connected to one of the two electrodes (10), and is routed through the insulating material cladding (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Guenter Schlemmer, Alexander Klonczynski, Timo Kegel
  • Patent number: 9273784
    Abstract: A valve for metering fluid includes: a piezoelectric actuator for metering control; two electrical connection elements for applying an electrical control voltage; and a discharge resistor integrated into the actuator, which resistor bridges the two connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dietmar Schmieder, Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20140021387
    Abstract: A valve for metering fluid includes: a piezoelectric actuator for metering control; two electrical connection elements for applying an electrical control voltage; and a discharge resistor integrated into the actuator, which resistor bridges the two connection elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar SCHMIEDER, Timo KEGEL
  • Patent number: 7316383
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine, includes a valve element whose switched position depends at least indirectly on the switched state of a piezoelectric actuator that is acted on by a tubular, largely cylindrical prestressing device, which is manufactured out of a plate-shaped starting material and has at least two longitudinal edges that abut each other in such a way that the longitudinal rigidity is altered in this region. The prestressing device has at least one region whose longitudinal rigidity differs from that of a neighboring region and is situated in relation to the abutting longitudinal edges so as to reduce the bending moment that acts on the piezoelectric actuator and is generated by the altered longitudinal rigidity in the region of the abutting longitudinal edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20070012292
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine, includes a valve element whose switched position depends at least indirectly on the switched state of a piezoelectric actuator that is acted on by a tubular, largely cylindrical prestressing device, which is manufactured out of a plate-shaped starting material and has at least two longitudinal edges that abut each other in such a way that the longitudinal rigidity is altered in this region. The prestressing device has at least one region whose longitudinal rigidity differs from that of a neighboring region and is situated in relation to the abutting longitudinal edges so as to reduce the bending moment that acts on the piezoelectric actuator and is generated by the altered longitudinal rigidity in the region of the abutting longitudinal edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Timo Kegel
  • Patent number: 6805329
    Abstract: A valve for controlling fluids for reservoir injection systems, includes a hydraulic coupler and a piezoelectric actuator. The hydraulic coupler includes a first piston, a second piston, and a coupler chamber disposed between the two pistons. The piezoelectric actuator is in communication with the first piston. The first piston is embodied as substantially cup-shaped, and the second piston is disposed in a recess in the first piston. The coupler chamber is disposed between the second piston and an inner bottom region of the first piston. As a result, a hydraulic coupler of compact design can be furnished without reversing the direction of motion of the two pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Timo Kegel
  • Publication number: 20030127617
    Abstract: A valve for controlling fluids for reservoir injection systems, includes a hydraulic coupler and a piezoelectric actuator. The hydraulic coupler includes a first piston, a second piston, and a coupler chamber disposed between the two pistons. The piezoelectric actuator is in communication with the first piston. The first piston is embodied as substantially cup-shaped, and the second piston is disposed in a recess in the first piston. The coupler chamber is disposed between the second piston and an inner bottom region of the first piston. As a result, a hydraulic coupler of compact design can be furnished without reversing the direction of motion of the two pistons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Timo Kegel