ElringKlinger AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160090954 | CONNECTING DEVICE AND COMPONENT GROUP - In order to provide a connecting device for connecting two components which enables two components to be connected in a reliable and noise-reducing manner, it is proposed that the connecting device include the following: a decoupling element; a sleeve for accommodating and guiding a connecting element, wherein the sleeve includes a base body which includes the following: a hollow cylindrical guidance section in which a connecting element is guidable; an axially limiting section which projects outwardly away from the guidance section in a radial direction; a radially outward limiting section which adjoins the axially limiting section and which together with the guidance section and the axially limiting section forms an annular seating section for accommodating the decoupling element. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089680 | FLOW ELEMENT AND SEPARATION DEVICE - A flow element, for a separation device, of simple construction and stably connectable to similarly constructed flow elements, includes a disc-shaped base body including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first and/or second side includes a plurality of channels through which, in the mounted condition of the flow element in the separation device, a fluid is guidable outwards from a central opening in the base body, which is arranged centrally in the disc-shaped base body, or from the outside towards the centrally arranged central opening, wherein the base body includes a plurality of receiving portions at least on the first side and a plurality of projections at least on the second side, wherein, in the mounted condition of the flow element, the projections are engageable with the receiving portions of a further, similarly constructed flow element that is placed on the flow element. | 03-31-2016 |
20160043448 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY CONTACT-MAKING SYSTEM, AND BATTERY CONTACT-MAKING SYSTEM - In order to provide a method for producing a cell contact-making system for an electrochemical device which is executable in a simple manner and which enables a reliable signal conductor system with precise positioning to be produced, it is proposed that production of the cell contact-making system should includes separating out from a starting material at least one signal conductor group, which includes at least two signal conductor tracks of a signal conductor system of the cell contact-making system and at least one connection element by means of which at least two of the signal conductor tracks are connected to one another; connecting the signal conductor tracks of the signal conductor track group to a respective cell connector, cell terminal connector or sensor element of the cell contact-making system; and removing the at least one connection element. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043446 | CELL CONTACT-MAKING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - In order to provide a cell contact-making system for an electrochemical device which includes a plurality of electrochemical cells, wherein the cell contact-making system includes a current conductor system having one or more cell connectors, for electrically conductively connecting cell terminals of different electrochemical cells, a signal conductor system having one or more signal conductors for electrically conductively connecting a respective signal source to a signal conductor terminal connector of the cell contact-making system, and a monitoring unit for monitoring signals from the signal sources, which is of compact construction and is assemblable from a relatively small number of parts, it is proposed that the monitoring unit should include a plug contact terminal connector which is directly connectable by a plug connection to the signal conductor terminal connector of the signal conductor system. | 02-11-2016 |
20160040783 | FLAT GASKET - Metallic flat gasket for installation between sealing surfaces, which face each other, of components conducting hot gas, which are connected to one another, the metallic flat gasket including a gasket plate which is compressed when the gasket is installed and which has at least two metallic gasket layers arranged one above the other and several hot gas through-openings, the gasket plate having between at least two adjacent hot gas through-openings a gasket plate web which separates the hot gas through-openings from one another. The gasket is configured such that the sum of the material thicknesses of the gasket layers in the region of a gasket plate web is less than in other gasket plate regions bordering on the hot gas through-openings, although the gasket also has in the region of this web at least one gasket layer. | 02-11-2016 |
20150325930 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BOND BETWEEN AN ELECTRICAL LINE AND AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPONENT AND ASSEMBLY PRODUCED USING THE METHOD - To provide a method for producing an electrically conductive bond between an electrical line, which includes a plurality of individual conductors, and an electrically conductive component, including producing from a crimp element blank a crimp element enclosing portions of the individual conductors, the crimp element including a continuous side and a discontinuous side, at which edge regions of the crimp element lie opposite one another, and substance-to-substance bonding of the crimp element with a contact surface of the component, which is simple to carry out and nevertheless always results in a robust substance-to-substance bond between the crimp element and the component, it is proposed that the crimp element be produced in such a way that the continuous side of the crimp element includes two bearing surfaces which are spaced from one another, at which the crimp element is substance-to-substance bondable to the contact surface of the component. | 11-12-2015 |
20150323075 | SHEET-METAL FLAT SEAL LAYER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A flat seal having at least one single-piece sheet-metal seal layer is provided, which has at least one first layer region provided with at least one medium through opening and, outside the first layer region, at least one second layer region and, with the flat seal installation-ready, has a pre-determined outer contour, wherein the flat seal for the medium through opening has a medium-sealing device. In order to reduce the material requirement for manufacturing the seal layer, the seal layer is configured so that at least one sub-region of the second layer lying outside the medium-sealing device region of the seal layer is formed by a region of the sheet-metal layer that is stretched in the layer plane to achieve the pre-determined outer contour. | 11-12-2015 |
20150285390 | SEALING RING FOR A PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE - A sealing ring for a pressure control valve for controlling boost pressure in a combustion engine with turbocharger is provided, including a sealing body which is rotationally symmetrical with regard to a cylinder axis and is made from a material which comprises as main constituent one or more perfluorinated thermoplastics, wherein the sealing body has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile with an apex region and two sealing lips which, starting from the apex region, extend parallel to one another or with an opening angle at least approximately in the direction of the cylinder axis; and a spring element which is rotationally symmetrical with regard to the cylinder axis and is made of steel with a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile, wherein the spring element is arranged between the sealing lips of the sealing body in such a way that it bears directly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof. | 10-08-2015 |
20150155587 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack to which a fuel is supplied on the anode side and an oxidizing agent is supplied on the cathode side, wherein at least during one phase of the operation of the fuel cell system, urea is supplied to the fuel cell stack as a fuel. | 06-04-2015 |
20150030945 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ITS USE - A fuel cell system is provided, including a fuel cell stack with a plurality of cathodes ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150028038 | Tubular Body and Oil Pan Comprising Such a Tubular Body - In order to enable a tubular body and an oil pan to be manufactured as cost-effectively as possible, it is proposed that the tubular body comprise a partial tubular body extending over a first partial circumference of a tubular section, and a partial tubular body complementary to the former and extending over the partial circumference that is still free, said partial tubular bodies having connection surfaces in contact with each other along a separating surface following a course of the tubular body and being connected together along said connection surfaces by use of joining techniques. | 01-29-2015 |
20150024294 | FUEL CELL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL DEVICE - In order to provide a fuel cell device, including a fuel cell stack that includes electrochemically active cathode/electrolyte/anode units, and a reformer for producing a fuel gas for the fuel cell stack from a starting fuel, wherein the fuel cell stack is configured to have the fuel gas produced by the reformer and an oxidizing agent supplied to it, in which the thermomechanical loads in the heating phase are lessened and/or it is made possible to shorten the heating phase, it is proposed that the fuel cell device should include at least one heat transfer device which is configured to have the fuel gas and the oxidizing agent flow through it, upstream of the cathode/electrolyte/anode units of the fuel cell stack. | 01-22-2015 |
20150017564 | Electrochemical Conversion Device - In order to improve an electrochemical conversion device comprising a plurality of functional elements stacked one upon the other into a stack in a stacking direction and interconnected within the stack, some of which have peripheral areas of sheet material, some of which are arranged in a stacked configuration one upon the other in a stacking direction, forming peripheral stacks, and are interconnected by way of a first element-to-element connection and some others of which are interconnected by way of a second element-to-element connection, in such a manner that the strain placed on the element-to-element connections can be kept as low as possible, it is proposed that one of the functional elements comprise a compensating unit and that the compensating unit comprise at least one deformable element which, by deformation, allows for at least one height compensation in the stacking direction. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017037 | SEAL ARRANGEMENT - A seal arrangement is provided for sealing a first medium from the environment or from a second medium, in a device having a movable element and a fixed element, wherein the movable element is configured for linear to-and-fro movement along a longitudinal axis and the fixed element forms a receptacle for the movable element. It is proposed that the seal arrangement should include a bellows having one or more layers made from a PTFE material, wherein the bellows at least partly receives the movable element, and wherein a first end region of the bellows is fastened in force-locking and sealing manner to the fixed element and a second end region of the bellows is fastened in force-locking and sealing manner to the movable element. | 01-15-2015 |
20140230765 | VALVE COVER - In order to provide a valve cover to which at least one line is securable simply and by using a small number of fastening elements, it is proposed that the valve cover includes the following: a base body that, in the mounted condition of the valve cover, is arranged on an engine block of an internal combustion engine and covers over a valve chamber of the internal combustion engine, and at least one fixing device for securing at least one line to the base body of the valve cover, wherein the fixing device includes a fixing element and at least one fixing element receiver which is arranged on the base body and to which the fixing element is securable or secured by latching. | 08-21-2014 |
20140147767 | Sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack and method for manufacturing a fuel cell stack - In order to provide a sealing assembly for a fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of fuel cell units, which are arranged consecutively in a stacking direction, wherein each of the fuel cell units comprises a housing with at least one housing part made of a metallic material, which also has an adequate electrical insulation effect and an adequate mechanical strength at a high operating temperature of the fuel cell stack, it is proposed that the sealing assembly comprises at least one intermediate element made of a metallic material, wherein the intermediate element is soldered to a housing part of a first fuel cell unit at at least one location by means of a metal solder and is secured to a housing part of a second fuel cell unit at at least another location, wherein the intermediate element and/or the housing part of the first fuel cell unit is provided with a coating made of a ceramic material. | 05-29-2014 |
20140097575 | CYLINDER HEAD GASKET - A cylinder head gasket includes a metallic gasket layer having through-openings and, at its peripheral outer margin, a first sealing element for providing a seal. The first sealing element forms a sealing line extending circumferentially about the gasket layer and surrounding the through-openings. The side of the first sealing element facing away from the peripheral outer margin of the gasket layer includes a vent hole arranged adjacent to a sealing line break and located in a first gasket layer region which is, on only a first side of the gasket layer, on both sides of the sealing line break, continuously bounded by the first sealing element and a second sealing element. The first sealing element and the second sealing element extend around the first gasket layer region such that a fluid flow path extending from the sealing line break to the vent hole has at least one change in direction. | 04-10-2014 |
20140079982 | COVER FOR AN ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE - A cell contacting system for an electro-chemical device is provided, which has a reduced weight and yet a high security against damage. The electro-chemical device includes a plurality of electro-chemical cells, a cover which includes a carrier element, on which there is arranged at least one cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell, and a cover element for covering the at least one cell connector, the cover element including a covering film. | 03-20-2014 |
20140069690 | CELL CONNECTOR - A cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electrochemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electrochemical cell of an electrochemical device is provided, the cell connector including a first contact region for connection to the first cell terminal and a second contact region for connection to the second cell terminal, where the cell connector allows a large relative displacement between the first contact region and the second contact region even under the influence of only small deformation forces. The cell connector can include a base body made of two or more material layers, at least two material layers being connected to one another in one piece along a fold line. | 03-13-2014 |
20130319222 | SEALING ELEMENT FOR A ROTARY PISTON MACHINE - A sealing element for a rotary piston machine for sealing a lever is provided which is guided in an annular gap and is rotatable around a rotational axis, wherein the sealing element is rotationally symmetrical relative to the rotational axis, characterized in that the sealing element comprises a dynamic region and a static region, wherein the dynamic region has an axial sealing face being directed towards the annular gap, and a radial sealing face being directed towards the interior of an annular channel of the rotary piston machine, which annular channel surrounds the annular gap; and wherein the static region serves to fix the sealing element to the rotary piston machine, and wherein there is formed in the static region a channel, to which a fluid can be supplied. | 12-05-2013 |
20130216895 | CELL CONNECTOR - A cell connector is provided by means of which an electrically conductive connection between a voltage tapping point and a voltage tapping line can be established, wherein the cell connector is for the connection of a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell and includes a voltage tapping point with a contact element for connection to a terminal element of a voltage tapping line and also a longitudinal axis and a peripheral wall extending about the longitudinal axis. The contact element includes a base material, which is at least partially pre-coated with a contacting material in an initial state, and reshaped from the initial state into a final state such that the proportion of the peripheral wall coated with the contacting material to the overall peripheral angular extent of the peripheral wall amounts to more than 50%. | 08-22-2013 |
20130130081 | CELL CONNECTOR - In order to enable the temperature in the region of at least one of the cell terminals that are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner by a cell connector to be determined in a simple and reliable manner, there is proposed a cell connector for connecting a first cell terminal of a first electro-chemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electro-chemical cell of an electro-chemical device in an electrically conductive manner which comprises a base body and a temperature sensing element that is fixed to the base body. | 05-23-2013 |
20130112551 | COVER FOR AN ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTACTING ELECTRO-CHEMICAL CELLS OF AN ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE - A cell contacting system for an electro-chemical device which provides increased protection from damage and enables simple assembly of the electro-chemical device comprises a cover for an electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of electro-chemical cells, wherein the cover comprises the following:
| 05-09-2013 |
20130043660 | SEAL FOR SEALING A SEALING GAP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAL OF THIS TYPE - In order to provide a seal for sealing a sealing gap between a first component and a second component, comprising a seal body with at least one sealing portion and at least one spring element for biasing the sealing portion against at least one of the components to be sealed, the spring element being at least partially arranged in a receiving space of the seal body, which seal is simply constructed and easily producible and nevertheless ensures a secure retention of the spring element in the receiving space, it is proposed that the spring element has at least one claw element, by means of which the spring element is interlocked with the seal body. | 02-21-2013 |
20130034377 | SHIELDING DEVICE WITH A SHIELDING ELEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE TEMPERATURE AND OSCILLATION-DECOUPLED FASTENING DEVICE - The invention relates to a shielding device with a shielding element and at least one fastening eyelet for fastening the shielding device to a counterpart fastening piece and for receiving a fastening element. The fastening eyelet is movably supported in a fastening opening of the shielding device. The fastening eyelet is supported by a resiliently embodied coupling device so that the fastening eyelet is resiliently supported relative to the shielding element in an axial direction and is movable in the fastening opening relative to the shielding element in at least one radial direction when acted on with friction force. To produce friction force, radially outer regions of the coupling device cooperate in a resiliently prestressed fashion with sliding zones of opposing outsides of the shielding element. | 02-07-2013 |
20130032219 | PRESSURE COMPENSATION DEVICE FOR A HOUSING OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - A pressure compensation device for compensating an internal pressure in a housing of an electrochemical device is provided, including at least one gas through-opening and at least one membrane element with a gas-permeable membrane, which is deformable depending on a change in the internal pressure and by which the gas through-opening is blocked, and a protective degassing element, which is configured and arranged in such a way that when a critical deformation of the membrane is reached, it damages the membrane in such a way that the membrane at least partially opens the gas through-opening for protective degassing of the housing. The pressure compensation device allows both reliable pressure compensation between the interior of the housing and the exterior of the housing of an electrochemical device during normal operation of the electrochemical device and also ensures reliable bursting protection in the event of excess internal pressure in the housing. | 02-07-2013 |
20130004823 | Cell Connector - In order to provide a cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electrochemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electrochemical cell of an electrochemical device comprising a base body and a contact body, which is connected to the base body and is connected to one of the cell terminals in the assembled state of the cell connector, at which an electric potential is detectable in a particularly simple manner, it is proposed that the contact body comprises a voltage tap. | 01-03-2013 |
20120328919 | Conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit - In order to enable a connection between measuring points of an electro-chemical device and a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device to be easily and rapidly established, there is proposed a conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines and a stiffening structure in which and/or on which the plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines are arranged at least in sections thereof. | 12-27-2012 |
20120319020 | ACTUATING DEVICE FOR AN EXHAUST GAS FLOW CONTROL ELEMENT OF AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - Actuating device for a gas flow control element arranged in an inflow path of a turbocharger turbine and connected to a spindle traversing a turbine housing wall and fixed to an adjusting element adjoining said wall; a resilient seal pretensioned in the spindle axis direction comprises at least one annular sealing disc traversed by the spindle and being a resilient sheet metal ring is installed between said wall and the adjusting element said ring being pressed with bead feet of at least one annular half bead against an abutment surface fixed relative to the adjusting element and an abutment surface fixed relative to said wall, and the seal together with said abutment surfaces and at least the spindle delimit a space being sealed gastightly except for at least a gap between the spindle and said wall. | 12-20-2012 |
20120317975 | TURBOCHARGER - Turbocharger provided with a bypass valve device comprising a valve element having a shaft movably connected to a valve element support, with a spindle between the valve element support and an adjusting lever extending transversely to the spindle, and an adjusting lever actuating element pivotably connected to the adjusting lever; an annular spring element is provided in at least one of a first position between the valve element and the valve element support and a second position between the adjusting lever and the adjusting lever actuating element, the spring element comprising at least one annular spring steel disc with a bead being configured and dimensioned so as to minimize play between the valve element and its support or between the adjusting lever and its actuating element. | 12-20-2012 |
20120306160 | RADIAL SHAFT SEAL - A radial shaft seal is provided for sealing between high and low pressure sides in an annular space between a shaft and a static structural receiving part, wherein the shaft seal is rotationally symmetric and arranged coaxially to the shaft. A first sealing ring has an inner periphery bulging toward the low pressure side and forms a first sealing lip abutting the shaft. A spacer ring has first and second faces directed towards the high and low pressure sides, respectively. An elastic shaped part has an outer periphery abutting the second face of the spacer ring and an inner periphery bulging toward the high pressure side and abutting the first sealing lip. At least the spacer ring and elastic shaped part define a cavity subjected to the high pressure side or a control pressure which presses the first sealing lip against the shaft via the elastic shaped part. | 12-06-2012 |
20120276431 | Cell connector - To provide a cell connector for the electrically conductive connection of a first cell terminal of a first electrochemical cell and a second cell terminal of a second electrochemical cell of an electrochemical device, which allows a reliable and fail-safe connection of the cell terminals, it is proposed that the cell connector comprises a first contact section for connection to the first cell terminal, a second contact section for connection to the second cell terminal and an elastically and/or plastically deformable compensation region, which connects the first contact section and the second contact section to one another and allows a movement of these contact sections relative to one another. | 11-01-2012 |
20120138171 | OIL SEPARATOR UNIT - In order to improve an oil separator unit, in particular an oil separator unit provided for vehicle drives, comprising an oil separator housing with a drainage system and a check valve unit which is formed from a valve seat and a valve element which comprises a valve member of an umbrella-like design and consisting of an elastomer, in such a manner that it can be produced as inexpensively as possible, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, the wear on the valve element is, however, considerably reduced or occurs to as low a degree as possible, it is suggested that the valve member of the valve element be held on an insert part and that the insert part be insertable, for its part, into an insert part receptacle in a valve housing. | 06-07-2012 |
20120055527 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR THERMALLY SHIELDING ENGINES OR ENGINE COMPONENTS, IN PARTICULAR A HEAT SHIELD FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES - The invention relates to a structural element for thermally shielding engines or engine components, in particular a heat shield for combustion engines, the structural element having a planar extension and comprising a first side that faces a hot element of the engine, and a second side that faces away from the hot element of the engine, characterized in that the structural element comprises a thermoelectric generator, which can be used to generate electric energy from a temperature difference resulting between the first side and the second side of the structural element during operation of the engine. | 03-08-2012 |
20110097618 | Connecting device - In order to produce a connecting device for the electrically conductive connection of a plurality of cell terminals of electro-chemical cells of an electro-chemical device which enables the cell connector to be mounted on the electro-chemical cells in a simple and rapid manner wherein the device comprises two or more cell connectors for respectively connecting two cell terminals of different electro-chemical cells to one another in electrically conductive manner, it is proposed that, in an assembly state of the connecting device, at least two cell connectors be integrally connected together after separating out the cell connectors from a starting material. | 04-28-2011 |
20090155666 | Bipolar plate and process for producing a bipolar plate - In order to provide a bipolar plate for a fuel cell unit, wherein the bipolar plate comprises a support layer of a metallic material and a protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises an at least binary oxide system with at least two different types of metal cations, the protective layer of which prevents the formation of an oxide layer or changes the properties of the formed oxide layer such that lower mechanical stresses occur in the oxide layer, it is proposed that one type of metal cation of the oxide system of the protective layer is Mn and a further type of metal cation of the oxide system of the protective layer is Cu. | 06-18-2009 |
20080292832 | Structural component in the form of a heat shield - The invention relates to a structural component in the form of a heat shield, consisting of at least two interconnected structural layers, of which one structural layer ( | 11-27-2008 |