Jan-Philipp Weberpals

Title: Jan-Philipp Weberpals: Inventor in Bipolar Plate Manufacturing

Introduction

Jan-Philipp Weberpals is an inventor associated with Abstatt, Germany. His patent work addresses manufacturing methods and equipment for producing bipolar plates, components used in fuel-cell systems.

Latest Patents

The supplied information lists one patent for Weberpals: “Method for Producing a Bipolar Plate Strand, Method for Producing a Bipolar Plate, and Device for Implementing the Method.”

The invention describes feeding unipolar plate strands through a roll gap and using a laser beam, directed by a rotating mirrored polygon wheel, to heat selected surface positions to joining temperature. Pressure applied as the strands pass through the roll gap joins them into a bipolar plate strand. The patent also covers a method for producing a bipolar plate and a device for carrying out the process. The supplied data does not specify the patent’s filing or publication date.

Career Highlights

Weberpals is associated with Audi AG and the University of Stuttgart. His listed patent focuses on combining laser heating and roll-based joining to produce bipolar plate components. The supplied information does not detail his specific roles at these organizations.

Collaborations

Eva Heuberger and Markus Gretzer are identified as Weberpals’s coworkers. The available information does not specify their roles in the patent or the nature of their collaboration.

Conclusion

Jan-Philipp Weberpals’s listed invention applies targeted laser heating and pressure-based joining to bipolar plate manufacturing, reflecting a technical focus on production methods and equipment.