Patents Assigned to TI Automotive Engineering Centre (Heidelberg) GmbH
  • Patent number: 10876666
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a connecting element (1) for connecting a pipe end (2) to a component (3) of an air-conditioning system, wherein said connecting element comprises a base body (4) with a passage opening (5) for conveying through a refrigerant, a receptacle bore (6) for receiving the pipe end (2), wherein the receptacle bore (6) is arranged on a face side (7) of the base body (4) and corresponds to the passage bore (5), as well as a connection piece (8) that is arranged on the other face side (9) of the base body (4) and corresponds to the passage bore (5) on this side, wherein the connection piece (8) and the base body (4) consist of the same material and are realized in one piece, wherein at least one sealing element (12, 13) is arranged on the connection piece (8), and wherein the sealing element (12, 13) and the connection piece (8) are realized in one piece, as well as to a method for manufacturing such a connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CENTRE (HEIDELBERG) GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Laule, Dominik Kempf, Boris Bernhardt
  • Patent number: 10612695
    Abstract: Spacer for a hose or pipeline, comprising a spacing pipe that is fitted around the hose or pipeline during normal use, wherein the spacing pipe is slit in the lengthwise direction, and wherein the spacing pipe is constructed in segments, and wherein the segments are connected to each other in articulated manner, wherein the segments assigned to the slit are finished with locking elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CENTRE (HEIDELBERG) GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Kempf
  • Publication number: 20140151004
    Abstract: An internal heat exchanger for an air conditioning system, comprising an outer tube and a line structure arranged inside the outer tube defining a meandering serpentine first flow channel, with the second flow channel formed between the outer tube and the line structure. The first flow channel is formed by extruded components joined together to form a unitary structure inserted into the second flow channel which includes facing channel elements defining a serpentine path and two shells adhered to the channel elements defining the sides of the flow path and having fins extending perpendicular to the base disposed in the second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: TI Automotive Engineering Centre (Heidelberg) GmbH
    Inventors: Denny Liers, Dominik Kempf, Matt Garrisi, Charles Thrift
  • Patent number: 8087493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant circuit of a cooling system including a pipe-shaped body defining a cavity. It has a sound absorber defining a flow channel and at least one resonator chamber which is connected to the flow channel via a connection channel. The sound absorber is an insert in the cavity of the pipe-shaped body, which forms the flow channel, the at least one resonator chamber, and the at least one connection channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: TI Automotive Engineering Centre (Heidelberg) GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Kempf, Denny Liers, Olaf Emmerich
  • Publication number: 20110088968
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant circuit of a cooling system including a pipe-shaped body defining a cavity. It has a sound absorber defining a flow channel and at least one resonator chamber which is connected to the flow channel via a connection channel. The sound absorber is an insert in the cavity of the pipe-shaped body, which forms the flow channel, the at least one resonator chamber, and the at least one connection channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: TI Automotive Engineering Centre (Heidelberg) GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Kempf, Denny Liers, Olaf Emmerich