Patents by Inventor Achim Baier

Achim Baier 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: 8397939
    Abstract: A composite compressed gas tank has an outer shell and a liner. The liner is made of a light metal, in particular, aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The gas tank has an in-feed and discharge port, in which is inserted a closing element having at least one channel. The closing element is connected directly or indirectly to the liner by a welded joint, and a steel material connecting line is connected to the channel or channels. A transition element has a first end segment made of a light metal, in particular aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and is welded either to the liner or to the closing element if made of a light metal. The other end segment of the transition element is made of a steel material and is welded either to the closing element, or to the connecting line if made of a steel material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bastian Landeck, Gregor Fischer, Achim Baier, Sylvain Bastian
  • Patent number: 8113006
    Abstract: A system for cryogenic storage and delivery of fuel, particularly for supplying an internal-combustion engine driving a motor vehicle, includes at least a cryotank having an inner reservoir for receiving the cryogenic medium, which inner reservoir is held in a heat-insulated manner in an outer reservoir, a coolable cooling shield between the inner reservoir and the outer reservoir of the cryotank, and a heat sink. As a thermal-energy storage device, the heat sink is in heat-transmitting contact with the cooling shield. A filling and removal device has at least one pipe penetrating the outer reservoir and leading into the inner reservoir. At least for the filling with or for the removal of cryogenic medium, the heat sink is in heat-transmitting contact with the pipe for the cryogenic medium, in order to reduce the entry of heat from the environment into the inner reservoir while emitting heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Rech, Achim Baier, Markus Amsz, Tobias Brunner, Thomas Hagler, Oliver Kircher, Gregor Fischer
  • Publication number: 20110036848
    Abstract: A composite compressed gas tank intended for a gas has an outer shell and a liner. The liner is enveloped by the outer shell and is made of a light metal, in particular, aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The gas tank has an in-feed and discharge port, in which is inserted a closing element that has at least one channel for infeeding and/or discharging gas and that is connected directly or indirectly to the liner by a welded joint, and a connecting line made of a steel material is connected to the channel or channels of the closing element. A transition element is provided, of which a first end segment is made of a light metal, in particular aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and is welded either to the liner or to the closing element, which is made of a light metal, in particular aluminum or an aluminum alloy; and the other end segment of this transition element is made of a steel material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bastian Landeck, Gregor Fischer, Achim Baier, Sylvain Bastian
  • Publication number: 20070277533
    Abstract: A system for cryogenic storage and delivery of fuel, particularly for supplying an internal-combustion engine driving a motor vehicle, includes at least a cryotank having an inner reservoir for receiving the cryogenic medium, which inner reservoir is held in a heat-insulated manner in an outer reservoir, a coolable cooling shield between the inner reservoir and the outer reservoir of the cryotank, and a heat sink. As a thermal-energy storage device, the heat sink is in heat-transmitting contact with the cooling shield. A filling and removal device has at least one pipe penetrating the outer reservoir and leading into the inner reservoir. At least for the filling with or for the removal of cryogenic medium, the heat sink is in heat-transmitting contact with the pipe for the cryogenic medium, in order to reduce the entry of heat from the environment into the inner reservoir while emitting heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten RECH, Achim Baier, Markus Amsz, Tobias Brunner, Thomas Hagler, Oliver Kircher, Gregor Fischer