Patents by Inventor Ernst Herbrich

Ernst Herbrich 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).

  • Inhalation unit
    Patent number: 8191555
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (9), for a mobile inhalation unit for the inhalation of active agents, comprising a heating wire (15), with two connector ends (23, 31) for the introduction of electrical energy and a thermal reservoir (13, 17) for heating air flowing along the thermal reservoir, whereby the thermal reservoir may be heated by means of the heating wire. The heating wire has a temperature coefficient of at least 0.001 K?1. The invention further relates to an inhalation unit with such a heating device and a method for heating a thermal reservoir on such a heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Vishay Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Herbrich, Otto Hampl, Norbert Pieper
  • INHALATION UNIT
    Publication number: 20090095312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (9), for a mobile inhalation unit for the inhalation of active agents, comprising a heating wire (15), with two connector ends (23, 31) for the introduction of electrical energy and a thermal reservoir (13, 17) for heating air flowing along the thermal reservoir, whereby the thermal reservoir may be heated by means of the heating wire. The heating wire has a temperature coefficient of at least 0.001 K?1. The invention further relates to an inhalation unit with such a heating device and a method for heating a thermal reservoir on such a heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Vishay Electronic Gmbh
    Inventors: Ernst Herbrich, Otto Hampl, Norbert Pieper