Patents by Inventor Gerd Schleier
Gerd Schleier 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).
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Patent number: 11486658Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The stacked plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of elongated stacked plates extending in a longitudinal direction and stacked against one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a stacking direction. First hollow spaces and second hollow spaces are disposed between adjacent stacked plates, through which alternatingly a first medium and a second medium flows. At least one stacked plate has a rib structure disposed on a respective plate surface, structured and arranged to provide a plurality of flow passages within the respective hollow space. The rib structure has a guiding region and two distribution regions. The rib structure differs in the guiding region and in the two distribution regions by shape and size of the plurality of flow passages.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: Jens Bruckner, Klaus Irmler, Jakub Lasica, Gerd Schleier
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Publication number: 20210010762Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The stacked plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of elongated stacked plates extending in a longitudinal direction and stacked against one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a stacking direction. First hollow spaces and second hollow spaces are disposed between adjacent stacked plates, through which alternatingly a first medium and a second medium flows. At least one stacked plate has a rib structure disposed on a respective plate surface, structured and arranged to provide a plurality of flow passages within the respective hollow space. The rib structure has a guiding region and two distribution regions. The rib structure differs in the guiding region and in the two distribution regions by shape and size of the plurality of flow passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Jens Bruckner, Klaus Irmler, Jakub Lasica, Gerd Schleier
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Patent number: 10126073Abstract: A corrugated fin, in particular for a heat exchanger, having a substantially corrugated design, having a plurality of fin surfaces, wherein adjoining fin surfaces are connected to one another by means of a fin arch in such a way that a medium can flow through an intermediate space between adjoining fin surfaces, wherein the fin surfaces are arranged at an angle with respect to one another perpendicularly with respect to a throughflow direction for the medium, wherein the fin surface has at least one bulge which protrudes out of the plane of the fin surface, wherein the extent of the bulge in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the air throughflow direction is smaller than the extent of the fin surface in said direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Carolin Agner, Bjoern Haller, Jonas Kilian, Jens Ruckwied, Florian Schmidt, Eberhard Pantow, Gerd Schleier
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Publication number: 20160178260Abstract: An evaporator heat exchanger for evaporating a liquid working medium may include a housing, in which at least one first flow channel for conducting the working medium and at least one second flow channel for conducting a gas may be arranged, where heat may be transferable from the gas to the working medium. The evaporator heat exchanger may also include a plurality of cover plates and a profiled fluid plate arranged in between two of the cover plates. The at least two cover plates and the profiled fluid plate may form the at least one first flow channel, and at the same time may delimit at least one of at least one leakage channel and a leakage space that is separated from the at least one first flow channel and at least one second flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Behr GMBH & Co. KGInventors: Peter Geskes, David Mercader Quintana, Gerd Schleier, Michael Schmidt
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Publication number: 20150096728Abstract: A corrugated fin, in particular for a heat exchanger, having a substantially corrugated design, having a plurality of fin surfaces, wherein adjoining fin surfaces are connected to one another by means of a fin arch in such a way that a medium can flow through an intermediate space between adjoining fin surfaces, wherein the fin surfaces are arranged at an angle with respect to one another perpendicularly with respect to a throughflow direction for the medium, wherein the fin surface has at least one bulge which protrudes out of the plane of the fin surface, wherein the extent of the bulge in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the air throughflow direction is smaller than the extent of the fin surface in said direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventors: Carolin AGNER, Bjoern HALLER, Jonas KILIAN, Jens Ruckwied, Florian SCHMIDT, Eberhard PANTOW, Gerd SCHLEIER
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Patent number: 8720534Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of exchanger tubes (3) attached to at least one floor for conveying a first fluid, wherein the exchanger tubes (3) are disposed in a housing through which a second fluid flows, wherein a holding member (5) is disposed inside the housing, wherein at least two of the exchanger tubes (3) are supported relative to one another by means of the holding member (5).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Juergen Barwig, Heinz Czemmel, Christian Domes, Peter Geskes, Jens Ruckwied, Gerd Schleier, Bernd Spitznagel
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Publication number: 20100276131Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of exchanger tubes (3) attached to at least one floor for conveying a first fluid, wherein the exchanger tubes (3) are disposed in a housing through which a second fluid flows, wherein a holding member (5) is disposed inside the housing, wherein at least two of the exchanger tubes (3) are supported relative to one another by means of the holding member (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Inventors: Jürgen Barwig, Heinz Czemmel, Christian Domes, Peter Geskes, Jens Ruckwied, Gerd Schleier, Bernd Spitznagel
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Patent number: 6105668Abstract: An impact-resistant material protective cover is disclosed for covering a stacking-disk heat exchanger which in used in a motor vehicle as an oil/coolant cooler. The protective cover may be formed from two identical cover shells having innerengageable locking detent elements for connecting them together in position around the circumference of the cooler housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1998Date of Patent: August 22, 2000Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Gebhard Schwarz, Gerd Schleier
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Patent number: 5927394Abstract: Known constructions of oil coolers for motor vehicles are generally fastened directly by means of the base plate on the engine block and are therefore subjected to extremely high lateral acceleration forces during the operation of the engine. Stacking disk oil coolers, as a rule, do not withstand such forces because the lowest disk may deform during the operation so that the effectiveness of the cooler becomes questionable. It is suggested to arrange a reinforcing plate between the lowest plate of the stacking disk oil cooler and a base plate, which reinforcing plate is provided with a rim surrounding the edge of the lowest plate. This measure increases the stability of the stacking disk oil cooler so that it can be fastened directly to the engine block.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Robert Mendler, Gerd Schleier, Gebhard Schwarz