Patents by Inventor Hans-Ulrich Steurer

Hans-Ulrich Steurer 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).

  • Publication number: 20230347709
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, having a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit, wherein the first cooling circuit has: at least one first component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as an indirect condenser for transferring heat between the first cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the second cooling circuit has: at least one second component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as a chiller for transferring heat between the second cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the first and second cooling circuit can be connected by means of a first connecting section and a second connecting section, and, at least on the first connecting section, a second switching point is arranged wherein the second switching point connects the first connecting section to the first cooling circuit in such a way that a cooling medium flows completely or at le
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20230347708
    Abstract: An operating method for operating a cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, wherein the cooling system has a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit; wherein the first cooling circuit has at least one first component to be temperature-controlled and an indirect condenser, which are arranged in two sections extending parallel to one another, with a first switching point which is arranged on the first or second branching point and which controls the inflow of a cooling medium into the first component to be temperature-controlled and the indirect condenser; wherein the second cooling circuit has at least one second component to be temperature-controlled and a chiller; wherein the first and second cooling circuits can be connected by means of a first and second connecting section, and a second switching point, which controls the inflow of the cooling medium into at least the first connecting section, is arranged at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11777352
    Abstract: An electrical machine for a vehicle may include a rotor, a stator, a coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber. The rotor may be configured to be rotated about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction of the electrical machine. The stator may include a plurality of stator windings. The coolant collector chamber may be axially arranged at a distance from the coolant distributor chamber. The coolant distributor chamber may be configured to communicate fluidically with the coolant collector chamber by at least one cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. At least one of the stator windings may be embedded in at least one plastic mass consisting of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant. At least one of the coolant distributor chamber and the coolant collector chamber may be arranged at least partially in the at least one plastic mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 11728703
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor, rotatable about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction, and a stator having stator windings, a coolant distribution chamber and a coolant collection chamber arranged axially at a distance thereto. The coolant distribution chamber fluidically communicates with the coolant collection chamber with a cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. The cooling channel and the stator winding are embedded in a plastic mass made of a plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant. The stator has stator teeth extending along the axial direction and spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction and carrying the stator windings. The plastic mass is arranged together with the cooling channel and the stator winding in an intermediate space formed between two stator teeth arranged adjacent in the circumferential direction and sections of cooling channel are configured as a tube body within the intermediate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Grabherr, Mirko Hoerz, Andrej Licen, Stojan Markic, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Josef Sonntag, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Patent number: 11581771
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a comprise a rotor, a stator, a coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber. The rotor may be rotated about an axis of rotation that defines an axial direction of the electrical machine. The stator may comprise a plurality of stator windings. The coolant collector chamber may be axially arranged at a distance from the coolant distributor chamber. The coolant distributor chamber may communicate fluidically with the coolant collector chamber by way of least one cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. The at least one cooling channel and the at least one stator winding may be embedded in a plastic mass consisting of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Markic Stojan, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 11476730
    Abstract: An electric machine, for example for a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The electric machine includes a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines an axial direction of the electric machine, and a stator including stator windings. A coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber are provided, and arranged with an axial spacing to one another. The coolant distributor chamber fluidically communicates with the coolant collector chamber for cooling the stator windings via at least one cooling channel that can be flowed through by a coolant. At least one of the stator windings is embedded into a plastics compound composed of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 11190063
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation which defines an axial direction, a stator including a plurality of stator windings, a coolant collector chamber, and a coolant distributor chamber fluidically communicating with the coolant collector chamber via at least one cooling duct. At least one stator winding may be embedded into a plastic compound composed of an electrically insulating plastic. The stator may further include a stator body having a space. The at least one cooling duct may be arranged in the stator body and may be at least partially defined by at least one aperture disposed in the stator body through which the coolant is flowable. The at least one aperture may open towards the space and may be closed in a fluid-tight manner via the plastic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 11190064
    Abstract: An electrical machine for a vehicle includes a rotor, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, by which an axial direction of the electrical machine is defined, a stator with stator windings; and a cooling channel, or a plurality of cooling channels, through which a coolant flows. The stator has stator teeth, which extend along the axial direction and are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction and which bear the stator windings. At least one stator winding is embedded in an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling, the electrically insulating plastic is arranged, together with the at least one stator winding, in an intermediate space, which is formed between two stator teeth adjacent in the circumferential direction, and the electrically insulating plastic is formed by a first plastic mass of a first plastic material and a second plastic mass of a second plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Publication number: 20210296954
    Abstract: An electrical machine for a vehicle may include a rotor, a stator, a coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber. The rotor may be configured to be rotated about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction of the electrical machine. The stator may include a plurality of stator windings. The coolant collector chamber may be axially arranged at a distance from the coolant distributor chamber. The coolant distributor chamber may be configured to communicate fluidically with the coolant collector chamber by at least one cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. At least one of the stator windings may be embedded in at least one plastic mass consisting of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant. At least one of the coolant distributor chamber and the coolant collector chamber may be arranged at least partially in the at least one plastic mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 10875382
    Abstract: A waste heat utilization system for an electric vehicle having an electric motor and a battery may include a first cooling circuit in which a first coolant circulates and having arranged therein the electric motor, a first direct heat exchanger for discharging heat from the first coolant into surroundings of the system, and a first delivery device for driving the first coolant. The system may also include a second cooling circuit in which a second coolant circulates and having arranged therein the battery and a second delivery device for driving the second coolant. The system may also include an air conditioning circuit in which a working medium circulates, and having arranged therein a compressor, condenser, and evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Fahmi Ben Ahmed, Matthias Jung, Sascha Lindauer, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Publication number: 20200403463
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation which defines an axial direction, a stator including a plurality of stator windings, a coolant collector chamber, and a coolant distributor chamber fluidically communicating with the coolant collector chamber via at least one cooling duct. At least one stator winding may be embedded into a plastic compound composed of an electrically insulating plastic. The stator may further include a stator body having a space. The at least one cooling duct may be arranged in the stator body and may be at least partially defined by at least one aperture disposed in the stator body through which the coolant is flowable. The at least one aperture may open towards the space and may be closed in a fluid-tight manner via the plastic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Publication number: 20200295616
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor, rotatable about an axis of rotation defining an axial direction, and a stator having stator windings, a coolant distribution chamber and a coolant collection chamber arranged axially at a distance thereto. The coolant distribution chamber fluidically communicates with the coolant collection chamber with a cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. The cooling channel and the stator winding are embedded in a plastic mass made of a plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant. The stator has stator teeth extending along the axial direction and spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction and carrying the stator windings. The plastic mass is arranged together with the cooling channel and the stator winding in an intermediate space formed between two stator teeth arranged adjacent in the circumferential direction and sections of cooling channel are configured as a tube body within the intermediate space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Philip Grabherr, Mirko Hoerz, Andrej Licen, Stojan Markic, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Josef Sonntag, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Publication number: 20200204023
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis defining an axial direction of the electrical machine, and a stator having stator windings, and a coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber arranged axially at a distance therefrom, wherein the coolant distributor chamber may communicate fluidically with the coolant collector chamber via at least one cooling channel through which a coolant may be flowable to cool the stator windings, wherein at least one stator winding may be embedded into a plastic composition composed of an electrically insulating plastic. At least one of the coolant distributor chamber and the coolant collector chamber may be arranged in a region of at least one of a first and a second axial end section of at least one stator winding, and may arranged at least partly in the plastic composition for thermal coupling to the at least one stator winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Publication number: 20200204024
    Abstract: An electric machine, for example for a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The electric machine includes a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation that defines an axial direction of the electric machine, and a stator including stator windings. A coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber are provided, and arranged with an axial spacing to one another. The coolant distributor chamber fluidically communicates with the coolant collector chamber for cooling the stator windings via at least one cooling channel that can be flowed through by a coolant. At least one of the stator windings is embedded into a plastics compound composed of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Publication number: 20200185993
    Abstract: An electrical machine may include a comprise a rotor, a stator, a coolant distributor chamber and a coolant collector chamber. The rotor may be rotated about an axis of rotation that defines an axial direction of the electrical machine. The stator may comprise a plurality of stator windings. The coolant collector chamber may be axially arranged at a distance from the coolant distributor chamber. The coolant distributor chamber may communicate fluidically with the coolant collector chamber by way of least one cooling channel through which a coolant can flow. The at least one cooling channel and the at least one stator winding may be embedded in a plastic mass consisting of an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling to the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Markic Stojan, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Publication number: 20200136445
    Abstract: An electrical machine for a vehicle includes a rotor, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, by which an axial direction of the electrical machine is defined, a stator with stator windings; and a cooling channel, or a plurality of cooling channels, through which a coolant flows. The stator has stator teeth, which extend along the axial direction and are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction and which bear the stator windings. At least one stator winding is embedded in an electrically insulating plastic for thermal coupling, the electrically insulating plastic is arranged, together with the at least one stator winding, in an intermediate space, which is formed between two stator teeth adjacent in the circumferential direction, and the electrically insulating plastic is formed by a first plastic mass of a first plastic material and a second plastic mass of a second plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mirko Hoerz, Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Josef Sonntag, Stojan Markic, Andrej Licen, Aleks Medvescek, Peter Sever, Philip Grabherr
  • Patent number: 10539249
    Abstract: An electrically drivable valve for controlling volumetric flows in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle, including a housing, from which at least two channels, preferable an inlet channel and an outlet channel, branch off, wherein a disk-shaped valve body is arranged in the housing, which valve body can be rotated about an axis of a drive shaft and has a control contour. For a valve that is simple to produce in regard to the design of the valve, the single control contour of the valve body controls a bypass circuit and a cooler circuit of the heating and/or cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Klein, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Patent number: 10336193
    Abstract: A waste heat utilization system may include an air conditioning circuit for air conditioning a vehicle interior of the electric vehicle, wherein a working medium may circulate in the air conditioning circuit, which may have arranged therein a compressor for compressing the working medium, a condenser for condensing the working medium, and an evaporator for evaporating the working medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Fahmi Ben Ahmed, Matthias Jung, Sascha Lindauer, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Patent number: 10254056
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, in particular a charge air cooler or an exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of essentially parallel tubes and at least one collector box on the output side, the tubes each emptying into the collector box on the output side, and a gas flow flowing from the tubes into the collector box and from the collector box into an outlet of the collector box, a structure for interacting with the gas flow being provided at least one of the tubes or collector box, a condensation being transported to the outlet with the aid of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Peter Geskes, Christian Saumweber
  • Publication number: 20180208014
    Abstract: A waste heat utilization system for an electric vehicle having an electric motor and a battery may include a first cooling circuit in which a first coolant circulates and having arranged therein the electric motor, a first direct heat exchanger for discharging heat from the first coolant into surroundings of the system, and a first delivery device for driving the first coolant. The system may also include a second cooling circuit in which a second coolant circulates and having arranged therein the battery and a second delivery device for driving the second coolant. The system may also include an air conditioning circuit in which a working medium circulates, and having arranged therein a compressor, condenser, and evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Fahmi Ben Ahmed, Matthias Jung, Sascha Lindauer, Hans-Ulrich Steurer