Patents by Inventor Herbert Piereder

Herbert Piereder 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).

  • Heat store with rails as heat-storage bodies
    Patent number: 11686533
    Abstract: A heat store comprises heat-storage bodies for storing thermal energy, a housing, in which the heat-storage bodies are accommodated; and at least one line for a heat-transfer fluid, in order to feed thermal energy to the heat-storage bodies and/or carry it away from the heat-storage bodies. Each of the heat-storage bodies comprises a metal rail of an elongated form, the cross-section of which has a web between widened ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Lumenion GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kordt, Herbert Piereder
  • Heat Store with Rails as Heat-Storage Bodies
    Publication number: 20230029622
    Abstract: A heat store comprises heat-storage bodies for storing thermal energy, a housing, in which the heat-storage bodies are accommodated; and at least one line for a heat-transfer fluid, in order to feed thermal energy to the heat-storage bodies and/or carry it away from the heat-storage bodies. Each of the heat-storage bodies comprises a metal rail of an elongated form, the cross-section of which has a web between widened ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Kordt, Herbert Piereder
  • Fault current limiter having self-checking power electronics and triggering circuit
    Patent number: 10109997
    Abstract: A fault current limiter may include a current limiting leg to transmit a first current and a control leg in parallel with the current limiting leg, the control leg to transmit a second current. The control leg may include a plurality of solid state switches arranged in electrical series with one another; a plurality of current monitors arranged in electrical series with the plurality of solid state switches; and at least one triggering circuit, wherein the plurality of current monitors are electrically coupled to the at least one triggering circuit, and wherein the at least one triggering circuit is optically coupled to the plurality of solid state switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Wilson, Arsen Babayan, Herbert Piereder
  • FAULT CURRENT LIMITER HAVING SELF-CHECKING POWER ELECTRONICS AND TRIGGERING CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20170244241
    Abstract: A fault current limiter may include a current limiting leg to transmit a first current and a control leg in parallel with the current limiting leg, the control leg to transmit a second current. The control leg may include a plurality of solid state switches arranged in electrical series with one another; a plurality of current monitors arranged in electrical series with the plurality of solid state switches; and at least one triggering circuit, wherein the plurality of current monitors are electrically coupled to the at least one triggering circuit, and wherein the at least one triggering circuit is optically coupled to the plurality of solid state switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Adrian Wilson, Arsen Babayan, Herbert Piereder