Patents by Inventor Rainer Frauenholz

Rainer Frauenholz 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: 20240068969
    Abstract: A sensor for determining a hydrogen concentration in a channel of a fuel cell system, having a sensor housing, a measuring chamber, wherein the measuring chamber is arranged in the sensor housing, and a measuring chamber channel, wherein the measuring chamber channel fluidically connects the measuring chamber to the environment of the sensor, wherein the sensor can be mounted in such a way that the measuring chamber diaphragm is located in the channel. A channel having a sensor of this type and a fuel cell system having a channel of said type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan HEINRICH, Wolfgang LAUERER, Rainer FRAUENHOLZ, Stephen SETESCAK, Stefan PESAHL
  • Patent number: 11079265
    Abstract: An air mass flowmeter with a housing having an air-guiding path in which an air mass sensor element is arranged on a sensor element carrier in the housing and is electrically connected to a circuit carrier by connection wires. The circuit carrier is also arranged in the housing the air mass sensor element is positioned accurately in the air-guiding path by a positioning element that engages into a positioning element receptacle formed in the sensor element carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Millies, Jörg Schindler, Stephen Setescak, Rainer Frauenholz
  • Publication number: 20180372521
    Abstract: An air mass flowmeter with a housing having an air-guiding path in which an air mass sensor element is arranged on a sensor element carrier in the housing and is electrically connected to a circuit carrier by connection wires. The circuit carrier is also arranged in the housing the air mass sensor element is positioned accurately in the air-guiding path by a positioning element that engages into a positioning element receptacle formed in the sensor element carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas MILLIES, Jörg SCHINDLER, Stephen SETESCAK, Rainer FRAUENHOLZ
  • Patent number: 9658092
    Abstract: An air mass flow meter, includes a housing made of plastic having an electrically insulating effect. A flow channel is formed in the housing. The air mass flow motion also includes a sensor element which is arranged in the housing and detects the air mass flowing in the flow channel. Conductive paths are arranged in the housing and connect the sensor element to connection pins. In order to provide a mass air flow meter which is cost-effective to produce and allows precise measurement of a mass air flow, the entire housing is made of plastic and at least one part of the flow channel has electrostatically dissipative properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Frauenholz, Stephen Setescak
  • Publication number: 20130061684
    Abstract: An air mass flow meter, includes a housing made of plastic having an electrically insulating effect. A flow channel is formed in the housing. The air mass flow motion also includes a sensor element which is arranged in the housing and detects the air mass flowing in the flow channel. Conductive paths are arranged in the housing and connect the sensor element to connection pins. In order to provide a mass air flow meter which is cost-effective to produce and allows precise measurement of a mass air flow, the entire housing is made of plastic and at least one part of the flow channel has electrostatically dissipative properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rainer Frauenholz, Stephen Setescak