Patents by Inventor Robert Scholl

Robert Scholl 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: 20240154136
    Abstract: A cross-flow interconnect and a fuel cell stack including the same, the interconnect including fuel inlets and outlets that extend through the interconnect adjacent to opposing first and second peripheral edges of the interconnect; an air side; and an opposing fuel side. The air side includes an air flow field including air channels that extend in a first direction, from a third peripheral edge of the interconnect to an opposing fourth peripheral edge of the interconnect; and riser seal surfaces disposed on two opposing sides of the air flow field and in which the fuel inlets and outlets are formed. The fuel side includes a fuel flow field including fuel channels that extend in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, between the fuel inlets and outlets; and a perimeter seal surface surrounding the fuel flow field and the fuel inlets and outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael GASDA, Vijay SRIVATSAN, Robert M. HINTZ, Swaminathan VENKATARAMAN, Padiadpu Shankara ANANTHA, Emad EL BATAWI, Cheng-Yu LIN, Sagar MAINKAR, Gilbert RICHARDS, Jonathan SCHOLL
  • Patent number: 11916263
    Abstract: A cross-flow interconnect and a fuel cell stack including the same, the interconnect including fuel inlets and outlets that extend through the interconnect adjacent to opposing first and second peripheral edges of the interconnect; an air side; and an opposing fuel side. The air side includes an air flow field including air channels that extend in a first direction, from a third peripheral edge of the interconnect to an opposing fourth peripheral edge of the interconnect; and riser seal surfaces disposed on two opposing sides of the air flow field and in which the fuel inlets and outlets are formed. The fuel side includes a fuel flow field including fuel channels that extend in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, between the fuel inlets and outlets; and a perimeter seal surface surrounding the fuel flow field and the fuel inlets and outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Gasda, Vijay Srivatsan, Robert M. Hintz, Swaminathan Venkataraman, Padiadpu Shankara Anantha, Emad El Batawi, Cheng-Yu Lin, Sagar Mainkar, Gilbert Richards, Jonathan Scholl
  • Publication number: 20210013768
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing having cylindrical outer walls including a stator portion and a cooling system portion adjacent to the stator portion. The electric machine includes a rotor drive shaft protruding coaxially with the cylindrical outer walls of the electric machine from the front of the electric machine, and a rotor coupled to the rotor drive shaft and arranged coaxially within the stator portion of the cylindrical outer walls of the machine housing. At least one air inlet is formed in the cylindrical outer walls of the machine housing between the stator portion and the cooling system portion. At least one air guide vane extends from the air inlet into a hollow volume of the rotor forming a cooling air duct from the air inlet past the inner surface of the rotor and back to the inner surface of the cooling system portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Robert SCHÖLL
  • Patent number: 9752834
    Abstract: A cooling system cools at least one heat producing device provided in a unit of transport, and a method is provided for cooling at least one heat producing device provided in a unit of transport. The cooling system includes at least one first liquid circuit and at least one first heat exchanger assigned to the first liquid circuit, the first liquid circuit, for cooling the at least one first heat producing device, being configured to absorb heat of the first heat producing device via a cooling liquid circulating in the first liquid circuit and dissipate heat to the first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger being coupled in such a manner to a first air-guiding system available on board the unit of transport, that exhaust air extracted from the first air-guiding system can be supplied to the first heat exchanger in order to recool the cooling liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Schöll, Cherif Terzi
  • Publication number: 20150229148
    Abstract: A blind-mate power charging station includes a receptacle, a base, and electrical circuitry. The receptacle includes a receptacle housing, an inner housing, and electrical contacts. The receptacle housing includes a pair of outer extensions, each outer extension tapering toward an outer extension tip. The inner housing is held within the receptacle housing and includes inner extensions forming parallel slots between pairs of inner extensions. Each electrical contact is held in one of the parallel slots by a pair of the inner extensions. The base receives the receptacle and mounts the receptacle to a stationary surface. The electrical circuitry couples the electrical contacts to an electricity source. The receptacle is shaped to receive a plug including a plug head and at least two prongs. Each prong engages one of the electrical contacts such that the receptacle provides electricity to the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Tunc Icoz, Jessica Dennis, Manuel Lavin, James Feely, Gary Mulcahy, John Santini, Ronald Hamaoui, Robert Scholl, Matthew Fuhrmann
  • Publication number: 20130277015
    Abstract: A cooling system cools at least one heat producing device provided in a unit of transport, and a method is provided for cooling at least one heat producing device provided in a unit of transport. The cooling system includes at least one first liquid circuit and at least one first heat exchanger assigned to the first liquid circuit, the first liquid circuit, for cooling the at least one first heat producing device, being configured to absorb heat of the first heat producing device via a cooling liquid circulating in the first liquid circuit and dissipate heat to the first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger being coupled in such a manner to a first air-guiding system available on board the unit of transport, that exhaust air extracted from the first air-guiding system can be supplied to the first heat exchanger in order to recool the cooling liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Robert SCHÖLL, Cherif TERZI
  • Publication number: 20080203890
    Abstract: A low-pressure gas discharge lamp is described that has, in a gas-discharge vessel, one or more inert gases as a buffer gas and means for producing, and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge and that contains a gallium halide or a mixture of a plurality of gallium halides, to which indium and/or thallium may also preferably be added. A low-pressure gas discharge lamp of this kind produces sufficient UV radiation for it to be used in tanning devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Rainer Hilbig, Robert Scholl
  • Publication number: 20080007179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel having a filling comprising a rare gas, for example argon, mercury, and chlorine, wherein the filling quantities of mercury [Hg] and chlorine [Cl] comply with the following conditions: [Hg].[Cl]?200 (?mole/cm3)2, [Cl]?10 ?mole/cm3. The condition [Hg].[Cl]?200 (?mole/cm3)2 achieves HgCl vapor pressures in the discharge sufficient for generating significant radiation components of the B2?+-X2?+ band system of this molecule. The condition [Cl]?10 ?mole/cm3 serves to limit the chemical aggressiveness of the chlorine filling, in particular to limit the attacks on the wall and electrodes and thus to achieve longer lamp lives. The addition of chlorine-binding metals, in particular of germanium, leads to a further improvement in the radiation and life properties of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Achim Koerber, Rainer Hilbig, Robert Scholl, Johannes Baier, Ghaleb Natour
  • Publication number: 20070085481
    Abstract: A low-pressure gas discharge lamp is described that comprises, in a gas discharge vessel, one or more inert gases as a buffer gas, an indium halide and means for producing and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, in which lamp the indium halide is present as a monohalide and present in addition is a means that binds oxygen and water. The said means should bind oxygen and the oxygen in water more strongly than indium does. This object is satisfactorily achieved by indium, gallium, germanium, boron, molybdenum and/or tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Scholl, Rainer Hilbig
  • Publication number: 20070081780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp system (21) with a first light source (23) which radiates light of a first chromaticity coordinate and with a second light source which radiates light of a second chromaticity coordinate, and with an optical component (22) for additively mixing the light of the two light sources (23, 24 to 28). According to the invention, the optical component (22) comprises an optical waveguide (22) with two different kinds of scattering centers (29, 30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Scholl
  • Publication number: 20060214590
    Abstract: A description is given of a low-pressure gas discharge lamp equipped with a gas discharge vessel containing, as a buffer gas, an inert gas filling and an indium halogenide, thallium halogenide, gallium halogenide and/or copper halogenide, and with electrodes and means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, and which comprises one or more chalcogenides of alkaline earth metals as electron emitter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Rainer Hilbig, Robert Scholl
  • Publication number: 20060208642
    Abstract: A high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp which comprises, as filling, only zinc, a halogen and a noble gas. In order to improve the color rendering index, a calcium halide may be added to the lamp filling. The coupling-in of energy preferably takes place without electrodes in the radio-frequency range or in the microwave range, but may also be carried out by means of metal electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS
    Inventors: Johannes Baier, Rainer Hilbig, Achim Korber, Robert Scholl, Matthias Born
  • Publication number: 20060091812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp with a discharge vessel having a filling comprising—a rare gas, for example argon, —mercury, and —chlorine, wherein the filling quantities of mercury [Hg] and chlorine [Cl] comply with the following conditions: —[Hg](E[Cl]3 200 (?mole/cm3)2, —[Cl] £ 10 ?mole/cm3. The condition [Hg](E[Cl]3 200 (?mole/cm3)2 achieves HgCl vapor pressures in the discharge sufficient for generating significant radiation components of the B2S+?X2S+ band system of this molecule. The condition [Cl] £ 10 ?mole/cm3 serves to limit the chemical aggressiveness of the chlorine filling, in particular to limit the attacks on the wall and electrodes and thus to achieve longer lamp lives. The addition of chlorine-binding metals, in particular of germanium, leads to a further improvement in the radiation and life properties of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Achim Koerber, Rainer Hilbig, Robert Scholl, Johannes Baier, Ghaleb Natour
  • Publication number: 20060087242
    Abstract: A low-pressure gas discharge lamp is described, which is equipped with a gas-discharge vessel containing an inert gas filling as the buffer gas and an indium, thallium and/or copper halide, and with electrodes and with means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, which has as the electron emitter substance a compound selected from the group of ABO3 or AnBO2+n, AnC2O5+n, or AnD2O3+n, wherein: A=an alkaline earth element or a mixture of several different alkaline earth elements, B=cerium, titanium, zirconium, hafnium, or a mixture of these elements, C=vanadium, niobium, tantalum, or a mixture of these elements, D=scandium, yttrium, lanthanum, a rare earth element, or a mixture of these elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Scholl, Rainer Hilbig, Bernd Rausenberger
  • Publication number: 20050265023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp system having—a gas-discharge lamp with a color point in the green-blue,—an LED with a color point in the yellow-red, and—an optical component for additive mixing of the light from the gas-discharge lamp and the LED, and to a corresponding method of illumination. A blue and green emitting fluorescent lamp is particularly suitable as gas-discharge lamp, and a red-yellow-emitting AlGaInP LED or a red-emitting AlGaAs LED as LED. Through additive mixing of the light from these high-efficiency light sources, the invention provides a highly efficient light source affording good color rendering, which contains all three primary colors and is particularly suited to the highly efficient generation of white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Robert Scholl
  • Publication number: 20050253527
    Abstract: A low-pressure gas discharge lamp is described, which is equipped with a gas-discharge vessel containing an inert gas filling as the buffer gas and an indium, thallium and/or copper halide, and with electrodes and with means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, wherein it has, as the electron emitter substance, a mixture of BaO, SrO, CaO and MgO, wherein: a) the molar proportion of BaO is less than 1 percent by weight b) the molar proportion of SrO is less than 10 percent by weight c) the sum of the molar proportions of CaO and MgO is greater than 90 percent by weight, wherein the CaO proportion in the CaO/MgO mixture lies between 10 and 90 percent by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Scholl, Rainer Hilbig
  • Publication number: 20050253521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure gas-discharge lamp, having at least one gastight fused press-seal between a glasslike material and molybdenum, wherein the molybdenum in the fused press-seal is at least partly exposed to an oxidizing environment and at least that part of the molybdenum that is exposed to the oxidizing environment is covered with a coating, and the coating comprises at least one oxide from among Fe2O3, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, Al2O3, SiO2, TiO2, ZrO2, HfO2, and/or one nitride from among TiN, ZrN, HfN, AlN, BN, and/or one carbide from among TiC, ZrC, HfC, VC, NbC, TaC, B4C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Scholl, Rainer Hilbig, Achim Korber, Johannes Baier, Klaus Gawron, Dieter Aachen
  • Publication number: 20050242737
    Abstract: A low-pressure gas discharge lamp equipped with a gas discharge vessel containing an inert gas filling as the buffer gas, and with electrodes and with means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge, is described, wherein the lamp contains at least one tin halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2003
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Kininklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Robert Scholl, Rainer Hilbig, Achim Koerber, Johannes Baier
  • Patent number: 5549216
    Abstract: A paint holder and delivery device comprising a container. A disposable insert fits within the container to facilitate the application of paint with a paintbrush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Inventor: Robert Scholl
  • Patent number: RE35933
    Abstract: A paint holder and delivery device comprising a container. A disposable insert fits within the container to facilitate the application of paint with a paintbrush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: R. B. Schnel, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Scholl