Patents by Inventor Thore Oltersdorf

Thore Oltersdorf 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: 20150129180
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system includes a fluid distribution element and a 1 pass heat exchanger. The fluid distribution element has a central inlet and fluid-sealed, channel-like fluid guide which branches into a plurality of fluid guidance channels. The 1 pass heat exchanger consists of a plurality of through-flowable tubes disposed in one plane and having planar partial faces, preferably flat tubes, and fins connected on the planar partial faces to the tubes. Each of the through-flowable tubes has a tube inlet and a tube outlet, the tube outlets opening into a fluid collection system. The fluid distribution element having the same number of fluid outlets as the 1 pass heat exchanger has through-flowable tubes and at least one of a direct connection of the fluid distribution element to the 1 pass heat exchanger or an indirect connection of the fluid distribution element to the 1 pass heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der antgewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Strehlow, Birgo Nitsch, Thore Oltersdorf, Markus Werner
  • Publication number: 20100288380
    Abstract: The fluid distribution element according to the invention has a very low spatial requirement and simplifies the interlinked connection of multichannel pipes for the purpose of construction of a compact assembly for heat exchange. In particular the fluid distribution element according to the invention can be produced in a constructionally simple manner thus without, as in the state of the art, an increased risk of leakage arising at the interpenetration points. In order to prevent in addition possible pressure losses, the construction of the fluid-conducting device can be effected advantageously by means of the fluid distribution elements such that bionic attachments are followed in the line of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Benoit Sicre, Thore Oltersdorf, Michael Herman