Patents by Inventor Achim WIEBELT
Achim WIEBELT 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).
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Patent number: 11818873Abstract: An induction charging device for a vehicle charging system may include a magnetic field conductor, a control device, a temperature-control device configured to temperature-control the magnetic field conductor, and an induction coil configured to at least one of transmit and receive a wireless energy transmission. The temperature-control device configured such that a temperature-control fluid is flowable therethrough. The induction charging device may include a first temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of a temperature-control side of the magnetic field conductor. The induction charging device may include at least one of (i) a second temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of a coil side of the magnetic field conductor, and (ii) a temperature-control fluid temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature-control fluid temperature of the temperature-control fluid in the temperature-control device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Inventors: Achim Wiebelt, Volker Schall, Christopher Laemmle, Holger Schroth
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Patent number: 11148505Abstract: A temperature control layer, for example for an interior trim of a vehicle or a vehicle part is disclosed. The temperature control layer includes an areal thermoelectrical temperature control arrangement with at least one thermoelectrical element and an air extraction arrangement with at least one air extraction duct. The at least one air extraction duct leads from an outside of the temperature control layer through the temperature control arrangement to an inside of the temperature control layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Inventors: Dirk Neumeister, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20210195811Abstract: The present invention relates to an induction charging device (1) for a vehicle charging system (2) and to a method for limiting the thermal loading of a magnetic field conductor (3) of such an induction charging device (1). The present invention is based on the general idea of suppressing or at least reducing an impermissible thermal loading of the magnetic field conductor (3), in particular the development of impermissible temperature gradients in the magnetic field conductor (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Achim Wiebelt, Volker Schall, Christopher Laemmle, Holger Schroth
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Publication number: 20200376930Abstract: A temperature control layer, for example for an interior trim of a vehicle or a vehicle part is disclosed. The temperature control layer includes an areal thermoelectrical temperature control arrangement with at least one thermoelectrical element and an air extraction arrangement with at least one air extraction duct. The at least one air extraction duct leads from an outside of the temperature control layer through the temperature control arrangement to an inside of the temperature control layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Dirk Neumeister, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20200076024Abstract: An accumulator assembly for a hybrid or electric vehicle may include a plurality of battery cells respectively having mutually opposite bearing faces. The battery cells may be stacked in a stacking direction facing one another with the bearing faces to form a battery block. The assembly may also include a cooling device which may include a plurality of cooling elements disposed between neighbouring battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and braced in the stacking direction. A respective cooling element may have two compression plates which bear in a heat-transmitting manner on a bearing face of each of the neighbouring battery cells. The two compression plates may delimit a compression space therebetween. The compression space may be compressible such that an expansion of the neighbouring battery cells in the stacking direction is absorbable at least via an elastic deformation of the two compression plates into the compression space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Thomas Kalmbach, Alireza Mirsadraee, Oleksandr Pavlov, Mario Wallisch, Achim Wiebelt
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Patent number: 10222137Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for conducting a fluid, in particular a cooling fluid for cooling components to be cooled, in particular for cooling electronics components and/or battery cells and/or battery modules, having a first covering plate and a second covering plate and having a structural mesh between the two covering plates for defining a spatial region, through which flow can pass, a division being provided by reshaping of the structural mesh and/or by introduction of a sealant for at least partially sealing the spatial region with respect to an outer space and/or for dividing the spatial region into definable flow channels.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Stefan Hirsch, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20180361858Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage arrangement (1) having at least one energy store (2) and having a temperature-control device (3) for cooling/heating the at least one energy store (2), wherein the at least one energy store (2) has two electrical cell conductors (4), wherein the temperature-control device (3) has a spray compartment (5) in which at least one energy store (2) is received with its cell conductors (4), wherein a fluid distributing system (6) is provided, via which at least the cell conductors (4) can be sprayed with dielectric temperature-control fluid (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Thomas Kalmbach, Jessica Kansy, Heiko Neff, Mario Wallisch, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20180141406Abstract: A vehicle may include an electric drive having at least one electric motor, at least one battery and at least one power electronic and may be cooled via a cooling circuit. The vehicle may include an air-conditioning system including at least one duct. A refrigeration circuit and a thermoelectric heating device may be arranged in the at least one duct. A control device may be configured/programmed to actuate the air-conditioning system, and may be operable to: activate the refrigeration circuit to cool the interior; operate the thermoelectric heating device as a cooler during a start-up phase of the refrigeration circuit; operate the thermoelectric heating device only as the cooler during the start-up phase of the refrigeration circuit when a cool-down function is activated; and automatically activate the cool-down function when a temperature difference between an actual temperature of the interior and a target temperature of the interior exceeds a predetermined temperature difference threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Dirk Neumeister, Achim Wiebelt
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Patent number: 9941057Abstract: A thermal transfer device for generating a thermal transfer between an energy store and a temperature-control panel for the temperature-control of the energy store. The thermal transfer device has a thermal insulation layer made of an unevenly distributed insulation material and a tolerance compensating layer made of a compressible material for compensating different material strengths of the thermal insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan Hirsch, Caroline Janzen, Matthias Stripf, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20170104249Abstract: A transition apparatus for an energy storage device which has at least one energy store and one temperature-control device, in particular for a motor vehicle, wherein the transition apparatus is arranged between the energy store and the temperature-control device. The transition apparatus is distinguished in that a first incompressible layer is provided, wherein the first incompressible layer serves as a tolerance compensation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Oliver HEEG, Stefan HIRSCH, Caroline JANZEN, Achim WIEBELT
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Patent number: 9513066Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, the housing being in fluid communication with a fluid circuit, and a fluid flowing through said housing, by means of said fluid connections, wherein the housing a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part can be connected to the housing upper part by a connecting element by means of an interlocking and/or cohesive connection, wherein the connecting element has a large number of stud-like elements which are connected to one another by means of connecting crosspieces, wherein the connecting element has an at least partially circumferential edge, and at least the stud-like elements and/or the edge are/is in contact with the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Achim Wiebelt, Stefan Hirsch
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Patent number: 9457645Abstract: A device for thermal connection of an energy store to a cooling plate and/or a contact element, and a cooling plate on a contact element and/or a fluid is provided. The device for thermal connection has a first region having a first heat transfer property and at least one other region having another heat transfer property, wherein the first region and the at least one other region are arranged next to one another in relation to the heat transfer surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Stefan Hirsch, Achim Wiebelt, Caroline Schmid, Tobias Isermeyer, Marc-Thomas Eisele
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Patent number: 9429372Abstract: An accumulator for a cooling fluid is provided that includes a floor. The floor has an interface for connecting a chamber of the accumulator to at least one cooling tube. The floor also has an opening that extends at least over a partial area of the chamber. The accumulator furthermore has a lid that is embodied in such a way as to seal the opening of the floor in a fluid-tight manner. The lid is embodied as wire or extrusion profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Stefan Hirsch, Heiko Neff, Achim Wiebelt
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Patent number: 8863543Abstract: A device for cooling a heat source of a motor vehicle is provided that includes a cooling body which has a plurality of feed flow channels and a plurality of return flow channels. At least a multiplicity of the feed flow channels and return flow channels are arranged adjacent to one another in an alternating fashion in the cooling body.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Heckenberger, Stefan Hirsch, Heiko Neff, Tobias Isermeyer, Caroline Schmid, Jalal Mohamed-Ali, Hans-Georg Herrmann, Achim Wiebelt
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Publication number: 20140220397Abstract: A thermal transfer device for generating a thermal transfer between an energy store and a temperature-control panel for the temperature-control of the energy store. The thermal transfer device has a thermal insulation layer made of an unevenly distributed insulation material and a tolerance compensating layer made of a compressible material for compensating different material strengths of the thermal insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan HIRSCH, Caroline SCHMID, Matthias STRIPF, Achim WIEBELT
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Patent number: 8790808Abstract: A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electrical storage elements, and a cooling element having ducts for a fluid to flow through, wherein the electrical storage elements are in thermal contact with the cooling elements and heat can be transmitted from the storage elements to the fluid, and wherein the cooling element which comprises the ducts is embodied as at least one extruded profile.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hans-Georg Herrmann, Florian Moldovan, Caroline Schmid, Thomas Schiehlen, Tobias Isermeyer, Martin Steinbach, Juergen Eckstein, Christoph Fehren-Bacher, Achim Wiebelt, Markus Kohlberger, Conrad Pfender, Thomas Heckenberger
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Publication number: 20140090824Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for conducting a fluid, in particular a cooling fluid for cooling components to be cooled, in particular for cooling electronics components and/or battery cells and/or battery modules, having a first covering plate and a second covering plate and having a structural mesh between the two covering plates for defining a spatial region, through which flow can pass, a division being provided by reshaping of the structural mesh and/or by introduction of a sealant for at least partially sealing the spatial region with respect to an outer space and/or for dividing the spatial region into definable flow channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan HIRSCH, Achim WIEBELT
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Publication number: 20140090807Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid connection and a second fluid connection, the housing being in fluid communication with a fluid circuit, and a fluid flowing through said housing, by means of said fluid connections, wherein the housing a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part can be connected to the housing upper part by a connecting element by means of an interlocking and/or cohesive connection, wherein the connecting element has a large number of stud-like elements which are connected to one another by means of connecting crosspieces, wherein the connecting element has an at least partially circumferential edge, and at least the stud-like elements and/or the edge are/is in contact with the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Achim WIEBELT, Stefan HIRSCH
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Patent number: 8616012Abstract: A vaporizer for a cooling circuit, particularly for a motor vehicle, is provided that includes a vaporization region, wherein a coolant flowing through the vaporization region takes up heat from an outside region, wherein the vaporization region is downstream of a first expansion element on the inlet side in the direction of flow of the coolant, wherein an exchanger member is provided between the vaporization region and the first expansion element, and wherein heat can be transferred from the coolant upstream of the vaporization region to the coolant downstream of the vaporization region.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gottfried Duerr, Guenther Feuerecker, Stefan Hirsch, Tobias Isermeyer, Caroline Schmid, Christoph Walter, Achim Wiebelt
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Patent number: 8597820Abstract: A device for restraining an energy store is provided that includes one or more cells disposed between a first side of the energy store and a second side of the energy store vertically opposite to the first side. The device has at least one first mounting device designed for transferring a first clamping force acting in the direction of the second side to the first side of the energy store, and at least one second mounting device designed for transferring a second clamping force acting in the direction of the first side to the second side o the energy store, and at least one elastic clamping device designed for providing the first and second clamping forces and further designed for adapting a distance between the at least one first mounting device and the at least one second mounting device to a permissible distance between the first and the second side.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan Hirsch, Tobias Isermeyer, Markus Kohlberger, Florin Moldovan, Michael Moser, Heiko Neff, Thomas Schiehlen, Caroline Schmid, Achim Wiebelt