Patents by Inventor Alexander Muellegger

Alexander Muellegger 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).

  • Contacting device for transmitting electric currents, and machines comprising such a contacting device
    Patent number: 12531460
    Abstract: A contacting device for transmitting electric currents of a rotor part of a machine, said rotor part being formed by a shaft and/or slip ring, to a machine, and to the use of a discharge device, wherein the discharge device comprises a contact element for forming an electrically conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the contact element, said sliding contact surface being provided in order to form the sliding contact, and a rotor contact surface of the shaft or the slip ring, and a recess is formed in the sliding contact surface. The contact element is at least partly coated with an oily fluid, in particular at least in the region of the sliding contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Huber, Markus Weber, Joachim Kurz, Alexander Muellegger
  • CONTACTING DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRIC CURRENTS, AND MACHINES COMPRISING SUCH A CONTACTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240048031
    Abstract: A contacting device for transmitting electric currents of a rotor part of a machine, said rotor part being formed by a shaft and/or slip ring, to a machine, and to the use of a discharge device, wherein the discharge device comprises a contact element for forming an electrically conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the contact element, said sliding contact surface being provided in order to form the sliding contact, and a rotor contact surface of the shaft or the slip ring, and a recess is formed in the sliding contact surface. The contact element is at least partly coated with an oily fluid, in particular at least in the region of the sliding contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Huber, Markus Weber, Joachim Kurz, Alexander Muellegger