Patents by Inventor Alfons SCHÄFER

Alfons SCHÄFER 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).

  • Patent number: 10272734
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning system, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, having a first flow channel for a first airflow which may be influenced thermally, having a second flow channel for a second airflow which may be influenced thermally, wherein the first flow channel extends relative to the second flow channel at a predeterminable angle, and having an air guidance element, wherein the air guidance element is arranged on or adjacent to at least one internal wall of the first flow channel or the second flow channel, wherein the air guidance element in section has a substantially convex shape in the direction of the first or second flow channel and protrudes into the first or second flow channel, wherein the air guidance element has at least one finger which protrudes at a predeterminable angle into the first flow channel or the second flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Schall, Alfons Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20140011438
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning system, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, having a first flow channel for a first airflow which may be influenced thermally, having a second flow channel for a second airflow which may be influenced thermally, wherein the first flow channel extends relative to the second flow channel at a predeterminable angle, and having an air guidance element, wherein the air guidance element is arranged on or adjacent to at least one internal wall of the first flow channel or the second flow channel, wherein the air guidance element in section has a substantially convex shape in the direction of the first or second flow channel and protrudes into the first or second flow channel, wherein the air guidance element has at least one finger which protrudes at a predeterminable angle into the first flow channel or the second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias SCHALL, Alfons SCHÄFER
  • Publication number: 20060000593
    Abstract: A device for climate control of an interior space includes comprising a heating and/or air-conditioning device fitted with a flow channel for an air current that is to be conditioned. On the inlet side there is an evaporator in the flow channel, and there is a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger in the flow channel downstream from said evaporator. The first heat exchanger is configured as a fuel-powered air-air heat exchanger. In addition, a method for climate control of an interior space using the heating and/or air-conditioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicants: Behr GmbH & Co. KG, J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patric Schlecht, Alfons Schaefer, Alfred Elbert