Patents by Inventor Andrea Schuster

Andrea Schuster 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: 20190101084
    Abstract: An air pipe for an intake tract of an internal combustion engine may include at least one air channel for guiding a through-flow of air to at least one compressor arranged downstream thereof. An air guiding device may be arranged to influence a forward flow of air running in a direction towards the at least one compressor and facilitate reducing turbulences of the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Matt, Andrea Schuster, Michael Onischke, Vivak Luckhchoura, Jan Schuessler, Marco Cigarini
  • Patent number: 10247046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic cycle apparatus, comprising: a working medium; an evaporator for evaporating the working medium; an expansion machine; a condenser, and a pump, wherein the geometrical arrangement of the evaporator is selected such that the condensed working medium can flow from the condenser to the evaporator by force of gravity and the working medium can circulate in a closed circuit via the evaporator and the condenser wherein a predetermined head height of the liquid working medium can be provided at the pump. The invention additionally relates to a method of starting the thermodynamic cycle apparatus the method comprising the following steps: applying heat to the evaporator and evaporating the working medium in the evaporator, wherein the working medium is caused to flow to the condenser; condensing the working medium in the condenser; starting the pump when a predetermined head height of the working medium at the pump is reached or exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Asim Celik, Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Daniela Gewald, Richard Aumann
  • Patent number: 10202872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for lubricant heating during starting up of a thermodynamic cycle device, wherein the cycle device comprises a working medium with a working substance and a lubricant, an evaporator for evaporating the working substance, a lubricant separator for separating at least part of the lubricant from the working medium which is supplied by the evaporator, an expansion machine which is to be lubricated with the lubricant, and a condenser device with a condenser, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: delivery of lubricant from the lubricant separator to the condenser device and/or to the evaporator during shutdown of the cycle device, as a result of which a working medium which is enriched with lubricant is provided in the condenser device and/or in the evaporator; and heating of the working medium which is enriched with lubricant in the evaporator during starting up of the cycle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 10125638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for operating a combined heat and power (CHP) plant comprising a heating boiler, a vaporizer, an expansion machine, and a condenser, achieved according to claim 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Publication number: 20180313234
    Abstract: The system according to the invention comprises a heat source and a cooling device for discharging heat from the heat source, the cooling device comprising: a heat exchanger/radiator for transferring heat to a surrounding medium, in particular wherein the radiator is an air cooler and the surrounding medium is air; and a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium by transferring heat from the heat source to the working medium, an expansion device for generating mechanical energy, and a condenser for condensing the working medium expanded in the expansion device; wherein the cooling device further comprises a condenser coolant circuit for discharging heat out of the condenser of the thermodynamic cycle device via the heat exchanger/radiator. The method according to the invention is suitable for discharging heat from a heat source with a cooling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Nicolas Restrepo, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 10100682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic circuit process device comprising a working medium having a lubricant additive; an expansion machine (5) for converting enthalpy in the working medium into mechanical energy; a multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus (1) for the step-by-step pressurization of the working medium; a means (4) for branching a part of the working medium between two stages of the multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus (1); and a means (4) for feeding the branched off part of the working medium to one or a plurality of bearing points of the expansion machine. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for lubricating an expansion machine in a thermodynamic circuit process device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Gabor Ast, Andreas Sichert, Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20180209307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic cycle device, in particular an ORC device, comprising a preheater for preheating a working medium; an evaporator for evaporating and superheating a first mass flow of the preheated working medium; an expansion machine for expanding the evaporated and superheated first mass flow of the working medium; a condenser for condensing the working medium exiting the expansion machine; a feed pump for pumping condensed working medium to the preheater; and a first supply apparatus for supplying a second mass flow of the preheated working medium to the partially expanded first mass flow of the working medium in the expansion machine. The invention further relates to a corresponding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Richard AUMANN, Roy LANGER, Fabian KRICKE, Andreas SCHUSTER
  • Patent number: 10024196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for lubricating an expansion machine (30) in a thermodynamic cycle device, wherein the thermodynamic cycle device comprises the expansion machine, a feed pump (50), a lubricant separator (10) and a working medium containing a lubricant, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: The working medium is subjected to pressure by means of the feed pump. The pressurized working medium is delivered by the feed pump to the lubricant separator. At least part of the lubricant is separated from the working medium by means of the lubricant separator. At least part of the separated lubricant is delivered by the lubricant separator to the expansion machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Publication number: 20180030857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for lubricant heating during starting up of a thermodynamic cycle device, wherein the cycle device comprises a working medium with a working substance and a lubricant, an evaporator for evaporating the working substance, a lubricant separator for separating at least part of the lubricant from the working medium which is supplied by the evaporator, an expansion machine which is to be lubricated with the lubricant, and a condenser device with a condenser, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: delivery of lubricant from the lubricant separator to the condenser device and/or to the evaporator during shutdown of the cycle device, as a result of which a working medium which is enriched with lubricant is provided in the condenser device and/or in the evaporator; and heating of the working medium which is enriched with lubricant in the evaporator during starting up of the cycle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 9828883
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for open-loop controlling or closed-loop controlling and/or monitoring a device with an expansion engine which is supplied live steam of a working medium that is expanded to exhaust steam in the expansion engine comprising the steps: determining at least one physical parameter of the exhaust steam; determining at least one physical parameter of the live steam based on the determined at least one physical parameter of the exhaust steam; and open-loop controlling or closed-loop controlling and/or monitoring the device based on the at least one determined physical parameter of the live steam. A thermal power plant is also provided in which the method is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert, Richard Aumann
  • Patent number: 9829194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device which comprises: a heat exchanger (1) for transferring heat of a heat-supplying medium to a working medium which differs from said heat-supplying medium, a first supply device designed to provide a flow of the heat-supplying medium at a first temperature from a heat source to the heat exchanger, and a second supply device which is designed to deliver the heat-supplying medium after it has passed through the heat exchanger, and/or a further medium at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, to the flow of the heat-supplying medium at the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Publication number: 20170307297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for condensation of vapour expanded in an expansion machine of a thermal power plant to a condensed liquid, in particular containing oil, comprising: a module for condensation, wherein for condensation the module comprises an inlet and one or more pipelines, for example having substantially horizontally disposed pipes; a liquid separator for separating the condensed liquid; and a liquid collector for collecting the separated, condensed liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 9765235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals comprising a photoreactive group as given below in formula (I), compositions thereof, and its use for optical and electro optical devices, especially liquid crystal devices (LCDs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROLIC AG
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Eckert, Satish Palika, Andreas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20170248039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for operating a combined heat and power (CHP) plant comprising a heating boiler, a vaporizer, an expansion machine, and a condenser, achieved according to claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 9732616
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for lubricating an expansion machine, which method comprises: supplying of an operating medium which contains a lubricant by a vaporizer; separating of at least part of the lubricant from the operating medium which contains a lubricant and is supplied by the vaporizer; and supplying of the operating medium, which is depleted by the separation of the at least one part of the lubricant from the lubricant, to the expansion machine. Furthermore, a device is provided having a vaporizer which is configured for vaporizing an operating medium which contains a lubricant and for supplying it to an expansion machine, and having a lubricant separating device which is configured for separating at least one part of the lubricant from the operating medium which contains the lubricant and is supplied by the vaporizer to the expansion machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Richard Aumann, Andreas Sichert
  • Patent number: 9636302
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel amino-lipids, compositions comprising such amino-lipids and methods of producing them. In addition, lipid nanoparticles comprising the novel amino-lipids and a biologically active compound are provided, as well as methods of production and their use for intracellular drug delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: AXOLABS GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Constien, Anke Geick, Philipp Hadwiger, Torsten Haneke, Ludger Ickenstein, Carla Alexandra Hernandez Prata, Andrea Schuster, Timo Weide
  • Patent number: 9603623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a retractor including an enclosure extending from a first open end to a second open end to form a lumen extending along an axis therebetween and that is accessible from the first open end and the second open end. The retractor further includes a first aperture formed at first angular position in the enclosure, and a second aperture formed at second angular position in the enclosure and opposing the first aperture to form a passage extending transverse to the axis from the first aperture, through the lumen, and to the second aperture. The first aperture and the second aperture are located proximate to the first open end and sized to arrange the passage along a spine of a patient to receive a trocar for delivering a graft material to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Nathaniel P. Brooks, Meghan A. Anderson, Hannah O. Meyer, Hannah Pezzi, Andrea Schuster, Amy R. Slawson
  • Publication number: 20170030227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Richard Aumann, Roy Langer, Daniela Gewald, Andreas Schuster
  • Publication number: 20160376932
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling ORC stacks with a total number ntot of individually operable ORC modules, said method comprising the following steps: determining the running time remaining until the next servicing time for each operable ORC module respectively; determining a target number nsoll of ORC modules to be operated; comparing said target number nsoll to an actual number nist of currently operated ORC modules; when nsoll>nist, connecting a number nsoll?nist of ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the target number and the actual number, where the ORC modules with the longest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently not being operated are connected; and/or when nsoll<nist, disconnecting a number nist?nsoll of ORC modules that corresponds to the difference between the actual number and the target number, where the ORC modules with the shortest remaining running times of the ORC modules currently being operated are disconnected; and/or when nsoll=nist
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Markus LINTL, Jens-Patrick SPRINGER, Andreas SCHUSTER
  • Publication number: 20160356184
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for open-loop controlling or closed-loop controlling and/or monitoring a device with an expansion engine which is supplied live steam of a working medium that is expanded to exhaust steam in the expansion engine comprising the steps: determining at least one physical parameter of the exhaust steam; determining at least one physical parameter of the live steam based on the determined at least one physical parameter of the exhaust steam; and open-loop controlling or closed-loop controlling and/or monitoring the device based on the at least one determined physical parameter of the live steam. A thermal power plant is also provided in which the method is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ORCAN ENERGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Andreas Sichert, Richard Aumann