Patents by Inventor Andreas Engl
Andreas Engl 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: 9273934Abstract: The present invention relates to a bullet-proof glass pane, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a ballistic block comprising a plurality of panes of glass, ceramic or plastic material bonded to each other over their surfaces in a layered composite, and interposed bonding interlayers of plastic material, wherein at least one bullet-resistant strip is provided, having, in particular, an essentially rectangular cross-section and covering the ballistic block of the bullet-proof glass pane at its peripheral edge.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ISOCLIMA S.P.A.Inventor: Andreas Engl
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Publication number: 20150000511Abstract: The present invention relates to a bullet-proof glass pane, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a ballistic block comprising a plurality of panes of glass, ceramic or plastic material bonded to each other over their surfaces in a layered composite, and interposed bonding interlayers of plastic material, wherein at least one bullet-resistant strip is provided, having, in particular, an essentially rectangular cross-section and covering the ballistic block of the bullet-proof glass pane at its peripheral edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventor: Andreas Engl
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Publication number: 20110117464Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cells system (10) which comprises at least one heat-generating component (12 to 32) and at least one component (12, 14, 16) that uses process air. The invention is characterized in that ambient air (34) can be supplied to the heat-generating component, said air being heatable by the heat-generating component (12 to 32), and the air heated in said manner being supplied to the component (12, 14, 16) that uses process air. The invention also relates to a method for influencing the thermal balance of the fuel cell system according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2007Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: ENERDAY GMBHInventors: Matthias Boltze, Michael Rozumek, Stefan Käding, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Andreas Engl, Beate Bleeker, Michael Süssl, Markus Bedenbecker
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Publication number: 20100212991Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (10) which comprises a reformer (12) having an oxidation zone (48) to which stored fuel can be supplied by means of a fuel supply device (50) for reaction with an oxidant; and an afterburner (36) having an oxidation zone (60) to which stored fuel can be supplied by means of a fuel supply device (62) for reaction with an oxidant. The invention is characterized in that the fuel supply device (50) of the reformer (12) and the fuel supply device (62) of the afterburner (36) are adapted to supply fuel in such a manner that the fuel supplied by the fuel supply device (50) of the reformer differs from the fuel supplied by the fuel supply device (62) of the afterburner (36) with respect to the type of fuel and/or its state of aggregation and/or the temperature at which it is supplied. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle comprising said fuel cell system and to a method for operating said fuel cell system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: ENERDAY GMBHInventors: Matthias Boltze, Michael Rozumek, Stefan Käding, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Andreas Engl, Beate Bleeker, Michael Süssl, Markus Bedenbecker
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Publication number: 20100212977Abstract: The invention relates to a reformer (12) for a fuel cell system (10). Said reformer comprises an oxidation zone (48) to which stored fuel can be supplied by means of a primary fuel supply device (50; 62) for reaction with an oxidant; and a mixing zone (54), arranged downstream of the oxidation zone (48), to which stored fuel can be supplied by means of a secondary fuel supply device (56; 64) for mixing with substances originating from the oxidation zone (48). The invention is characterized in that the primary fuel supply device (50; 62) and the secondary fuel supply device (56; 64) are adapted to supply fuel in such a manner that the fuel supplied by the primary fuel supply device (50; 62) differs from the fuel supplied by the secondary fuel supply device (56; 64) with respect to the type of fuel and/or its state of aggregation and/or the pressure and/or the temperature at which it is supplied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: ENERDAY GMBHInventors: Matthias Boltze, Michael Rozumek, Stefan Käding, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Andreas Engl, Beate Bleeker, Michael Süssl, Markus Bedenbecker
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Publication number: 20090297898Abstract: The invention relates to a reformer system for generating a hydrogen-rich reformate comprising a reformer to which fuel and an oxidising agent can be supplied. According to the invention it is contemplated that the fuel supplied to the reformer is at least partly coolable by a fluid having other functions in addition to the function of cooling the fuel in the reformer system or a parent system into which the reformer system is integrated. The invention further relates to a method for generating a hydrogen-rich reformate as well as a fuel cell system comprising a reformer system according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: ENERDAY GMBHInventors: Matthias Boltze, Michael Rozumek, Stefan Kading, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Andreas Engl, Beate Bleeker, Michael Sussl, Markus Bedenbecker, Stefan Kah, Andreas Lindermeir, Norbert Gunther, Johannes Eichstadt, Marco Muhlner
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Publication number: 20090246571Abstract: The invention relates to a process for determining the lambda value (?actual) of reformate provided for supply to a fuel cell stack, in which the no-load voltage across at least one fuel cell element is detected and evaluated for determining the lambda value (?actual). In accordance with the invention it is provided for that the at least one fuel cell element is a terminal fuel cell element of the fuel cell stack exclusively provided for sensing, and the voltage provided for at least one consumer can be picked off across the remaining fuel cell elements of the fuel cell stack. The invention relates furthermore to a process for lambda control of a reformer, a device for determining the lambda value, as well as to a system comprising a reformer for reacting at least fuel and air into reformate, and a fuel cell stack which is connected with the reformer for receiving reformate therefrom, the reformer being lambda-controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: ENERDAY GMBHInventors: Stefan Käding, Matthias Boltze, Michael Rozumek, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Andreas Engl, Beate Bleeker, Michael Süssl, Markus Bedenbecker
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Publication number: 20090155653Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system comprising a reformer and an afterburner each for reacting at least fuel and an oxidant; and a fuel feeder for supplying the reformer and the afterburner with fuel. It is provided for to particular advantage that at least one flow control valve for controlling the fuel supply is included upstream of at least the reformer or the afterburner. The invention relates furthermore to a motor vehicle having one such fuel cell system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: ENERDAY, GMBHInventors: Stefan Käding, Michael Rozumek, Matthias Boltze, Markus Bedenbecker, Michael Süßl, Beate Bleeker, Andreas Engl, Manfred Pfalzgraf
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Publication number: 20080187721Abstract: The present invention relates to an armoured glazing, particularly for use as a moveable side window of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one sheet (3) of an optically transparent, sintered ceramic material which is preferably aluminum oxynitride (AlON).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: ISOCLIMA GMBHInventor: Andreas ENGL
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Patent number: 6893083Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof opening which in the roof skin (20, 22), a cover (14) and an displacement mechanism for moving the cover (14) between the closed position which closes the roof opening, a ventilation position in which the cover pivoted upward with its rear edge above the roof skin (20, 22), and an open position in which the cover (14) is pushed rearwar over the roof skin (20, 22) and is supported at its rear area by a support lever (28) which is coupled at one end to the rear area of the cover (14) and is guided at an opposite end in a guide rail (26) which is located underneath the roof skin (20, 22). To make provide greater freedom in the configuration of the lateral edge area of the roof, the support lever (28) and the guide rail (26) are located essentially transversely centrally.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventor: Andreas Engl
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Patent number: 6874845Abstract: A sun shield which can be moved between an operating position under a translucent or transparent roof area of a motor vehicle roof (4) and a rest area next to this roof area, with a shade tarp (10) which is located underneath the roof (4) and which can be wound onto a take-up roller (12). A free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) is fixed in a transverse bow (18, 118) with pre-tensioning in the transverse direction in the transverse bow (18). Fixing of the free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) in the transverse bow (18, 118) is preferably via insertion of a turn-down portion of the free end of the tarp (10) into a groove of the transverse bow (18, 118) where it is held by pins or clamping elements formed by plastic deformation of areas of the transverse bow (18, 118).Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Andreas Engl, Attila Güven
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Publication number: 20040041441Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof opening which in the roof skin (20, 22), a cover (14) and an displacement mechanism for moving the cover (14) between the closed position which closes the roof opening, a ventilation position in which the cover pivoted upward with its rear edge above the roof skin (20, 22), and an open position in which the cover (14) is pushed rearwar over the roof skin (20, 22) and is supported at its rear area by a support lever (28) which is coupled at one end to the rear area of the cover (14) and is guided at an opposite end in a guide rail (26) which is located underneath the roof skin (20, 22). To make provide greater freedom in the configuration of the lateral edge area of the roof, the support lever (28) and the guide rail (26) are located essentially transversely centrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventor: Andreas Engl
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Publication number: 20040040676Abstract: A sun shield which can be moved between an operating position under a translucent or transparent roof area of a motor vehicle roof (4) and a rest area next to this roof area, with a shade tarp (10) which is located underneath the roof (4) and which can be wound onto a take-up roller (12). A free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) is fixed in a transverse bow (18, 118) with pre-tensioning in the transverse direction in the transverse bow (18). Fixing of the free end (22) of the shade tarp (10) in the transverse bow (18, 118) is preferably via insertion of a turn-down portion of the free end of the tarp (10) into a groove of the transverse bow (18, 118) where it is held by pins or clamping elements formed by plastic deformation of areas of the transverse bow (18, 118).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2003Publication date: March 4, 2004Applicant: WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GmbHInventors: Andreas Engl, Attila Gueven
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Patent number: 6224147Abstract: A sliding roof with at least one slidable and optionally also raisable rigid cover element for selectively closing or at least partially exposing a roof opening of a motor vehicle in which the cover element is guided along at least one roof-mounted guide for a sliding motion between an open position and a closed position and is equipped with a brake mechanism which takes effect only in case of a crash, the brake mechanism remaining inactive during normal movements of the cover element between the open and closed position, and braking the cover element over a path which has a length which is dependent on the acceleration forces which occur during a crash.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1998Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbHInventors: Manfred Färber, Wolfgang Ettl, Jadi Karami-Malamiri, Wolfgang Dittrich, Andreas Engl