Patents by Inventor Andrew MUSSER

Andrew MUSSER 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: 10976084
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Hui Zhao
  • Patent number: 10895410
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels, through which the refrigerant is guided, wherein, as a first flat tube, the evaporator flat tube is a constituent part of a first evaporator tube set which guides the refrigerant from the bottom-side inlet chamber counter to the direction of gravity into an upper-side deflecting chamber, and wherein the refrigerant is guided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Matej Visek
  • Patent number: 10760834
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Wesley Schell
  • Patent number: 10760833
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes. The separator has a distributor tube which extends in the inlet chamber in the evaporator transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel
  • Patent number: 10760835
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, wherein at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels, through which the refrigerant is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Jing Che
  • Publication number: 20200072512
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels, through which the refrigerant is guided, wherein, as a first flat tube, the evaporator flat tube is a constituent part of a first evaporator tube set which guides the refrigerant from the bottom-side inlet chamber counter to the direction of gravity into an upper-side deflecting chamber, and wherein the refrigerant is guided
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Predrag HRNJAK, Andrew MUSSER, Stefan ELBEL, Matej VISEK
  • Publication number: 20200072515
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, wherein at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels, through which the refrigerant is guided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Predrag HRNJAK, Andrew MUSSER, Stefan ELBEL, Jing CHE
  • Publication number: 20200072514
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Predrag HRNJAK, Andrew MUSSER, Stefan ELBEL, Wesley SCHELL
  • Publication number: 20200072511
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Predrag HRNJAK, Andrew MUSSER, Stefan ELBEL, Hui ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20200072513
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes. The separator has a distributor tube which extends in the inlet chamber in the evaporator transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans HAMMER, Predrag HRNJAK, Andrew MUSSER, Stefan ELBEL
  • Publication number: 20130213627
    Abstract: A refrigerant guiding pipe for a heat exchanger having: a pipe wall in which an inner chamber is formed, an opening formed in the pipe wall, and a refrigerant guiding wall portion, at least a part of the refrigerant guiding wall being disposed to be substantially inclined with respect to an axial direction of the refrigerant guiding pipe to guide refrigerant passing through the opening. The refrigerant guiding wall portion is a recessed wall section depressed towards the inner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: DANFOSS A/S, SANHUA HOLDING GROUOP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huazhao Liu, B. Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Bjøran Vestergaard