Patents by Inventor Axel Dolderer

Axel Dolderer 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: 11747097
    Abstract: A receiving box for a heat exchanger may include a box body delimiting at least one duct formed in the box body. The box body may include a plurality of receptacles configured to receive a plurality of tube bodies of the heat exchanger. The plurality of tube bodies may each be fluidically connected to the at least one duct. The box body may define an injection tube that extends along the at least one duct and is separated from the at least one duct via the box body. The injection tube may include at least one outlet opening fluidically connected to the at least one duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Gottfried Duerr, Guenther Feuerecker, Richard Goce, Benjamin Nothdurft
  • Patent number: 11662160
    Abstract: A collector tube for a heat exchanger, which may have at least one flat tube, may include at least one recess, through which a separator may be inserted into the collector tube in an insertion position. The separator may have a separating wall comprising a separating wall thickness, wherein a clearance fit may be present between the separating wall and the recess in response to the insertion of the separator. The separating wall may provide at least one elevation to attain an increase of the separating wall thickness in a subarea of the separator. In the insertion position of the separator, the at least one elevation may be arranged in an area of the recess. In the insertion position, a press fit may be present between the at least one elevation and the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Uwe Foerster, Martin Kaspar
  • Publication number: 20230023677
    Abstract: An evaporator with a finned tube block with tubes and fins, wherein the tubes are arranged in rows and the fins are arranged between the tubes, with a first collection and distribution box and with a second collection and distribution box. Each of the two collection and distribution boxes has a bottom and a box lid. The respective bottom has openings for inserting the tube ends of the tubes of the finned tube block. The finned tube block is divided into evaporator flows to which groups of tubes of the finned tube block are assigned. The tubes of an evaporator flow each merge end-side into a box area of a collection and distribution box. The respective bottom of the collection and distribution boxes is designed with rim holes for inserting the tube ends in the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Gottfried DUERR, Timo PEIFER, Axel DOLDERER, Thomas SPRANGER, Frank-Heiner SCHENK, Vjekoslav BOSNJAK, Guenther FEUERECKER, Rudolf HUEGEL
  • Patent number: 11143464
    Abstract: A collector tube for a heat exchanger, which may have at least one flat tube, may include a base and a cover arranged opposite one another and embodying a longitudinal duct. The base may have at least one passage having an opening for accommodating the at least one flat tube of the heat exchanger. The at least one passage may have a collar, which may extend away from the longitudinal duct. The cover may have at least one notch, which may be located opposite the at least one passage and which may be embodied for accommodating a subarea of the at least one flat tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Uwe Foerster, Martin Kaspar
  • Patent number: 10876802
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked plates stacked on top of one another, between which a plurality of hollow spaces for two media may be alternately defined. The plurality of stacked plates may include at least two first stacked plates and at least one second stacked plate. The plurality of stacked plates may respectively include at least one first passage opening surrounded by a dome and at least one second passage opening. The at least one second passage opening of the at least one second stacked plate may be surrounded by an annular bead. The at least one second stacked plate may be arranged between the at least two first stacked plates such that the dome of a lower first stacked plate, the dome of an upper first stacked plate, and the annular bead are connected to one another and define an immersion tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Mager, Thomas Merten, Markus Wesner
  • Patent number: 10871335
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a first collecting tank and a second collecting tank. The first collecting tank may include a first collecting pipe having a first collecting pipe opening for letting in a fluid and a second collecting pipe having a second collecting pipe opening for discharging the fluid. The second collecting tank may be arranged opposite the first collecting tank and may include a third collecting pipe and a fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a plurality of heat exchanger pipes fluidically connecting the first collecting pipe to the third collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe to the fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a separating wall arranged in each of the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe respectively dividing each into a first pipe section and a second pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Gottfried Duerr, Richard Goce, Harald Muehleisen, Benjamin Nothdurft, Markus Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20200200492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiving box (2) for a heat exchanger (1) for receiving and fluidically supplying tube bodies (3) of the heat exchanger (1), wherein the receiving box (2) has a box body (9), which limits at least one duct (12), which is fluidically connected to receptacles (11), in which the tube bodies (3) are received. A simplified production and/or an increased mechanical stability of the receiving box (2) are/is attained in that the box body (9) forms an injection tube (17), which is separated from the duct (12) and which is fluidically connected to at least one of the at least one ducts (12) via an outlet opening (18). The invention further relates to a heat exchanger (1) comprising such a receiving box (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Gottfried Duerr, Guenther Feuerecker, Richard Goce, Benjamin Nothdurft
  • Publication number: 20200200491
    Abstract: A collector tube for a heat exchanger, which may have at least one flat tube, may include a base and a cover arranged opposite one another and embodying a longitudinal duct. The base may have at least one passage having an opening for accommodating the at least one flat tube of the heat exchanger. The at least one passage may have a collar, which may extend away from the longitudinal duct. The cover may have at least one notch, which may be located opposite the at least one passage and which may be embodied for accommodating a subarea of the at least one flat tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Uwe Foerster, Martin Kaspar
  • Publication number: 20200166294
    Abstract: A collector tube for a heat exchanger, which may have at least one flat tube, may include at least one recess, through which a separator may be inserted into the collector tube in an insertion position. The separator may have a separating wall comprising a separating wall thickness, wherein a clearance fit may be present between the separating wall and the recess in response to the insertion of the separator. The separating wall may provide at least one elevation to attain an increase of the separating wall thickness in a subarea of the separator. In the insertion position of the separator, the at least one elevation may be arranged in an area of the recess. In the insertion position, a press fit may be present between the at least one elevation and the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Uwe Foerster, Martin Kaspar
  • Publication number: 20190331436
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked plates stacked on top of one another, between which a plurality of hollow spaces for two media may be alternately defined. The plurality of stacked plates may include at least two first stacked plates and at least one second stacked plate. The plurality of stacked plates may respectively include at least one first passage opening surrounded by a dome and at least one second passage opening. The at least one second passage opening of the at least one second stacked plate may be surrounded by an annular bead. The at least one second stacked plate may be arranged between the at least two first stacked plates such that the dome of a lower first stacked plate, the dome of an upper first stacked plate, and the annular bead are connected to one another and define an immersion tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Mager, Thomas Merten, Markus Wesner
  • Publication number: 20190120521
    Abstract: A collecting tank of a heat exchanger may include a first collecting pipe and a second collecting pipe arranged adjacent to the first collecting pipe structured to accommodate a plurality of heat exchanger pipes. The first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe may each have a hollow space which is flowable through. The first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe may have a respective flattened bottom and a plurality of tank accommodations configured to accommodate the plurality of heat exchanger pipes disposed spaced apart from one another in the respective bottom. The respective bottom of the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe may extend at a predetermined angle ? not equal to 180° relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Gottfried Duerr, Axel Dolderer, Richard Goce, Harald Muehleisen, Benjamin Nothdurft, Markus Pflieger
  • Publication number: 20190120569
    Abstract: A heat exchanger may include a first collecting tank and a second collecting tank. The first collecting tank may include a first collecting pipe having a first collecting pipe opening for letting in a fluid and a second collecting pipe having a second collecting pipe opening for discharging the fluid. The second collecting tank may be arranged opposite the first collecting tank and may include a third collecting pipe and a fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a plurality of heat exchanger pipes fluidically connecting the first collecting pipe to the third collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe to the fourth collecting pipe. The heat exchanger may also include a separating wall arranged in each of the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe respectively dividing each into a first pipe section and a second pipe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Gottfried Duerr, Richard Goce, Harald Muehleisen, Benjamin Nothdurft, Markus Pflieger