Patents by Inventor AXEL SCHATZ

AXEL SCHATZ 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).

  • Device for producing electrical energy from exhaust gas heat and motor vehicle having the device
    Patent number: 8881513
    Abstract: A device for producing electrical energy from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, includes a generator with an exhaust gas inlet connection, an exhaust gas outlet connection and at least one heat exchange section therebetween. At least one flow diversion and/or flow division is provided between the exhaust gas inlet connection and the heat exchange section. The heat exchange section has a plurality of flow paths perpendicular to the exhaust gas inlet connection, to be assigned to a plurality of heat exchange units. At least a portion of the heat exchange assembly has at least one thermoelectric element and a cooling device. The at least one thermoelectric element is captively connected to the cooling device. A motor vehicle having the device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Jan Hodgson, Sigrid Limbeck, Axel Schatz
  • DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM EXHAUST GAS HEAT AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING THE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110120106
    Abstract: A device for producing electrical energy from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, includes a generator with an exhaust gas inlet connection, an exhaust gas outlet connection and at least one heat exchange section therebetween. At least one flow diversion and/or flow division is provided between the exhaust gas inlet connection and the heat exchange section. The heat exchange section has a plurality of flow paths perpendicular to the exhaust gas inlet connection, to be assigned to a plurality of heat exchange units. At least a portion of the heat exchange assembly has at least one thermoelectric element and a cooling device. The at least one thermoelectric element is captively connected to the cooling device. A motor vehicle having the device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBH
    Inventors: ROLF BRÜCK, JAN HODGSON, SIGRID LIMBECK, AXEL SCHATZ