Patents by Inventor Bruno Hoefer

Bruno Hoefer 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: 6885554
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for cooling electrical subassemblies arranged in a housing, in particular for use in base stations of a mobile radio system or access network system. The arrangement has at least one water-repellent membrane filter, in each case arranged in an air inlet of the housing, for the surface filtration of dirt particles from cooling air flowing in for cooling electrical subassemblies, as well as at least one cooling device to build up an airflow and to lead the filtered cooling air, heated because of flowing through the subassemblies, out of the housing through at least one air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Reeck, Bruno Hoefer, Alfred Gahse
  • Patent number: 6552900
    Abstract: An apparatus having at least one membrane filter for a superficial filtering of at least dirt particles from inflowing cooling air for cooling an electrical module and also at least one cooling device for establishing an air flow in the housing and for discharging the heated-up cooling air out of the housing from at least one air outlet, the membrane filter having a netting of an electrically conductive material for electromagnetically shielding the electrical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Hoefer, Guido Reeck
  • Patent number: 6544309
    Abstract: An apparatus having at least one membrane filter for a superficial filtering of at least dirt particles from inflowing cooling air for cooling an electrical module and also at least one cooling device for establishing an air flow in the housing and for discharging the heated-up cooling air out of the housing from at least one air outlet, the membrane filter associated with a vibration generator to undergo a mechanical vibration which causes the dirt particles deposited on the surface to be dislodged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bruno Hoefer, Guido Reeck
  • Patent number: 5956327
    Abstract: The method addresses problems of limited radio resources, in particular with respect to the frequency channels in GSM mobile radio systems and the requirement for a high resource utilization rate even in base stations with a low number of radio resources, and thus severe fluctuations in efficiency when additional radio resources are added. The method makes available additional radio resources and apportions them, as required, to a plurality of radio coverage areas of a base station. The utilization of the radio resources is thus improved with little additional outlay on circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Faerber, Bruno Hoefer