Patents by Inventor Caroline Schmid

Caroline Schmid 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: 10454146
    Abstract: A heat exchanger component of a temperature control system of an electrical energy store may include a carrier material and at least two layers. The at least two layers may include a first layer composed of an electrically insulating material and a second layer that may facilitate temperature control via at least one of cooling and heating the electrical energy store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Alexandra Schnaars, Volker Schall, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Patent number: 9958216
    Abstract: The application relates to a heat exchanger and a connecting system for the heat exchanger. This subject matter includes a housing formed by a top part and a bottom part and a first connecting element and a second connecting element connected to these top and bottom parts. Specific embodiments of the subject matter are shown in which the connecting elements connect the housing top part and bottom part by a positive and/or material connection. The advantages of each embodiment over prior approaches are too numerous to include in this abstract, but will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art when reviewing the full specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Holger Schroth, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Anton Kierig, Thomas Schiehlen, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Patent number: 9677823
    Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid port and having a second fluid port, wherein the housing is in fluid communication with a fluid source via the fluid ports, wherein the housing can be traversed by a flow of a fluid, wherein the housing is of multi-part design and has a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part has a base region and an at least partially encircling turned-up edge region, wherein housing the two parts are formed from a plastic or a fiber composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Holger Schroth, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Anton Kierig, Thomas Schiehlen
  • Patent number: 9593891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Moser, Caroline Schmid, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Holger Schroth, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Anton Kierig, Thomas Schiehlen, Stefan Hirsch, Nic Sautter
  • Patent number: 9457645
    Abstract: A device for thermal connection of an energy store to a cooling plate and/or a contact element, and a cooling plate on a contact element and/or a fluid is provided. The device for thermal connection has a first region having a first heat transfer property and at least one other region having another heat transfer property, wherein the first region and the at least one other region are arranged next to one another in relation to the heat transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hirsch, Achim Wiebelt, Caroline Schmid, Tobias Isermeyer, Marc-Thomas Eisele
  • Patent number: 9366486
    Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a fluid inlet and having a fluid outlet, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, having a flow-guiding element in the interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a substantially planar housing upper part and a substantially trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region and an encircling side wall, wherein the housing lower part is formed by a supporting structure and an encasement and the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement, wherein the supporting structure is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed substantially from a plastic, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part substantially by means of plastic-on-plastic contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Holger Schroth, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Anton Kierig, Thomas Schiehlen
  • Publication number: 20160056512
    Abstract: A heat exchanger component of a temperature control system of an electrical energy store may include a carrier material and at least two layers. The at least two layers may include a first layer composed of an electrically insulating material and a second layer that may facilitate temperature control via at least one of cooling and heating the electrical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Alexandra Schnaars, Volker Schall, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20160056511
    Abstract: A heat exchanger component of a temperature control system of an electrical energy store may include a carrier material and at least two layers. The at least two layers may include a first layer composed of an electrically insulating material and a second layer that may facilitate temperature control via at least one of cooling and heating the electrical energy store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Michael Moser, Nikolaus Daubitzer, Heiko Neff, Dominique Raible, Alexandra Schnaars, Volker Schall, Nic Sautter, Stefan Hirsch
  • Publication number: 20150283874
    Abstract: A battery cooling device may include a refrigeration circuit configured to communicate a refrigerant in a flow direction. The refrigeration circuit may include a plurality of refrigerant paths configured to be flowed through in parallel by the refrigerant along the flow direction. The plurality of refrigerant paths may respectively include at least one of a cooling element and a cooling element section. The at least one of the cooling element and the cooling element section may be fluidically incorporated into the respective refrigerant paths and be thermally coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to at least one battery. A plurality of valve devices may be arranged in the respective refrigerant paths and be configured to control a throughflow of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Seitz, Herbert Hofmann, Stefan Hirsch, Caroline Schmid
  • Patent number: 9112208
    Abstract: A module system is provided that includes at least one module support and at least one module support and at least one energy storage module that is connected to the at least one module support. The module support and the energy storage module have cooling fluid connections, electric contacts, and coupling elements that are adapted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Kohlberger, Michael Moser, Heiko Neff, Caroline Schmid, Hans-Georg Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8863543
    Abstract: A device for cooling a heat source of a motor vehicle is provided that includes a cooling body which has a plurality of feed flow channels and a plurality of return flow channels. At least a multiplicity of the feed flow channels and return flow channels are arranged adjacent to one another in an alternating fashion in the cooling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Heckenberger, Stefan Hirsch, Heiko Neff, Tobias Isermeyer, Caroline Schmid, Jalal Mohamed-Ali, Hans-Georg Herrmann, Achim Wiebelt
  • Publication number: 20140220397
    Abstract: A thermal transfer device for generating a thermal transfer between an energy store and a temperature-control panel for the temperature-control of the energy store. The thermal transfer device has a thermal insulation layer made of an unevenly distributed insulation material and a tolerance compensating layer made of a compressible material for compensating different material strengths of the thermal insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan HIRSCH, Caroline SCHMID, Matthias STRIPF, Achim WIEBELT
  • Patent number: 8790808
    Abstract: A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electrical storage elements, and a cooling element having ducts for a fluid to flow through, wherein the electrical storage elements are in thermal contact with the cooling elements and heat can be transmitted from the storage elements to the fluid, and wherein the cooling element which comprises the ducts is embodied as at least one extruded profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Herrmann, Florian Moldovan, Caroline Schmid, Thomas Schiehlen, Tobias Isermeyer, Martin Steinbach, Juergen Eckstein, Christoph Fehren-Bacher, Achim Wiebelt, Markus Kohlberger, Conrad Pfender, Thomas Heckenberger
  • Publication number: 20140090812
    Abstract: Heat exchanger having a first collecting box and having a second collecting box, having at least one tube arranged between the two collecting boxes, wherein a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are provided which are arranged individually on in each case one of the collecting boxes or on a single one of the collecting boxes, wherein the tube is received at the ends in an opening in in each case one of the collecting boxes and is in fluid communication with the collecting boxes, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge whose contour corresponds to the outer contour of the tube, and in that the opening is designed such that the opening cross section narrows toward the interior of the collecting box and the tube can be inserted, under preload at the circumference, into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Caroline SCHMID, Michael MOSER, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN
  • Publication number: 20140090810
    Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a fluid inlet and having a fluid outlet, wherein the heat exchanger is in fluid communication via the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet with a fluid circuit, having a flow-guiding element in the interior of the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a substantially planar housing upper part and a substantially trough-like housing lower part, wherein the housing lower part has a base region and an encircling side wall, wherein the housing lower part is formed by a supporting structure and an encasement and the supporting structure is at least partially surrounded by the encasement, wherein the supporting structure is formed from a metallic material, and the encasement is formed substantially from a plastic, wherein the housing upper part is formed from a plastic and the housing lower part is connected to the housing upper part substantially by means of plastic-on-plastic contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Caroline SCHMID, Michael MOSER, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN
  • Publication number: 20140090823
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger with a first and a second collecting tank, with at least one tube arranged between the two collecting tanks, each having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. At least one tube end is in fluid communication with a collecting tank and is connected to the collecting tank via a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded connection, wherein the opening is surrounded by an opening edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael MOSER, Caroline SCHMID, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN, Stefan HIRSCH, Nic SAUTTER
  • Publication number: 20140090803
    Abstract: Connecting system for a heat exchanger, the housing of which is formed by a housing top part and a housing bottom part, wherein the connecting system has a first and a second connecting element, by means of which the housing bottom part is connected to the housing top part by a positive and/or material connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Caroline SCHMID, Michael MOSER, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN, Nic SAUTTER, Stefan HIRSCH
  • Publication number: 20140090811
    Abstract: Heat exchanger (1) having a housing (9), having a first fluid port (6, 7) and having a second fluid port (7, 6), wherein the housing (9) is in fluid communication with a fluid source via the first fluid port (6, 7) and the second fluid port (7, 6) and can be traversed by a flow of a fluid, characterized in that the housing (9) is of multi-part design and is formed by a housing upper part (3) and a trough-like housing lower part (2), wherein the housing lower part (2) has a base region (7) and an at least partially encircling turned-up edge region (6), wherein the housing upper part (3) or the housing lower part (2) is formed from a plastic and the respective other housing part (3, 2) is formed from a plastic, a metallic material or a fiber composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Caroline SCHMID, Michael MOSER, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN
  • Publication number: 20140090813
    Abstract: Heat exchanger having a housing, having a first fluid port and having a second fluid port, wherein the housing is in fluid communication with a fluid source via the fluid ports, wherein the housing can be traversed by a flow of a fluid, wherein the housing is of multi-part design and has a housing upper part and a housing lower part, wherein the housing upper part and/or the housing lower part has a base region and an at least partially encircling turned-up edge region, wherein housing the two parts are formed from a plastic or a fiber composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Caroline SCHMID, Michael MOSER, Nikolaus DAUBITZER, Holger SCHROTH, Heiko NEFF, Dominique RAIBLE, Anton KIERIG, Thomas SCHIEHLEN
  • Patent number: 8616012
    Abstract: A vaporizer for a cooling circuit, particularly for a motor vehicle, is provided that includes a vaporization region, wherein a coolant flowing through the vaporization region takes up heat from an outside region, wherein the vaporization region is downstream of a first expansion element on the inlet side in the direction of flow of the coolant, wherein an exchanger member is provided between the vaporization region and the first expansion element, and wherein heat can be transferred from the coolant upstream of the vaporization region to the coolant downstream of the vaporization region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gottfried Duerr, Guenther Feuerecker, Stefan Hirsch, Tobias Isermeyer, Caroline Schmid, Christoph Walter, Achim Wiebelt