Patents by Inventor Christoph Eberl

Christoph Eberl 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).

  • HEAT PIPE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING AND/OR PROGRAMMING A TRANSPORT OF HEAT
    Publication number: 20230417492
    Abstract: A heat pipe having a working chamber having an evaporator region operatively connected to a heat source, and a condenser region operatively connected to a heat sink. A working fluid is provided in the working chamber, and heat is transferred from the heat source to the heat sink by the working fluid in a first state of operation. The heat pipe is a switchable and/or programmable thermal diode or a switchable and/or programmable heat switch, at least one activatable functional material is provided, which is arranged and configured to keep the evaporator region free of the working fluid and/or to prevent the working fluid from evaporating in a second state of operation, in order to reduce and/or hinder heat transfer and/or to alter the preferential direction of heat conduction. A system and method for switching and/or programming heat transfer in a heat pipe are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Martin KLUGE, Jürgen CLADE, Christoph EBERL, Markus Winkler, Erik Wischerhoff, Kilian BARTHOLOMÉ, Olaf SCHÄFER-WELSEN, Murat TUTUS, Martin KRUS, Christian TEICHT
  • Micromechanical component and method for producing same
    Patent number: 10974958
    Abstract: A method for producing micromechanical components is provided. A liquid starting material which can be cured by means of irradiation is applied onto a substrate. A partial volume of the starting material is cured by means of a local irradiation process using a first radiation source in order to produce at least one three-dimensional structure. The three-dimensional structure delimits at least one closed cavity in which at least one part of the liquid starting material is enclosed. Alternatively or in addition, a micromechanical component is provided that contains a liquid starting material, which is partly cured by means of irradiation, and at least one cavity in which the liquid starting material is enclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Felix Schiebel, Christoph Eberl, Matthew Berwind, Peter Gumbsch
  • MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20170210621
    Abstract: A method for producing micromechanical components is provided. A liquid starting material which can be cured by means of irradiation is applied onto a substrate. A partial volume of the starting material is cured by means of a local irradiation process using a first radiation source in order to produce at least one three-dimensional structure. The three-dimensional structure delimits at least one closed cavity in which at least one part of the liquid starting material is enclosed. Alternatively or in addition, a micromechanical component is provided that contains a liquid starting material, which is partly cured by means of irradiation, and at least one cavity in which the liquid starting material is enclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Felix Schiebel, Christoph Eberl, Matthew Berwind, Peter Gumbsch