Patents by Inventor Claus Würfel

Claus Würfel 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: 10053785
    Abstract: A method for operating an electrolysis device (2) for producing hydrogen uses a water circuit. Water from a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer (6) is cooled in a cooling device (10) and subsequently led to an ion exchanger (4) for processing the water. The water, after the processing in the ion exchanger (4), is fed to the PEM electrolyzer (6). Heat is removed from the water before feeding the water to the cooling device (10). A part of this removed heat is fed again to the water after the processing in the ion exchanger (4) and before entry into the PEM electrolyzer (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: H-TEC SYSTEMS GmbH
    Inventors: Svetlana Smarsch, Nils Mantai, Norbert Bülow, Claus Würfel, Dennis Wilken, Uwe Küter, Stefan Höller
  • Patent number: 9790092
    Abstract: A method is provided for running up/starting up an electrolysis device (10), which device includes a reactor container (3) which is arranged downstream of an electrolyzer (1) and in which oxygen reacts with hydrogen into water, in order to reduce an oxygen share in a hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1). The electrolysis device (10) is operated with a predefined operating pressure. Upon running up/starting up the electrolyzer (1), the hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1) is led past the reactor container (3) via a bypass conduit (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: H-TEC SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nils Mantai, Claus Würfel, Dennis Wilken, Uwe Küter, Stefan Höller
  • Publication number: 20160068975
    Abstract: A method for operating an electrolysis device (2) for producing hydrogen uses a water circuit. Water from a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer (6) is cooled in a cooling device (10) and subsequently led to an ion exchanger (4) for processing the water. The water, after the processing in the ion exchanger (4), is fed to the PEM electrolyzer (6). Heat is removed from the water before feeding the water to the cooling device (10). A part of this removed heat is fed again to the water after the processing in the ion exchanger (4) and before entry into the PEM electrolyzer (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Svetlana SMARSCH, Nils MANTAI, Norbert BÜLOW, Claus WÜRFEL, Dennis WILKEN, Uwe KÜTER, Stefan HÖLLER
  • Publication number: 20150021170
    Abstract: An electrolysis device (7) includes a water circuit (6), in which an electrolyzer (5), a collection container (1) and at least one pump (2) are arranged. The water is pumped by way of the at least one pump (2) out of the collection container (1) to the electrolyzer (5). The water circuit (6) is branched into at least one first branch (8) and into a second branch (9) which is parallel to the first branch (8). The electrolyzer (5) is arranged in the first branch (8) and a heat exchanger (3), for cooling the water, is arranged in the second branch (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: H-TEC SYSTEMS GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Wilken, Nils Mantai, Claus Würfel, Uwe Küter, Stefan Höller
  • Publication number: 20150001067
    Abstract: An electrolyzer (2) includes at least one electrolysis cell (4), arranged between two end plates (6.8), in a polymer electrolyte membrane construction manner, and a pressing device for producing a pressing force between the end plates (6.8). The pressing force at least partly is controlled in a manner dependent on the gas pressure produced by the electrolysis cell (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: H-TEC SYSTEMS GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Mantai, Claus Würfel, Dennis Wilken, Uwe Küter, Stefan Höller
  • Publication number: 20140377167
    Abstract: A method is provided for running up/starting up an electrolysis device (10), which device includes a reactor container (3) which is arranged downstream of an electrolyzer (1) and in which oxygen reacts with hydrogen into water, in order to reduce an oxygen share in a hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1). The electrolysis device (10) is operated with a predefined operating pressure. Upon running up/starting up the electrolyzer (1), the hydrogen gas flow coming from the electrolyzer (1) is led past the reactor container (3) via a bypass conduit (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: H-TEC SYSTEMS GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Mantai, Claus Würfel, Dennis Wilken, Uwe Küter, Stefan Höller
  • Patent number: 8908895
    Abstract: The invention regards an ear canal device and a retainer strip, whereby the ear canal device has a distal part for extending into the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane and a proximal part extending towards the ear canal opening, wherein the proximal part of the ear canal device comprises an opening extending transversely through the ear canal device, and where a retaining strip is arranged with a first end thereof arranged to be fastened in the opening and a second end arranged to lie resiliently against the inside of the concha for exerting a retaining force on the ear canal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Claus Würfel
  • Publication number: 20130032472
    Abstract: An apparatus for the electrical production of hydrogen from water includes an electrolyzer (1) of the PEM type. The electrolyzer (1) has an inlet (2) for the introduction of water and a first outlet (3) for the hydrogen which is enriched with water and/or water vapor and is produced in the electrolyzer (1) and also a second outlet (4) for oxygen. A water separation device (7) which has at least a thermal separation stage (10) adjoins the electrolyzer (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Stefan Höller, Freimut Gädeke, Claus Würfel, Nils Mantal, Uwe Küter
  • Patent number: 8290187
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hearing device and earpiece therefore. The hearing device comprises a BTE unit for converting and processing sound to an electrical signal and a tubular element communicating the electrical signal to an earpiece. The earpiece comprises a canal element providing a tight fit of the earpiece in an ear canal, and a speaker element rotate-ably mounted in the canal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Klaus L. Svendsen, Claus Würfel, Jesper Trolle
  • Publication number: 20120177242
    Abstract: The invention regards an ear canal device and a retainer strip, whereby the ear canal device has a distal part for extending into the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane and a proximal part extending towards the ear canal opening, wherein the proximal part of the ear canal device comprises an opening extending transversely through the ear canal device, and where a retaining strip is arranged with a first end thereof arranged to be fastened in the opening and a second end arranged to lie resiliently against the inside of the concha for exerting a retaining force on the ear canal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Claus WÜRFEL
  • Patent number: 8184841
    Abstract: The invention regards an ear canal device and a retainer strip, whereby the ear canal device has a distal part for extending into the ear canal and facing the tympanic membrane and a proximal part extending towards the ear canal opening, wherein the proximal part of the ear canal device comprises an opening extending transversely through the ear canal device, and where a retaining strip is arranged with a first end thereof arranged to be fastened in the opening and a second end arranged to lie resiliently against the inside of the concha for exerting a retaining force on the ear canal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventor: Claus Würfel
  • Publication number: 20110194717
    Abstract: Hearing aid or audio device having a behind the ear part adapted to rest behind an earlobe of a user and a speaker unit comprising a speaker, whereby the speaker unit is adapted for insertion into the ear of a user, and whereby electric leads are provided between the speaker unit and the behind the ear part, said leads having a connection part opposite the speaker unit for connection with a corresponding socket in the behind the ear part, wherein the exterior and visible parts of the behind the ear part are defined by a generally U-shaped shell element, a battery drawer and a microphone cover plate characterized in that all further inside parts of the behind the ear part are interconnected to form a single sub-assembly and in that said sub-assembly is releasably coupled to the U-shaped shell element between two upright walls thereof by latch-locks provided to interact between the microphone cover plate and the upright wall elements
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Jacob Holdt Hansen, Jan T.L. Larsen, Jakob Sandholt Klemmensen, Kenneth Rueskov Moller, Carl Christian Nielsen, Christian Nielsen, Morten Kjaer Petersen, Jakob Hager Rasmussen, Soren Wichmann, Claus Würfel