Patents by Inventor Dirk Buche

Dirk Buche 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).

  • Publication number: 20230018652
    Abstract: A turbo-machine arrangement having a compressor section comprising a compressor shaft, an electric machine having a shaft, the compressor shaft is coaxial to the shaft. The compressor shaft is coupled to the electric machine shaft. The electric machine and compressor section are arranged in a common housing and mounted via bearings. The housing having a supply line via which uncompressed working medium is supplied, a discharge line, via which compressed working medium is discharged, and an ejector, supplied via a first connection with working medium at a first pressure level for drawing in working medium at a lower second pressure level via a second connection. A mixture formed in the ejector is supplied to the electric machine and/or another assembly to be cooled via a third connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk BÜCHE, Janine SUTTER
  • Patent number: 6857902
    Abstract: A electrical unit consisting of a proximity switch and a cable terminal part is described, where the proximity switch has an outside housing and an insulation part, positioned on one end face of the outside housing and having a terminal element with terminals which lead to the outside. The terminals of the terminal element include terminal sockets. The cable terminal part includes a cable and a connecting part, and the cable is mounted in the connecting part and the ends of the leads of the cable are electrically connected to the terminal sockets of the terminal element. The electrical unitcable terminal part also has a cap which surrounds at least the connecting part and is attached to the proximity switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: i f m electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mehnert, Dirk Buche, Andreas Hornstein, Franz Sauter, Andrea Mollnau
  • Publication number: 20020149455
    Abstract: A electrical unit consisting of a proximity switch and a cable terminal part is described, where the proximity switch has an outside housing and an insulation part, positioned on one end face of the outside housing and having a terminal element with terminals which lead to the outside. The terminals of the terminal element include terminal sockets. The cable terminal part includes a cable and a connecting part, and the cable is mounted in the connecting part and the ends of the leads of the cable are electrically connected to the terminal sockets of the terminal element. The electrical unitcable terminal part also has a cap which surrounds at least the connecting part and is attached to the proximity switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: i f m electronic gmbh
    Inventors: Wolfgang Mehnert, Dirk Buche, Andreas Hornstein, Franz Sauter, Andrea Mollnau