Patents by Inventor Dominik Prinz

Dominik Prinz 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: 9897356
    Abstract: A refrigeration plant with refrigerant evaporator arrangement and process for parallel air and battery contact cooling. The refrigeration plant includes a refrigerant evaporator arrangement for parallel air and battery contact cooling, having with a refrigerant compressor and a condenser An evaporator with an assigned controllable expansion member for air cooling and an evaporator as a battery contact cooler with an assigned controllable expansion member for battery cooling are provided. A throttling member is located between the evaporator and the tap of the assigned controllable expansion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Marc Graaf, Andreas Emmerich, Stephan Köster, Felix Girmscheid, Peter Heyl, Dominik Prinz
  • Patent number: 9647251
    Abstract: A device for cooling batteries includes a cooling plate for receiving at least one battery thereon and at least one heat transfer element in heat transfer relationship with the cooling plate. A mechanical stress produced by a contact force causes the at least one heat transfer element to thermally abut the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dominik Prinz, Stephan Koester, Andreas Emmerich, Jens Talmon
  • Publication number: 20120261107
    Abstract: A device for cooling batteries includes a cooling plate for receiving at least one battery thereon and at least one heat transfer element in heat transfer relationship with the cooling plate. A mechanical stress produced by a contact force causes the at least one heat transfer element to thermally abut the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dominik Prinz, Stephan Koester, Andreas Emmerich, Jens Talmon
  • Publication number: 20120125032
    Abstract: A refrigeration plant with refrigerant evaporator arrangement and process for parallel air and battery contact cooling. The refrigeration plant includes a refrigerant evaporator arrangement for parallel air and battery contact cooling, having with a refrigerant compressor and a condenser An evaporator with an assigned controllable expansion member for air cooling and an evaporator as a battery contact cooler with an assigned controllable expansion member for battery cooling are provided. A throttling member is located between the evaporator and the tap of the assigned controllable expansion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Graaf, Andreas Emmerich, Stephan Köster, Felix Girmscheid, Peter Heyl, Dominik Prinz
  • Patent number: 8025317
    Abstract: A system for connecting fluid-passed conduits which can be integrated into a refrigerant circuit of a heating, ventilation and air condition system of a motor vehicle. The system includes two connection blocks, wherein the connection blocks are joined together by a fastener having an elastically deflectable transfer component, the elastically deflectable transfer component compensates for a thermal expansion of the fastening means and the connection blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dominik Prinz
  • Publication number: 20080277931
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connection between a largely rigid pipeline and a flexible conduit element by means of a steel nipple, reaching with its one end into the pipeline and with its opposite end into the flexible conduit element, wherein the flexible conduit element is secured to the nipple by means of a clamping sleeve. The basic problem, to configure a flow-favorable connection between a rigid pipeline and a flexible conduit element so that a compact tie-in of the flexible conduit element is possible without the materials being affected by the type of connection technique, is solved in that the pipeline in the segment receiving the nipple and the clamping sleeve are subjected to magnetic pulse shaping coils to reduce a cross section thereof and the pipeline and the nipple have substantially the same inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Uwe Poschenrieder, Dominik Prinz, Marion Lorenz-Bornert
  • Publication number: 20080034787
    Abstract: A refrigerant circuit for a vehicle heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system is disclosed, wherein the refrigerant circuit includes a combined component including an internal heat exchanger and an accumulator, and wherein a cost and difficulty of manufacture and assembly thereof are minimized, and an efficiency thereof is maximized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Klotten, Dominik Prinz
  • Publication number: 20070278792
    Abstract: An axially sealing system connectable by screwing, for connecting fluid-passed conduits, is disclosed, wherein the system has a uniform sealing effect over wide temperature ranges, and wherein a reliability, an ease of assembly, and an adaptability to various operating conditions of the system are maximized, and an amount of materials and a cost of production thereof are minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Dominik Prinz
  • Patent number: 7275391
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for refrigerant circuits that is arranged between the compressor and the evaporator thereof including a housing with a through channel. Within the through channel is a microchannel part having a filtering portion and a decompression portion wherein filtering and decompression of the passing refrigerant can be performed generally at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dominik Prinz, Marc Graaf
  • Publication number: 20060096313
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for refrigerant circuits that is arranged between the compressor and the evaporator thereof including a housing with a through channel. Within the through channel is a microchannel part having a filtering portion and a decompression portion wherein filtering and decompression of the passing refrigerant can be performed generally at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Dominik Prinz, Marc Graaf
  • Publication number: 20060054721
    Abstract: A connection assembly for the connections of high-pressure pipes in vehicle air conditioning units. The connection assembly includes a connection block having a through channel with a narrowing portion defined by at least one step. A nozzle is located in the through channel of the connection block and the nozzle includes a tapering portion with an exterior surface having at least one step. The narrowing and tapering portions generally correspond with each other and cooperate to define stepped circular gap. A high-pressure pipe extends through the channel outflow region and has a cold deformation end region located in the stepped circular gap, which was forced thereinto upon the nozzle being pressed into the connection block. The hardness of the nozzle is greater than the hardness of the pipe, and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the nozzle is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Dominik Prinz