Patents by Inventor Eckart Meiburg

Eckart Meiburg 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).

  • Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator
    Publication number: 20050072454
    Abstract: A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas channel and an exhaust gas channel. The reactant channel and exhaust channels are coiled around each other in a spiral configuration that reduces heat loss. An electric current microgenerator is similar and also includes a thermoelectric active wall composed of n-type and p-type thermoelectric elements as part of a channel wall of the microcombustor. The thermoelectric active wall includes fins configured to increase the temperature differential across the thermoelectric elements relative to the temperature difference between the thermoelectric elements and the reactant and exhaust gases. A method of monolithically fabricating such microdevices by electrodepositing multiple layers of material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Adam Cohen, Paul Ronney, Uri Frodis, Lars Sitzki, Eckart Meiburg, Steffen Wussow
  • Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator
    Patent number: 6613972
    Abstract: A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas channel and an exhaust gas channel. The reactant channel and exhaust channels are coiled around each other in a spiral configuration that reduces heat loss. An electric current microgenerator is similar and also includes a thermoelectric active wall composed of n-type and p-type thermoelectric elements as part of a channel wall of the microcombustor. The thermoelectric active wall includes fins configured to increase the temperature differential across the thermoelectric elements relative to the temperature difference between the thermoelectric elements and the reactant and exhaust gases. A method of monolithically fabricating such microdevices by electrodepositing multiple layers of material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Adam L. Cohen, Paul Ronney, Uri Frodis, Lars Sitzki, Eckart Meiburg, Steffen Wussow
  • Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator
    Publication number: 20010029974
    Abstract: A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas channel and an exhaust gas channel. The reactant channel and exhaust channels are coiled around each other in a spiral configuration that reduces heat loss. An electric current microgenerator is similar and also includes a thermoelectric active wall composed of n-type and p-type thermoelectric elements as part of a channel wall of the microcombustor. The thermoelectric active wall includes fins configured to increase the temperature differential across the thermoelectric elements relative to the temperature difference between the thermoelectric elements and the reactant and exhaust gases. A method of monolithically fabricating such microdevices by electrodepositing multiple layers of material is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: Adam L. Cohen, Paul Ronney, Uri Frodis, Lars Sitzki, Eckart Meiburg, Steffen Wussow