Patents by Inventor Eric KUSCHMINDER

Eric KUSCHMINDER 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 store with heat storage cassettes
    Patent number: 12690389
    Abstract: A heat storage device for storing electrical energy in the form of thermal energy comprises at least one electric heating device for converting electrical energy into thermal energy and a plurality of heat storage cassettes. Each heat storage cassette comprises a cassette frame and a plurality of heat storage rods held in the cassette frame. Each heat storage cassette comprises retainers for holding the heat storage rods in a predetermined position, wherein at least one end of each heat storage rod is left unfixed so as to allow a free thermal expansion of the heat storage rods in a longitudinal direction of the heat storage rods inside the cassette frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Lumenion GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kordt, Eric Kuschminder, Param Preet Singh Jolly, Santiago Falla Peña
  • Heat store with heat storage cassettes
    Publication number: 20250255184
    Abstract: A heat storage device for storing electrical energy in the form of thermal energy comprises at least one electric heating device for converting electrical energy into thermal energy and a plurality of heat storage cassettes. Each heat storage cassette comprises a cassette frame and a plurality of heat storage rods held in the cassette frame. Each heat storage cassette comprises retainers for holding the heat storage rods in a predetermined position, wherein at least one end of each heat storage rod is left unfixed so as to allow a free thermal expansion of the heat storage rods in a longitudinal direction of the heat storage rods inside the cassette frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2025
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Peter KORDT, Eric KUSCHMINDER, Param Preet Singh JOLLY, Santiago FALLA PEÑA