Patents by Inventor Erich LEHNER

Erich LEHNER 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: 20250260091
    Abstract: A method for producing an inter-cell cooling unit. A heat sink extending in a longitudinal extension direction is provided in the form of an extruded profile, which includes an interior with at least one cooling channel through which a coolant can flow, and which is delimited in the longitudinal extension direction by a first end region with a front-side first opening region which opens into the environment. A first connection unit with at least one first connection opening, which is different from the first opening region, is formed from the first end region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Sebastian KUNZE, Erich LEHNER, Daniel SCHMID, Michael SCHÜßLER, Diana WALENWEIN
  • Patent number: 12257596
    Abstract: An application nozzle for applying a viscous material to workpieces includes a nozzle body and an application duct for the viscous material, the duct extending inside the nozzle body from a material inlet opening to a material outlet opening. At least one filler element is located in the application duct, which filler element constricts the cross-section of the application duct and extends from a first end remote from the material inlet opening to a second end at the material outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Lehner, Bernhard Sauer, Tobias Rosenauer, Christian Kammerer
  • Patent number: 12036522
    Abstract: A method monitors a device for applying an at least two-component viscous material to workpieces, including a metering unit having a number of metering valves corresponding with the number of viscous material components, and a static mixer detachably secured to the metering unit for component blending. The static mixer has a material inlet facing the metering unit and a material outlet facing away from the metering unit. Each metering valve has a supply channel sealingly connectable to a valve seat for supplying the respective component to the static mixer. A number of material applications are carried out consecutively, each having an identical predetermined time between start and end of the application. During the applications, between the start and the end, at predetermined times, the pressure in at least one supply channel is measured by a pressure sensor and preferably measured in all supply channels by a respective pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Rosenauer, Christian Kammerer, Erich Lehner
  • Patent number: 11794203
    Abstract: An attachment element for a static mixer and an attachment system with such an attachment element, the static mixer, and a pressure sensor. The attachment element has a flow channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening arranged opposite the inlet opening in a longitudinal direction of the flow channel and designed as an injection nozzle. The attachment element is designed to be fastened at an inlet side having the inlet opening by a fastening unit of the attachment element on top of an injection tip of the static mixer. Furthermore, the attachment element has a receiving opening for the pressure sensor. The receiving opening extends from an exterior side of the attachment element to an opening in a subsection of a channel wall of the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc Gormanns, Erich Lehner
  • Publication number: 20220274076
    Abstract: A method monitors a device for applying an at least two-component viscous material to workpieces, including a metering unit having a number of metering valves corresponding with the number of viscous material components, and a static mixer detachably secured to the metering unit for component blending. The static mixer has a material inlet facing the metering unit and a material outlet facing away from the metering unit. Each metering valve has a supply channel sealingly connectable to a valve seat for supplying the respective component to the static mixer. A number of material applications are carried out consecutively, each having an identical predetermined time between start and end of the application. During the applications, between the start and the end, at predetermined times, the pressure in at least one supply channel is measured by a pressure sensor and preferably measured in all supply channels by a respective pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias ROSENAUER, Christian KAMMERER, Erich LEHNER
  • Publication number: 20210162442
    Abstract: An attachment element for a static mixer and an attachment system with such an attachment element, the static mixer, and a pressure sensor. The attachment element has a flow channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening arranged opposite the inlet opening in a longitudinal direction of the flow channel and designed as an injection nozzle. The attachment element is designed to be fastened at an inlet side having the inlet opening by a fastening unit of the attachment element on top of an injection tip of the static mixer. Furthermore, the attachment element has a receiving opening for the pressure sensor. The receiving opening extends from an exterior side of the attachment element to an opening in a subsection of a channel wall of the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marc GORMANNS, Erich LEHNER
  • Publication number: 20210031229
    Abstract: An application nozzle for applying a viscous material to workpieces includes a nozzle body and an application duct for the viscous material, the duct extending inside the nozzle body from a material inlet opening to a material outlet opening. At least one filler element is located in the application duct, which filler element constricts the cross-section of the application duct and extends from a first end remote from the material inlet opening to a second end at the material outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Atlas Copco IAS GmbH
    Inventors: Erich LEHNER, Bernhard SAUER, Tobias ROSENAUER, Christian KAMMERER