Patents by Inventor Franck Repentin

Franck Repentin 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: 12228040
    Abstract: In order to improve an expansion installation for obtaining electrical energy from heat by means of a thermodynamic circulation procedure, comprising an expansion device, which is operated by an expanding working medium of the thermodynamic circulation procedure, and a generator driven by the expansion device, it is proposed that the expansion installation should be provided with a rotational speed sensor, which is coupled to a shaft of the expansion installation that rotates proportionally to a rotor of the generator, and which takes the form of an electrical sensor generator that generates an electrical sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Franck Repentin, Marcus Blumhardt
  • Publication number: 20220158509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor for refrigerant having a compressor housing, said compressor housing being provided with a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, said compressor comprising a compression unit, arranged in a compression housing section of said compressor housing and an electric motor arranged in a motor housing section of said compressor housing, said electric motor comprising a stator arranged within a stator receiving sleeve of said motor housing section and a rotor surrounded by said stator and arranged on a drive shaft of said electric motor for rotation about an axis of rotation together with said drive shaft, said stator comprising a stator core having a stack of laminations and extending parallel to said axis of rotation from a first front side to a second front side, said stator having windings extending through said stator core and forming end windings arranged in front of said front surfaces, and a channel for guiding at least a portion of said refrigerant entering through said su
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Franck Repentin
  • Patent number: 11277044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor for refrigerant having a compressor housing, said compressor housing being provided with a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, said compressor comprising a compression unit, arranged in a compression housing section of said compressor housing and an electric motor arranged in a motor housing section of said compressor housing, said electric motor comprising a stator arranged within a stator receiving sleeve of said motor housing section and a rotor surrounded by said stator and arranged on a drive shaft of said electric motor for rotation about an axis of rotation together with said drive shaft, said stator comprising a stator core having a stack of laminations and extending parallel to said axis of rotation from a first front side to a second front side, said stator having windings extending through said stator core and forming end windings arranged in front of said front surfaces, and a channel for guiding at least a portion of said refrigerant entering through said su
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Franck Repentin
  • Publication number: 20210363919
    Abstract: In order to improve an expansion installation for obtaining electrical energy from heat by means of a thermodynamic circulation procedure, comprising an expansion device, which is operated by an expanding working medium of the thermodynamic circulation procedure, and a generator driven by the expansion device, it is proposed that the expansion installation should be provided with a rotational speed sensor, which is coupled to a shaft of the expansion installation that rotates proportionally to a rotor of the generator, and which takes the form of an electrical sensor generator that generates an electrical sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Franck Repentin, Marcus Blumhardt
  • Publication number: 20210363989
    Abstract: In order to improve a machine for depressurizing or compressing substantially gaseous media, comprising a machine casing and at least one screw rotor, which is arranged in a screw rotor bore in the machine casing, extends between a low-pressure side and a high-pressure side of the screw rotor bore, cooperates with the substantially gaseous medium and is mounted on both sides in the machine casing by means of a respective bearing set, and a motor/generator unit that is coupled or couplable to the at least one screw rotor, it is proposed that the at least one screw rotor should be provided with at least one axial support bearing that axially supports the at least one screw rotor such that a high-pressure end face of the at least one screw rotor is guided, without making contact, to an end wall, which faces this end face, of the machine casing that receives the at least one screw rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Franck Repentin, Marcus Blumhardt
  • Patent number: 10697672
    Abstract: For creating a storage unit comprising a container housing enclosing a storage volume for receiving freight and a gaseous medium surrounding said freight, said storage unit further comprising a tempering system provided with a tempering unit associated with said storage volume for maintaining a flow of said gaseous medium circulating in said storage volume and passing through said tempering unit in order to be maintained at a defined or set temperature, said tempering unit comprising an internal heat exchanger arranged in said flow of gaseous medium passing through said tempering unit, said tempering system being provided with a refrigerant circuit comprising said internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger exposed to ambient air surrounding said container housing which operates reliably and cost efficient under the aforementioned condition, as well as a compressor unit for compressing refrigerant, and said tempering system being further provided with an engine for driving said compressor unit in an i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Kari Saikkonen, Franck Repentin, Axel Friedrich, Andreas Becker
  • Patent number: 10374488
    Abstract: In a compressor for refrigerant having a suction inlet for refrigerant and a pressure outlet for compressed refrigerant, said compressor comprising a compression unit and an electric motor driving said compression unit, said electric motor being a synchronous reluctance motor having a stator and a rotor, said rotor comprising a plurality of stacked disc elements, each disc element having a plurality of flux barriers configured to give the rotor core an anisotropic magnetic structure and formed as apertures in said disc element, it is provided that said flux barriers are arranged in said rotor core to define channels enabling a flow of refrigerant through said rotor core, said rotor is provided with a first support element acting on a first front side of said rotor core and a second support element acting on a second front side of said rotor core, said support elements being provided with cut-out sections and said cut-out sections being designed to uncover at least 70% of the cross section of apertures defined
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Franck Repentin
  • Publication number: 20180183281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor for refrigerant having a compressor housing, said compressor housing being provided with a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, said compressor comprising a compression unit, arranged in a compression housing section of said compressor housing and an electric motor arranged in a motor housing section of said compressor housing, said electric motor comprising a stator arranged within a stator receiving sleeve of said motor housing section and a rotor surrounded by said stator and arranged on a drive shaft of said electric motor for rotation about an axis of rotation together with said drive shaft, said stator comprising a stator core having a stack of laminations and extending parallel to said axis of rotation from a first front side to a second front side, said stator having windings extending through said stator core and forming end windings arranged in front of said front surfaces, and a channel for guiding at least a portion of said refrigerant entering through said su
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Franck Repentin
  • Publication number: 20170241678
    Abstract: For creating a storage unit comprising a container housing enclosing a storage volume for receiving freight and a gaseous medium surrounding said freight, said storage unit further comprising a tempering system provided with a tempering unit associated with said storage volume for maintaining a flow of said gaseous medium circulating in said storage volume and passing through said tempering unit in order to be maintained at a defined or set temperature, said tempering unit comprising an internal heat exchanger arranged in said flow of gaseous medium passing through said tempering unit, said tempering system being provided with a refrigerant circuit comprising said internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger exposed to ambient air surrounding said container housing which operates reliably and cost efficient under the aforementioned condition, as well as a compressor unit for compressing refrigerant, and said tempering system being further provided with an engine for driving said compressor unit in an i
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Karl Saikkonen, Franck Repentin, Axel Friedrich, Andreas Becker
  • Publication number: 20170222520
    Abstract: In a compressor for refrigerant having a suction inlet for refrigerant and a pressure outlet for compressed refrigerant, said compressor comprising a compression unit and an electric motor driving said compression unit, said electric motor being a synchronous reluctance motor having a stator and a rotor, said rotor comprising a plurality of stacked disc elements, each disc element having a plurality of flux barriers configured to give the rotor core an anisotropic magnetic structure and formed as apertures in said disc element, it is provided that said flux barriers are arranged in said rotor core to define channels enabling a flow of refrigerant through said rotor core, said rotor is provided with a first support element acting on a first front side of said rotor core and a second support element acting on a second front side of said rotor core, said support elements being provided with cut-out sections and said cut-out sections being designed to uncover at least 70% of the cross section of apertures defined
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Franck Repentin