Patents by Inventor Friedhelm Walkling

Friedhelm Walkling 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: 10790520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell (10) having a stack comprising a bipolar plate (20) which has a flow field (22) formed by a profiled section of the bipolar plate (20), and an elongated sealing element (21) which at least partially surrounds the flow field (22), and a membrane electrode assembly (30). It is provided that, inside a cavity (25) formed between the membrane electrode assembly (30) and the bipolar plate (20) in a region between the sealing element (21) and the flow field (22), a filling agent (24) is arranged which extends in the extension direction of the cavity (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Christian Martin Zillich, Friedhelm Walkling
  • Patent number: 10158141
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (100), which includes multiple fuel cell stacks (10, 20) having a pair of adjacent fuel cell stacks (10, 20), namely a first fuel cell stack (10) and a second fuel cell stack (20), each including multiple fuel cells (2), as well as multiple main channels (11, 12, 13) which penetrate the fuel cell stacks (10, 20) for distributing the operating agents to the individual fuel cells (2) is provided. It is provided that the fuel cell stacks (10, 20) of one pair are situated in such a way that a sequence of the main channels (11, 12, 13) is mirror-symmetrical to a plane running between the adjacent fuel cell stacks (10, 20) of the pair, with respect to the different operating agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG
    Inventors: Christian Martin Zillich, Friedhelm Walkling
  • Publication number: 20160204461
    Abstract: A fuel cell system (100), which includes multiple fuel cell stacks (10, 20) having a pair of adjacent fuel cell stacks (10, 20), namely a first fuel cell stack (10) and a second fuel cell stack (20), each including multiple fuel cells (2), as well as multiple main channels (11, 12, 13) which penetrate the fuel cell stacks (10, 20) for distributing the operating agents to the individual fuel cells (2) is provided. It is provided that the fuel cell stacks (10, 20) of one pair are situated in such a way that a sequence of the main channels (11, 12, 13) is mirror-symmetrical to a plane running between the adjacent fuel cell stacks (10, 20) of the pair, with respect to the different operating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Martin Zillich, Friedhelm Walkling