Patents by Inventor Gerald Rausch

Gerald Rausch 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).

  • Adsorption heat pump, adsorption refrigerator and adsorber elements therefor
    Patent number: 8707729
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorber element for a heat exchanger and an adsorption heat pump or adsorption refrigerator that contains at least one such adsorber element. The adsorber element includes a heat-conducting solid body and a sorption material for a vaporous adsorbate arranged on the surface of this solid body. A fluid-tight foil composite is arranged on the outer surface of the open-pore solid body, at least in the areas in which a contact with a heat transfer fluid is provided, wherein this adsorber element is embodied such that the heat exchange between the open-pore solid body and the heat transfer fluid can take place via the fluid-tight foil composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Ferdinand Schmidt, Hans-Martin Henning, Gunther Munz, Gerald Rausch, Andrea Berg, Norbert Rodler, Cornelia Stramm
  • Adsorption Heat Pump, Adsorption Refrigerator and Adsorber Elements Therefor
    Publication number: 20090217691
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorber element for a heat exchanger and an adsorption heat pump or adsorption refrigerator that contains at least one such adsorber element. The adsorber element includes a heat-conducting solid body and a sorption material for a vaporous adsorbate arranged on the surface of this solid body. A fluid-tight foil composite is arranged on the outer surface of the open-pore solid body, at least in the areas in which a contact with a heat transfer fluid is provided, wherein this adsorber element is embodied such that the heat exchange between the open-pore solid body and the heat transfer fluid can take place via the fluid-tight foil composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Ferdinand Schmidt, Hans-Martin Henning, Gunther Munz, Gerald Rausch, Andrea Berg, Norbert Rodler, Cornelia Stramm
  • Heat exchanger clean-out plug assembly
    Publication number: 20060231088
    Abstract: A flue-gas to air heat exchanger having a flue-gas containing shell with a heat exchange surface, flue-gas inlet and outlet sections, and at least one tubular clean-out fitting is provided with a removable plug having an outer peripheral portion resiliently engageable with a section of the inner peripheral portion of the fitting adjacent the shell. The plug periphery is expanded into gas-tight sealing contact with the fitting inner periphery by means affording installation and removal without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: Burnham Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sharkozy, Everett James, Donald Zimmerman, Albert Wajda, Gerald Rausch, Joseph Leszek