Patents by Inventor Gerald Richter
Gerald Richter 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).
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Publication number: 20130008971Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for a ventilation, heating, and air conditioning of an interior of a vehicle with a foot vent, in which a shape of the foot vent is substantially rectangular with a dimension of the rectangular shape in a direction of travel of the vehicle larger than a dimension of the rectangular shape transverse to the direction of travel of the vehicle, the rectangular shape optimizing an installation space, an efficiency, and acoustics of the air conditioning apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Juergen Hoppen, Raymond Ambs
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Publication number: 20130000265Abstract: A blower air suction device of a motor vehicle air conditioner includes a blower with a vertical arrangement consisting of a blower motor, a blower rotor, and a blower opening, wherein the blower is ensheathed by a blower scroll, and an air inlet housing with a fresh air opening formed in a front wall and with an ambient air opening. The installation of blower is suspended, that is, with the blower rotor under the blower motor, and the air inlet housing is arranged in the process beneath the blower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Juergen Hoppen, Raymond Ambs
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Publication number: 20120291986Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning device includes a footwell outlet, where the footwell outlet is positioned such that the accompanying air channel can preferably run at the front wall in direction of the tunnel. A design of the HVAC device is suitable for compact dashboard structures. In particular, the HVAC device enables the use of a flying dashboard architecture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Gerald Richter
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Publication number: 20120138697Abstract: The invention relates to an HVAC device for a vehicle including an inlet casing, an air distribution casing, and a blower located in a blower casing for drawing air through the inlet casing and delivering the air into the air distribution casing. The device further includes an evaporator in the air distribution casing and a drainage system below the evaporator for draining off liquid condensed out of the air at the surface of the evaporator into the environment of the HVAC device. The inlet casing is positioned such that liquid penetrating the inlet casing accumulates in a lower area of the inlet casing. Between the lower area of the inlet casing and the drainage system of the liquid condensed out at the evaporator, a hydraulic connection is configured such that the liquid is drainable from the inlet easing past the blower casing and evaporator into the drainage system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Gerald Richter
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Publication number: 20120003910Abstract: An HVAC system for a vehicle including a battery casing having a battery disposed therein, an air conditioning device in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an air distribution system including an outflow channel and a return channel. The outflow channel fluidly connects the battery casing with an ambience of the vehicle and the return channel fluidly connects the battery casing with the passenger compartment. The air conditioning device includes an ambient air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the vehicle ambience, a recirculating air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the passenger compartment, and a battery cooling channel to fluidly connect the air conditioning device and the battery casing. The conditioned air mass flow from the air conditioning device is directed into the passenger compartment and/or the battery casing to maintain a desired temperature of the passenger compartment and/or the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Gerald Richter
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Publication number: 20110174000Abstract: A method for operating an HVAC system includes the steps of adjusting a heating temperature of a heat exchanger disposed in a first flow passage, directing a first partial air mass flow through the first flow passage, directing a second partial air mass flow through a second flow passage, and directing the first partial air mass flow and the second partial air mass flow downstream of the first flow passage and the second flow passage, wherein the heating temperature of the heat exchanger required to at least one of achieve and maintain a desired climate in the passenger compartment of the vehicle is set as a maximum heating temperature for the heat exchanger, and wherein only an amount of energy required to at least one of achieve and maintain a desired climate in the passenger compartment of the vehicle is added to the HVAC system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Tobias Haas, Marc Graaf
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Publication number: 20110036117Abstract: The invention relates to a compact vehicle HVAC system including an evaporator unit, a condenser unit, and a component unit, as well as a refrigerant circuit. The evaporator unit and the condenser unit each are provided with air-passed heat exchangers and a fan in a casing. Further circuit components are displaced within the component unit. The casings of the evaporator unit, the condenser unit, and the component unit advantageously establish a connected compact casing arrangement. The heat exchangers are displaced within the compact casing arrangement. The refrigerant circuit is established for a combined refrigeration plant and heat pump operation as well as an afterheating operation, whereby in the afterheating operational mode the heating power of the afterheater established as condenser/gas cooler and the cooling power of the evaporator are controllable independently of each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jörn Fröhling, Marc Graaf, Felix Girmscheid, Gerald Richter, Gerd Vondahlen, Florian Wieschollek, Tobias Haas
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Patent number: 7879122Abstract: An air filter and fan device for a vehicle ventilation system is disclosed that, in direction of air flow, includes an air filter, an impeller, and a flow-off channel. A casing is provided that accommodates the impeller and the flow-off channel in an enclosing manner such that the impeller is established with double-suction, receiving air from the air filter from both a first side and a second side or the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Christoph Malig, Olaf Degenhardt
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Publication number: 20100290024Abstract: The invention relates to a method-for improving the imaging properties of a micro lithography projection objective, wherein the projection objective has a plurality of lenses between an object plane and an image plane, a first lens of the plurality of lenses being assigned a first manipulator (ml, Mn) for actively deforming the lens, the first lens being deformed for at least partially correcting an aberration, at least one second lens of the plurality of lenses furthermore being assigned at least one second manipulator, and the second lens being deformed in addition to the first lens. Furthermore, a method is described for selecting at least one lens of a plurality of lenses of a projection objective as actively deformable element, and a projection objective.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: CARL ZEISS SMT AGInventors: Olaf Conradi, Heiko Feldmann, Gerald Richter, Sascha Bleidistel, Andreas Frommeyer, Toralf Gruner, Wolfgang Hummel
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Patent number: 7777963Abstract: The invention relates to a method -for improving the imaging properties of a micro lithography projection objective (50), wherein the projection objective has a plurality of lenses (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8) between an object plane and an image plane, a first lens of the plurality of lenses being assigned a first manipulator (ml, Mn) for actively deforming the lens, the first lens being deformed for at least partially correcting an aberration, at least one second lens of the plurality of lenses furthermore being assigned at least one second manipulator, and the second lens being deformed in addition to the first lens. Furthermore, a method is described for selecting at least one lens of a plurality of lenses of a projection objective as actively deformable element, and a projection objective.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT AGInventors: Olaf Conradi, Heiko Feldmann, Gerald Richter, Sascha Bleidistel, Andreas Frommeyer, Toralf Gruner, Wolfgang Hummel
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Patent number: 7735330Abstract: The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, particularly a flat, modular air conditioning unit for a motor vehicle, including an essentially box-shaped casing with a length y, a height z and a width x, and several air guiding and air distribution devices placed between an air inlet and an air outlet. Air conditioning devices, including a heat exchanger and a fan, are also provided. According to the invention the air conditioning devices are linearly arranged one after another along the length y of the casing. The heat exchanger is inclined relative to the length y of the casing by an angle a? and relative to the width x of the casing by an angle b? such that y>x>z.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2006Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Thomas Ehlers
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Publication number: 20100006258Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner is disclosed having means to cool and heat air with three air paths, of which, two outer air paths have a common first temperature and an inner air path has a second temperature, wherein a means for controlling the air volume flow through the outer air paths and the inner air path is provided by two control elements which are configured jointly to be able to move in opposing directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Gerald Richter, Jürgen Hoppen, Mario Opiela
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Patent number: 7478670Abstract: A modular system for a 1-to-4 zone climate control system for vehicles, which is provided with at least one housing and several air tempering and air distribution devices including a fan, optionally a filter, an evaporator, a heater and several doors arranged at a partition that is placed orthogonal to the evaporator and provided to divide the total volume flow into two partial volume flows for the left and right vehicle sides. In the first configuration the partition is provided with several blind fittings for the closing of the flow paths associated with air outlets and air channels of a second configuration. In the second configuration, the blind fittings are replaced with additional doors enabling the use of the air outlets and air channels of additional zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gerald Richter, Thomas Ehlers
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Publication number: 20080310029Abstract: The invention relates to a method -for improving the imaging properties of a micro lithography projection objective (50), wherein the projection objective has a plurality of lenses (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8) between an object plane and an image plane, a first lens of the plurality of lenses being assigned a first manipulator (ml, Mn) for actively deforming the lens, the first lens being deformed for at least partially correcting an aberration, at least one second lens of the plurality of lenses furthermore being assigned at least one second manipulator, and the second lens being deformed in addition to the first lens. Furthermore, a method is described for selecting at least one lens of a plurality of lenses of a projection objective as actively deformable element, and a projection objective.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: CARL ZEISS SMT AGInventors: Olaf Conradi, Heiko Feldmann, Gerald Richter, Sascha Bleidistel, Andreas Frommeyer, Toralf Gruner, Wolfgang Hummel
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Patent number: 7457043Abstract: A projection exposure system, intended in particular for microlithography, is used for generating, in an image plane, an image of a mask arranged in an object plane. The projection exposure system has a light source emitting projection light and projection optics arranged between the mask and the image. Starting from the mask, the following are arranged in the beam path of the projection optics: a first group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power; a second group of optical components with an overall negative refractive power; a third group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power; a fourth group of optical components with an overall negative refractive power, and, a fifth group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power. At least three optical subgroups having at least one optical component can be displaced along the optical axis of the projection optics.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT AGInventors: Bernhard Kneer, Gerald Richter
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Publication number: 20080229721Abstract: An air filter and fan device for a vehicle ventilation system is disclosed that, in direction of air flow, includes an air filter, an impeller, and a flow-off channel. A casing is provided that accommodates the impeller and the flow-off channel in an enclosing manner such that the impeller is established with double-suction, receiving air from the air filter from both a first side and a second side or the impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Gerald Richter, Christoph Malig, Olaf Degenhardt
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Publication number: 20080230204Abstract: The invention relates to an air conditioning unit provided with means for cooling and heating air, including a casing with a plurality of air outlets. At least one heating heat exchanger is provided that in its vertical extension has at least one cold air passage whereby, the one cold air passage is disposed between two heating paths. An evaporator is provided, downstream of which in direction of the air flow the heating heat exchanger is disposed, such that after the heating heat exchanger there is a temperature-layered air flow, the layers of which are wholly or partly assigned directly to the air outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Gerald Richter, Thomas Ehlers, Mario Opiela
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Patent number: 7408621Abstract: A projection exposure system, intended in particular for microlithography, is used for generating, in an image plane, an image of a mask arranged in an object plane. The projection exposure system has a light source emitting projection light and projection optics arranged between the mask and the image. Starting from the mask, the following are arranged in the beam path of the projection optics: a first group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power; a second group of optical components with an overall negative refractive power; a third group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power; a fourth group of optical components with an overall negative refractive power, and, a fifth group of optical components with an overall positive refractive power. At least three optical subgroups having at least one optical component can be displaced along the optical axis of the projection optics.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT AGInventors: Bernhard Kneer, Gerald Richter
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Patent number: 7367612Abstract: The invention relates to a load-carrying component that makes it possible to support a vehicle cross-member or module carrier on the floor region of the body of a motor vehicle. The load-carrying component serves to attach an air conditioning unit and is connected to as least one casing part of the air conditioning unit such that the load-carrying component and the casing create at least one channel through which conditioned air flows into the passenger compartment of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Juergen Hoppen, Joerg Martini, Gerald Richter
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Publication number: 20080055740Abstract: A catadioptric projection objective for microlithography has at least one curved mirror that is deformable and adjusting elements that can deform the deformable mirror. The adjusting elements are mated to given image errors and their correction. The invention is suitable for astigmatism, fourfold wavefront-deformations due to lens heating, compaction, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: Carl Zeiss SMT AGInventors: Christian Wagner, Michael Gerhard, Gerald Richter