Patents by Inventor Gerd Schleier

Gerd Schleier 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: 11486658
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The stacked plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of elongated stacked plates extending in a longitudinal direction and stacked against one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a stacking direction. First hollow spaces and second hollow spaces are disposed between adjacent stacked plates, through which alternatingly a first medium and a second medium flows. At least one stacked plate has a rib structure disposed on a respective plate surface, structured and arranged to provide a plurality of flow passages within the respective hollow space. The rib structure has a guiding region and two distribution regions. The rib structure differs in the guiding region and in the two distribution regions by shape and size of the plurality of flow passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Bruckner, Klaus Irmler, Jakub Lasica, Gerd Schleier
  • Publication number: 20210010762
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The stacked plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of elongated stacked plates extending in a longitudinal direction and stacked against one another perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction in a stacking direction. First hollow spaces and second hollow spaces are disposed between adjacent stacked plates, through which alternatingly a first medium and a second medium flows. At least one stacked plate has a rib structure disposed on a respective plate surface, structured and arranged to provide a plurality of flow passages within the respective hollow space. The rib structure has a guiding region and two distribution regions. The rib structure differs in the guiding region and in the two distribution regions by shape and size of the plurality of flow passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jens Bruckner, Klaus Irmler, Jakub Lasica, Gerd Schleier
  • Patent number: 10126073
    Abstract: A corrugated fin, in particular for a heat exchanger, having a substantially corrugated design, having a plurality of fin surfaces, wherein adjoining fin surfaces are connected to one another by means of a fin arch in such a way that a medium can flow through an intermediate space between adjoining fin surfaces, wherein the fin surfaces are arranged at an angle with respect to one another perpendicularly with respect to a throughflow direction for the medium, wherein the fin surface has at least one bulge which protrudes out of the plane of the fin surface, wherein the extent of the bulge in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the air throughflow direction is smaller than the extent of the fin surface in said direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Carolin Agner, Bjoern Haller, Jonas Kilian, Jens Ruckwied, Florian Schmidt, Eberhard Pantow, Gerd Schleier
  • Publication number: 20160178260
    Abstract: An evaporator heat exchanger for evaporating a liquid working medium may include a housing, in which at least one first flow channel for conducting the working medium and at least one second flow channel for conducting a gas may be arranged, where heat may be transferable from the gas to the working medium. The evaporator heat exchanger may also include a plurality of cover plates and a profiled fluid plate arranged in between two of the cover plates. The at least two cover plates and the profiled fluid plate may form the at least one first flow channel, and at the same time may delimit at least one of at least one leakage channel and a leakage space that is separated from the at least one first flow channel and at least one second flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Behr GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, David Mercader Quintana, Gerd Schleier, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150096728
    Abstract: A corrugated fin, in particular for a heat exchanger, having a substantially corrugated design, having a plurality of fin surfaces, wherein adjoining fin surfaces are connected to one another by means of a fin arch in such a way that a medium can flow through an intermediate space between adjoining fin surfaces, wherein the fin surfaces are arranged at an angle with respect to one another perpendicularly with respect to a throughflow direction for the medium, wherein the fin surface has at least one bulge which protrudes out of the plane of the fin surface, wherein the extent of the bulge in a direction perpendicularly with respect to the air throughflow direction is smaller than the extent of the fin surface in said direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Carolin AGNER, Bjoern HALLER, Jonas KILIAN, Jens Ruckwied, Florian SCHMIDT, Eberhard PANTOW, Gerd SCHLEIER
  • Patent number: 8720534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of exchanger tubes (3) attached to at least one floor for conveying a first fluid, wherein the exchanger tubes (3) are disposed in a housing through which a second fluid flows, wherein a holding member (5) is disposed inside the housing, wherein at least two of the exchanger tubes (3) are supported relative to one another by means of the holding member (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Barwig, Heinz Czemmel, Christian Domes, Peter Geskes, Jens Ruckwied, Gerd Schleier, Bernd Spitznagel
  • Publication number: 20100276131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a plurality of exchanger tubes (3) attached to at least one floor for conveying a first fluid, wherein the exchanger tubes (3) are disposed in a housing through which a second fluid flows, wherein a holding member (5) is disposed inside the housing, wherein at least two of the exchanger tubes (3) are supported relative to one another by means of the holding member (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jürgen Barwig, Heinz Czemmel, Christian Domes, Peter Geskes, Jens Ruckwied, Gerd Schleier, Bernd Spitznagel
  • Patent number: 6105668
    Abstract: An impact-resistant material protective cover is disclosed for covering a stacking-disk heat exchanger which in used in a motor vehicle as an oil/coolant cooler. The protective cover may be formed from two identical cover shells having innerengageable locking detent elements for connecting them together in position around the circumference of the cooler housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gebhard Schwarz, Gerd Schleier
  • Patent number: 5927394
    Abstract: Known constructions of oil coolers for motor vehicles are generally fastened directly by means of the base plate on the engine block and are therefore subjected to extremely high lateral acceleration forces during the operation of the engine. Stacking disk oil coolers, as a rule, do not withstand such forces because the lowest disk may deform during the operation so that the effectiveness of the cooler becomes questionable. It is suggested to arrange a reinforcing plate between the lowest plate of the stacking disk oil cooler and a base plate, which reinforcing plate is provided with a rim surrounding the edge of the lowest plate. This measure increases the stability of the stacking disk oil cooler so that it can be fastened directly to the engine block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Robert Mendler, Gerd Schleier, Gebhard Schwarz