Patents by Inventor Gerhard Niederberger

Gerhard Niederberger 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).

  • Capacitor housing
    Patent number: 7016178
    Abstract: A housing for an electrochemical cell having at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing includes a lid having a first indentation to contact the first electrode, and a bottom having a second indentation to contact the second electrode. The first indentation has a first cross-section and the second indentation has a second cross-section. The first cross-section and the second cross-section get narrower as the first indentation and the second indentation progress into an interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Werner Erhardt, Hubertus Goesmann, Gerhard Niederberger, Stefan Nowak, Klaus Schoch
  • Cup-shaped housing and condenser with said housing
    Publication number: 20050225926
    Abstract: A housing (1) having a lid (5), for electrochemical cells having at least two electrodes is proposed, wherein indentations (5B, 10B) for contacting the electrodes are present both in the lid and in the housing bottom. In this arrangement, the indentations demonstrate a cross-section that narrows into the interior of the housing, so that a particularly large, easily welded contact area between the indentations and the electrodes is the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Werner Erhardt, Hubertus Goesmann, Gerhard Niederberger, Stefan Nowak, Klaus Schoch