Patents by Inventor Godehard Schmitz

Godehard Schmitz 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).

  • Diffusion-soldered joint and method for making diffusion-soldered joints
    Patent number: 6326088
    Abstract: A diffusion-soldered joint and a method for making diffusion-soldered joints includes a particularly actively diffusing, low-melting-point intermediate layer, applied in the molten state, introduced in the form of a solder carrier between at least two joint components. The solder carrier includes a metal foil that is equipped on both sides with solder layers, wherein the solder layers may include multiple layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventors: Rolf Mayer, Rolf Engelhart, Wilfried Reschnar, Godehard Schmitz
  • Rectifier arrangement, especially for a three-phase generator for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5652471
    Abstract: The rectifier arrangement, preferably for a three-phase generator for a motor vehicle, has at least one power diode of positive polarity and at least one power diode of negative polarity assigned to respective half waves of each phase of the three-phase current and a cooling arrangement for the power diodes, the power diodes of like polarity being arranged on respective heat sinks in an electrically and thermally conductive fashion, and the heat sinks being sandwiched together with at least one electrically insulating part (32) which contains the electrical conductors between the diodes and the three-phase winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Mayer, Arno Altpeter, Joerg Streller, Manfred Roessler, Vesna Biallas, Henning Stilke, Godehard Schmitz, Rainer Brachert, Thomas Richard, Siegfried Schuler, Holger Haussmann