Patents by Inventor Hans Joachim Elmers

Hans Joachim Elmers 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).

  • SEMI-HEUSLER/HEUSLER ALLOYS HAVING TAILORED PHASE SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20130156636
    Abstract: An inorganic, intermetallic compound contains at least two elements per formula unit and consists of at least two phases, at least one phase being semiconducting or semimetallic, these at least two phases are immiscible with each other and are thermodynamically stable, so as to allow the thermal conductivity of semi-Heusler alloys to be reduced while at the same time maintaining the electrical conductivity and the thermoelectric voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Koehne, Tanja Graf, Hans Joachim Elmers, Claudia Felser