Patents by Inventor Herbert Damsohn
Herbert Damsohn 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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Patent number: 8863542Abstract: Apparatus for cooling electrical elements, comprising a heat sink (1, 101, 201) through which a coolant can flow, a plurality of electrical elements (2, 102, 202) which each have a bottom surface and a side surface, with the bottom surfaces being aligned essentially on one plane, with the heat sink (1, 101, 201) having at least one channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) through which a coolant can flow and making thermal contact with the electrical elements (2, 102, 202), characterized in that the heat sink (1, 101, 202) extends essentially parallel to the plane of the bottom surfaces, with the channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) in the heat sink having a profile which is matched to edges of the electrical elements (2, 102, 202).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Herbert Damsohn, Ronald Gneiting, Tobias Isermeyer, Klaus Luz, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 8435665Abstract: A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electric storage elements, and a cooling body being flowed through by a coolant fluid, wherein at least one of the electric storage elements is fixed at least on one cooling plate in thermal contact, and wherein the cooling plate is connected to the cooling body so that heat may be transferred from the storage element to the fluid, wherein the cooling plate has a planar mechanical connection to the cooling body.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Caroline Schmid, Tobias Isermeyer, Markus Kohlberger, Florian Moldovan, Thomas Schiehlen, Herbert Damsohn, Martin Steinbach, Hans-Georg Herrmann, Juergen Eckstein
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Patent number: 8129047Abstract: A device for storing electrical energy is provided, especially for a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one rechargeable storage cell and a cooling unit which is in thermal contact with the storage cell. The storage cell is accommodated in a retaining element and is in thermal contact with the retaining element, mating molded sections on the retaining element and the cooling unit mechanically interconnecting the retaining element and the cooling unit in a self-locking manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender, Thomas Schiehlen, Martin Steinbach, Caroline Schmid
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Publication number: 20110206966Abstract: A device for cooling a vehicle battery is provided that includes a plurality of electric storage elements, and a cooling body being flowed through by a coolant fluid, wherein at least one of the electric storage elements is fixed at least on one cooling plate in thermal contact, and wherein the cooling plate is connected to the cooling body so that heat may be transferred from the storage element to the fluid, wherein the cooling plate has a planar mechanical connection to the cooling body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Caroline Schmid, Tobias Isermeyer, Markus Kohlberger, Florian Moldovan, Thomas Schiehlen, Herbert Damsohn, Martin Steinbach, Hans-Georg Herrmann, Juergen Eckstein
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Publication number: 20100257883Abstract: A device for storing electrical energy, especially for a motor vehicle is provided. The device comprises a plurality of flat cells that are stacked one on the other with their flat sides substantially in parallel, the flat cells defining at least one first stack. A cooling element is arranged between adjacent flat cells of the at least one first stack. The cooling element has at least one opening into which a heat transfer element is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender, Thomas Schiehlen, Martin Steinbach, Caroline Schmid
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Publication number: 20100248000Abstract: A device for storing electrical energy is provided, especially for a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one rechargeable storage cell and a cooling unit which is in thermal contact with the storage cell. The storage cell is accommodated in a retaining element and is in thermal contact with the retaining element, mating molded sections on the retaining element and the cooling unit mechanically interconnecting the retaining element and the cooling unit in a self-locking manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventors: Herbert DAMSOHN, Conrad PFENDER, Thomas SCHIEHLEN, Martin STEINBACH, Caroline SCHMID
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Publication number: 20090059528Abstract: Apparatus for cooling electrical elements, comprising a heat sink (1, 101, 201) through which a coolant can flow, a plurality of electrical elements (2, 102, 202) which each have a bottom surface and a side surface, with the bottom surfaces being aligned essentially on one plane, with the heat sink (1, 101, 201) having at least one channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) through which a coolant can flow and making thermal contact with the electrical elements (2, 102, 202), characterized in that the heat sink (1, 101, 202) extends essentially parallel to the plane of the bottom surfaces, with the channel (4, 5, 104, 105, 204, 205) in the heat sink having a profile which is matched to edges of the electrical elements (2, 102, 202).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Herbert DAMSOHN, Ronald Gneiting, Tobias Isermeyer, Klaus Luz, Conrad Pfender
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Publication number: 20080261163Abstract: The invention relates to a duct burner (1), particularly for a fuel cell system (2), in which two media are brought together, mixed and combusted to generate heat. To this end, the duct burner (1) has a number of nozzles (9), which are distributed over a surface and via which the media are fed to a burn-out chamber (8). Before feeding to the nozzles (9), the first medium in a first distributing chamber (5) and the second medium in a separate second distributing chamber (7) are each distributed onto a surface that corresponds approximately to the surface (F) of the burn-out chamber (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, Thomas Heckenberger, Klaus Luz, Conrad Pfender
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Publication number: 20080128474Abstract: The invention relates to a solder film for soldering parts, particularly plates of heat exchangers. To this end, the solder foil has a defined contour adapted to the parts to be soldered. According to the invention, the solder foil (12) can be produced as a part of a strip (11) of individual foils (12) connected to one another by material bridges (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2005Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: BEHR GmbH & CO. KGInventor: Herbert Damsohn
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Patent number: 7246437Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling exhaust gas, around which a liquid cooling medium flows on the outside, including a bundle of rectangular tubes provided as ducts for the exhaust gas whose ends are welded into tube bottoms. The bundle of rectangular tubes is surrounded with a sheet metal jacket which follows the contour of the bundle and which is provided with a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet. The ends of the sheet metal jacket are provided with welded-on flange plates which are each open by means of a central opening with respect to the bundle of rectangular tubes and which are provided with fastening devices for fastening onto pipe sections of an exhaust pipe.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Herbert Damsohn, Thomas Karbach, Conrad Pfender, Jan Wenzelburger
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Publication number: 20070053809Abstract: The invention relates to a mixing device for mixing at least two media comprising at least one mixing chamber (177). The inventive device is characterised in that the wall (104, 110) of the mixing chamber is provided with at least one temperature control channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2004Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 7108053Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having a plate block comprising partition plates which delimit flow channel layers between the plates. According to the invention, the partition plates have a solid or folded edge, which projects out of the plane of at least one main side of the partition plates at the edge side, along closed-edge regions which are spaced apart from one another in the peripheral direction by means of intervening open-edge regions. In the plate block, this solid or folded edge is joined in a fluid-tight manner to the opposite edge region of an adjoining partition plate and functions as a lateral boundary for the associated flow channel layer. Such heat exchangers may be used, for example, in automobiles and reactors of fuel cell systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2004Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 7098429Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a heating or air conditioning unit of a motor vehicle, comprising several flat pipes which are arranged parallel to each other and are penetrated by a heat-transmitting medium. An electrically operated heating element (114) which is mounted once the heat exchanger has been soldered is assigned to at least one part of the flat pipes as an additional heating device. Said heating element (114) is fixed to the heat exchanger by means of a holding element (115The inventive heat exchanger is characterized by the fact that each heating element (114) is mounted in front of the corresponding flat pipe and parallel thereto by means of the holding element (125) which also runs parallel to the flat pipe.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Hans-H. Angermann, Roland Burk, Herbert Damsohn, Markus Watzlawski
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Patent number: 6944947Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling exhaust gas, around which liquid cooling medium flows on the outside, including a bundle of rectangular tubes provided as ducts for the exhaust gas whose ends are welded into tube bottoms. The bundle of rectangular tubes is surrounded with a sheet metal jacket which follows the contour of the bundle and which is provided with a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet. The ends of the sheet metal jacket are provided with welded-on flange plates which are each open by means of a central opening with respect to the bundle of rectangular tubes and which are provided with fastening devices for fastening onto pipe sections of an exhaust pipe.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1996Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co.Inventors: Herbert Damsohn, Thomas Karbach, Conrad Pfender, Jan Wenzelburger
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Publication number: 20050189095Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling exhaust gas, around which a liquid cooling medium flows on the outside, including a bundle of rectangular tubes provided as ducts for the exhaust gas whose ends are welded into tube bottoms. The bundle of rectangular tubes is surrounded with a sheet metal jacket which follows the contour of the bundle and which is provided with a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet. The ends of the sheet metal jacket are provided with welded-on flange plates which are each open by means of a central opening with respect to the bundle of rectangular tubes and which are provided with fastening devices for fastening onto pipe sections of an exhaust pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Herbert Damsohn, Thomas Karbach, Conrad Pfender, Jan Wenzelburger
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Publication number: 20050150885Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly for a heating or air conditioning unit of a motor vehicle, comprising several flat pipes which are arranged parallel to each other and are penetrated by a heat-transmitting medium. An electrically operated heating element (114) which is mounted once the heat exchanger has been soldered is assigned to at least one part of the flat pipes as an additional heating device. Said heating element (114) is fixed to the heat exchanger by means of a holding element (115). The inventive heat exchanger is characterized by the fact that each heating element (114) is mounted in front of the corresponding flat pipe and parallel thereto by means of the holding element (125) which also runs parallel to the flat pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Hans-H. Angermann, Roland Burk, Herbert Damsohn, Markus Watzlawski
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Publication number: 20040194939Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having a plate block comprising partition plates which delimit flow channel layers between the plates. According to the invention, the partition plates have a solid or folded edge, which projects out of the plane of at least one main side of the partition plates at the edge side, along closed-edge regions which are spaced apart from one another in the peripheral direction by means of intervening open-edge regions. In the plate block, this solid or folded edge is joined in a fluid-tight manner to the opposite edge region of an adjoining partition plate and functions as a lateral boundary for the associated flow channel layer. Such heat exchangers may be used, for example, in automobiles and reactors of fuel cell systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2004Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: BEHR GmbH & Co.Inventors: Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 6739385Abstract: The invention relates to a plate-type heat exchanger having a plate block comprising partition plates which delimit flow channel layers between the plates. According to the invention, the partition plates have a solid or folded edge, which projects out of the plane of at least one main side of the partition plates at the edge side, along closed-edge regions which are spaced apart from one another in the peripheral direction by means of intervening open-edge regions. In the plate block, this solid or folded edge is joined in a fluid-tight manner to the opposite edge region of an adjoining partition plate and functions as a lateral boundary for the associated flow channel layer. Such heat exchangers may be used, for example, in automobiles and reactors of fuel cell systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Martin Brenner, Herbert Damsohn, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 6705101Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle cooling system (1) for a temperature-raising device (4), especially a drive battery or fuel cell, preferably for an electric or hybrid vehicle. The system has a coolant (7) that cools the device (4) with the involvement of an air-conditioning system (8) that serves for air-conditioning of the vehicle passenger compartment. It is preferred that the coolant (7) be a liquid coolant, which is carried in a cooling circuit (2) and for cooling of the liquid to be thermally integrated into the refrigeration circuit (3) of the air-conditioning system. The invention further relates to a method for cooling a temperature-raising vehicle device.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: BEHR GmbH & Co.Inventors: Friedrich Brotz, Herbert Damsohn, Peter Geskes, Klaus Luz, Conrad Pfender
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Patent number: 6681846Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, particularly of cross-current design, through which at least two separate media can flow. It comprises plates which are stacked on one another and which are spaced apart from one another in some areas and are in contact with one another in other areas, so that flow paths are formed between respectively adjacent plates in a heat exchange region. The plates have apertures adjacent to the heat exchange region, and the plates are spaced apart from one another by means of shaped-out portions of the plates. Areas succeeding one another about the circumference of the plates have apertures, and these areas are alternately shaped out in opposite directions from the plane of the plates.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.Inventors: Hans-H. Angermann, Herbert Damsohn, Klaus Luz, Conrad Pfender