Patents by Inventor Jorg Kirchner

Jorg Kirchner 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).

  • Publication number: 20100314092
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube (101) for a heat exchanger. The wall (120) of the heat transfer tube comprising at least one axially extending wing-shaped protrusion (104, 105) to provide the tube with additional heat transfer surface area. The wing shaped protrusion is formed by a process comprising at least one of: (i) folding the wall of the tube; and (ii) extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Jorg Kirchner, Carlo Balli, Ignacio Catalan
  • Patent number: 6318115
    Abstract: A refrigerating circuit having a condenser and an evaporator, wherein shaped bodies (9, 9a) of a drying agent are arranged within a component (6), which carries liquid refrigerant of the circuit, and are so adapted to the internal geometric shape of the respective component as to filter residual moisture from throughflowing refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kenmore Thermokälte GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg Kirchner, Jürgen Schenk, Monika Knabe, Jürgen Voigt