Patents by Inventor Jorg Wind

Jorg Wind 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).

  • Method and device for removal of NO.sub.x from engine exhaust
    Patent number: 5942099
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for removing NO.sub.x from the exhaust of internal combustion engines. The apparatus has a porous absorbent body saturated with a liquid alkaline electrolyte for absorption of NO.sub.x as nitrate and nitrite, in which body electrodes are distributed pairwise for electrochemical decomposition of the nitrate and nitrite to form nitrogen. The method uses the apparatus of the invention to decompose nitrates and nitrites into diatomic nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz AG
    Inventors: Felix Nitschke, Jorg Wind
  • Process for preparing a separator plate for a melt carbonate fuel cell and separator plate prepared according to this process
    Patent number: 5698337
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a separator plate for a molten carbonate fuel cell and separator plate made by the method. The separator plate comprises Ni-clad stainless steel. Aluminum is brought onto the wet seal area of the separator plate by high-velocity oxygen flame spraying. In addition, an intermetallic phase of the aluminum and the base metal is produced. The base metal can be both stainless steel or nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Energy Research Corporation
    Inventors: Felix Nitschke, Jorg Wind, Heinz Huber