Patents by Inventor Kai HOMANN

Kai HOMANN 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: 20230397358
    Abstract: A multi-functional spacer element for spacing at least one printed circuit board from an opposite spacing surface. The spacer element can not only accomplish the spacing of one or more printed circuit boards, but can also support a fastening function to a carrier element and an electrical ground connection. A passageway extends through the main body. The spacer element includes a press-in element. The spacer element 1 includes an electrically conductive material for electrically conducting from at least a first contact surface to the press-in element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Homann, Thomas Glass, Andreas Koepper
  • Publication number: 20230327505
    Abstract: A reluctance machine has a stator (3) and a rotor (1). The rotor (1) comprises an encapsulated body (17), which can rotate about an axis of rotation (15) of the rotor (1), and a plurality of flow guide segments (19). The flow guide segments (19) form poles of the rotor (1), are arranged in a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation (15), and are embedded in the encapsulated body (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Becker, Thomas Glass, Kai Homann
  • Publication number: 20230223811
    Abstract: A hydrogen recirculation blower is used in a hydrogen return arrangement in a fuel cell system. The blower includes a rotatable rotor with an end region on which an impeller is arranged, and a stator with coil windings and with a hydrogen barrier which is formed as a hollow body. The rotor is arranged in a cavity of the hydrogen barrier, with the hydrogen barrier running both between the rotor and the coil windings and between the impeller and the coil windings. The rotor and the stator form an electric motor for driving the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Andre Becker, Thomas Glass, Kai Homann
  • Publication number: 20230198358
    Abstract: A stator for an electric machine and a method for its manufacture are specified, said electric machine having a laminated core around an axial direction that, in a first overmoulding between a first axial end and a second axial end, is surrounded by a first plastic material having several grooves, into which the stator windings having a first winding head and a second winding head that are connected to several connecting contacts are supplied, wherein in a second overmoulding, a second plastic material fills the grooves around the stator windings and at least covers regions outside of the first winding head on the first axial end and outside of the second winding head on the second axial end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Glass, Kai Homann, Ramona Grundmeier, Jan Schmolke
  • Patent number: 11600933
    Abstract: An assembly (2) is described for the electrical connection of two components, in particular of a power electronics switch (58) to an electric motor (56) of a charging device (48), wherein a first component (24) has a first contact element (4) made from a conductive material and formed along a longitudinal axis (6) and designed with an outer surface (8) at least partially surrounding the longitudinal axis (6), and a second component (30) has a second contact element (14) made from a conductive material and is designed with a cavity (18) formed along the longitudinal axis (6), whose inner surface (20) corresponds to the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4), wherein either the inner surface (20) of the second contact element (14) or the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4) is provided with a profile (22) which has a plurality of projecting elements, wherein the inner surface (20) and the outer surface (8) are selected with respect to their lateral dimensions such that the projecting e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Glass, Kai Homann
  • Publication number: 20230050563
    Abstract: A stator arrangement for an electric engine having an inner rotor. The present invention furthermore relates to an electric engine for a charging device, in particular for an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell, having such a stator arrangement. The stator arrangement comprises an outer stator core with electrical windings, and a separate inner stator core, which is arranged inside the outer stator core and is designed to receive the rotor. The outer stator core defines a first inner diameter, which is dimensioned in such a way that a bearing unit of the electric engine can be guided through the outer stator core. An outer diameter of the inner stator core substantially corresponds to the first inner diameter, wherein the inner stator core is designed to extend a magnetic flux in the radial direction during operation. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the electric engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kai HOMANN, Thomas GLAß
  • Publication number: 20200161778
    Abstract: An assembly (2) is described for the electrical connection of two components, in particular of a power electronics switch (58) to an electric motor (56) of a charging device (48), wherein a first component (24) has a first contact element (4) made from a conductive material and formed along a longitudinal axis (6) and designed with an outer surface (8) at least partially surrounding the longitudinal axis (6), and a second component (30) has a second contact element (14) made from a conductive material and is designed with a cavity (18) formed along the longitudinal axis (6), whose inner surface (20) corresponds to the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4), wherein either the inner surface (20) of the second contact element (14) or the outer surface (8) of the first contact element (4) is provided with a profile (22) which has a plurality of projecting elements, wherein the inner surface (20) and the outer surface (8) are selected with respect to their lateral dimensions such that the projecting e
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas GLASS, Kai HOMANN