Patents by Inventor Kai Mierau

Kai Mierau 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).

  • Patent number: 7785702
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage unit for gases, in particular a sorptive storage, with the storage unit comprising a sorbent for the reversible uptake of the gases to be stored and the sorbent being based on discrete sorptive particles. The sorptive particles are embedded in a solid gas-permeable three-dimensional support having a foam structure and/or are fixed thereto. The storage unit is particularly suitable for the storage of combustible or fossil gases, e.g. hydrogen, natural gas and the like, and thus as gas storage unit in power stations and motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Kämper, Kai Mierau, Andreas Arnold, Peter Heinrich, Michael Klemund, Ernest De Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20070141322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a storage unit for gases, in particular a sorptive storage, with the storage unit comprising a sorbent for the reversible uptake of the gases to be stored and the sorbent being based on discrete sorptive particles. The sorptive particles are embedded in a solid gas-permeable three-dimensional support having a foam structure and/or are fixed thereto. The storage unit is particularly suitable for the storage of combustible or fossil gases, e.g. hydrogen, natural gas and the like, and thus as gas storage unit in power stations and motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Kamper, Kai Mierau, Andreas Arnold, Peter Heinrich, Michael Klemund, Ernest De Ruiter
  • Patent number: 6598580
    Abstract: An insert filter 10 for cleaning a gas stream, particularly for the intake air of an internal combustion engine or an air-conditioning unit, which includes a filter frame 11, a filter element 12 placed in the filter frame 11, and a shaft cover 13 and which is placed in the shaft 14 of a duct system 15 that guides the gas stream such that an unfiltered side 16 is separated from a clean side 17 by the filter element 12 and the filter frame 11. The shaft cover 13 closes a shaft opening 24 through which the insert filter 10 is inserted in the shaft 14. The filter frame 11 is connected to the shaft cover 13 so that the filter frame 11 can be removed from the shaft 14 without any need for additional removal aids by simply pulling on the shaft cover 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Baumann, Timo Dirnberger, Steffen Holtz, Daniel Hoppmann, Ulrich Huengsberg, Volker Hueppmeier, Hans-Juergen Isensee, Stefan Maier, Kai Mierau, Hans-Peter Scholl, Stefan Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020029549
    Abstract: An insert filter 10 for cleaning a gas stream, particularly for the intake air of an internal combustion engine or an air-conditioning unit, which includes a filter frame 11, a filter element 12 placed in the filter frame 11, and a shaft cover 13 and which is placed in the shaft 14 of a duct system 15 that guides the gas stream such that an unfiltered side 16 is separated from a clean side 17 by the filter element 12 and the filter frame 11. The shaft cover 13 closes a shaft opening 24 through which the insert filter 10 is inserted in the shaft 14. The filter frame 11 is connected to the shaft cover 13 so that the filter frame 11 can be removed from the shaft 14 without any need for additional removal aids by simply pulling on the shaft cover 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Christoph Baumann, Timo Dirnberger, Steffen Holtz, Daniel Hoppmann, Ulrich Huengsberg, Volker Hueppmeier, Hans-Juergen Isensee, Stefan Maier, Kai Mierau, Hans-Peter Scholl, Stefan Weiss