Patents by Inventor Kai SELLSCHOPP

Kai SELLSCHOPP 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).

  • Apparatus and method for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 11075333
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for converting thermal energy into electric energy, for example, in the automotive industry or geothermal energy. The apparatus and a method convert thermal energy into electric energy with an improved overall output and an increased maximum attainable output that is simple and cost-efficient to produce and use. The apparatus has one or more thermomagnetic generators, which contain at least one first and second thermomagnetic component, at least two components made of hard magnetic material, at least one coil and at least two connecting elements made of magnetic flux-conducting material; The magnetic north poles are connected to one of the two connecting elements made of magnetic flux-conducting material and the magnetic south poles thereof are connected to the other connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPER-UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.
    Inventors: Kai Sellschopp, Sebastian Faehler, Anja Waske
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING THERMAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    Publication number: 20190355892
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for converting thermal energy into electric energy, for example, in the automotive industry or geothermal energy. The apparatus and a method convert thermal energy into electric energy with an improved overall output and an increased maximum attainable output that is simple and cost-efficient to produce and use. The apparatus has one or more thermomagnetic generators, which contain at least one first and second thermomagnetic component, at least two components made of hard magnetic material, at least one coil and at least two connecting elements made of magnetic flux-conducting material; The magnetic north poles are connected to one of the two connecting elements made of magnetic flux-conducting material and the magnetic south poles thereof are connected to the other connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER-UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V., LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER-UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.
    Inventors: Kai SELLSCHOPP, Sebastian FAEHLER, Anja WASKE