Patents by Inventor Karl Goettl

Karl Goettl 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: 11585249
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger system, in particular for connection to an internal combustion engine, preferably of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one heat exchanger module, in particular oil-water heat exchanger module (10), and a layer heating module (11), which is mounted or mountable on the heat exchanger module, wherein the layer heating module (11) comprises a substrate, in particular a carrier plate (12), and an electric heating coating (13) applied to the substrate, in particular to the carrier plate (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Christian Hainzlmaier, Marvin Lappe, Christoph Cap, Karl Göttl, Hans Rechberger, Tobias Hentrich, Jürgen Lipp
  • Patent number: 11384943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an water-air heat exchanger or oil-water heat exchanger, comprising at least one first fluid channel for guiding a first fluid, and at least one second fluid channel for guiding a second fluid, the at least one first fluid channel being joined to a fluid receiving volume, in particular on the outlet side, said fluid receiving volume being equipped with an electric heating coating (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Christian Hainzlmaier, Marvin Lappe, Christoph Cap, Karl Göttl, Hans Rechberger, Tobias Hentrich, Jürgen Lipp
  • Patent number: 11292085
    Abstract: A method for working a first component and a second component comprises the following steps: providing the first component, which comprises a thermally sprayed electrically conductive layer, providing the second component, which has a longitudinally extended strip of copper, which at least in a first region has a thickness transversely to the longitudinal direction of more than 0.1 millimeter, arranging the strip and the layer one on top of the other, so that the first region of the strip and the layer have a contact region in common with one another, emitting a laser beam onto the contact region and forming a welded connection, which connects the strip and the layer to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Thorsten Kabelitz, Jürgen Lipp, Andreas Schmidmayer, Fritz Wegener, Achim Holzwarth, Stephan Buckl, Tino Klinkmüller, Andreas Reuter, Karl Göttl, Daniel Eckert
  • Publication number: 20210207816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an water-air heat exchanger or oil-water heat exchanger, comprising at least one first fluid channel for guiding a first fluid, and at least one second fluid channel for guiding a second fluid, the at least one first fluid channel being joined to a fluid receiving volume, in particular on the outlet side, said fluid receiving volume being equipped with an electric heating coating (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN HAINZLMAIER, MARVIN LAPPE, KARL GÖTTL, HANS RECHBERGER, TOBIAS HENTRICH, JÜRGEN LIPP
  • Patent number: 10939505
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating device (10) for a motor vehicle with a heating resistor designed as a conductor track (12) on a substrate (20), wherein the conductor track is at least partially arranged in a bifilar format. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having such an electrical heating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Fritz Wegener, Daniel Eckert, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl
  • Patent number: 10897794
    Abstract: An apparatus for a heating device for a vehicle comprises a layer stack which, in a stacking direction, has a heating conductor layer, an electrically conductive layer which forms a contact region, wherein a contour in a projection in the stacking direction of the electrically conductive layer is prespecified, in order to prevent a hotspot on the electrically conductive layer, by at least one of a prespecified width of a front side of the electrically conductive layer which faces a central region of the heating conductor layer, a prespecified distance from a joint of the heating conductor layer, and a prespecified curvature of the contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Achim Holzwarth, Stephan Buckl, Tino Klinkmüller, Andreas Schmidmayer, Andreas Reuter, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Göttl, Daniel Eckert
  • Patent number: 10625571
    Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Hans Rechberger, Uwe Reinholz
  • Patent number: 10555378
    Abstract: A vehicle heater comprises a main body carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer, and a sensor device allocated to the heat conductor layer and provided to detect an exceedance of a temperature threshold value. The sensor device comprises a sensor layer arranged on the side of the heat conductor layer facing away from the main body which is monitored for current flows which may occur substantially in the direction of its surface normal. In a method for producing a vehicle heater a main body of the vehicle heater is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor, and a sensor device for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value. A sensor layer provided to be monitored for current flows which may occur substantially in the direction of the surface normal of the sensor layer is allocated to the heat conductor layer on its side facing away from the main body to form the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert
  • Publication number: 20190289674
    Abstract: An electrical heating device for mobile applications, includes a substrate and a heat-conducting layer formed on the substrate. The heat-conducting layer has at least one heat-conducting track that is arranged on the substrate, and the heat-conducting track is structured such that a multiplicity of track sections, separated from one another by insulating gaps, is formed. The heat-conducting track has at least one deflection section at which the heat-conducting track is deflected and which is arranged between a first and a second track section, wherein the first and the second track section have a smaller curvature in comparison with the deflection section. The heat-conducting track in the first track section or in the deflection section branches into at least two branch tracks separated from one another by one or more branch insulating gaps. The branch tracks meet up again in the second track section or in the deflection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Tino KLINKMÜLLER, Stephan BUCKL, Daniel ECKERT, Karl GÖTTL, Andreas SCHMIDMAYER
  • Patent number: 10244656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • Publication number: 20180319251
    Abstract: An apparatus for a heating device for a vehicle comprises a layer stack which, in a stacking direction, has a heating conductor layer, an electrically conductive layer which forms a contact region, wherein a contour in a projection in the stacking direction of the electrically conductive layer is prespecified, in order to prevent a hotspot on the electrically conductive layer, by at least one of a prespecified width of a front side of the electrically conductive layer which faces a central region of the heating conductor layer, a prespecified distance from a joint of the heating conductor layer, and a prespecified curvature of the contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Achim Holzwarth, Stephan Buckl, Tino Klinkmüller, Andreas Schmidmayer, Andreas Reuter, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Göttl, Daniel Eckert
  • Patent number: 10112457
    Abstract: In a method for producing a vehicle heater (10), a main body (12) of the vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value. To form the sensor device (16, 18, 20) a sensor layer (16) is sprayed on without the main body (12) being exposed to temperatures normal for baking processes. A vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and with a sensor device (16, 18, 20) allocated to the heat conductor layer (14) and provided to detect the exceedance of a temperature threshold value. The sensor device (16, 18, 20) comprises a sprayed-on sensor layer (16) produced without the main body (12) assuming temperatures that are normal for baking processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert
  • Publication number: 20180297450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-voltage vehicle heater (10), comprising a control device (12), comprising an electrical heating element (14) which is intended for heating a heating medium (16), and comprising a first data interface (18) by means of which a heating request signal can be received, said heating request signal representing an external heating request, wherein the control device (12) determines a first data set which represents at least one first electrical power with which the electrical heating element is to be operated in order to meet the external heating request, wherein the control device (12) determines, on the basis of a parameter data set, a second data set which represents at least one second electrical power which can be supplied to the electrical heating element (14) in addition to the first electrical power, without there being a risk of the vehicle heater (10) being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: JOSEPH SCHRIEK, GERD FRITSCH, KARL GÖTTL
  • Publication number: 20170312853
    Abstract: A method for working a first component and a second component comprises the following steps: providing the first component, which comprises a thermally sprayed electrically conductive layer, providing the second component, which has a longitudinally extended strip of copper, which at least in a first region has a thickness transversely to the longitudinal direction of more than 0.1 millimeter, arranging the strip and the layer one on top of the other, so that the first region of the strip and the layer have a contact region in common with one another, emitting a laser beam onto the contact region and forming a welded connection, which connects the strip and the layer to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thorsten Kabelitz, Jürgen Lipp, Andreas Schmidmayer, Fritz Wegener, Achim Holzwarth, Stephan Buckl, Tino Klinkmüller, Andreas Reuter, Karl Göttl, Daniel Eckert
  • Publication number: 20150163863
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical heating device (10) for a motor vehicle with a heating resistor designed as a conductor track (12) on a substrate (20), wherein the conductor track is at least partially arranged in a bifilar format. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having such an electrical heating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Fritz Wegener, Daniel Eckert, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl
  • Publication number: 20150117847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • Publication number: 20150014293
    Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Hans Rechberger, Uwe Reinholz
  • Publication number: 20150014424
    Abstract: In a method for producing a vehicle heater (10), a main body (12) of the vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value. To form the sensor device (16, 18, 20) a sensor layer (16) is sprayed on without the main body (12) being exposed to temperatures normal for baking processes. A vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and with a sensor device (16, 18, 20) allocated to the heat conductor layer (14) and provided to detect the exceedance of a temperature threshold value. The sensor device (16, 18, 20) comprises a sprayed-on sensor layer (16) produced without the main body (12) assuming temperatures that are normal for baking processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert
  • Publication number: 20150014295
    Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) allocated to the heat conductor layer (14) and provided to detect an exceedance of a temperature threshold value. The sensor device (16, 18, 20) comprises a sensor layer arranged on the side of the heat conductor layer (14) (16) facing away from the main body (12) which is monitored for current flows which may occur substantially in the direction of its surface normal (42). In a method for producing a vehicle heater (10) a main body (12) of the vehicle heater (10) is equipped with a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a sensor device (16, 18, 20) for detecting exceedances of a temperature threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert
  • Patent number: D813363
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: WEBASTON SE
    Inventors: Fritz Wegener, Daniel Eckert, Stephan Buckl, Andreas Janker, Hans Rechberger, Christoph Cap, Karl Göttl