Patents by Inventor Klaus Gernert

Klaus Gernert 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).

  • Ignition coil module
    Patent number: 6909351
    Abstract: With an ignition coil module comprising a coil system which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding and a flux conducting, soft magnetic device to increase and/or to conduct a magnetic flux generated by one of the windings and comprising an electronic component to control the coil system which has an electrical circuit and a heat sink to cool the electronic component, at least one section of the heat sink is connected to a section of the flux conducting device in a thermally conductive manner such that waste heat of the electronic component can be dissipated over the section of the flux conducting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Klaus Gernert, Sami Ruotsalainen, Peter Weyand
  • Ignition coil module
    Publication number: 20040041675
    Abstract: With an ignition coil module comprising a coil system which includes a primary winding and a secondary winding and a flux conducting, soft magnetic device to increase and/or to conduct a magnetic flux generated by one of the windings and comprising an electronic component to control the coil system which has an electrical circuit and a heat sink to cool the electronic component, at least one section of the heat sink is connected to a section of the flux conducting device in a thermally conductive manner such that waste heat of the electronic component can be dissipated over the section of the flux conducting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus Gernert, Sami Ruotsalainen, Peter Weyand
  • Ignition apparatus having built-in noise suppression
    Patent number: 6437674
    Abstract: An ignition apparatus includes a suppression device comprising a suppression winding that is in series with the secondary winding and is further located outside of a magnetic circuit. The suppression winding is made from the same wire as used in the secondary winding and is wound on a reduced diameter portion of a secondary winding spool. A carbon resistor is disposed in series with the suppression winding in another embodiment. Nickel wire may be substituted for the suppression winding and carbon resistor in order to obtain both inductance and resistance characteristics for the suppression device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Hamer, Albert Anthony Skinner, Klaus Gernert
  • IGNITION APPARATUS HAVING BUILT-IN NOISE SUPPRESSION
    Publication number: 20020101316
    Abstract: An ignition apparatus includes a suppression device comprising a suppression winding that is in series with the secondary winding and is further located outside of a magnetic circuit. The suppression winding is made from the same wire as used in the secondary winding and is wound on a reduced diameter portion of a secondary winding spool. A carbon resistor is disposed in series with the suppression winding in another embodiment. Nickel wire may be substituted for the suppression winding and carbon resistor in order to obtain both inductance and resistance characteristics for the suppression device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Colin Hamer, Albert Anthony Skinner, Klaus Gernert