Patents by Inventor Marc Vergez

Marc Vergez 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).

  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THERMOELECTRIC MODULE, AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE AS INTERFERENCE FIT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230263061
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric module (1) having an inner tube (2), and an outer tube (8), and at least two thermoelectric base elements (5), the method including providing the thermoelectric base elements (5) outside the inner tube (2) or inside the outer tube, and widening the inner tube (2) and/or shrinking the outer tube (8). At least one plastically or elastically deformable functional layer is applied between the inner tube (2) and the thermoelectric base elements (5) and/or between the thermoelectric base elements (5) and the outer tube (8) before the widening/shrinking, and the thermoelectric base elements (5) are operatively connected to the functional layer parallel to the inner tube (2), such that an interference fit assembly is produced by the widening of the inner tube (2) and/or the shrinkage of the outer tube (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Olaf Schäfer-Welsen, Uwe Vetter, Marc Vergez, Jan König
  • Method and apparatus for operating cyclic process-based systems
    Patent number: 11454429
    Abstract: A method for operating cyclic process-based systems, with a hot-side reservoir (1) and a cold-side reservoir (2) for a fluid (3), and at least one heat exchanger unit (4) with mechanocaloric material, wherein the mechanocaloric material of the heat exchanger unit (4) is actively connected to the fluid (3) such that heat is transferred between the mechanocaloric material and the fluid (3). It is essential that the transfer of heat between the mechanocaloric material and the fluid (3) takes place essentially by latent heat transfer. A corresponding heat-transfer unit (4) and a corresponding apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Kilian Bartholome, Jan Horzella, Andreas Mahlke, Jan Konig, Marc Vergez
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING CYCLIC PROCESS-BASED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20190032969
    Abstract: A method for operating cyclic process-based systems, with a hot-side reservoir (1) and a cold-side reservoir (2) for a fluid (3), and at least one heat exchanger unit (4) with mechanocaloric material, wherein the mechanocaloric material of the heat exchanger unit (4) is actively connected to the fluid (3) such that heat is transferred between the mechanocaloric material and the fluid (3). It is essential that the transfer of heat between the mechanocaloric material and the fluid (3) takes place essentially by latent heat transfer. A corresponding heat-transfer unit (4) and a corresponding apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Kilian Bartholome, Jan Horzella, Andreas Mahlke, Jan Konig, Marc Vergez