Patents by Inventor Marcel Merk

Marcel Merk 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: 9097467
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger module with a first evaporator channel and a first condenser channel. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are arranged in a first conduit. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are fluidly connected to one another by a first upper distribution manifold and a first lower distribution manifold such that the first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel form a first loop for a working fluid. The first heat exchanger module includes a first evaporator heat transfer element and a first condenser heat transfer element. The heat exchanger includes a second heat exchanger module coupled to the first heat exchanger module by a fluid connection element for an exchange of the working fluid between the first heat exchanger module and second heat exchanger module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Gradinger, Bruno Agostini, Marcel Merk
  • Publication number: 20130258594
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger module with a first evaporator channel and a first condenser channel. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are arranged in a first conduit. The first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel are fluidly connected to one another by a first upper distribution manifold and a first lower distribution manifold such that the first evaporator channel and the first condenser channel form a first loop for a working fluid. The first heat exchanger module includes a first evaporator heat transfer element and a first condenser heat transfer element. The heat exchanger includes a second heat exchanger module coupled to the first heat exchanger module by a fluid connection element for an exchange of the working fluid between the first heat exchanger module and second heat exchanger module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Gradinger, Bruno Agostini, Marcel Merk
  • Patent number: 8149599
    Abstract: A controller circuit is specified, having a step-up controller, a resonant converter connected downstream of the step-up controller on the output side, a transformer, a rectifier, which rectifier is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer on the input side, and a CLL resonant circuit connected to the resonant converter and to the primary winding of the transformer, which CLL resonant circuit has a resonance capacitance and a first and a second resonance inductance. In order to reduce the switching losses, the CLL resonant circuit is embodied as a “T” circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Antonio Coccia, Francisco Canales, Gerold Knapp, Marcel Merk, Fabiana Da Silveira Cavalcante
  • Publication number: 20090154200
    Abstract: A controller circuit is specified, having a step-up controller, a resonant converter connected downstream of the step-up controller on the output side, a transformer, a rectifier, which rectifier is connected to the secondary winding of the transformer on the input side, and a CLL resonant circuit connected to the resonant converter and to the primary winding of the transformer, which CLL resonant circuit has a resonance capacitance and a first and a second resonance inductance. In order to reduce the switching losses, the CLL resonant circuit is embodied as a “T” circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Antonio Coccia, Francisco Canales, Gerold Knapp, Marcel Merk, Fabiana Da Silveira Cavalcante