Patents by Inventor Margarete Franziska Althaus

Margarete Franziska Althaus 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).

  • Heating element and method for producing a heating element
    Patent number: 9918356
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating element for a room in a building having a flat support which includes carbon nanotubes and a plurality of contacts, wherein the carbon nanotubes can be excited to infrared emission by connecting an electrical voltage to the contacts. The invention further relates to a method for producing such heating element, the support thereof being attached to a wall of the room. In order to simplify the heating element, according to the invention the support includes a flexible textile material in which the contacts are embedded and to which the carbon nanotubes are applied in an aqueous dispersion and the water is evaporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Thermofer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Margarete Franziska Althaus
  • Heating element
    Patent number: 9756685
    Abstract: A plane heating element includes a mesh that has warp threads and weft threads. A coating containing carbon nanotubes can be applied to the mesh. A water-repellent and electrically-insulating protective layer made of styrene butadiene copolymer can be additionally applied to the mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: THERMOFER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Soeren Tuengler, Hans-Georg Koch, Margarete Franziska Althaus
  • HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140339217
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating element for a room in a building having a flat support which includes carbon nanotubes and a plurality of contacts, wherein the carbon nanotubes can be excited to infrared emission by connecting an electrical voltage to the contacts. The invention further relates to a method for producing such heating element, the support thereof being attached to a wall of the room. In order to simplify the heating element, according to the invention the support includes a flexible textile material in which the contacts are embedded and to which the carbon nanotubes are applied in an aqueous dispersion and the water is evaporated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Margarete Franziska Althaus