Patents by Inventor Markus Munzner

Markus Munzner 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: 8672674
    Abstract: A burner (1) for burning a gaseous oxidant with a gaseous fuel, with a combustion chamber (2), in which the combustion reaction takes place during the operation of the burner (2), has a wall structure (4) which defines the combustion chamber (2) on the inlet side and which has oxidant openings (5) for introducing the oxidant into the combustion chamber (2) and fuel openings (6), which are separate therefrom, for introducing the fuel into the combustion chamber (2). The wall structure (4) has an oxidant distributor space (7), which is fluidically connected with the oxidant openings (5) on the outlet side and is fluidically connected with at least one oxidant feed opening (9) on the inlet side, as well as contains a fuel distributor space (8), which is fluidically separated from the oxidant distributor space (7) and is fluidically connected on the outlet side with the fuel openings (6) and is fluidically connected with at least one fuel feed opening (10) on the inlet side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kaupert, Markus Münzner, Jörg vom Schloss
  • Patent number: 8647788
    Abstract: A fuel cell module (1) with a fuel cell (2), a residual gas burner (4) and a heat exchanger (6). The service life of the module (1) can be improved by at least one compensator (27) for establishing a flow-carrying connection between the residual gas burner (4) and the heat exchanger (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Eberspächer Climate Control Systems GmbH & Co KG, Behr GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kaupert, Markus Münzner, Klaus Luz, Martin Brenner
  • Patent number: 8637203
    Abstract: A modular fuel cell system is provided, especially for use in vehicles, with a fuel cell module, which has a stack of a plurality fuel cell elements between a first end plate and a second end plate, with a burner-heat exchanger module, which has a heat exchanger for preheating cathode gas and a burner for reacting fuel cell waste gases. Manufacturing advantages are provided with the first end plate has, on a connection side facing away from the stack, an anode gas inlet opening, a cathode gas inlet opening, an anode waste gas outlet opening and a cathode waste gas outlet opening and if the burner-heat exchanger module has an anode gas outlet opening communicatingly connected to the an anode gas inlet opening, an cathode gas outlet opening communicatingly connected to the an cathode gas inlet opening, an anode waste gas inlet opening communicatingly connected to the an anode waste gas outlet opening and an cathode waste gas inlet opening communicatingly connected to the an cathode waste gas outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Eberspaecher Climate Control Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kaupert, Markus Münzner, Jörg vom Schloβ
  • Publication number: 20120034540
    Abstract: A burner (1) for burning a gaseous oxidant with a gaseous fuel, with a combustion chamber (2), in which the combustion reaction takes place during the operation of the burner (2), has a wall structure (4) which defines the combustion chamber (2) on the inlet side and which has oxidant openings (5) for introducing the oxidant into the combustion chamber (2) and fuel openings (6), which are separate therefrom, for introducing the fuel into the combustion chamber (2). The wall structure (4) has an oxidant distributor space (7), which is fluidically connected with the oxidant openings (5) on the outlet side and is fluidically connected with at least one oxidant feed opening (9) on the inlet side, as well as contains a fuel distributor space (8), which is fluidically separated from the oxidant distributor space (7) and is fluidically connected on the outlet side with the fuel openings (6) and is fluidically connected with at least one fuel feed opening (10) on the inlet side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas KAUPERT, Markus MÜNZNER, Jörg vom SCHLOSS
  • Publication number: 20100266924
    Abstract: A fuel cell module (1) with a fuel cell (2), a residual gas burner (4) and a heat exchanger (6). The service life of the module (1) can be improved by at least one compensator (27) for establishing a flow-carrying connection between the residual gas burner (4) and the heat exchanger (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas KAUPERT, Markus Münzner
  • Publication number: 20100143759
    Abstract: A modular fuel cell system (1) is provided, especially for use in vehicles, with a fuel cell module (2), which has a stack (7) of a plurality fuel cell elements (6) between a first end plate (4) and a second end plate (5), with a burner-heat exchanger module (3), which has a heat exchanger (10) for preheating cathode gas and a burner (11) for reacting fuel cell waste gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas KAÜPERT, Markus Munzner, Jörg vom Schloss
  • Publication number: 20040000595
    Abstract: A burner system, especially for a vehicle heater, includes a fuel atomizer arrangement (20) for feeding fuel into a combustion chamber, a fuel pump arrangement (16) for feeding fuel, which is under pressure, to the fuel atomizer arrangement (20), as well as a pressure regulator arrangement (26) for setting the fuel pressure in a fuel line area (18) leading from the fuel pump arrangement (16) to the fuel atomizer arrangement (20). The pressure regulator arrangement (26) has a plurality of pressure regulator units (28, 30), and wherein at least some (28) of the pressure regulator units (28, 30) can be activated and deactivated to change the pressure regulation characteristic of the pressure regulator arrangement (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Munzner, Robert Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20030118962
    Abstract: A fuel duct system for supplying fuel to a combustion chamber, in particular a vehicle heating device, comprises duct section, elongate in the flow direction (L), and also a heating element in the duct section with its length direction oriented substantially in the flow direction (L), for flow therearound of the fuel moving in the duct section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Markus Munzner, Thomas Krahling, Robert Hoffmann, Franz Bohlender