Patents by Inventor Matthias Höfler

Matthias Höfler 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).

  • HEAT PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH A CHILLER FOR BATTERY-POWERED VEHICLES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE HEAT PUMP ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230382187
    Abstract: A heat pump assembly with a chiller for battery-powered vehicles, having a refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a heating condenser, a refrigerant valve with an expansion function, an ambient heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated refrigerant valve with an expansion function, as well as a 3/2-way refrigerant valve with an expansion function disposed in parallel to the evaporator with a refrigerant path via a chiller bypass and a refrigerant path via a chiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Höfler, Navid Durrani, Toni Spies
  • Thermal energy management system with high cooling capacity in idle and high performance passive battery cooling
    Patent number: 11446978
    Abstract: An air conditioning and battery cooling assembly with an A/C coolant circuit and an E-drivetrain coolant circuit as well as a refrigerant circuit, wherein the A/C coolant circuit and the E-drivetrain coolant circuit are coupled together across a 4/2-way coolant valve in such a way that the A/C coolant circuit and the E-drivetrain coolant circuit can be operated separately or can receive a flow in serial manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO KG
    Inventors: Christoph Bara, Navid Durrani, Martin Hötzel, Tobias Haas, Matthias Höfler
  • THERMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH HIGH COOLING CAPACITY IN IDLE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE PASSIVE BATTERY COOLING
    Publication number: 20200247212
    Abstract: An air conditioning and battery cooling assembly with an A/C coolant circuit and an E-drivetrain coolant circuit as well as a refrigerant circuit, wherein the A/C coolant circuit and the E-drivetrain coolant circuit are coupled together across a 4/2-way coolant valve in such a way that the A/C coolant circuit and the E-drivetrain coolant circuit can be operated separately or can receive a flow in serial manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Bara, Navid Durrani, Martin Hötzel, Tobias Haas, Matthias Höfler