Patents by Inventor Nils Elm

Nils Elm 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).

  • Publication number: 20200376928
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric heating device, particularly a parking heater, for a motor vehicle, wherein the electric heating device is configured to be connected to an external system voltage and to be incorporated in an on-board motor vehicle cooling circuit, comprising at least one electric heating element for the delivery of heat to a coolant fluid which is present in the cooling circuit, and a power supply unit for the transformation of the external system voltage. Outputs for battery charging, the operation of a circulation pump or the operation of a vehicle fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN BAECKER, MICHAEL POEHNER, UWE STRECKER, WERNER VOGL, NIKOLAUS GEBHARDT, NILS ELM, JENS WIESKE
  • Patent number: 10244656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • Publication number: 20150117847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • Publication number: 20080296395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel extraction system for an auxiliary heating unit for extracting fuel from a fuel tank (10, 12) of a motor vehicle, wherein the fuel extraction system has a collecting tank (30) which is held in the fuel tank (10, 12) and is assigned exclusively to the auxiliary heating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Nils Elm, Karsten Kohler
  • Patent number: 6955303
    Abstract: A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one auxiliary fan (50) with which a flow in the direction from the second heater (12) to the first heater (10) can be produced and a process for influencing the air flows in the heating system are designed to counteract overpressurization. Furthermore, an air heater and a process for detecting backflowing hot air through an air heater use a temperature sensor in an inlet area of the heater for that purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Elm, Andreas Ludwig, Andreas May, Nikolaus Gerhardt, Friedrich Widemann
  • Patent number: 6793147
    Abstract: A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one auxiliary fan (50) with which a flow in the direction from the second heater (12) to the first heater (10) can be produced and a process for influencing the air flows in the heating system are designed to counteract overpressurization. Furthermore, an air heater and a process for detecting backflowing hot air through an air heater use a temperature sensor in an inlet area of the heater for that purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Elm, Andreas Ludwig, Andreas May, Nikolaus Gerhardt, Friedrich Widemann
  • Publication number: 20040108389
    Abstract: A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one auxiliary fan (50) with which a flow in the direction from the second heater (12) to the first heater (10) can be produced and a process for influencing the air flows in the heating system are designed to counteract overpressurization. Furthermore, an air heater and a process for detecting backflowing hot air through an air heater use a temperature sensor in an inlet area of the heater for that purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Elm, Andreas Ludwig, Andreas May, Nikolaus Gerhardt, Friedrich Widemann
  • Publication number: 20030019945
    Abstract: A heating system for heating air, especially for heating the interior of a motor vehicle, with a first heater (10), a second heater (12), and a flow path between the first heater (10) and the second heater (12), there being at least one auxiliary fan (50) with which a flow in the direction from the second heater (12) to the first heater (10) can be produced and a process for influencing the air flows in the heating system are designed to counteract overpressurization. Furthermore, an air heater and a process for detecting backflowing hot air through an air heater use a temperature sensor in an inlet area of the heater for that purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Elm, Andreas Ludwig, Andreas May, Nikolaus Gerhardt, Friedrich Widemann