Patents by Inventor Oliver Fink

Oliver Fink 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: 11923570
    Abstract: An assembly for an electrochemical device is provided, including a gas diffusion layer and a sealing element produced on the gas diffusion layer. The sealing element includes an inner sealing region fixed to the gas diffusion layer and an outer sealing region connected to the gas diffusion layer via the inner sealing region. The assembly has minimal warpage without the temperature in the injection molding tool having to be lowered and/or a geometric pre-compensation of the warpage of the sealing element in the inner sealing region. The sealing element includes a relief region arranged between the inner and outer sealing regions and a) includes a relief opening extending through the sealing element and/or b) has a smallest height (he), which is smaller than both one fourth of the greatest height (HI) of the inner sealing region and one fourth of the greatest height (HA) of the outer sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EKPO FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Stahl, Oliver Fink, Karsten Dahl, Juergen Kraft
  • Patent number: 11557771
    Abstract: In order to provide an electrochemically active unit for an electrochemical device including a membrane electrode assembly, at least one gas diffusion layer and a seal that is linked to at least one of the at least one gas diffusion layers, in the manufacture whereof as even as possible a construction of the penetration region in which the gas diffusion layer of the electrochemically active unit is penetrated by the sealing material of the seal over the periphery of the gas diffusion layer is achievable, the seal includes a linking region, a distribution region and a connection region that connects the linking region and the distribution region to one another, wherein the connection region has a minimum height that is less than a quarter of the maximum height of the distribution region and less than a quarter of the maximum height of the linking region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Stahl, Juergen Kraft, Karsten Dahl, Oliver Fink, Alexander Groeh
  • Publication number: 20210135254
    Abstract: An assembly for an electrochemical device is provided, including a gas diffusion layer and a sealing element produced on the gas diffusion layer. The sealing element includes an inner sealing region fixed to the gas diffusion layer and an outer sealing region connected to the gas diffusion layer via the inner sealing region. The assembly has minimal warpage without the temperature in the injection molding tool having to be lowered and/or a geometric pre-compensation of the warpage of the sealing element in the inner sealing region. The sealing element includes a relief region arranged between the inner and outer sealing regions and a) includes a relief opening extending through the sealing element and/or b) has a smallest height (he), which is smaller than both one fourth of the greatest height (H1) of the inner sealing region and one fourth of the greatest height (HA) of the outer sealing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Stahl, Oliver Fink, Karsten Dahl, Juergen Kraft
  • Publication number: 20200161673
    Abstract: In order to provide an electrochemically active unit for an electrochemical device including a membrane electrode assembly, at least one gas diffusion layer and a seal that is linked to at least one of the at least one gas diffusion layers, in the manufacture whereof as even as possible a construction of the penetration region in which the gas diffusion layer of the electrochemically active unit is penetrated by the sealing material of the seal over the periphery of the gas diffusion layer is achievable, the seal includes a linking region, a distribution region and a connection region that connects the linking region and the distribution region to one another, wherein the connection region has a minimum height that is less than a quarter of the maximum height of the distribution region and less than a quarter of the maximum height of the linking region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Stahl, Juergen Kraft, Karsten Dahl, Oliver Fink, Alexander Groeh
  • Patent number: 9402189
    Abstract: An approach is provided for validating crowd-sourced information. The approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of map error data to generate at least one map job and at least one activity context associated with the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof. The approach also includes determining one or more devices based, at least in part, on the at least one activity context. Further, the approach includes causing, at least in part, a transmission of the at least one map job to the one or more devices for resolving one or more map errors indicated in the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: Cory Hohs, Jan Peter Richter, Oliver Fink, Sian-Kit Tjie, Reno Marioni, Nicol Hermann, Priscila Otero
  • Publication number: 20160007209
    Abstract: An approach is provided for validating crowd-sourced information. The approach includes processing and/or facilitating a processing of map error data to generate at least one map job and at least one activity context associated with the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof. The approach also includes determining one or more devices based, at least in part, on the at least one activity context. Further, the approach includes causing, at least in part, a transmission of the at least one map job to the one or more devices for resolving one or more map errors indicated in the at least one map job, the map error data, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Cory HOHS, Jan Peter RICHTER, Oliver FINK, Sian-Kit TJIE, Reno MARIONI, Nicol HERMANN, Priscila OTERO
  • Publication number: 20150058300
    Abstract: Systems, devices, features, and methods for updating a geographic database, such as a navigation-related database, and/or reporting discrepancies associated with geographic data of the geographic database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises capturing a photograph of an observed geographic feature in a geographic region. Comment information corresponding to the observed geographic feature may be stored. The comment information is indicative of a discrepancy between the observed geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region. The comment information may be associated with the photograph to generate a report, and the report is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: David Perczynski, Oliver Fink
  • Patent number: 8880568
    Abstract: Systems, devices, features, and methods for updating a geographic database, such as a navigation-related database, and/or reporting discrepancies associated with geographic data of the geographic database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises capturing a photograph of an observed geographic feature in a geographic region. Comment information corresponding to the observed geographic feature may be stored. The comment information is indicative of a discrepancy between the observed geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region. The comment information may be associated with the photograph to generate a report, and the report is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: HERE Global B.V.
    Inventors: David Perczynski, Oliver Fink
  • Publication number: 20100153348
    Abstract: Systems, devices, features, and methods for updating a geographic database, such as a navigation-related database, and/or reporting discrepancies associated with geographic data of the geographic database are disclosed. For example, one method comprises capturing a photograph of an observed geographic feature in a geographic region. Comment information corresponding to the observed geographic feature may be stored. The comment information is indicative of a discrepancy between the observed geographic feature and the geographic data corresponding to the geographic region. The comment information may be associated with the photograph to generate a report, and the report is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: David Perczynski, Oliver Fink