Patents by Inventor Oliver Horn

Oliver Horn 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: 7055337
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20050218135
    Abstract: A climate control device for stationary control of the climate in a motor vehicle has a heat pump circuit with a first heat exchanger for taking up ambient heat and a second heat exchanger for discharging heat into the vehicle interior and an electrically or mechanically drivable compressor which is located in the flow direction of the heat pump circuit between the first and the second heat exchanger, and a booster set for producing electrical or mechanical power, the electrical or mechanical power being used at least in part to drive the compressor. In addition, there is a third heat exchanger by which the exhaust heat of the booster set is transferred to the heat pump circuit. In this way, good efficiency is ensured for the climate control device in heating operation in stationary operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kraemer, Noureddine Khelifa, Oliver Horn
  • Publication number: 20050178537
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle has a coolant circuit which comprises an electrically driven compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and a latent cold holdover. Heat extracted from the latent cold holdover by the coolant circuit. This is referred to as charging the latent cold holdover. In addition, an air cooling mechanism is provided that extracts heat from the air and is fed to the latent cold holdover. The air-conditioning system can thus be particularly compact and effective as an air-conditioning system for operation in a stationary vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Wolfgang Kramer, Noureddine Khelifa
  • Publication number: 20050126195
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20050087333
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle, having a refrigerating circuit with a first climate control device (10) which is designed to heat or cool the front area of the interior, and with a second climate control device (12) which is designed to heat or cool the rear area of the interior. The first climate control device (10) has a first evaporator (14) and the second climate control device (12) has a second evaporator (16). The second climate control device (12) also has a first heat exchanger (18) which is connected via a heat transfer medium circuit (30) to a latent cold storage device (20) which can be charged with cold by a third evaporator (22) which can be connected to the refrigerating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Wolfgang Kramer
  • Patent number: 6865901
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20040123976
    Abstract: A device for climate control of a vehicle is provided which includes a coolant circuit in which coolant flows through a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; a heat transfer medium circuit in which heat transfer medium flows through a heat source and a heat exchanger; and a heat/cold reservoir in which the evaporator and the heat exchanger are located. The device of the present invention provides an improved and comparatively economical approach to climate control in the area of a driver's bed in a motor vehicle interior by, at least in part, using a heating/cooling surface for a driver's bed and/or vehicle interior wall, which is integrated into the heat transfer medium circuit such that the heat transfer medium can flow selectively through the heating/cooling surface, or the heat transfer medium which is conveyed by the heat source can flow through the heating/cooling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Wolfgang Kraemer
  • Publication number: 20040060312
    Abstract: A system with an internal combustion engine which has a heat transfer circuit, a fuel cell and a climate control unit which is accommodated in the heat transfer circuit of the internal combustion engine. The system has a heat transfer arrangement for transferring the exhaust heat of the fuel cell to the heat transfer circuit and a bypass for bridging a segment of the heat transfer circuit which runs through the internal combustion engine so that, in the bypassed operating state, an isolated circuit is formed. In stationary operation, this enables an optimized operating mode since the internal combustion engine is no longer heated and the exhaust heat of the fuel cell is fully available for heating purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: WEBASTO THERMOSYSTEME INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Alexander Kolb
  • Publication number: 20030192952
    Abstract: A system for heating and cooling the interior of a motor vehicle is provided which includes a first climate control device designed to heat or cool a front area of the interior, a second climate control device designed to heat or cool a rear area of the interior, a first evaporator connectable to a first cooling agent circuit assigned to the first climate control device and a second evaporator connectable to a second cooling agent circuit assigned to the second climate control device. The second evaporator is located in a latent storage in order to charge the latent storage with cold and the second climate control device contains a first heat exchanger designed to transfer the cold removed via a heat transfer medium circuit or the second cooling agent circuit from the latent storage for cooling the rear area of the interior by an air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Horn, Noureddine Khelifa, Steffen Korfmann