Patents by Inventor Patric Willems

Patric Willems 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: 20200052548
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a stator, a rotor which is rotatably mounted in a receiving area of the stator, a cooling device for discharging heat out of the housing, a heat exchanger which can be supplied with cooling air and which is arranged on the housing and is coupled to the cooling device, a cooling air channel, and a fan for introducing cooling air into the cooling air channel. The fan has a fan wheel rotatably mounted in a fan housing between two opposing air inlet openings of the fan housing. At least some regions of one of the two air inlet openings have a nozzle-type configuration. An air outlet opening is arranged in a radial direction of the fan wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christoph Rogginger, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Günther Winkler
  • Patent number: 9871425
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing which accommodates a stator and a rotor rotationally supported about an axis of rotation, and has a front/rear air inlet opening on a top face and an air outlet opening therebetween. A front/rear air conveying element draws into the air inlet openings air which is discharged from the air outlet opening during operation. A cooler is mounted on the top face of the housing, covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in a hood-like manner, such that discharged air is fed back to the air inlet openings. The cooler has a front/rear partition arranged between the air outlet opening and the corresponding air inlet opening and extending upward from the top face. Air guiding elements are arranged in the housing and/or in the cooler for feeding discharged air at least partially to the respective other air inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Felix Noack, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Josef Zwack
  • Publication number: 20140028124
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing which accommodates a stator and a rotor rotationally supported about an axis of rotation, and has a front/rear air inlet opening on a top face and an air outlet opening therebetween. A front/rear air conveying element draws into the air inlet openings air which is discharged from the air outlet opening during operation. A cooler is mounted on the top face of the housing, covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in a hood-like manner, such that discharged air is fed back to the air inlet openings. The cooler has a front/rear partition arranged between the air outlet opening and the corresponding air inlet opening and extending upward from the top face. Air guiding elements are arranged in the housing and/or in the cooler for feeding discharged air at least partially to the respective other air inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Felix Noack, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Josef Zwack
  • Patent number: 8167585
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a system, which can comprise an electric motor cooling fan. The electric motor cooling fan can be driven by an auxiliary motor distinct from an electric motor adapted to be cooled by the electric motor cooling fan. The system can comprise a motor enclosure of the electric motor. The motor enclosure can be configured in a predetermined ventilation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Kreitzer, Patric Willems, Ekkehard Ressel
  • Publication number: 20080179973
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise obtaining an electric motor cooling fan. The electric motor cooling fan can be adapted to be operatively coupled to a motor enclosure of an electric motor. The motor enclosure can be configured in a ventilation pattern selected from a plurality of ventilation patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Kreitzer, Patric Willems, Ekkehard Ressel
  • Publication number: 20080111433
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a system, which can comprise an electric motor cooling fan. The electric motor cooling fan can be driven by an auxiliary motor distinct from an electric motor adapted to be cooled by the electric motor cooling fan. The system can comprise a motor enclosure of the electric motor. The motor enclosure can be configured in a predetermined ventilation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Kreitzer, Patric Willems, Ekkehard Ressel
  • Patent number: D806030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Pfefferkorn, Christoph Rogginger, Patric Willems, Guenther Winkler