Patents by Inventor Ralf Cordes

Ralf Cordes 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: 9273406
    Abstract: An electrolytic cell, a method for manufacturing the cell, and a method of operating same. The electrolytic cell has at least two bipolar plates, at least one fluid inflow and outflow, as well as at least one laminated core arranged between the at least two bipolar plates. The laminated core is constructed from laminations which are stacked one on top of the other. At least two laminations have recesses which are designed to extend through the entire thickness of the respective lamination. The at least two laminations are arranged one on top of the other in such a way that recesses in adjacent laminations overlap partially, but not completely, as a result of which ducts, which are continuous in the direction of the plane of the lamination, are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Klaus Dennerlein, Alexander Hahn, Hagen Hertsch, Norbert Huber, Carola Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20140034511
    Abstract: An electrolytic cell, a method for manufacturing the cell, and a method of operating same. The electrolytic cell has at least two bipolar plates, at least one fluid inflow and outflow, as well as at least one laminated core arranged between the at least two bipolar plates. The laminated core is constructed from laminations which are stacked one on top of the other. At least two laminations have recesses which are designed to extend through the entire thickness of the respective lamination. The at least two laminations are arranged one on top of the other in such a way that recesses in adjacent laminations overlap partially, but not completely, as a result of which ducts, which are continuous in the direction of the plane of the lamination, are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Klaus Dennerlein, Alexander Hahn, Hagen Hertsch, Norbert Huber, Carola Kuehn
  • Publication number: 20120032633
    Abstract: A converter that feeds an electric drive in an electric vehicle is used to transmit energy to the vehicle without contact using resonant operation for inductive transmission of energy. The leakage inductance of the transformer is resonantly adjusted by a serial capacitor. The load current is then switched at zero-crossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Gerd Griepentrog, Thomas Komma, Sebastian Nielebock
  • Patent number: 8036009
    Abstract: Power is supplied to excitation windings in order to generate magnetic fields, preferably for activating superconducting coils. An AC transformer is used, and triggering of the coil is performed via a rectifier having little power loss. Preferably, a two-way rectifier using a freewheeling circuit is utilized in the associate device, thus preventing losses when power is supplied and especially when the power is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Gerd Griepentrog, Jürgen Rupp
  • Publication number: 20100264563
    Abstract: The invention relates to a potting method and a device (100) for potting an excitation circuit that is arranged inside a rotor body. Said excitation circuit has a circuit board (102, 103) having contacts (103, 103?) on the edge of said circuit board (102, 103), the contacts (103, 103?) being arranged in a tolerance zone (109) around a cylindrical peripheral surface (110) that is concentric to the rotor body. The excitation circuit is located inside a potting zone (101) which is sealed in a liquid-tight manner by a toroidal elastic ring (111) in such a manner that surfaces of the contacts (103, 103?) lying within the tolerance zone (109) are at the same time in contact with the toroidal elastic ring (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Walter Fischer, Jürgen Huber
  • Patent number: 7816828
    Abstract: A magnet wheel and a stator winding which are necessary for an excitation device are included in a synchronous machine. Energy is transferred to the magnet wheel through inductivity, preferably, energy to a super-conductive coil, by the excitation device. Protection against the magnetic field produced by the current in the winding head is provided in the form of a specific system which is used to reduce the corruptions of the interfering fields of stator and rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Jan Weigel, Markus Wilke
  • Publication number: 20100244593
    Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device (100) for electrical components (103) of an excitation circuit arranged inside a rotor body (101) and to a rotor comprising said retaining device (100). The retaining device (100) extends on the interior of the rotor body (101) and is adapted to the rotor body (101) on its radially outer side in a form-fitting manner. On its radially inner side, the retaining device (100) comprises recesses or flattened sections (102) for receiving the electrical components (103) in a form-fit manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: RALF Cordes, Walter Fischer, Jürgen Huber
  • Publication number: 20090290394
    Abstract: Power is supplied to excitation windings in order to generate magnetic fields, preferably for activating superconducting coils. An AC transformer is used, and triggering of the coil is performed via a rectifier having little power loss. Preferably, a two-way rectifier using a freewheeling circuit is utilized in the associate device, thus preventing losses when power is supplied and especially when the power is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Gerd Griepentrog, Jürgen Rupp
  • Publication number: 20090273251
    Abstract: A magnet wheel and a stator winding which are necessary for an excitation device are included in a synchronous machine. Energy is transferred to the magnet wheel through inductivity, preferably, energy to a super-conductive coil, by the excitation device. Protection against the magnetic field produced by the current in the winding head is provided in the form of a specific system which is used to reduce the corruptions of the interfering fields of stator and rotor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Ralf Cordes, Jan Weigel, Markus Wilke