Patents by Inventor Raphael NEUBAUER

Raphael NEUBAUER 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: 12280548
    Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CUBICURE GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Gmeiner, Thomas Förster-romswinckel, Philipp Neubauer, Bernhard Busetti, Wolfgang Steiger, Raphael Krobath
  • Publication number: 20250030025
    Abstract: Fuel cell system (1), in particular an SOFC system, comprising at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode section (3) and a cathode section (4), an air supply section (5), a fuel supply section (6) with a reformer, in particular a reformer heat exchanger (7) and an exhaust section (8) with an oxidation catalyst (9), characterised in that a CPOX reformer (10) is provided for the production of shielding gas by catalytic partial oxidation. The invention further relates to the use of such a fuel cell system (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventor: Raphael NEUBAUER
  • Patent number: 12202192
    Abstract: A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures on a substrate, comprises a carrier element for carrying a substrate having a curved surface, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive means for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, second drive means for causing rotational movement of the substrate having the curved surface such as to establish a rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer in a contact zone, said contact zone being arranged in the exposure field, and first control means configured to control said first and/or second drive means so that said rolling contact of the curved surface on the material layer is essentially slip-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CUBICURE GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Gmeiner, Thomas Förster-Romswinckel, Philipp Neubauer, Bernhard Busetti, Wolfgang Steiger, Raphael Krobath
  • Patent number: 12206140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) comprising: at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode portion (3) and a cathode portion (4); a reformer-heat exchanger (5) with a cold side which is upstream of the anode portion (3) and forms a reformer (6) and a hot side which is downstream of the cathode portion (4) and forms a heat exchanger (7); and an afterburner (8) downstream of the heat exchanger (7) for combusting anode exhaust gas from the anode portion (3) and/or cathode exhaust gas from the cathode portion (4), the heat exchanger (7) being situated directly downstream of the cathode portion (4) and being in fluid communication with the cathode portion (4) by means of a cathode exhaust gas line (9) in order for the cathode exhaust gas to be fully conducted through the heat exchanger (7). The invention also relates to a method for controlling the temperature of a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1ce; 1d) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Neubauer, Thomas Strasser-Krauss, Michael Seidl
  • Publication number: 20240429411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (1), in particular an SOFC system, comprising at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode section (3) and a cathode section (4), an air supply section (5), a fuel supply section (6) and a recirculation section (7), wherein a heat exchanger network with at least one first heat exchanger (8) and a second heat exchanger (9) is provided, wherein the second heat exchanger (9) is arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger (8), wherein a cold side of the first heat exchanger (8) is arranged in the fuel supply section (6) and a cold side of the second heat exchanger (9) is arranged in the air supply section (7). The invention further relates to the use of such a fuel cell system (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventor: Raphael NEUBAUER
  • Publication number: 20240097155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a burner device (10) for a fuel cell system (100), having a burner housing (20) with a burner inlet (22) for admitting a fuel/air mixture (BL) and a burner outlet (24) for discharging a burner exhaust gas/air mixture (BAL), additionally having a catalyst body (30) within the burner housing (20) comprising a catalyst cavity (32) into which the burner inlet (22) opens, wherein the catalyst body (30) is gas-permeable and has a catalyst surface (34) with an at least partly catalytic coating (36), wherein a bypass volume (40) is formed between the catalyst surface (34) and the burner housing (20), said bypass volume opening into the burner outlet (24), wherein the catalyst body (30) additionally has a longitudinal axis (LA), and the catalyst surface (34) has a cross-sectional contour (QK) which deviates from a circular shape at least in some sections with respect to the longitudinal axis (LA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael NEUBAUER, Bernd REITER, Christoph SCHLUCKNER
  • Publication number: 20230037576
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective reformer device (10) for the protection of an anode section (112) of a fuel cell stack (110) against oxidizing damage during a heating-up process, having a gas duct (20) with a gas inlet (22) and a gas outlet (24) for conducting fuel gas from an anode feed section (120) of the fuel cell stack (110), wherein a catalytic converter section (30) is arranged in the gas duct (20) for a catalytic oxidation of at least part of the fuel gas into a protective gas for feeding to the anode section (112), wherein, furthermore, the gas duct (20) has a temperature control device (40) in thermally transmitting contact with the catalytic converter section (30) for an active temperature control of the catalytic converter section (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael NEUBAUER, Thomas STRASSER-KRAUSS
  • Publication number: 20220393191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (10) comprising at least one fuel cell stack (11) having an anode section (12) and a cathode section (13), an ejector (14), a fuel mixture line (15) for conveying a fuel mixture—containing primary fuel and secondary fuel—from the ejector (14) to the anode section (12), a primary fuel line (16) for supplying the primary fuel to the ejector (14), and a recirculation line (17) for returning the secondary fuel from the anode section (16) to the ejector (14), wherein at least sections of the primary fuel line (16) extend through a heat exchange volume (18) within the recirculation line (17) for a heat-transmitting connection between the secondary fuel and the primary fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael NEUBAUER, Nikolaus SOUKUP, Matthias LERCH, Robert PÖSCHL, Julian MAKINSON
  • Publication number: 20220131166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1c; 1d) comprising: at least one fuel cell stack (2) with an anode portion (3) and a cathode portion (4); a reformer-heat exchanger (5) with a cold side which is upstream of the anode portion (3) and forms a reformer (6) and a hot side which is downstream of the cathode portion (4) and forms a heat exchanger (7); and an afterburner (8) downstream of the heat exchanger (7) for combusting anode exhaust gas from the anode portion (3) and/or cathode exhaust gas from the cathode portion (4), the heat exchanger (7) being situated directly downstream of the cathode portion (4) and being in fluid communication with the cathode portion (4) by means of a cathode exhaust gas line (9) in order for the cathode exhaust gas to be fully conducted through the heat exchanger (7). The invention also relates to a method for controlling the temperature of a fuel cell system (1a; 1b; 1ce; 1d) according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael NEUBAUER, Thomas STRASSER-KRAUSS, Michael SEIDL
  • Publication number: 20200052314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100a, 100b, 100c) comprising a fuel cell stack (5) having an anode portion (5a) and a cathode portion (5b), a reformer (3) for reforming fuel for use in the anode portion (5a) of the fuel cell stack (5), and a fuel tank (1) for providing the fuel to the reformer (3), wherein downstream of the fuel tank (1) and upstream of the reformer (3) there is located a desulphurization unit (2) with an adsorber (2a) for the adsorptive desulphurization of fuel, which is conducted from the fuel tank (1) via the desulphurization unit (2) to the reformer (3), wherein the adsorber (2a) is provided with anodes (5a) and cathode portions (5b) and/or an internal combustion engine (11) of the fuel cell system (100a; 100b; 100c) is in fluid communication by means of a regeneration fluid line (12), wherein fluid heated by the regeneration fluid line (12) can be conveyed from the anode portion (5a) and cathode portion (5b) and/or from the internal combustion engine (11) to the adso
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: AVL List GmbH
    Inventor: Raphael NEUBAUER