Patents by Inventor Raphael Zimmermann

Raphael Zimmermann 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: 11679960
    Abstract: An elevator car includes at least one elevator door, a door drive for actuating the elevator door, a sensor for detecting the motor power of the door drive and an evaluating unit that determines, based on the motor power detected, whether there is a deviation in the drive force actuating the elevator door from a reference drive force. The evaluating unit determines whether a deviation occurs due to an obstacle in contact with the elevator door or due to altered external conditions, particularly due to altered pressure conditions and/or air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Fabian Vogel, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20210309490
    Abstract: An elevator car includes at least one elevator door, a door drive for actuating the elevator door, a sensor for detecting the motor power of the door drive and an evaluating unit that determines, based on the motor power detected, whether there is a deviation in the drive force actuating the elevator door from a reference drive force. The evaluating unit determines whether a deviation occurs due to an obstacle in contact with the elevator door or due to altered external conditions, particularly due to altered pressure conditions and/or air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Fabian Vogel, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11001124
    Abstract: A system for controlling temperature of an energy store in a motor vehicle may include a coolant circuit in which a coolant may be flowable and into which the energy store may be incorporated in the thermally conductive manner, a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant may be flowable and including a refrigerant compressor, a flat tube condenser, and a receiver dryer, which may be secured in the flat tube condenser, and a refrigerant evaporator connecting the coolant circuit and the refrigerant circuit. Heat between the coolant and the refrigerant may be transferrable in the refrigerant evaporator. The system may be secured in a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Hipp, Stefan Muckle, Markus Schauer, Deepak Sehgal, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20200376921
    Abstract: A system for controlling temperature of an energy store in a motor vehicle may include a coolant circuit in which a coolant may be flowable and into which the energy store may be incorporated in the thermally conductive manner, a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant may be flowable and including a refrigerant compressor, a flat tube condenser, and a receiver dryer, which may be secured in the flat tube condenser, and a refrigerant evaporator connecting the coolant circuit and the refrigerant circuit. Heat between the coolant and the refrigerant may be transferrable in the refrigerant evaporator. The system may be secured in a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Hipp, Stefan Muckle, Markus Schauer, Deepak Sehgal, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10784547
    Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature of an electrical energy storage device may include a coolant circuit through which a coolant is flowable, a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant is flowable, a first coolant cooler, a support structure, and at least one molded component. The coolant circuit may be thermally coupled to the electrical energy storage device such that heat is at least one of (i) absorbable from the electrical energy storage device via the coolant and (ii) dissipatable to the electrical energy storage device via the coolant. The refrigerant circuit may be configured as part of a heat pump. The first coolant cooler may be configured to transfer heat between the coolant and the refrigerant. The at least one molded component may be structured separately from the support structure and may include a foamed plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hipp, Markus Schauer, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20200203790
    Abstract: A system for controlling a temperature of an electrical energy storage device may include a coolant circuit through which a coolant is flowable, a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant is flowable, a first coolant cooler, a support structure, and at least one molded component. The coolant circuit may be thermally coupled to the electrical energy storage device such that heat is at least one of (i) absorbable from the electrical energy storage device via the coolant and (ii) dissipatable to the electrical energy storage device via the coolant. The refrigerant circuit may be configured as part of a heat pump. The first coolant cooler may be configured to transfer heat between the coolant and the refrigerant. The at least one molded component may be structured separately from the support structure and may include a foamed plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Hipp, Markus Schauer, Raphael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20200109030
    Abstract: A holder structure fixed to an elevator car of an elevator is configured to hold a passenger's smart mobile device. The mobile device includes sensors, and the holder structure releasably mechanically couples the mobile device to the elevator car. A method for monitoring an operation of the elevator includes providing the mobile device with a specific application software controlling the mobile device to execute the following monitoring procedure: repeatedly supervising measurement values of at least one of the sensors; upon occurrence of a specific parameter pattern in the measurement values, starting a measurement acquisition procedure during which measurement values are sensed by at least one of the sensors and the sensed measurement values are transmitted to an evaluation unit for further evaluation. The specific parameter pattern specifically results upon the mobile device being held in at least one of a predefined position and a predefined orientation in the elevator car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Zack Zhu, Martin Kusserow, Andrew Paice, Heinz Widmer, Raphael Zimmermann