Patents by Inventor Reinhold Koebrunner

Reinhold Koebrunner 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).

  • Method for converting thermal energy into electrical energy
    Patent number: 8519253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for converting thermal energy into electrical energy with at least one thermocouple, which thermocouple comprises two thermoelectric branches (A, B) electrically connected in series, and the thermocouple has a first passage surface (F1) and a second passage surface (F) for the heat flow (Q) and for the electrical current (7, 7?). In this connection, the value of the first passage surface (F1) is less than 5% of the value of the second passage surface (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Herbert Karl Fuchs, Reinhold Koebrunner
  • METHOD FOR CONVERTING THERMAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    Publication number: 20110277801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for converting thermal energy into electrical energy with at least one thermocouple, which thermocouple comprises two thermoelectric branches (A, B) electrically connected in series, and the thermocouple has a first passage surface (F1) and a second passage surface (F) for the heat flow (Q) and for the electrical current (7, 7?). In this connection, the value of the first passage surface (F1) is less than 5% of the value of the second passage surface (F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Herbert Karl Fuchs, Reinhold Koebrunner