Patents by Inventor Sandor Palffy

Sandor Palffy 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: 20080264474
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar system comprising a solar panel (1) that is composed of spaced-apart modules (11-14) which are oriented in a North-South direction in an inclined position. The modules (11-14) are mounted on a support (15) which is in contact with an adaptively program-controlled electric drive (5). Said electric drive and thus the entire panel (1) are time-dependently swiveled about a stationary shaft (6) so as to obtain maximum solar radiation. The drive (5) is self-sufficiently powered by a solar module (11), thus dispensing with the need for solar sensors and auxiliary power supplies. An operating method aims to maximize solar output while taking into account the duration of daylight. The inventive system is used particularly for supplying emergency power to sensitive infrastructures. Several systems can be mechanically or electrically connected to each other according to the master-and-slave principle so as to create a solar park and be part of a large power system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Hana Frauenknecht, Rudolf Moll, Sandor Palffy
  • Patent number: 7028752
    Abstract: An incoming air duct (9) and an exhaust air duct (12) which connect an incoming air inlet (14) and an exhaust air outlet (10), respectively, in an outside side-wall (1b) to an incoming air outlet (13) and an exhaust air inlet (11) in a room-facing side wall (1a) are arranged side by side, separated only by partitions (8) of aluminium sheet, to permit heat exchange between the exhaust air flow and the opposite incoming air flow over a plurality of straight sections (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) of a double duct which are connected by deflections (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) of in each case 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Fensterfabrik Albisrieden AG
    Inventors: Sandor Palffy, Christoph Holliger
  • Publication number: 20030089492
    Abstract: An incoming air duct (9) and an exhaust air duct (12) which connect an incoming air inlet (14) and an exhaust air outlet (10), respectively, in an outside side-wall (1b) to an incoming air outlet (13) and an exhaust air inlet (11) in a room-facing side wall (1a) are arranged side by side, separated only by partitions (8) of aluminium sheet, to permit heat exchange between the exhaust air flow and the opposite incoming air flow over a plurality of straight sections (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) of a double duct which are connected by deflections (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) of in each case 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Sandor Palffy, Christoph Holliger
  • Patent number: 5924823
    Abstract: A suction nozzle, comprises a suction nozzle tube having a first end for connection to a suction line and a second end forming a suction port, and at least one lateral opening in the suction nozzle tube in a zone of the suction port for a further flow extending in a direction tangential to the suction flow wherein the at least one lateral opening is formed by at least one bent wing raised from the suction-nozzle tube. The suction nozzle may be surrounded by outer guide walls forming a box in which a pressure nozzle is directed into the suction port. The pressure nozzle flow may be used to generate a shearing force flow superimposed upon a vortex flow generated within the suction nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Festo KG
    Inventor: Sandor Palffy
  • Patent number: 5884360
    Abstract: With one or several pressure streams projected at an acute angle (.alpha.) in relation to the surface to be processed, shearing forces can be reached that are high enough to move solid particles and/or fluid media and thus make it easier to suck them away. The recognition of this fact is used in a delivery/suction nozzle arrangement together with the per se known Coanda effect. The invention may be used with all fluid media, preferably for cleaning practicable and passage surfaces; also for drying and/or degassing surfaces, as well as for industrial processes, in particular substance separation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Festo KG
    Inventor: Sandor Palffy
  • Patent number: 5819801
    Abstract: A device for automatically producing periodical impulse changes in a pressure line is provided with an elastic intermediate member impacted by a control pressure. Pressurizing the exterior of the intermediate member produces a pulsating flow of the fluid in the pressure line, obviating the use of control members, flaps, etc. In a preferred embodiment, the required control pressure is drawn from a bypass in the pressure line. The present invention may be put to Advantageous use in numerous fields in pneumatic and in process engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Festo KG
    Inventor: Sandor Palffy