Patents by Inventor Sascha Lindauer

Sascha Lindauer 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: 20260217083
    Abstract: A cooling system for an electric vehicle composed of a cooler circuit, battery circuit, chiller circuit, electronics circuit, and first switching valve, wherein the individual cooling circuits can be subdivided into subcircuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Strauß, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20260200295
    Abstract: A coolant circuit, in particular for a motor vehicle, which has a refrigerant circuit is provided. The coolant circuit includes with a compressor, a first heat exchanger and second heat exchanger, and has at least two expansion valves, wherein the first heat exchanger is connected to a first fluid circuit wherein the first fluid circuit also contains a pump and a heater, wherein the second heat exchanger is connected to a second fluid circuit, wherein the second fluid circuit contains a pump, and wherein there is a third fluid circuit in which there is at least one temperature-controlled unit, wherein there is a valve assembly for controlling the flow and/or connection of the first fluid circuit, second fluid circuit, and/or third fluid circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Thomas Strauß, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 12680722
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant circulates, in which heat is transferred from a first heat source to the refrigerant in a first heat pump mode, and from a second heat source to the refrigerant in a second heat pump mode. Efficiency and heating capacity are increased therewith in that heat is transferred to the refrigerant simultaneously from both the first heat source and the second heat source in a combined heat pump mode. The disclosure also relates to an air conditioning system that contains a refrigerant circuit operated in this manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Bertsche, Amadeus Trübsbach, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20260166944
    Abstract: A heating circuit, specifically for a motor vehicle is provided. The heating circuit has a compressor, a first heat exchanger functioning as a heater, a second heat exchanger functioning as a chiller, at least two expansion valves, wherein the compressor has an intake and an outlet, the first heat exchanger has a first intake and first outlet, and the second heat exchanger has a second intake and second outlet, wherein the outlet on the compressor is connected to the first intake, the first outlet is connected to the second intake, and the second outlet is connected to the intake on the compressor, wherein there is a first expansion valve upstream of the second heat exchanger (4) and wherein a bypass is formed between the outlet and the intake on the compressor, in which the second expansion valve is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventor: Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20260116152
    Abstract: A cooling and/or heating system for a vehicle is provided. The system contains a coolant circuit with two subsidiary circuits. A chiller, a cab cooler, and a bypass are connected to the first subsidiary circuit, and the chiller and a distributor valve are connected to the other subsidiary circuit. The subsidiary circuits are connected to one another upstream of the chiller and separated from one another downstream of the chiller. A method for operating the system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Strauß (STRAUSS), Sascha Lindauer, Hans-Ulrich Steurer
  • Patent number: 12415399
    Abstract: An operating method for operating a cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, wherein the cooling system has a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit; wherein the first cooling circuit has at least one first component to be temperature-controlled and an indirect condenser, which are arranged in two sections extending parallel to one another, with a first switching point which is arranged on the first or second branching point and which controls the inflow of a cooling medium into the first component to be temperature-controlled and the indirect condenser; wherein the second cooling circuit has at least one second component to be temperature-controlled and a chiller; wherein the first and second cooling circuits can be connected by means of a first and second connecting section, and a second switching point, which controls the inflow of the cooling medium into at least the first connecting section, is arranged at l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 12358339
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, having a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit, wherein the first cooling circuit has: at least one first component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as an indirect condenser for transferring heat between the first cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the second cooling circuit has: at least one second component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as a chiller for transferring heat between the second cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the first and second cooling circuit can be connected by means of a first connecting section and a second connecting section, and, at least on the first connecting section, a second switching point is arranged wherein the second switching point connects the first connecting section to the first cooling circuit in such a way that a cooling medium flows completely or at le
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20240377094
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant circulates, in which heat is transferred from a first heat source to the refrigerant in a first heat pump mode, and from a second heat source to the refrigerant in a second heat pump mode. Efficiency and heating capacity are increased therewith in that heat is transferred to the refrigerant simultaneously from both the first heat source and the second heat source in a combined heat pump mode. The disclosure also relates to an air conditioning system that contains a refrigerant circuit operated in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk BERTSCHE, Amadeus TRÜBSBACH, Sascha LINDAUER
  • Patent number: 12123635
    Abstract: An intermediate refrigerant store of a refrigerant system may include a storage container delimiting a refrigerant storage space, a first feed, and a second feed separate from the first feed. The first feed and the second feed may be fluidically connected with the refrigerant storage space for feeding of a refrigerant. At least one discharge may be fluidically connected to the refrigerant storage space and may be configured to discharge the refrigerant from the refrigerant storage space. At least one valve arrangement may be disposed in an associated feed of the first feed and the second feed via which the associated feed may be fluidically closable and openable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer, Dominik Behnert, Gustavo Fuga Santos
  • Patent number: 11837708
    Abstract: A temperature control device of a vehicle may include an energy storage device, a first coolant circuit configured to temperature control the energy storage device, a refrigerant circuit, at least one refrigerant evaporator, a second coolant circuit, a refrigerant condenser, and a coolant cooler for transferring heat to an exterior environment. At least one section of the first coolant circuit and at least one section of the second coolant circuit may be defined by a shared circuit section. The coolant cooler may be fluidically connectable with at least one of the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit via the shared circuit section. The first coolant circuit may include a bypass for at least partially bypassing the coolant cooler. The first coolant circuit may include a valve device structured and arranged to distribute a first coolant flow to at least one of the shared circuit section and the bypass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11827076
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle. The air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit divided into a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region, first and second internal heat exchangers arranged in the high-pressure and low-pressure regions, an external heat exchanger arranged in the refrigerant circuit, a condenser arranged in the high-pressure region, and an evaporator that, in a first operating mode, thermally couples the low-pressure region to the air conditioning air and, in a second operating mode, is arranged outside the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20230347708
    Abstract: An operating method for operating a cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, wherein the cooling system has a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit; wherein the first cooling circuit has at least one first component to be temperature-controlled and an indirect condenser, which are arranged in two sections extending parallel to one another, with a first switching point which is arranged on the first or second branching point and which controls the inflow of a cooling medium into the first component to be temperature-controlled and the indirect condenser; wherein the second cooling circuit has at least one second component to be temperature-controlled and a chiller; wherein the first and second cooling circuits can be connected by means of a first and second connecting section, and a second switching point, which controls the inflow of the cooling medium into at least the first connecting section, is arranged at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20230347709
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle, in particular for an electrically powered motor vehicle, having a first cooling circuit, a second cooling circuit, and at least one coolant circuit, wherein the first cooling circuit has: at least one first component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as an indirect condenser for transferring heat between the first cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the second cooling circuit has: at least one second component to be temperature-controlled a heat exchanger designed as a chiller for transferring heat between the second cooling circuit and the coolant circuit, wherein the first and second cooling circuit can be connected by means of a first connecting section and a second connecting section, and, at least on the first connecting section, a second switching point is arranged wherein the second switching point connects the first connecting section to the first cooling circuit in such a way that a cooling medium flows completely or at le
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11629675
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle may include a first circuit, a second circuit, a first heat exchanger incorporated in the first circuit, and a second heat exchanger incorporated in the second circuit. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be flowed through by ambient air and a coolant. The first heat exchanger may be arranged, relative to an airflow direction, in front of and directly adjacent to the second heat exchanger. The first circuit and the second circuit may be fluidically connected to one another at an upstream distribution point and at a downstream collection point such that a part mass flow of the coolant is flowable from the second circuit into the first circuit at the distribution point, from the first circuit into the first heat exchanger, and out of the first heat exchanger back into the second circuit at the collection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Patent number: 11485196
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle may include at least two indirect heat exchangers through each of which both water and air is flowable. The water and the air may be fluidically separated from one another such that heat is transferable therebetween. The system may also include a warm water supply, a cold water supply, and at least two temperature-control devices each including a respective indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers. The warm and/or cold water supply may be in fluid communication with the at least two indirect heat exchangers. At least one indirect heat exchanger of the at least two indirect heat exchangers may communicate with the warm water supply and the cold water supply via an adjustable and controllable valve device such that a mixing ratio of a mixture of the warm water and the cold water introduced therein is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk Bertsche, Matthias Jung, Holger Laux, Sascha Lindauer, Oliver Schultze
  • Publication number: 20220242197
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit divided into a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region, first and second internal heat exchangers arranged in the high-pressure and low-pressure regions, an external heat exchanger arranged in the refrigerant circuit, a condenser arranged in the high-pressure region, and an evaporator that, in a first operating mode, thermally couples the low-pressure region to the air conditioning air and, in a second operating mode, is arranged outside the refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20210364204
    Abstract: An intermediate refrigerant store of a refrigerant system may include a storage container delimiting a refrigerant storage space, a first feed, and a second feed separate from the first feed. The first feed and the second feed may be fluidically connected with the refrigerant storage space for feeding of a refrigerant. At least one discharge may be fluidically connected to the refrigerant storage space and may be configured to discharge the refrigerant from the refrigerant storage space. At least one valve arrangement may be disposed in an associated feed of the first feed and the second feed via which the associated feed may be fluidically closable and openable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer, Dominik Behnert, Gustavo Fuga Santos
  • Patent number: 11130385
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, as well as a heating circuit, a first coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of a drive device of the vehicle, and a second coolant circuit configured for a temperature control of an electrical store of the vehicle in which a coolant circulates. The system may further include a chiller incorporated in the refrigerant circuit and a chiller guide fluidically separate from the refrigerant circuit. The chiller guide may have a chiller path configured to conduct the coolant and which extends through the chiller, and may have a bypass path configured to conduct the coolant and which circumvents the chiller. The system may additionally include a chiller valve device configured to selectively fluidically connect the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit to the chiller path and the bypass path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer, Thomas Strauss
  • Publication number: 20210164423
    Abstract: A cooling system for a motor vehicle may include a first circuit, a second circuit, a first heat exchanger incorporated in the first circuit, and a second heat exchanger incorporated in the second circuit. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be flowed through by ambient air and a coolant. The first heat exchanger may be arranged, relative to an airflow direction, in front of and directly adjacent to the second heat exchanger. The first circuit and the second circuit may be fluidically connected to one another at an upstream distribution point and at a downstream collection point such that a part mass flow of the coolant is flowable from the second circuit into the first circuit at the distribution point, from the first circuit into the first heat exchanger, and out of the first heat exchanger back into the second circuit at the collection point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer
  • Publication number: 20210111450
    Abstract: A temperature control device of a vehicle may include an energy storage device, a first coolant circuit configured to temperature control the energy storage device, a refrigerant circuit, at least one refrigerant evaporator, a second coolant circuit, a refrigerant condenser, and a coolant cooler for transferring heat to an exterior environment. At least one section of the first coolant circuit and at least one section of the second coolant circuit may be defined by a shared circuit section. The coolant cooler may be fluidically connectable with at least one of the first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit via the shared circuit section. The first coolant circuit may include a bypass for at least partially bypassing the coolant cooler. The first coolant circuit may include a valve device structured and arranged to distribute a first coolant flow to at least one of the shared circuit section and the bypass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Markus Boger, Sascha Lindauer