Patents by Inventor Stefan Ahlers

Stefan Ahlers 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: 12000320
    Abstract: A current feedthrough for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, which has inside it at least one electrical conductor that can be electrically contacted by the current feedthrough, a central electrically conductive inner conductor, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through the outer housing wall thereof, an electrical insulation layer, which surrounds the electrically conductive inner conductor on the radially outer surface thereof, and a metallic outer tube, in which the electrically conductive inner conductor and the electrical insulation layer are accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Stefan Ahlers
  • Publication number: 20230313720
    Abstract: A current feedthrough for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, which has inside it at least one electrical conductor that can be electrically contacted by the current feedthrough, a central electrically conductive inner conductor, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through the outer housing wall thereof, an electrical insulation layer, which surrounds the electrically conductive inner conductor on the radially outer surface thereof, and a metallic outer tube, in which the electrically conductive inner conductor and the electrical insulation layer are accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Peter HIRTH, Stefan AHLERS
  • Publication number: 20220136422
    Abstract: A current feed-through for an electrically heatable catalytic converter, wherein the catalytic converter has in the interior thereof at least one electrical conductor, which is electrically contactable by the current feed-through, having a central electrically conductive element, which is guided from the interior of the catalytic converter through the outer housing wall thereof, having an electrical insulation layer, which surrounds the electrically conductive element on its radial outer face, and having a metallic sleeve, in which the electrically conductive element and the electrical insulation layer is received, wherein at the current feed-through or directly adjacently to the current feed-through there is arranged a device for reducing the heat conduction from the interior of the catalytic converter along the current feed-through to a contact face arranged outside the catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Philipp Langenfeld, Marc Brugger, Katrin Konieczny, Lorenzo Pace, Stefan Ahlers