Patents by Inventor Steffen Koch

Steffen Koch 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: 20240098925
    Abstract: A housing unit for an electronic component, in particular for an inverter of an electrical refrigerant compressor, wherein the housing unit includes a first housing element and a second housing element, which can be connected to a housing part of the refrigerant compressor, in particular to a motor housing of the refrigerant compressor, and in the process form a cavity which accommodates the electronic component, in particular the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gerald Richter, Michael Friedl, Dirk Gutberlet, Steffen Koch
  • Publication number: 20230340956
    Abstract: A device for compressing a gaseous fluid from a low-pressure section into a high-pressure section. The device has a housing with a housing member, a compression mechanism arranged between the low-pressure section and the high-pressure section as well as a flow duct connecting the high-pressure section to the low-pressure section. The housing member is configured with a high-pressure-side port and an oil separator. An outlet opening of the port and an oil outlet are configured at diametrical ends of the oil separator. The oil outlet is arranged in the lowermost section of the oil separator in a direction of the effect of gravity and is hydraulically connected to an inlet of the flow duct. The housing member is configured with the inlet chamber such that the high-pressure-side port is able to be arranged with the axis within the inlet chamber irrespective of the arrangement of the oil outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk Gutberlet, Kadir Dursun, Michael Friedl, Steffen Koch
  • Publication number: 20230230239
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a computer-implemented training system for user-interactive training of a plurality of in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) methods performable in an IVD laboratory system, comprising: one or more data processors; a memory device connected to the one or more data processors; a user interface provided with an output device having a display device and an input device configured to receive user input; and one or more software applications running on the one or more data processors and having a plurality of application modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Grieser, Steffen Koch, Michael Schaletzki, Oliver Stockmann
  • Publication number: 20220341411
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a device and the device for damping pressure pulsations for a compressor of a gaseous fluid, in particular a refrigerant, in a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system. The device exhibits a housing that encompasses a chamber and features at least two outlet openings. Here, the housing is constructed between tubular connecting lines, whose ends are aligned with one another. An insert element for reducing the cross-sectional area of the pass-through opening is arranged inside at least one of the pass-through openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Petr Czyz, Balthasar Schillemeit, Steffen Koch, Pavel Pitel
  • Patent number: 10935015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for damping pressure pulsations for a compressor of a gaseous fluid, in particular of a refrigerant. The device comprises a housing (2), a piston element (6) as well as a spring element (8). The housing (2) is developed encompassing a chamber (3), with an inlet opening (4) and an outlet opening (5). The piston element (6), supported such that it is stayed across the spring element (8) on the housing (2), is disposed within the chamber (3) dividing the chamber (3) into a first chamber volume (3a) and a second chamber volume (3b), as well as being disposed movably in a direction of motion (11) between a first end position and a second end position. The motion of the piston element (6) effects a change of the chamber volumes (3a, 3b) and of a flow cross section of the outlet opening (5). The piston element (6) is developed as a hollow cylinder with two, at least partially closed, end faces (7, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Steffen Koch, Philipp Benjack, Philip Gallisch
  • Publication number: 20190257301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for damping pressure pulsations for a compressor of a gaseous fluid, in particular of a refrigerant. The device comprises a housing (2), a piston element (6) as well as a spring element (8). The housing (2) is developed encompassing a chamber (3), with an inlet opening (4) and an outlet opening (5). The piston element (6), supported such that it is stayed across the spring element (8) on the housing (2), is disposed within the chamber (3) dividing the chamber (3) into a first chamber volume (3a) and a second chamber volume (3b), as well as being disposed movably in a direction of motion (11) between a first end position and a second end position. The motion of the piston element (6) effects a change of the chamber volumes (3a, 3b) and of a flow cross section of the outlet opening (5). The piston element (6) is developed as a hollow cylinder with two, at least partially closed, end faces (7, 13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Koch, Philipp Benjack, Philip Gallisch
  • Patent number: 8920027
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device or test structure, appropriate heating elements, for instance in the form of resistive structures, are implemented so as to obtain superior area coverage, thereby enabling a precise evaluation of the thermal conditions within a complex semiconductor device. In particular, the device internal heating elements may allow the evaluation of hot spots and the response of a complex metallization system to specific temperature profiles, in particular at critical areas, such as edge regions in which mechanical stress forces are typically highest in contact regimes in which the package substrate and the metallization system are directly connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Grillberger, Matthias Lehr, Frank Kuechenmeister, Steffen Koch
  • Patent number: 8279434
    Abstract: The invention lies in the technical field of cell biology and transplantation medicine. It concerns devices and methods for rapid and noninvasive analysis or checking of biological samples, especially for sterility control, for characterization of infectious particles and microorganisms contained in the biological sample and for characterization of tissue cells and transplants. The main areas of application of the invention are biotechnological production of pharmacological active ingredients and therapeutic agents as well as transplantation medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angwandten Forschung, e.V., Universität Stuttgart
    Inventors: Heike Mertsching, Gerd Sulz, Hagen Thielecke, Carsten Bolwien, Steffen Koch
  • Publication number: 20120051392
    Abstract: In a semiconductor device or test structure, appropriate heating elements, for instance in the form of resistive structures, are implemented so as to obtain superior area coverage, thereby enabling a precise evaluation of the thermal conditions within a complex semiconductor device. In particular, the device internal heating elements may allow the evaluation of hot spots and the response of a complex metallization system to specific temperature profiles, in particular at critical areas, such as edge regions in which mechanical stress forces are typically highest in contact regimes in which the package substrate and the metallization system are directly connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Michael Grillberger, Matthias Lehr, Frank Kuechenmeister, Steffen Koch
  • Publication number: 20100315628
    Abstract: The invention lies in the technical field of cell biology and transplantation medicine. It concerns devices and methods for rapid and noninvasive analysis or checking of biological samples, especially for sterility control, for characterization of infectious particles and microorganisms contained in the biological sample and for characterization of tissue cells and transplants. The main areas of application of the invention are biotechnological production of pharmacological active ingredients and therapeutic agents as well as transplantation medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Heike Mertsching, Gerd Sulz, Hagen Thielecke, Carsten Bolwien, Steffen Koch