Patents by Inventor Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN

Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN 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: 20220361369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling-element part for a cooling element for cooling at least one component of an electrical drive unit of a motor vehicle and can be joined together with a further cooling-element part to form at least one cooling-fluid-carrying cooling duct to the cooling element, and which has a cooling structure configured to increase a flow resistance for the cooling fluid by producing turbulences in the flow having pins that extend at least partially over a height of the cooling duct, wherein the pins are formed as droplet-shaped having a width that decreases in the direction of the flow of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN, Rene TREFFLER
  • Patent number: 11355999
    Abstract: A method for cooling an electrical machine includes the following steps: guiding a coolant in an axial coolant supply line which is arranged in the rotor shaft, and conducting the coolant into an interior chamber of the electrical machine via a radial coolant supply line which is connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line. The electrical machine has an axial coolant supply line and at least one radial coolant supply line connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line, both of which are arranged in the rotor shaft. An interior chamber of the electrical machine is connected in a coolant-guiding manner to the radial coolant supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Thinh Nguyen-Xuan, Klaus Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20220006353
    Abstract: A cooling device for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle includes a housing and at least one cooling structure. The housing is configured to receive the at least one component of the drive unit. The housing, at least in some regions thereof, is a cooling jacket for the at least one component and being configured to cool the at least one component. The cooling jacket having at least one cooling duct through which a cooling fluid is flowable. The at least one cooling structure is an insert inserted into the at least one cooling duct and is configured to increase a flow resistance of the cooling fluid by generating turbulences of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas HERRMANN, Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN, Fabian RATTEI, Rene TREFFLER, Juntao ZHU
  • Patent number: 11038404
    Abstract: A rotary machine, in particular an electric machine, has a shaft, which extends in an axial direction and which has a cavity, and a heat pipe, in which a first thermal medium is arranged. The rotary machine is characterized in that the heat pipe is designed as an annular chamber, which surrounds the cavity. Improved cooling for the rotary machine is ensured by this arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Huber, Thinh Nguyen-Xuan, Nicolas Brossardt
  • Publication number: 20190305643
    Abstract: A method for cooling an electrical machine includes the following steps: guiding a coolant in an axial coolant supply line which is arranged in the rotor shaft, and conducting the coolant into an interior chamber of the electrical machine via a radial coolant supply line which is connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line. The electrical machine has an axial coolant supply line and at least one radial coolant supply line connected in a coolant-conducting manner to the axial coolant supply line, both of which are arranged in the rotor shaft. An interior chamber of the electrical machine is connected in a coolant-guiding manner to the radial coolant supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas HUBER, Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN, Klaus VOLLMER
  • Publication number: 20180175704
    Abstract: A rotary machine, in particular an electric machine, has a shaft, which extends in an axial direction and which has a cavity, and a heat pipe, in which a first thermal medium is arranged. The rotary machine is characterized in that the heat pipe is designed as an annular chamber, which surrounds the cavity. Improved cooling for the rotary machine is ensured by this arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas HUBER, Thinh NGUYEN-XUAN, Nicolas BROSSARDT