Patents by Inventor Thomas BUEHLER

Thomas BUEHLER 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: 12678853
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a distributor for refrigerant in components in a thermal management module is provided, distributor has distributor openings for the refrigerant on an upper surface and/or a lower surface that faces away from the upper surface. Greater reliability, reduced installation space, and greater variability in the shape of the distributor are obtained in that the distributor is produced in a casting process, in which channel sections of channels passing through the distributor are obtained with a removable core in a mold. A method for manufacturing a thermal management module that contains such a distributor, as well as a distributor produced in this manner, and a thermal management module is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Bergmann, Michael Boeltz, Thomas Buehler, Wolfgang Janisch, Anja Kies, Harald Müller, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20250101621
    Abstract: A purification device for removing impurities from a gas stream from an electrolyzer and method of manufacturing a purification device are disclosed. The purification device includes a base housing subdivided into a clean gas chamber and a collecting chamber by a separating device arranged therein for removing impurities from the gas stream. An inflow duct that opens into the collecting chamber. Impurities which accumulate in the collecting chamber as a liquid sump can be removed from the gas stream in the collecting chamber via the separating device, and the purified gas stream can be transferred to the clean gas chamber as a clean gas stream. An outflow duct, which opens into the clean gas chamber. A drainage duct which opens into the collecting chamber for the liquid sump. The inflow duct has a cooling duct section for cooling the gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Christoph Steinmetz, Stephan Schick, Thomas Buehler, Hannes Marlok
  • Publication number: 20240399820
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a distributor for refrigerant in components in a thermal management module is provided, distributor has distributor openings for the refrigerant on an upper surface and/or a lower surface that faces away from the upper surface. Greater reliability, reduced installation space, and greater variability in the shape of the distributor are obtained in that the distributor is produced in a casting process, in which channel sections of channels passing through the distributor are obtained with a removable core in a mold. A method for manufacturing a thermal management module that contains such a distributor, as well as a distributor produced in this manner, and a thermal management module is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ralf BERGMANN, Michael BOELTZ, Thomas BUEHLER, Wolfgang JANISCH, Anja KIES, Harald MÜLLER, Michael SCHMIDT