Patents by Inventor Thomas Hunka

Thomas Hunka 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: 10893602
    Abstract: A method for producing a power electronics system having a cooling device, a switching device, a terminal device, a capacitor device and a control device includes the following production steps: providing a cooling device with a plurality of first and second positioning cutouts; providing the switching device with a substrate and a first mounting device, which has first positioning devices; providing the terminal device, which is completely independent of the switching device, i.e. forms a dedicated component part or a dedicated assembly, with a second mounting device, which has second positioning devices; arranging the switching device on the cooling device, wherein the first positioning devices are arranged in the respectively assigned first positioning cutouts; arranging the terminal device on the cooling device, wherein the respective second positioning devices are arranged in the assigned second positioning cutouts; arranging the capacitor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hunka, Marco Lederer, Rainer Popp, Stefan Weiss, Patrick Sturm
  • Patent number: 10763182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor device having a pin element which passes through a housing opening, an elastic sealing device which is arranged between a housing opening wall of the housing, where the housing opening wall delimits the housing opening and encircles the pin element. The pin element runs through the sleeve and through a sealing device opening of the sealing element. The sealing device is not connected in a materially bonded manner to the sleeve, to the housing opening wall and to the pin element and the sealing device seals off the housing opening wall from the sleeve and seals off the sleeve from the pin element. A crosslinked potting compound is arranged on the sealing device. The crosslinked potting compound is connected in a materially bonded manner to the sleeve, to the housing opening wall and to the pin element and the potting compound seals off the housing opening wall from the sleeve and seals off the sleeve from the pin element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELECTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hunka, Stefan Weiss, Rainer Popp
  • Publication number: 20190385919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power semiconductor device having a pin element which passes through a housing opening, an elastic sealing device which is arranged between a housing opening wall of the housing, where the housing opening wall delimits the housing opening and encircles the pin element. The pin element runs through the sleeve and through a sealing device opening of the sealing element. The sealing device is not connected in a materially bonded manner to the sleeve, to the housing opening wall and to the pin element and the sealing device seals off the housing opening wall from the sleeve and seals off the sleeve from the pin element. A crosslinked potting compound is arranged on the sealing device. The crosslinked potting compound is connected in a materially bonded manner to the sleeve, to the housing opening wall and to the pin element and the potting compound seals off the housing opening wall from the sleeve and seals off the sleeve from the pin element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hunka, Stefan Weiss, Rainer Popp
  • Publication number: 20190182945
    Abstract: A method for producing a power electronics system having a cooling device, a switching device, a terminal device, a capacitor device and a control device includes the following production steps: providing a cooling device with a plurality of first and second positioning cutouts; providing the switching device with a substrate and a first mounting device, which has first positioning devices; providing the terminal device, which is completely independent of the switching device, i.e. forms a dedicated component part or a dedicated assembly, with a second mounting device, which has second positioning devices; arranging the switching device on the cooling device, wherein the first positioning devices are arranged in the respectively assigned first positioning cutouts; arranging the terminal device on the cooling device, wherein the respective second positioning devices are arranged in the assigned second positioning cutouts; arranging the capacitor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hunka, Marco Lederer, Rainer Popp, Stefan Weiss, Patrick Sturm
  • Patent number: D906240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Frank, Stefan Weiss, Patrick Sturm, Thomas Ziegler, Marco Lederer, Thomas Hunka, Rainer Popp
  • Patent number: D925448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Frank, Stefan Weiss, Patrick Sturm, Thomas Ziegler, Marco Lederer, Thomas Hunka, Rainer Popp