Patents by Inventor Thomas Kerscher

Thomas Kerscher 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: 10544935
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator burner (100) for a mobile heating device operated with liquid fuel, comprising: a mixture-preparing region (2) for mixing fuel with combustion air to form an air-fuel mixture, a fuel supply (1) for supplying liquid fuel to the mixture-preparing region (2), a combustion-air supply (B) for supplying combustion air to the mixture-preparing region (2), a reaction region (3) arranged downstream of the mixture-preparing region (2) for reacting the air-fuel mixture, heat thus being released, and an evaporator body (9) for evaporating the liquid fuel, which evaporator body extends in an axial direction in the mixture-preparing region (2) at a distance from a side wall and has an outer peripheral surface designed as a fuel-evaporating surface, which outer peripheral surface is arranged in such a way that the supplied combustion air flows around the outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Vitali Dell, Klaus Moesl, Stefan Sommerer, Thomas Kerscher
  • Patent number: 10302298
    Abstract: An evaporator burner arrangement (100) for a mobile heater operated with liquid fuel having: a mixture preparation region (2) for generating a fuel-air-mixture, a fuel evaporation surface (8) arranged in the mixture preparation region (2) for evaporating the liquid fuel, a combustion air supply (B) for supplying combustion air to the mixture preparation region (2), a fuel supply (1) for supplying liquid fuel to the fuel evaporation surface (8), a conversion region (3) being arranged fluidically downstream of the mixture preparation region (2) for converting the fuel-air mixture in order to release heat, and a heat conductor body (7) extending spaced from a sidewall (25) of the mixture preparation region (2) through the mixture preparation region (2) to the conversion region (3) for feeding-back heat from the conversion region (3) to the mixture preparation region (2) by thermal conductance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Volodymyr Ilchenko, Martin Zoske, Michael Poehner, Vitali Dell, Klaus Moesl, Stefan Sommerer, Thomas Kerscher
  • Patent number: 10234136
    Abstract: An evaporator burner (100) for a mobile heating unit which is operated using liquid fuel is provided, said evaporator burner having: a mixture preparation region (2) for the mixing of fuel with combustion air to form a fuel-air mixture; a fuel feed (1) for feeding liquid fuel to the mixture preparation region (2); a combustion air feed (B) for feeding combustion air to the mixture preparation region (2); at least one evaporation surface (8) to which the liquid fuel is fed and which serves for the evaporation of the liquid fuel; a conversion region (3), positioned downstream of the mixture preparation region (2) in terms of flow, for the conversion of the fuel-air mixture into combustion exhaust gases (A) with a release of heat; and an exhaust-gas recirculation means (10; 210) for the recirculation of combustion exhaust gases (A) into the mixture preparation region (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Vitali Dell, Klaus Moesl, Stefan Sommerer, Thomas Kerscher
  • Patent number: 10113742
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator burner (1; 101) for a mobile heating device, comprising: a combustion chamber (3), a fuel feed line (4) for feeding liquid fuel, and an evaporator for evaporating fed fuel. The evaporator has a support body (6; 106) made of a nonporous material, comprising a fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) which faces the combustion chamber (3) and which comes into contact with the liquid fuel. A surface structuring (11) with a plurality of depressions (11a) and elevations (11b) is introduced into the fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) and/or into a support body (6; 106) rear face (6b; 106b) facing away from the fuel preparation surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Vitali Dell, Klaus Moesl, Stefan Sommerer, Thomas Kerscher
  • Publication number: 20180180283
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator burner (1; 101) for a mobile heating device, comprising: a combustion chamber (3), a fuel feed line (4) for feeding liquid fuel, and an evaporator for evaporating fed fuel. The evaporator has a support body (6; 106) made of a nonporous material, comprising a fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) which faces the combustion chamber (3) and which comes into contact with the liquid fuel. A surface structuring (11) with a plurality of depressions (11a) and elevations (11b) is introduced into the fuel preparation surface (6a; 106a) and/or into a support body (6; 106) rear face (6b; 106b) facing away from the fuel preparation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: VITALI DELL, Klaus MÖSL, Stefan SOMMERER, Thomas KERSCHER
  • Publication number: 20180172268
    Abstract: An evaporator burner arrangement (100) for a mobile heater operated with liquid fuel is described, having: a mixture preparation region (2) for generating a fuel-air-mixture, a fuel evaporation surface (8) arranged in the mixture preparation region (2) for evaporating the liquid fuel, a combustion air supply (B) for supplying combustion air to the mixture preparation region (2), a fuel supply (1) for supplying liquid fuel to the fuel evaporation surface (8), a conversion region (3) being arranged fluidically downstream of the mixture preparation region (2) for converting the fuel-air-mixture in order to release heat, and a heat conductor body (7) extending spaced from a sidewall (25) of the mixture preparation region (2) through the mixture preparation region (2) to the conversion region (3) for feeding-back heat from the conversion region (3) to the mixture preparation region (2) by thermal conductance
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: VOLODYMYR ILCHENKO, Martin ZOSKE, Michael PÖHNER, Vitali DELL, Klaus MÖSL, Stefan SOMMERER, Thomas KERSCHER
  • Publication number: 20180172269
    Abstract: An evaporator burner (100) for a mobile heating unit which is operated using liquid fuel is provided, said evaporator burner having: a mixture preparation region (2) for the mixing of fuel with combustion air to form a fuel-air mixture; a fuel feed (1) for feeding liquid fuel to the mixture preparation region (2); a combustion air feed (B) for feeding combustion air to the mixture preparation region (2); at least one evaporation surface (8) to which the liquid fuel is fed and which serves for the evaporation of the liquid fuel; a conversion region (3), positioned downstream of the mixture preparation region (2) in terms of flow, for the conversion of the fuel-air mixture into combustion exhaust gases (A) with a release of heat; and an exhaust-gas recirculation means (10; 210) for the recirculation of combustion exhaust gases (A) into the mixture preparation region (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: VITALI DELL, Klaus MÖSL, Stefan SOMMERER, Thomas KERSCHER
  • Publication number: 20170153026
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator burner (100) for a mobile heating device operated with liquid fuel, comprising: a mixture-preparing region (2) for mixing fuel with combustion air to form an air-fuel mixture, a fuel supply (1) for supplying liquid fuel to the mixture-preparing region (2), a combustion-air supply (B) for supplying combustion air to the mixture-preparing region (2), a reaction region (3) arranged downstream of the mixture-preparing region (2) for reacting the air-fuel mixture, heat thus being released, and an evaporator body (9) for evaporating the liquid fuel, which evaporator body extends in an axial direction in the mixture-preparing region (2) at a distance from a side wall and has an outer peripheral surface designed as a fuel-evaporating surface, which outer peripheral surface is arranged in such a way that the supplied combustion air flows around the outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: VITALI DELL, Klaus MOESL, Stefan SOMMERER, Thomas KERSCHER
  • Patent number: 7531015
    Abstract: A system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer which has a reaction space, a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space, and a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle. In the reaction space, there is a breaker body for a fuel/air mixture supplied through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Christian Baecker, Sybille Miklos, Christine Sallinger, Marcus Neumueller, Stefan Kunz, Martin Wegner, Florian Metz, Bernd Mittmann, Johann Sperl, Thomas Kerscher, Josef Amann
  • Patent number: 7357820
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer which has a reaction space, a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space, and a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle. In the invention, the air inlet area of the nozzle is provided with air guidance means which impart a swirl to the in-flowing air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Christine Sallinger, Christian Hubbauer, Thomas Kerscher, Christian Baecker, Stefan Kunz, Marcus Neumueller, Florian Metz, Martin Wegner, Ingrid Lanzl, Peter Lamp
  • Patent number: 7357821
    Abstract: A system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer which has a reaction space, a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space, and a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle (14). The nozzle is a Venturi nozzle with an air inlet area and a diffusor area which extends downstream with respect to the air inlet area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Christine Sallinger, Christian Hubbauer, Thomas Kerscher, Christian Baecker, Stefan Kunz, Marcus Neumueller, Florian Metz, Martin Wegner, Ingrid Lanzl, Peter Lamp
  • Publication number: 20040191131
    Abstract: A system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer which has a reaction space, a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space, and a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle (14). The nozzle is a Venturi nozzle with an air inlet area and a diffusor area which extends downstream with respect to the air inlet area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Christine Sallinger, Christian Hubbauer, Thomas Kerscher, Christian Backer, Stefan Kunz, Marcus Neumueller, Florian Metz, Martin Wegner, Ingrid Lanzl, Peter Lamp
  • Patent number: 6793487
    Abstract: A burner, in particular, for a motor vehicle supplementary or parking heater, for the burning of liquid fuel, in the presence of combustion air, has a combustion chamber (10), with a jet for the atomization of liquid fuel, arranged before said chamber. The jet has a Venturi tube (11) at the largest diameter end of the diffuser section thereof, opening into the combustion chamber (10), and the liquid fuel is introduced into the Venturi region which is at a low pressure when compared with the upstream end of the diffuser section (12), and through the inlet section (13) of which the air is pumped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hubbauer, Bernd Mittmann, Thomas Kerscher, Christine Sallinger
  • Publication number: 20040068934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer (10) which has a reaction space (12), a nozzle (14) for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space (12), and a fuel feed (16) for supplying fuel to the nozzle (14). As claimed in the invention it is provided that in the air inlet area (18) of the nozzle (14) there are air guidance means (40) which impart a swirl to the inflowing air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Christine Sallinger, Christian Hubbauer, Thomas Kerscher, Christian Baecker, Stefan Kunz, Marcus Neumueller, Florian Metz, Martin Wegner, Ingrid Lanzl, Peter Lamp
  • Publication number: 20040047778
    Abstract: A system for converting fuel and air into reformate with a reformer which has a reaction space, a nozzle for supplying a fuel/air mixture to the reaction space, and a fuel feed for supplying fuel to the nozzle. In the reaction space, there is a breaker body for a fuel/air mixture supplied through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Christian Backer, Sybille Miklos, Christine Sallinger, Marcus Neumuller, Stefan Kunz, Martin Wegner, Florian Metz, Bernd Mittmann, Johann Sperl, Thomas Kerscher, Josef Amann
  • Patent number: 6644959
    Abstract: The invention relates to an atomizer burner for a motor vehicle heater, with a cobustion chamber which contains a baffle barrier and with an atomizer means (2) which atomizes the fuel into the combustion chamber, characterized in that within the combustion chamber in the atomization direction of the fuel at a distance from the atomization point of the atomizer means (2) which is smaller than the diameter of the combustion chamber or the diameter of a cylindrical heat shield (8) which extends in the combustion chamber there is a baffle plate (18) which acts as a baffle barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme International GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Johann Sperl, Thomas Kerscher, Josef Amann
  • Publication number: 20030143506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a burner, in particular, for a motor vehicle supplementary or parking heater, for the burning of liquid fuel, in the presence of combustion air, comprising a combustion chamber (10), with a jet for the atomisation of liquid fuel, arranged before said chamber. According to the invention, the jet comprises a venturi tube (11) with the largest diameter end of the diffuser section thereof, opening into the combustion chamber (10), into the low pressure region of which, when compared with the upstream end of the diffuser section (12), the liquid fuel is introduced and through the inlet section (13) of which the air is pumped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Christian Hubbauer, Bernd Mittman, Thomas Kerscher, Christine Sallinger
  • Publication number: 20020136997
    Abstract: The invention relates to an atomizer burner for a motor vehicle heater, with a combustion chamber which contains a baffle barrier and with an atomizer means (2) which atomizes the fuel into the combustion chamber, characterized in that within the combustion chamber in the atomization direction of the fuel at a distance from the atomization point of the atomizer means (2) which is smaller than the diameter of the combustion chamber or the diameter of a cylindrical heat shield (8) which extends in the combustion chamber there is a baffle plate (18) which acts as a baffle barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Felix Wolf, Bernd Mittmann, Johann Sperl, Thomas Kerscher, Josef Amann