Patents by Inventor Thomas Tscheppe

Thomas Tscheppe 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: 11142036
    Abstract: An air-conditioning circuit for a hybrid vehicle has a charge-air cooler (12) for cooling charge air for a turbocharger of a combustion engine with a cooling medium, a low-temperature cooler (14) for cooling the cooling medium of the charge-air cooler (12), and an air-conditioning condenser (18) for dehumidifying conditioning air for air-conditioning a vehicle interior with the aid of a cooling liquid. The air-conditioning condenser (18) is connectable to the low-temperature cooler (14) for cooling the cooling liquid of the air-conditioning condenser. A temperature-control line (22) controls a temperature of a motor vehicle battery (24). The air-conditioning condenser (18) is connectable to the temperature-control line (22) for heating the motor vehicle battery (24). The required cooling power of the low-temperature cooler (14) can be reduced by cooling both the cooling medium of the charge-air cooler (12) and the cooling liquid of the air-conditioning condenser (18) in the low-temperature cooler (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Rapp, Thomas Tscheppe, Udo Hoefer
  • Publication number: 20160195319
    Abstract: A refrigerating circuit for use in a motor vehicle has a refrigerant compressor (8) connected on the output side to a pressure line (4) and on the input side to a suction line (6). The refrigerating circuit has at least one condenser (10), at least one regulated expansion valve (14), at least one evaporator (16) and at least one inner heat exchanger (12). The regulated expansion valve (14) has a temperature tE in a detection zone (20) of the suction line (6) as a controlled variable. The detection zone (20) for the regulated expansion valve (14) is arranged at the output of the inner heat exchanger (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Fleischhacker, Thomas Tscheppe, Bastian Freese
  • Publication number: 20160129754
    Abstract: An air-conditioning circuit for a hybrid vehicle has a charge-air cooler (12) for cooling charge air for a turbocharger of a combustion engine with a cooling medium, a low-temperature cooler (14) for cooling the cooling medium of the charge-air cooler (12), and an air-conditioning condenser (18) for dehumidifying conditioning air for air-conditioning a vehicle interior with the aid of a cooling liquid. The air-conditioning condenser (18) is connectable to the low-temperature cooler (14) for cooling the cooling liquid of the air-conditioning condenser. A temperature-control line (22) controls a temperature of a motor vehicle battery (24). The air-conditioning condenser (18) is connectable to the temperature-control line (22) for heating the motor vehicle battery (24). The required cooling power of the low-temperature cooler (14) can be reduced by cooling both the cooling medium of the charge-air cooler (12) and the cooling liquid of the air-conditioning condenser (18) in the low-temperature cooler (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tobias Rapp, Thomas Tscheppe, Udo Hoefer
  • Publication number: 20130055752
    Abstract: A refrigerating circuit for use in a motor vehicle has a refrigerant compressor (8) connected on the output side to a pressure line (4) and on the input side to a suction line (6). The refrigerating circuit has at least one condenser (10), at least one regulated expansion valve (14), at least one evaporator (16) and at least one inner heat exchanger (12). The regulated expansion valve (14) has a temperature tE in a detection zone (20) of the suction line (6) as a controlled variable. The detection zone (20) for the regulated expansion valve (14) is arranged at the output of the inner heat exchanger (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: DR. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Fleischhacker, Thomas Tscheppe, Bastian Freese