Patents by Inventor Timo Feldkeller

Timo Feldkeller 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: 20230296330
    Abstract: A stacked disc heat exchanger for a thermal management module may include a plurality of stacked discs arranged following one another in a stacking direction. Each stacked disc of the plurality of stacked discs may include a bottom extending transversely to the stacking direction. An outermost disc of the plurality of stacked discs in the stacking direction defining a cover disc. The cover disc may include at least one convexity formed in the stacking direction towards an outside. The at least one convexity may extend transversely to the stacking direction and may form a channel for a flow path extending through the stacked disc heat exchanger of a fluid. The cover disc may further include at least one opening that is open in the stacking direction towards the outside for fluidic connection with the thermal management module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Anja Kies
  • Publication number: 20230251047
    Abstract: A heat exchanger module with a first block of a first heat exchanger, further with a second block of a second heat exchanger, and further with an expansion valve, wherein the first block, the second block and the expansion valve are designed as an interconnected module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Timo FELDKELLER, Andreas Draenkow
  • Publication number: 20230102168
    Abstract: A thermal management module for a thermal management system is disclosed. The thermal management module includes a first heat exchanger for flowing through by a refrigerant and by a working medium fluidically separately with respect to the refrigerant. A second heat exchanger is provided including at least a first fluid path and at least a second fluid path, separate from the first fluid path, respectively for flowing through by the refrigerant. A connecting arrangement is arranged between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The connecting arrangement connects the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to one another mechanically and fluidically, so that the refrigerant can flow between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik Behnert, Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Falk Humboldt, Anja Kies, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20230064641
    Abstract: A coaxial tube arrangement for a heat exchanger may include a coaxial tube and a closing cover. The coaxial tube may include an inner core channel and an outer annular channel. The closing cover may close the coaxial tube at a longitudinal end side. The closing cover may have a base region and a circumferential edge. The base region may be aligned transversely to a flow direction through the coaxial tube. The circumferential edge may be aligned with the flow direction and may face the coaxial tube. The circumferential edge may have a thickness, which is defined transversely to the flow direction, that is equal to or greater than a height of the annular channel, which is defined transversely to the flow direction. The circumferential edge may cover the annular channel transversely to the flow direction and may separate the annular channel from the core channel in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
  • Publication number: 20230050237
    Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger, in which plates are stacked on top of each other as a stack and connected to each other in a sealed manner, fluid channels being formed between adjacent plates in each case, the stack of plates being divided into a first stack region and a second stack region, the first stack region forming an evaporator having first fluid channels and second fluid channels, and the second stack region forming an internal heat exchanger having third fluid channels and fourth fluid channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Timo FELDKELLER
  • Patent number: 11162718
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle may include a plurality of elongated plates stacked on one another between which a plurality of cavities are disposed alternately for two media. The plurality of cavities may be respectively delimited by a respective plate of the plurality of plates zonally by a plate surface and a surrounding wall. The respective plate may include two flow openings, two passage openings, and two domes respectively arranged around one of the two passage openings. At least of one of the plurality of plates may further include an elongated separation shaping arranged on the plate surface, projecting into the respective cavity, and extending from the first short side between the two flow openings in a direction of the second short side. The separation shaping may adjoin the first short side at an angle ? of 45° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
  • Patent number: 10935289
    Abstract: A heat exchanger or chiller may include a heat exchanger block having a first fluid channel for a coolant and a second fluid channel for a refrigerant, an expansion valve for controlling a mass flow rate of the refrigerant, and a connection flange having an inlet channel and an outlet channel for the refrigerant. The expansion valve may be designed as an electronic expansion valve. The inlet channel may be connected to the second fluid channel in a transition region of the inlet channel. The connection flange may have an insertion opening, which may communicate with the transition region of the inlet channel, and into which the expansion valve may be inserted such that the expansion valve may control the mass flow rate of the refrigerant in the transition region and evaporation of the refrigerant may first occur in the second fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Markus Wesner
  • Patent number: 10883776
    Abstract: A liner tube for an inlet channel of a plate heat exchanger may include an open front side for supplying a refrigerant mass flow, an at least partially closed rear side, and at least two bag-like chambers running in a longitudinal direction of the liner tube. Each chamber may communicate with the open front side, and may have openings at chamber-dependent different positions for distributing the refrigerant mass flow in plate stacks of the plate heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Dominik Behnert
  • Patent number: 10876802
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked plates stacked on top of one another, between which a plurality of hollow spaces for two media may be alternately defined. The plurality of stacked plates may include at least two first stacked plates and at least one second stacked plate. The plurality of stacked plates may respectively include at least one first passage opening surrounded by a dome and at least one second passage opening. The at least one second passage opening of the at least one second stacked plate may be surrounded by an annular bead. The at least one second stacked plate may be arranged between the at least two first stacked plates such that the dome of a lower first stacked plate, the dome of an upper first stacked plate, and the annular bead are connected to one another and define an immersion tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Mager, Thomas Merten, Markus Wesner
  • Publication number: 20200378685
    Abstract: An immersion tube for the refrigerant distribution in a chiller may include a tubular shell that at least partially defines an interior space. The tube may also include at least two radial walls arranged within the interior space and that subdivide the interior space into at least two chambers that are separated from one another in a circumferential direction. The at least two radial walls may be structured as a single piece with the tubular shell. The at least two radial walls and the tubular shell may be formed as a one-piece extruded profile and may be twisted such that the at least two radial walls form a helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Dominik Behnert, Christian Beger, Timo Feldkeller
  • Publication number: 20190331436
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger may include a plurality of stacked plates stacked on top of one another, between which a plurality of hollow spaces for two media may be alternately defined. The plurality of stacked plates may include at least two first stacked plates and at least one second stacked plate. The plurality of stacked plates may respectively include at least one first passage opening surrounded by a dome and at least one second passage opening. The at least one second passage opening of the at least one second stacked plate may be surrounded by an annular bead. The at least one second stacked plate may be arranged between the at least two first stacked plates such that the dome of a lower first stacked plate, the dome of an upper first stacked plate, and the annular bead are connected to one another and define an immersion tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Axel Dolderer, Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Mager, Thomas Merten, Markus Wesner
  • Publication number: 20190219313
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle may include a plurality of elongated plates stacked on one another between which a plurality of cavities are disposed alternately for two media. The plurality of cavities may be respectively delimited by a respective plate of the plurality of plates zonally by a plate surface and a surrounding wall. The respective plate may include two flow openings, two passage openings, and two domes respectively arranged around one of the two passage openings. At least of one of the plurality of plates may further include an elongated separation shaping arranged on the plate surface, projecting into the respective cavity, and extending from the first short side between the two flow openings in a direction of the second short side. The separation shaping may adjoin the first short side at an angle ? of 45° to 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
  • Publication number: 20190011198
    Abstract: A liner tube for an inlet channel of a plate heat exchanger may include an open front side for supplying a refrigerant mass flow, an at least partially closed rear side, and at least two bag-like chambers running in a longitudinal direction of the liner tube. Each chamber may communicate with the open front side, and may have openings at chamber-dependent different positions for distributing the refrigerant mass flow in plate stacks of the plate heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Dominik Behnert
  • Publication number: 20180172328
    Abstract: A heat exchanger or chiller may include a heat exchanger block having a first fluid channel for a coolant and a second fluid channel for a refrigerant, an expansion valve for controlling a mass flow rate of the refrigerant, and a connection flange having an inlet channel and an outlet channel for the refrigerant. The expansion valve may be designed as an electronic expansion valve. The inlet channel may be connected to the second fluid channel in a transition region of the inlet channel. The connection flange may have an insertion opening, which may communicate with the transition region of the inlet channel, and into which the expansion valve may be inserted such that the expansion valve may control the mass flow rate of the refrigerant in the transition region and evaporation of the refrigerant may first occur in the second fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Timo Feldkeller, Markus Wesner