Patents by Inventor Tobias Etscheid

Tobias Etscheid 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: 11480284
    Abstract: A heat conductor and a heated media line having an inner tubular fluid line and at least one heat conductor arranged on the periphery thereof. The heat conductor is formed by a braid made of twisted individual wires and, in particular, an outer protective sheath surrounding the heat conductor and the fluid line. The braid is formed by at least six individual wires surrounding a support element, of which at least one individual wire is made of a copper-nickel (CuNi) alloy, and the remaining individual wires are produced from copper (Cu) or from a nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloy. All of the individual wires have the same diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Marco Isenburg, Christian Zwillus
  • Patent number: 11092274
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated heatable media line having at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line, at least one line connector located on the end of the line and at least one pre-fabricated heating element, the pre-fabricated heating element including at least two heating element portions connected in at least one circuit and at least one of the heating element portions extends over at least part of the at least one line connector and the at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line in order to heat the at least one part of the line connector and the at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line. In the pre-fabricated heatable media line, at least one of the heating element portions is designed as a mixed stranded wire having a number of stranded individual wires consisting of at least two different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Tobias Etscheid
  • Patent number: 10746344
    Abstract: A multi-part line, wherein line parts are provided, at ends of said line parts, with at least one connector assembly having at least one retaining element, wherein a connector part of the connector assembly of a line part and a coupling part of the connector assembly of the adjacent line part can be or are connected by overplugging and locking the at least one retaining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Isenburg, Tobias Etscheid, Reinhard Plietsch, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Reiner Mitterer, Michele Stelluto
  • Patent number: 10520217
    Abstract: An assembled heatable media line having a media line having at least two heating elements arranged on the exterior of the media line and at least one line connector. In order to heat the at least one line connector, only one of the heating elements is arranged at or on said line connector and at least partially surrounds the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Marco Isenburg
  • Patent number: 10403997
    Abstract: A multi-line plug connector for connecting two heated fluid lines by way of a single connecting operation, including a female plug component which is connected with a male plug component. Each plug component includes a fluid connection and two electrical connections. Each plug component also includes an inner space in which a spectacle component is housed. The spectacle component has two guide channels for receiving electrical lines equipped with electrical contacts. The guide channels are connected with one another by a bridge that is fastened with a latching mechanism that secures the spectacle component against displacement along and/or obliquely to the coupling axis. The spectacle component receives a tubular fluid connector, connected with the spectacle component with form-fit and/or friction-fit, whereby the tubular fluid connector can be connected on one end to the heated fluid line and on the opposite end the fluid connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Birkholz, Jochem-Andreas Hess, Tobias Etscheid, Sascha Rosenfeldt, Dietmar Boxberg
  • Publication number: 20190101235
    Abstract: A pre-fabricated heatable media line having at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line, at least one line connector located on the end of said line and at least one pre-fabricated heating element, the pre-fabricated heating element including at least two heating element portions connected in at least one circuit and at least one of the heating element portions extends over at least part of the at least one line connector and the at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line in order to heat the at least one part of the line connector and the at least one pipe- and/or hose-type media line. In said pre-fabricated heatable media line, at least one of the heating element portions is designed as a mixed stranded wire having a number of stranded individual wires consisting of at least two different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Otfried SCHWARZKOPF, Tobias ETSCHEID
  • Publication number: 20190097340
    Abstract: A multi-line plug connector for connecting two heated fluid lines by way of a single connecting operation, including a female plug component which is connected with a male plug component. Each plug component includes a fluid connection and two electrical connections. Each plug component also includes an inner space in which a spectacle component is housed. The spectacle component has two guide channels for receiving electrical lines equipped with electrical contacts. The guide channels are connected with one another by a bridge that is fastened with a latching mechanism that secures the spectacle component against displacement along and/or obliquely to the coupling axis. The spectacle component receives a tubular fluid connector, connected with the spectacle component with form-fit and/or friction-fit, whereby the tubular fluid connector can be connected on one end to the heated fluid line and on the opposite end the fluid connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas BIRKHOLZ, Jochem-Andreas HESS, Tobias ETSCHEID, Sascha ROSENFELDT, Dietmar BOXBERG
  • Patent number: 10123378
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 9927056
    Abstract: A heatable media line having at least one media line with two connector ends, in particular line connectors, and at least two electrical heating elements. At least one element is provided by which a differentiated heat input and/or output is enabled or provided for at both connector ends of the heatable media line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Otfried Schwarzkopf
  • Publication number: 20180080591
    Abstract: A heat conductor and a heated media line having an inner tubular fluid line and at least one heat conductor arranged on the periphery thereof. The heat conductor is formed by a braid made of twisted individual wires and, in particular, an outer protective sheath surrounding the heat conductor and the fluid line. The braid is formed by at least six individual wires surrounding a support element, of which at least one individual wire is made of a copper-nickel (CuNi) alloy, and the remaining individual wires are produced from copper (Cu) or from a nickel-chromium (NiCr) alloy. All of the individual wires have the same diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias ETSCHEID, Marco ISENBURG, Christian ZWILLUS
  • Patent number: 9644776
    Abstract: In a prefabricated electrically heatable media line having at least one pipeline part with an integrated electrically conductive device and having at least one connecting device, in particular a plug, screw or coupling device, the pipeline part and the electrically conductive device extend as far as or close to that end of the connecting device which is averted from the pipeline part or close to, in front of or in a connection contour. In a method for producing a media line, a pipeline part is produced with at least one integrated electrically conductive device and the integrated electrically conductive device is exposed in at least one end region of the pipeline part, permanent electrical contact is made with said integrated electrically conductive part by a contact-making device, and the contact-making device is routed out at the outer face of the pipeline part in order to form a connection to an electrical energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Westmeier, Mark Heienbrok, Erik Gramckow, Martin Sachse, Tobias Etscheid
  • Publication number: 20160238188
    Abstract: A multi-part line, wherein line parts are provided, at ends of said line parts, with at least one connector assembly having at least one retaining element, wherein a connector part of the connector assembly of a line part and a coupling part of the connector assembly of the adjacent line part can be or are connected by overplugging and locking the at least one retaining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marco ISENBURG, Tobias ETSCHEID, Reinhard PLIETSCH, Otfried SCHWARZKOPF, Reiner MITTERER, Michele STELLUTO
  • Patent number: 9360147
    Abstract: A heatable fluid line having a pipeline and an electrical heat conductor extending at least over a section of the pipeline. The pipeline has at least two longitudinal sections that are configured differently in respect of the material properties and/or design thereof. At least one first longitudinal section is formed of a first material and a second longitudinal section is formed of a second material. The material of the second longitudinal section is more flexible and/or has a higher resilience than the material of the first longitudinal section. A described method for producing the fluid line relates to an adaptive attachment of the heat conductor on the outside of the pipeline that permits the heat conductor to be wound around fluid coupling and/or connector parts, in particular the housings by means of which the line is assembled, without strand separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Mark Heienbrok, Marco Isenburg, Markus Jeschonnek, Christoph Schöneberg, Manfred Berg, Josef Brandt, Tobias Etscheid, Horst Plum
  • Patent number: 9353662
    Abstract: An assembled media line, or a section of a media line, for connecting a tank to a dosing unit in order to add a reducing agent into a SCR catalyst system of an internal combustion engine. The fluid line has electric heating in some sections for heating of the fluid. The fluid line is additionally provided, at least in some areas, with fluid tempering. In use, the media line connects a tank to a dosing unit in order to add a reducing agent in a SCR catalyst system of an internal combustion engine, and wherein the engine coolant is used as tempering fluid. The tempering is achieved by inclusion of at least one tempering line running alongside the fluid line. A line connector for such a media line includes a connecting housing in which the fluid line and two tempering lines can be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Reinhard Plietsch, Tobias Etscheid, Marco Isenburg, Oliver Preiss, Martin Sachse
  • Patent number: 9303805
    Abstract: For a heatable medium pipe having at least one pipe connector and heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular one or two wires, wherein the wire(s) extend continuously along the medium pipe and along the at least one pipe connector. In a method for producing a heatable medium pipe, comprising the medium pipe, at least one pipe connector, a transition area between the medium pipe and the pipe connector, and at least one heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular one or two wires, the medium pipe is pre-assembled with the at least one pipe connector, the wire or the few wires of the heating element are pre-assembled as a double-laid, one or two-part element or as an element connected to form a continuous part, the wire(s) are fastened on the outside of the pipe connector, transition area and medium pipe, and the ends of the wire(s) are guided into a feed-in connector for connecting to a current source or voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Manfred Berg, Josef Brandt, Tobias Etscheid, Mark Heienbrok, Marco Isenburg, Christoph Schöneberg, Markus Jeschonnek
  • Patent number: 9103481
    Abstract: A heatable medium pipe having at least one pipe connector and heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular two wires, and said wires extend continuously along the medium pipe and along the at least one pipe connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Manfred Berg, Josef Brandt, Tobias Etscheid, Mark Heienbrok, Marco Isenburg, Markus Jeschonnek, Christoph Schöneberg, Horst Plum
  • Patent number: 9062809
    Abstract: A heatable medium pipe having at least one pipe connector and heating element, wherein the heating element has a few wires, in particular two wires, and said wires extend continuously along the medium pipe and along the at least one pipe connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Otfried Schwarzkopf, Manfred Berg, Josef Brandt, Tobias Etscheid, Mark Heienbrok, Marco Isenburg, Markus Jeschonnek, Christoph Schöneberg, Horst Plum
  • Publication number: 20150069044
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 8965187
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20140366974
    Abstract: A heatable media line having at least one media line with two connector ends, in particular line connectors, and at least two electrical heating elements. At least one element is provided by which a differentiated heat input and/or output is enabled or provided for at both connector ends of the heatable media line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Marco Isenburg