Patents by Inventor Toni Spies

Toni Spies 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: 12351001
    Abstract: A heat pump assembly with a chiller for battery-powered vehicles, having a refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a heating condenser, a refrigerant valve with an expansion function, an ambient heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated refrigerant valve with an expansion function, as well as a 3/2-way refrigerant valve with an expansion function disposed in parallel to the evaporator with a refrigerant path via a chiller bypass and a refrigerant path via a chiller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Matthias Höfler, Navid Durrani, Toni Spies
  • Publication number: 20250196577
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, is based on the object of indicating a solution with which a secure functioning, an improvement of the tightness, a reduction of the installation effort and of the costs during production of an air-conditioning system are achieved. This object is achieved by arranging a multi-valve block in the air-conditioning system in which structural parts such as several valves and at least one sensor are arranged, in that the multi-valve block has several attachment points and in that second internal connection lines are arranged between the attachment points and the structural parts of the multi-valve block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Carsten Ohrem, Florian Bieregger, Toni Spies
  • Publication number: 20250196587
    Abstract: A component arrangement for components of a refrigerant circuit of an air conditioning system for a vehicle, wherein the component arrangement has a heat exchanger for evaporating a refrigerant, an electrically operated compressor, which is arranged in a compressor housing configured for compressing a vaporous refrigerant, a valve block with valves for controlling flow paths of the refrigerant, and refrigerant lines, by means of which the components are fluidically connected to one another. The invention is characterized in that the components of the component arrangement are each coupled directly to the compressor housing without separate decoupling, wherein the compressor housing has a mounting point at which the component arrangement is attachable to the vehicle, and wherein the refrigerant lines have connectors for fluidic integration into the refrigerant circuit of the air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Florian Bieregger, Balthasar Schillmeit, Gerald Richter, Bernd Guntermann
  • Publication number: 20250135844
    Abstract: A dual heat exchanger includes a first plate heat exchanger in which heat is transferred between a first fluid and a second fluid, and a second plate heat exchanger in which heat is transferred between the first fluid in a first state and the first fluid in a second state, and is characterized in that the two heat exchangers are separated from one another only by means of a separation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Hynek Hruza, Martin Sopuch, Lukas Pastrnak, Toni Spies, Florian Bieregger, Niklas Thielen, Lukas Bloemer, Gregor Duennwald
  • Publication number: 20240399835
    Abstract: A component module of a heat pump system for vehicles which has at least a compressor with a compressor housing, which extends with its body length along a compressor rotation axis, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, which have a body length greater than a body width, a collecting container for refrigerant, a fluid distribution device, which is designed for influencing a refrigerant flow path, refrigerant fluid interfaces, coolant fluid interfaces and refrigerant fluid lines which fluidly connect the components to one another, wherein the first heat exchanger is orientated with its body length along a first main direction, the second heat exchanger is orientated with its body length orthogonally to the first main direction along a vertical direction, and the compressor housing is orientated with its body length along a second main direction which is parallel to the first main direction offset in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Florian Bieregger
  • Publication number: 20240392784
    Abstract: A compressor module for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, exhibiting a modular multi-part housing with a low-pressure refrigerant inlet, a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and a compressor, characterized in that an inner heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the compressor module, wherein the housing of the compressor module fully encloses the inner heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Philipp Kozalla, Roman Heckt, Thomas Klotten, Jörn Fröhling, Torsten Gehm, Stephan Köster, Felix Girmscheid
  • Patent number: 12104592
    Abstract: A compressor module for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, exhibiting a modular multi-part housing with a low-pressure refrigerant inlet, a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and a compressor, characterized in that an inner heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the compressor module, wherein the housing of the compressor module fully encloses the inner heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Philipp Kozalla, Roman Heckt, Thomas Klotten, Jörn Fröhling, Torsten Gehm, Stephan Köster, Felix Girmscheid
  • Publication number: 20230382187
    Abstract: A heat pump assembly with a chiller for battery-powered vehicles, having a refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a heating condenser, a refrigerant valve with an expansion function, an ambient heat exchanger, at least one evaporator with an associated refrigerant valve with an expansion function, as well as a 3/2-way refrigerant valve with an expansion function disposed in parallel to the evaporator with a refrigerant path via a chiller bypass and a refrigerant path via a chiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Höfler, Navid Durrani, Toni Spies
  • Publication number: 20230358320
    Abstract: A valve is introduced for a heat pump system in a motor vehicle, with at least one inlet, at least two outlets, and a valve element which includes at least one throughlet and at least one expansion recess that can be brought into fluidic connection with at least one outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Zens, Toni Spies, Marc Graaf, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog, Corinne Le Pellec
  • Patent number: 11781657
    Abstract: A valve (1) is introduced for a heat pump system in a motor vehicle, with at least one inlet (3), at least two outlets (2, 4) and a valve element (7) which comprises at least one throughlet (8) and at least one expansion recess (9) that can be brought into fluidic connection with at least one outlet (2, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Daniel Zens, Toni Spies, Marc Graaf, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog, Corinne Le Pellec
  • Patent number: 11724561
    Abstract: Device for controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in at least one fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit including a housing with ports for connecting with fluid lines, each of which is connected via a passage opening with the at least one interior volume of the housing, as well as with at least one valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing with a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The at least one valve element is supported rotatably about a rotational axis and comprises at least three through openings developed as through-bores forming in the interior of the valve element a common volume. An axis of symmetry of a first opening and the rotational axis of the valve element are located on a common axis. The device is used in a refrigerant circuit of a thermal system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Tobias Haas, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog
  • Publication number: 20220307500
    Abstract: A compressor module for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air-conditioning system, exhibiting a modular multi-part housing with a low-pressure refrigerant inlet, a high-pressure refrigerant outlet and a compressor, characterized in that an inner heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit is produced such that it is integrated into the compressor module, wherein the housing of the compressor module fully encloses the inner heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Philipp Kozalla, Roman Heckt, Thomas Klotten, Jörn Fröhling, Torsten Gehm, Stephan Köster, Felix Girmscheid
  • Patent number: 11370271
    Abstract: Device for a climate control system of a motor vehicle. The device includes a refrigeration circuit with a compressor for the two-stage compression of the refrigerant and injection of refrigerant at an intermediate pressure level, at least one heat exchanger operated as a condenser/gas cooler, a first internal heat exchanger, at least a first heat exchanger operated as an evaporator, which is situated upstream from a first expansion element in the flow direction of the refrigerant, as well as a first flow path and a second flow path, each of which extends from a branching point to the compressor. The refrigeration circuit is designed with a second internal heat exchanger. The first internal heat exchanger is arranged at least with a low-pressure side inside the first flow path and the second internal heat exchanger is arranged at least with an intermediate pressure side inside the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Toni Spies, Tobias Haas
  • Publication number: 20220196160
    Abstract: A valve (1) is introduced for a heat pump system in a motor vehicle, with at least one inlet (3), at least two outlets (2, 4) and a valve element (7) which comprises at least one throughlet (8) and at least one expansion recess (9) that can be brought into fluidic connection with at least one outlet (2, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Daniel Zens, Toni Spies, Marc Graaf, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog, Corinne Le Pellec
  • Patent number: 11338646
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a motor vehicle comprises at least two heat exchangers 10, 12, through which, for heating and/or cooling the motor vehicle interior, a flow is conducted, and at least two coolant circulations 14, 16 separable from one another, of which at least one is connectable, independently of the other coolant circulation, with one, two or more heat exchangers 10, 12 such that through these, in the presence of a connection with two or more heat exchangers 10, 12, a flow is successively conducted and the other coolant circulation is connectable with at least one heat exchanger 10, 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Navid Durrani, Philipp Kozalla
  • Patent number: 11221076
    Abstract: Device for regulating and controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit has a housing with ports connecting fluid lines that are connected across a passage aperture with an interior volume of the housing, a valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing, a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Tobias Haas, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog
  • Patent number: 10989451
    Abstract: A heat-exchanger including a device for separating oil from a coolant-oil mixture and cooling the oil and cooling and/or liquefying the coolant. The heat exchanger features a first area cooling and/or liquefying the coolant, and a second area cooling the oil. The heat exchanger further features at least two manifolds. The first area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the coolant, and the second area of the heat exchanger features flow channels guiding the oil. The flow channels extend between the manifolds. Each of the flow channels has a respective outside flooded by a heat-absorbing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Toni Spies, Daniel Zens, Roberto Della Rovere, Herr René Junker, Christoph Bara, Martin Hötzel, Martina Paduch, Marc Graaf, Peter Heyl
  • Patent number: 10712064
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating and storing liquid refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit including a housing configured as a refrigerant collection container, the housing having a refrigerant outflow line disposed therein. The refrigerant outflow line extending from an inlet opening, which is disposed in a gas refrigerant region and above a level of the liquid refrigerant, via a liquid refrigerant region to the outside, and has a through-opening formed in the liquid refrigerant region. The housing includes a boiling element for liquid refrigerant disposed therein. The boiling element is connected to the refrigerant outflow line in the region of the through-opening, such that a liquid passing through the through-opening from the housing passes through the boiling element by suction of a gas refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Peter Heyl, Marc Graaf, Hartmut Helm, Heinrich Ittner, Jiri Dvorsky
  • Publication number: 20200130472
    Abstract: Device for a climate control system of a motor vehicle. The device includes a refrigeration circuit with a compressor for the two-stage compression of the refrigerant and injection of refrigerant at an intermediate pressure level, at least one heat exchanger operated as a condenser/gas cooler, a first internal heat exchanger, at least a first heat exchanger operated as an evaporator, which is situated upstream from a first expansion element in the flow direction of the refrigerant, as well as a first flow path and a second flow path, each of which extends from a branching point to the compressor. The refrigeration circuit is designed with a second internal heat exchanger. The first internal heat exchanger is arranged at least with a low-pressure side inside the first flow path and the second internal heat exchanger is arranged at least with an intermediate pressure side inside the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Toni Spies, Tobias Haas
  • Publication number: 20200003311
    Abstract: Device for regulating and controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit has a housing with ports connecting fluid lines that are connected across a passage aperture with an interior volume of the housing, a valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing, a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Toni Spies, Tobias Haas, Dominik Wiechard, Markus Herzog