Patents by Inventor Uwe Pasera

Uwe Pasera 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: 20240006630
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a fluid-conducting module for a fuel cell device, said fluid-conducting module being simple and inexpensive to produce and being used to operate a fuel cell device in a preferably efficient manner. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the fluid-conducting module comprises the following: a flow channel which comprises at least one flow channel inlet and at least one flow channel outlet and through which a first fluid, in particular a liquid, can be conducted; a heat exchanger, by means of which a second fluid, in particular a gas, can be heated, preferably by transferring heat from the first fluid to the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Fabian LEUPOLZ, Wadim KAISER, Stefan HEMMER, Uwe PASERA
  • Patent number: 10541431
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for cooling a fuel cell in a fuel cell system is disclosed. The cooling arrangement has at least two fluidically connected cooling circuits in which a liquid coolant medium flows, The first cooling circuit includes a first coolant pump, a fuel cell heat exchanger, a heating unit, and a charge air cooler, which is in heat-exchanging contact with compressed supply air flowing to the fuel cell. The second cooling circuit includes a cooling heat exchanger for cooling the liquid coolant medium. The cooling arrangement includes at least one further coolant pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Buehler, Uwe Pasera, Ottmar Schmid, Bernhard Vogel
  • Publication number: 20180053950
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement for cooling a fuel cell in a fuel cell system is disclosed. The cooling arrangement has at least two fluidically connected cooling circuits in which a liquid coolant medium flows, The first cooling circuit includes a first coolant pump, a fuel cell heat exchanger, a heating unit, and a charge air cooler, which is in heat-exchanging contact with compressed supply air flowing to the fuel cell. The second cooling circuit includes a cooling heat exchanger for cooling the liquid coolant medium. The cooling arrangement includes at least one further coolant pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Maximilian BUEHLER, Uwe PASERA, Ottmar SCHMID, Bernhard VOGEL
  • Patent number: 9252438
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell with an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. The fuel cell system also includes a recirculation device that recirculates anode exhaust gas to the anode input, which includes a discharge line for discharging liquid and/or gas from the region of the recirculation device, and an air conveying device for supplying the cathode chamber with a supply air flow. A water separator, which is connected to the discharge line and through which at least a portion of the supply air flow passes, is situated between the air conveying device and the cathode chamber in the area of the supply air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Holger Baur, Uwe Pasera, Hans-Joerg Pflugfelder, Karl Schaufler, Sven Schmalzriedt, Simon Steinhuebl, Harald Teves
  • Publication number: 20140178779
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell with an anode chamber and a cathode chamber. The fuel cell system also includes a recirculation device that recirculates anode exhaust gas to the anode input, which includes a discharge line for discharging liquid and/or gas from the region of the recirculation device, and an air conveying device for supplying the cathode chamber with a supply air flow. A water separator, which is connected to the discharge line and through which at least a portion of the supply air flow passes, is situated between the air conveying device and the cathode chamber in the area of the supply air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Holger Baur, Uwe Pasera, Hans-Joerg Pflugfelder, Karl Schaufler, Sven Schmalzriedt, Simon Steinhuebl, Harald Teves
  • Patent number: 8551665
    Abstract: In a fuel cell stack, fuel, such as often hydrogen, electrochemically reacts with an oxidant, such as ambient air, and electric energy is generated from chemical energy. During the reaction, a proton exchange membrane (PEM) separates the fuel from the oxidant during the electrochemical process. A supply system for the fuel cell stack comprises an adjustable humidifying device for humidifying a supply gas which is supplied to the fuel cell stack, as a function of a control signal; and a dehumidifying device, which is configured to dehumidify an exhaust gas that is formed from the supply gas conducted through the fuel cell stack, and to discharge the same as a dehumidified exhaust gas. A controller, which generates the control signal, is configured from a programming and/or switching point of view to generate the control signal based on the gas temperature of the dehumidified exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Uwe Pasera, Simon Steinhubl
  • Publication number: 20100086812
    Abstract: In a fuel cell stack, fuel, such as often hydrogen, electrochemically reacts with an oxidant, such as ambient air, and electric energy is generated from chemical energy. During the reaction, a proton exchange membrane (PEM) separates the fuel from the oxidant during the electrochemical process. A supply system for the fuel cell stack comprises an adjustable humidifying device for humidifying a supply gas which is supplied to the fuel cell stack, as a function of a control signal; and a dehumidifying device, which is configured to dehumidify an exhaust gas that is formed from the supply gas conducted through the fuel cell stack, and to discharge the same as a dehumidified exhaust gas. A controller, which generates the control signal, is configured from a programming and/or switching point of view to generate the control signal based on the gas temperature of the dehumidified exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicants: DAIMLER AG, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Uwe Pasera, Simon Steinhuebl
  • Publication number: 20070184319
    Abstract: A device for controlling the differential pressure between an anode area and a cathode area of a fuel cell has a differential pressure sensor for measuring the differential pressure between the anode area and the cathode area. A first actuator controls the flow of fuel into the anode area, and a control device regulates or controls the first actuator, on the basis of the signal of the differential pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: NuCellSys GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Limbeck, Cosimo Mazzotta, Uwe Pasera, Sven Schmalzriedt, Peter Wiesner