Patents by Inventor Uwe Reinholz

Uwe Reinholz 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).

  • Vehicle heater and method for monitoring a vehicle heater
    Patent number: 10625571
    Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Hans Rechberger, Uwe Reinholz
  • Heating device for a vehicle, and method of cooling an electronic control unit of the heating device
    Patent number: 10244656
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • HEATING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF COOLING AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT OF THE HEATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150117847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (10) for a vehicle, comprising: a flow path (14, 16, 20, 22, 24) for a liquid heat transfer agent; an electric heating device (34) for generating heat and for releasing generated heat to the heat transfer agent on a heating portion (20) of the flow path; and an electronic controller (26) for controlling a heat output of the heating device. The controller (26) is provided with a heat releasing body in order to release waste heat of the controller (26) to the heat transfer agent on a preheating portion (16) of the flow path upstream of the heating portion (20). The invention likewise relates to a method for cooling the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Uwe Reinholz, Florian Larisch, Karl Goettl, Michael Staake, Stephan Buckl, Nils Elm, Thorsten Kabelitz
  • VEHICLE HEATER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE HEATER
    Publication number: 20150014293
    Abstract: A vehicle heater (10) comprises a main body (12) carrying a non-intrinsically safe heat conductor layer (14), and a temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) assigned to the heat conductor layer (14). The temperature monitoring device (16, 18, 20, 44) is designed to distinguish and to report at least the three following states: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction. Moreover, a method for monitoring a vehicle heater (10) is suggested in which the following states are distinguished and reported: normal operation, reversible malfunction and irreversible malfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Dietmar Bytzek, Thorsten Kabelitz, Karl Goettl, Daniel Eckert, Fritz Wegener, Hans Rechberger, Uwe Reinholz