Patents by Inventor Uwe VETTER

Uwe VETTER 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: 20230263061
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric module (1) having an inner tube (2), and an outer tube (8), and at least two thermoelectric base elements (5), the method including providing the thermoelectric base elements (5) outside the inner tube (2) or inside the outer tube, and widening the inner tube (2) and/or shrinking the outer tube (8). At least one plastically or elastically deformable functional layer is applied between the inner tube (2) and the thermoelectric base elements (5) and/or between the thermoelectric base elements (5) and the outer tube (8) before the widening/shrinking, and the thermoelectric base elements (5) are operatively connected to the functional layer parallel to the inner tube (2), such that an interference fit assembly is produced by the widening of the inner tube (2) and/or the shrinkage of the outer tube (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Olaf Schäfer-Welsen, Uwe Vetter, Marc Vergez, Jan König
  • Patent number: 11655834
    Abstract: A hydrostatic drive includes at least one hydrostatic pump configured to supply at least one hydrostatic consumer and an apparatus for an energy recovery procedure of at least a part of the energy that is output by the consumer. An electronic control unit or at least one software component is further included, with which the energy recovery procedure is controlled in a variable manner and depends upon detected influencing variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Thomas Hoffmann, Uwe Vetter
  • Publication number: 20210355973
    Abstract: A hydrostatic drive includes at least one hydrostatic pump configured to supply at least one hydrostatic consumer and an apparatus for an energy recovery procedure of at least a part of the energy that is output by the consumer. An electronic control unit or at least one software component is further included, with which the energy recovery procedure is controlled in a variable manner and depends upon detected influencing variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Dominik Thomas Hoffmann, Uwe Vetter
  • Patent number: 8822807
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a thermoelectric component having at least one pair of thermoelectric legs, including an n-leg and a p-leg, wherein both legs are welded to an electrically conductive contact material, and wherein the n-leg and the p-leg of the pair of legs are welded in separate welding steps to the contact material. A thermoelectric component produced by the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jan König, Uwe Vetter, Carsten Matheis
  • Publication number: 20110023930
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a thermoelectric component having at least one pair of thermoelectric legs, including an n-leg and a p-leg, wherein both legs are welded to an electrically conductive contact material, and wherein the n-leg and the p-leg of the pair of legs are welded in separate welding steps to the contact material. A thermoelectric component produced by the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jan KÖNIG, Uwe VETTER, Carsten MATHEIS