Patents by Inventor Volker Brommer

Volker Brommer 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: 7495357
    Abstract: A circuit which produces a current pulse through a load element, includes a primary energy storage unit and a secondary energy storage unit which can be charged up by the primary energy storage unit; an opening switching element which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the primary energy storage unit and the secondary energy storage unit; and a closing switch, which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the secondary energy storage unit and the load element and a counter current element which is connected to the opening switching element such that a counter current flows from the counter current element through the opening switching element when the closing switch is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Deutsch-Franzosisches Forschungsinstitut Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Volker Brommer, Emil Spahn
  • Publication number: 20060215464
    Abstract: A circuit which produces a current pulse through a load element, includes a primary energy storage unit and a secondary energy storage unit which can be charged up by the primary energy storage unit an opening switching element which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the primary energy storage unit and the secondary energy storage unit and a closing switch which is configured to interrupt or establish a connection between the secondary energy storage unit and the load element; and a counter current element which is connected to the opening switching element such that a counter current flows from the counter current element through the opening switching element when the closing switch is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Volker Brommer, Emil Spahn