Patents by Inventor Willem Hendrik WEHNER

Willem Hendrik WEHNER 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: 20220144397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a buoyancy modification module 10 for a modular underwater vehicle, wherein said buoyancy modification module 10 has at least one first frame 20, wherein the frame 20 is designed to connect the buoyancy modification module 10 to other modules, wherein the buoyancy modification module 10 has at least one first pressure hull 30, wherein the first pressure hull 30 has at least one first flooding region 50 and at least one first dry region, wherein at least one first pump 40 is arranged in the first dry region, wherein the first pump 40 can pump water out of the surroundings or a neutral-buoyancy reservoir into the first flooding region 50 and out of the first flooding region 50 into the surroundings or a neutral-buoyancy reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Nicolas RICHTER, Sascha NEHREN, Andreas JESS, Thomas VOSS, Willem Hendrik WEHNER, Marc SCHIEMANN
  • Publication number: 20190207182
    Abstract: An energy supply device for underwater use includes at least one first housing. The energy supply device includes a multiplicity of electrochemical cells, wherein the energy supply device includes at least one first electrical jack connection on the outer side of the first housing. The first housing of the energy supply device is filled bubble-free with a low-compressibility fluid. The first housing includes a filling device for filling with the low-compressibility fluid and a discharge device for discharging the low-compressibility fluid. The first housing includes a pressure compensation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP MARINE SYSTEMS GMBH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Christian FRÜHLING, Marc SCHIEMANN, Willem Hendrik WEHNER