Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Forsthuber

Wolfgang Forsthuber 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: 6094933
    Abstract: An ice storage element (28) with at least one profiled body (29B) surrounded by an exterior wall (37) for forming at least one storage space (34) for an ice storage medium which can be brought into heat-exchange connection with a refrigerant. For more economical configuration of this ice storage element and improved heat transfer, at least one refrigerant pipe (30) is integrated into the profiled body (29B) and the profiled body is formed of a metal. The profiled body (29B) is preferably made as an extruded aluminum section with integrated inside ribs (33) and/or external ribs (31, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Forsthuber, Andreas Krompass, Gunther Hammerschmid
  • Patent number: 5934092
    Abstract: A device for cooling a motor vehicle interior (2) has a first refrigerant loop with a compressor (8), condenser (10), and at least a first evaporator (13). The device furthermore has a second refrigerant loop with at least one more evaporator which is joined to an ice reservoir to form a structural unit (17, 19, 21) and which can be connected in parallel to the first evaporator (13) by at least one valve (15). To enable simple and comfortable static climate control, the structural unit (17, 19, 21) is located as a flat element in at least one wall (4, 3, 5) of the motor vehicle interior and can be brought into a direct heat-transfer connection to the air of the motor vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Webasto Thermosysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Krompass, Gunther Hammerschmid, Helmut Mayer, Wolfgang Forsthuber