Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Münz

Wolfgang Münz 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).

  • Heat exchanger with common seal and flow detector component
    Patent number: 9797665
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a stack of plates which form ducts. Each of the plates can have at least two openings which, in the plate stack, form at least one collecting duct and one distributor duct which connect the ducts in terms of flow. A base plate can be arranged on the plate stack and can have a seal for sealing off the heat exchanger and a flow deflector for manipulating flow through the heat exchanger. The seal and the flow deflector can form a common component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stefan Müller-Lufft, Wolfgang Münz, Thomas Ritter
  • HEAT EXCHANGER, PARTICULARLY AN OIL COOLER
    Publication number: 20100206516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger including a stack of plates which form ducts. Each of the plates can have at least two openings which, in the plate stack, form at least one collecting duct and one distributor duct which connect the ducts in terms of flow. A base plate can be arranged on the plate stack and can have a seal for sealing off the heat exchanger and a flow deflector for manipulating flow through the heat exchanger. The seal and the flow deflector can form a common component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Müller-Lufft, Wolfgang Münz, Thomas Ritter