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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:
Karlheinz Geradts, Staufen, CH;
Werner Sonnleitner, Ahnatal, DE;
Inventors:
Karlheinz Geradts, Staufen, CH;
Werner Sonnleitner, Ahnatal, DE;
Assignee:
Bombardier Transportation GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 5/02 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F01N 3/02 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F02G 5/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/04 (2006.01); F02G 5/04 (2006.01); F28F 13/14 (2006.01); F28D 11/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 35/30 (2006.01); F01P 11/20 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 63/04 (2013.01); F01N 3/0205 (2013.01); F01N 3/043 (2013.01); F01N 5/025 (2013.01); F02G 5/02 (2013.01); F02G 5/04 (2013.01); F28D 11/02 (2013.01); F28D 20/02 (2013.01); F28D 20/025 (2013.01); F28D 20/028 (2013.01); F28D 21/0003 (2013.01); F28F 13/14 (2013.01); H01L 35/30 (2013.01); F01N 2240/02 (2013.01); F01N 2240/10 (2013.01); F01N 2260/024 (2013.01); F01N 2590/08 (2013.01); F01P 2011/205 (2013.01); F02G 2260/00 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0078 (2013.01); Y02E 60/145 (2013.01); Y02T 10/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus to use waste heat from an internal combustion engine in a vehicle, wherein the apparatus has an exhaust gas line to remove exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas line is thermally connected to a high-temperature side of a thermoelectric generator, and a latent heat accumulator is thermally connected to the high-temperature side of the thermoelectric generator.