Patents Assigned to Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 10370143
    Abstract: An article enclosing at least one built-in fitment component in the form of a hollow body of thermoplastic material. The hollow body is preferably in the form of a fuel tank. The built-in fitment component is pressed against the inside wall of the article while still plastic so that the plastic material of the hollow body penetrates through at least one recess or opening of the built-in fitment component and flows therebehind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Borchert, Timo Kramer, Klaus Gebert, Dirk Eulitz, Gerd Wolter, Harald Lorenz, Deniz Bienhuls, Christoph Mehren, Robert Lower
  • Patent number: 10337670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure vessel, comprising a connecting element, an inner vessel and a support shell which surrounds the inner vessel, wherein the pressure vessel has the following features: the connecting element comprises a neck section in the form of a sleeve and a shoulder section; the connecting element is bonded via its outer face to an inner face of the inner vessel; the inner vessel is bonded to the support shell in such a way that the inner vessel is arranged in a sandwich-like manner at least in sections between the connecting element and the support shell; and the pressure vessel has at least one orifice delimited by the neck section of the connecting element, wherein the pressure vessel is characterized in that the outer face of the connecting element facing the inner vessel at least partly has a mean roughness of more than 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Raimund Helmig
  • Patent number: 10293561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a tank from thermoplastic material, comprising the following method steps: extruding or providing a hose-like parison composed of plasticized thermoplastic material, and dividing and spreading the parison into two areal extrudate webs, or extruding or providing two parisons in web form, laying-in and molding the parisons in recesses of a multi-part blow-molding tool using differential pressure, wherein the recesses of the blow-molding tool delimit a mold cavity, punching out, or cutting out in a circular shape, at least one opening in at least one shell-like intermediate product, wherein the opening is produced by way of a punching or cutting tool which penetrates through a wall of one of the shell-like intermediate products, wherein in a second separate method step, a first attachment element of a line connection or of a line arrangement is welded, at the mold cavity side, to the wall of the shell-like intermediate product, in such a way that an encircling
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Buchholz
  • Publication number: 20190118646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having the method steps: providing a wall, which is provided in order to delimit an interior chamber of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; providing a structure, which is provided in order to be arranged in order to reduce sloshing noises in the interior chamber of the liquid container, wherein the structure comprises a random arrangement of threads cross-linked with each other and wherein a plurality of the threads of the structure are integrally joined, at least in sections, to at least one or more additional threads of the structure, such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; connecting the structure to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker TREUDT, Christoph SCHWENK
  • Patent number: 10259143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for producing a reinforcing structure, which comprises a fiber-reinforced strip having a thermoplastic material, onto a molded body surface. The device is characterized in that emission direction vectors of at least two laser diodes of a laser diode array are aligned in a non-parallel manner to one another and are directed toward one another in the direction of a heating surface of the strip and/or the molded body surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jakob Steven Marten Kok, Patrick Koelzer
  • Patent number: 10245791
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for producing a reinforcing structure, which comprises a strip that is fiber-reinforced and comprises thermoplastic material, on the surface of a molding. The device is characterized in that it is designed such that the laser diode array directly irradiates the heating-up area of the strip and/or the heating-up area of the surface of the molding or of the already formed reinforcing structure, wherein the laser diodes of the laser diode array are formed as surface emitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jakob Steven Marten Kok, Patrick Koelzer
  • Patent number: 10245941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vent valve (1) for controlling the internal tank pressure of a fuel tank, having at least one valve housing (2) having at least one first connection (3) to the fuel tank and at least one second connection (4), which can be connected to a vent line leading to a fuel vapor filter. The vent valve (1) comprises at least one valve element, which is held in a valve seat (8) in a position in which it closes the first connection (3) by the force of gravity and/or by spring loading and, after a given pressure threshold is exceeded, is raised from the valve seat (8) and, when a given pressure threshold is undershot, returns to the initial position. The valve element and/or the valve element guide has/have at least one relief opening (10), which forms a bypass for a gap flow which arises, for example, during a return movement of the valve element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ibrahim Koukan
  • Patent number: 10213995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer composite having barrier properties, objects, in particular fuel containers, comprising the same, a process for producing the multilayer composite or the objects comprising the same and also the use of the multilayer composite or the objects for reducing the emission of volatile organic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Holger Luehn
  • Publication number: 20190047406
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container for a motor vehicle, wherein the operating fluid container comprises a fill level sensor, a tank control device and an electrically and/or electromagnetically actuable actuator; the tank control device is connected to the actuator by means of a first data exchange connection and to the fill level sensor by means of a second data exchange connection; the fill level sensor is designed to transmit data representing a fill level of the operating fluid container to the tank control device via the second data exchange connection; the tank control device is designed to transmit a filling stop signal to the actuator via the first data exchange connection upon receiving data which represent a predetermined fill level of the operating fluid container; and the actuator initiates the termination of a filling procedure of the operating fluid container upon receiving the filling stop signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut WOLF, Theodor OSSEGE
  • Patent number: 10190458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage tank (1) in a motor vehicle for receiving an aqueous urea solution for the SCR of nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas. The storage tank (1) comprises a tank body which forms a storage volume (2) for the urea solution. The storage tank (1) furthermore comprises a filling pipe for filling the storage volume (2) and means for venting the storage volume (2) during the refuelling, wherein the filling pipe (3) has a filling head (9) at a remote end, and the filling head (9) forms an orifice stub (10). The orifice stub (10) defines an orifice (11) for receiving a fuel pump nozzle. Said orifice stub furthermore has an external thread for receiving a complementary union thread of a refuelling cylinder for refuelling by the gas displacement method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ibrahim Koukan, Holger Luehn, Nicolai Schumacher
  • Patent number: 10183653
    Abstract: The invention refers to an on-board vision and cleaning system comprising a sensor unit mounted in a vehicle body, a cleaning fluid source, a cleaning fluid pump, a nozzle carrier, at least one cleaning fluid nozzle attached to the nozzle carrier, wherein the nozzle carrier is designed as a swivel arm which upon actuation may be flipped from a tilted back position which is a rest position into an elevated position which is an operating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Chris Davies, Steven Shields, Aaron Williams
  • Patent number: 10099549
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 10094260
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a multi-chamber container made of thermoplastic plastic as a service-fluid container for a motor vehicle, which multi-chamber container comprises at least two chambers, which constitute separated volumes that are not in fluid connection with each other, at least not directly, and which are each designed to hold a different service fluid, wherein at least two surrounding walls of the chambers adjoin each other, the chambers are components of a continuous container body combination, the surrounding walls of at least two chambers that adjoin each other are connected to each other in a bonded manner by means of at least one material bridge or in a form-closed manner and/or by means of fasteners, and the connection is designed to independently release under the influence of deformation forces caused by impact such that the container body combination is divided into at least two separate container body parts or two container bodies under the influence of deformation forces caused by impact
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Karsch, Agnes Eberhardt, Brent Jerome Williams
  • Publication number: 20180281584
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf, Theodor Ossege, Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Christian Erben
  • Patent number: 10086687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel tank of thermoplastic polymer for a motor vehicle, having at least one reinforcing element inside the fuel tank, the reinforcing element inside the fuel tank extending between opposing tank walls (15), parts of the reinforcing element passing through the tank wall and parts of the reinforcing element engaging behind the tank wall from outside, the fuel tank being distinguished according to the invention in that the reinforcing element (8) is provided with at least one multipart fastening head (11), which comprises a first closing means engaging through the tank wall (15) from inside and a second closing means engaging through the tank wall (15) from outside, which closing means are of mutually complementary construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Eulitz, Ulrich Karsch
  • Patent number: 10076955
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) of thermoplastic material with at least one support (4), which is arranged in the interior of the container, extends between opposing container walls (2) and is anchored at each end to the container walls with a positive engagement and/or a material bond, the support (4) comprising at least one supporting strut (5) and the supporting strut (5) substantially absorbing a supporting load on the container walls (2) induced by negative pressure in the container, and a tensile force that is induced by positive pressure being absorbed by at least one tension-resistant bracing element in the form of a tension-resistant band (8) which extends between the container walls (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Timm Heidemeyer, Ulrich Karsch, Stefan Lenz, Frank Quant, Thomas Wagner
  • Patent number: 10065497
    Abstract: A filling system on a motor vehicle, having at least two storage tanks for operating materials, comprising a tank closure cover which closes an opening in a body of the motor vehicle and is movable from a first position that closes the opening into a second position that releases the opening, wherein at least two filling openings of the storage tanks are arranged below the tank closure cover, a filler trough that forms an enclosure of the filling opening, wherein the filler trough closes the opening in the body and is fixed to the body; and at least one filler head, wherein the filling openings are formed as a part of the filler head, the filler head defining at least two mouth-hole necks which are combined to form a common component and are integrally connected to each other, each mouth-hole neck forming a filling opening for another storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Eulitz
  • Patent number: 10065495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filler neck (1) for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle having at least one tubular section (3) provided in the region of the filler inlet (2) in order to receive the outlet pipe of a fuel delivery nozzle (5), and a flame barrier (4) which is provided in the tubular section (3) and surrounds the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5) in the inserted state, wherein the flame barrier (4) includes at least two segments (6) which are mounted resiliently in the radial direction of the tubular section (3), the diameter of the opening (7) in the flame barrier (4) for the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5) being smaller in the prestressed state of the segments (6) than the diameter of the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Salzberger, Michal Sedlak
  • Patent number: 10059195
    Abstract: A motor vehicle operating fluid container is made of thermoplastic. The container is composed of two shells forming a substantially closed hollow body. A first shell forms an upper base of the container, and a second shell forms a lower base of the container. The container includes at least one line which is designed as an integral part of a container wall over at least one sub-length, where the line is designed as a channel which runs in the container wall over said sub-length. The channel has an open trough-shaped profiled cross-section which forms a part of the line cross-section, and the channel is closed by at least one cover which complements the trough-shaped profiled cross-section so as to form a closed cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Schuller
  • Patent number: 10035416
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating-fluid container (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a container body which is assembled from two mutually complementary injection-molded shells (2a, 2b) which consist of thermoplastic material and are welded together in an encircling manner to form a substantially closed hollow body, wherein at least one shell (2a, 2b) is at least in regions formed from thermoplastic materials having different strengths, wherein at least one part-region consists of a thermoplastic material having a fibrous filling, wherein the shell (2a, 2b) has been obtained by way of a co-injection process during injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Holger Luehn, Nicolai Schumacker