Patents by Inventor Andreas G. R. Puempel

Andreas G. R. Puempel 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: 6571978
    Abstract: A tank system for a motor vehicle is provided with at least one fuel tank, at least one connection, connecting conduit, or opening which is provided in the tank wall and which is closed by a closure, or at least one passage through the tank wall or through a closure. At least one cover is gas-tightly mounted on the outside to at least one region of the tank. The cover with the tank wall defines a space which is closed off with respect to the ambient atmosphere and within which is arranged the at least one connection, connecting conduit, opening, or passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Andreas G. R. Puempel, Luigi Savoni, Ulrich Karsch, Jürgen Runkel, Dirk Eulitz, Klaus Esser
  • Patent number: 6192869
    Abstract: A fuel tank has a delivery unit which is arranged within the tank body and which has a reservoir. The delivery unit can be introduced into the tank body through a closable opening in the wall thereof. The tank further includes a filling level measuring device which is arranged outside the reservoir of the delivery unit and which can also be introduced into the tank body through the opening. The measuring device can be introduced into the tank body separately from the delivery unit and is held in its operative position by a holder mounted to the opening. The holder can be in the form of a ring mounted to the edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Rainer Hahner, Rüdiger Walter, Axel Wagner, Andreas G. R. Puempel, Lou Savoni, Jim Siekmann
  • Patent number: 6176260
    Abstract: A fuel tank for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank body with a smaller reservoir which is arranged therein and which is inserted into the tank body through a closable opening in the wall thereof, and joined thereto. The reservoir is deformable at least in portions of the wall defining same. After the reservoir has been at least partially inserted into the tank body, it undergoes a change in shape resulting in an increase in its volume within the tank body and a change in its cross-section such that the largest cross-section of the reservoir is larger than the cross-section of the opening of the wall in the tank body, that is available for insertion of the reservoir. The reservoir is defined at its ends by rigid components and the deformable wall portion of the reservoir is in the region between those components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hahner, R{umlaut over (u)}diger Walter, Axel Wagner, Andreas G. R. Puempel, Lou Savoni, Jim Siekmann