Patents by Inventor Andreas Wildermuth

Andreas Wildermuth 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).

  • Publication number: 20220410138
    Abstract: An ion exchanger filter device has a housing with inflow opening and outflow opening for a medium that penetrate a wall of the housing. An ion exchanger cartridge is arranged in the housing. A flow path for the medium extends from inflow opening through the ion exchanger cartridge to outflow opening. The ion exchanger cartridge has a cartridge container with a receptacle that is delimited by a circumferentially extending wall provided with one or more outflow ports distributed circumferentially about the circumferentially extending wall. The receptacle is filled with ion exchanger material. The outflow ports, relative to the outflow opening, are arranged offset in axial direction of the ion exchanger filter device. The flow path has a deflection downstream of the outflow ports. The outflow ports, relative to a direction of gravity in intended mounting position of the ion exchanger filter device, are arranged axially above the outflow opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas WILDERMUTH, Frank PFLUEGER, Arndt-Udo ROLLE, Simon LEININGER
  • Publication number: 20220088507
    Abstract: A removal system is provided with a separating element for separating contaminants contained in a fluid and with a removal aid for removing the separating element from a housing. The separating element has an end disk arranged at an end face of the separating element. The end disk has a central recess. The removal aid has a grip section and at least two locking fingers. The locking fingers extend along a center axis of the removal aid away from the grip section. Each locking finger has a hook element that serves for engaging behind the end disk of the separating element radially outside of an end disk area that delimits in radial outward direction immediately the central recess. A removal aid for such a removal system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Frank Pflueger, Guenter Jokschas
  • Patent number: 11224830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (1, 31) for use as a particulate filter in a cooling circuit (100), in particular of an electrochemical energy converter, having a conical grid support structure (3, 33). The filter element features at a first axial end a supply opening (23, 49) for supplying a cooling medium to be filtered into the filter element (1, 31) and the grid support structure (3, 33) carries a filter medium (4, 34). The filter element (1, 31) has axially opposite the supply opening (23, 49) a funnel (16, 40) for axially discharging and collecting particulate impurities, and is closed at second axial end. The conical grid support (3, 33) structure tapers from the first axial end to the second axial end. An arrangement of a fuel cell (102) having a a cooling circuit (100) with the filter element is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Wildermuth
  • Patent number: 11161064
    Abstract: A removal system is provided with a separating element for separating contaminants contained in a fluid and with a removal aid for removing the separating element from a housing. The separating element has an end disk arranged at an end face of the separating element. The end disk has a central recess. The removal aid has a grip section and at least two locking fingers. The locking fingers extend along a center axis of the removal aid away from the grip section. Each locking finger has a hook element that serves for engaging behind the end disk of the separating element radially outside of an end disk area that delimits in radial outward direction immediately the central recess. A removal aid for such a removal system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Frank Pflueger, Guenter Jokschas
  • Patent number: 10773193
    Abstract: A filter element is provided with a filter medium and a first end disk connected to the filter medium. A first bayonet protrusion is disposed on the first end disk and designed to engage behind a first bayonet receptacle of a filter housing of a filter. The first bayonet protrusion has a free end. The first bayonet protrusion projects at least over sections thereof in a radial direction relative to a filter element longitudinal axis of the filter element past the filter medium. The free end projects in the radial direction toward the filter element longitudinal axis. A filter with a filter housing provided with a first bayonet receptacle is provided and the filter element is arranged in the filter housing such that the first bayonet protrusion on the first end disk engages behind the first bayonet receptacle of the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Goedecke, Holger Beyerlin, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 10744433
    Abstract: A filter element for a fuel filter has first and second end plates and a particle filter medium arranged between the first and second end plates. A bayonet protrusion on the first end plate is designed to engage a bayonet receptacle of the filter housing by rotation of the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis. An internal sealing element on the second end plate is designed to separate a raw side from a water collecting chamber of the fuel filter. The filter housing has a filter housing body and a cover screwed onto the filter housing body. The filter housing has a bayonet receptacle arranged on its inner side. By rotating the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis of the filter element, the bayonet protrusion engages the bayonet receptacle of the filter housing when the cover is unscrewed from the filter housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Goedecke, Holger Beyerlin, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth
  • Publication number: 20200054973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (1, 31) for use as a particulate filter in a cooling circuit (100), in particular of an electrochemical energy converter, having a conical grid support structure (3, 33). The filter element features at a first axial end a supply opening (23, 49) for supplying a cooling medium to be filtered into the filter element (1, 31) and the grid support structure (3, 33) carries a filter medium (4, 34). The filter element (1, 31) has axially opposite the supply opening (23, 49) a funnel (16, 40) for axially discharging and collecting particulate impurities, and is closed at second axial end. The conical grid support (3, 33) structure tapers from the first axial end to the second axial end. An arrangement of a fuel cell (102) having a a cooling circuit (100) with the filter element is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Andreas Wildermuth
  • Patent number: 10413849
    Abstract: A filter element comprises a hollow cylindrical filter medium body, on the inside of which there is arranged a support frame that is a carrier of at least one installation rib protruding radially inward with respect to the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Guenter Jokschas, Oliver Glueck, Marco Faisst
  • Patent number: 10183244
    Abstract: A filter element (10) has a filter bellows (12) arranged about the longitudinal axis (L) and having a first end disk (14) on a first end face (26), and a second end disk (16) on a second end face (28). A central element (20) is arranged rotatably about the longitudinal axis (L) relative to the filter bellows (12) in the interior (18) of the filter bellows (12). The central element (20) has one or multiple positioning elements (22, 24) which interact with counter positioning elements (116, 118) of an upper housing part (114) to fix the central element in the upper housing part (114) in a defined angular position. The central element (20) has at least one electrical connector element (32) on the element, electrically contacting at least one electrical connector element (120) on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Opletal, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth, Steffen Meinhold, Markus Beylich, Frank Thomann
  • Patent number: 10150068
    Abstract: A water separator element (14) for a fuel filter (10) having two water level electrodes (34, 36) for detecting backed-up water in a water collection chamber (32) of the fuel filter (10). The water level electrodes (34, 36) can be electrically contacted by means of two contact electrodes (40, 42), said contact electrodes (40, 42) being connected in an electrically conductive manner to the water level electrodes (34, 36). The disclosure further relates to a fuel filter comprising a water separator element of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Helen Neubauer, Sven Weidinger, Gunther Kraft, Marco Goedecke
  • Publication number: 20180001234
    Abstract: A removal system is provided with a separating element for separating contaminants contained in a fluid and with a removal aid for removing the separating element from a housing. The separating element has an end disk arranged at an end face of the separating element. The end disk has a central recess. The removal aid has a grip section and at least two locking fingers. The locking fingers extend along a center axis of the removal aid away from the grip section. Each locking finger has a hook element that serves for engaging behind the end disk of the separating element radially outside of an end disk area that delimits in radial outward direction immediately the central recess. A removal aid for such a removal system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Frank Pflueger, Guenter Jokschas
  • Publication number: 20170361252
    Abstract: A hollow filter element of a fluid filter has a filter element-associated retention/carrier device of a retention/carrier system retaining the filter element in a first housing section of a filter housing during installation/removal in or from a second housing section by rotation and/or insertion movement. The filter element-associated retention/carrier device has a retention/carrier part extending radially and circumferentially and has through holes adjacent thereto extending circumferentially so as to enable a filter housing-associated retention/carrier part of the retention/carrier system to pass through axially. This retention/carrier part has a tensile face extending circumferentially and radially on a side facing away from an end face of the filter element facing the first housing section. This retention/carrier part has a rear side in circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Vogt, Andreas Wildermuth, Mahdi Abokhalaf
  • Publication number: 20170252684
    Abstract: A filter element is provided with a filter medium and a first end disk connected to the filter medium. A first bayonet protrusion is disposed on the first end disk and designed to engage behind a first bayonet receptacle of a filter housing of a filter. The first bayonet protrusion has a free end. The first bayonet protrusion projects at least over sections thereof in a radial direction relative to a filter element longitudinal axis of the filter element past the filter medium. The free end projects in the radial direction toward the filter element longitudinal axis. A filter with a filter housing provided with a first bayonet receptacle is provided and the filter element is arranged in the filter housing such that the first bayonet protrusion on the first end disk engages behind the first bayonet receptacle of the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Marco Goedecke, Holger Beyerlin, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth, Frank Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20170252683
    Abstract: A filter element for a fuel filter has first and second end plates and a particle filter medium arranged between the first and second end plates. A bayonet protrusion on the first end plate is designed to engage a bayonet receptacle of the filter housing by rotation of the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis. An internal sealing element on the second end plate is designed to separate a raw side from a water collecting chamber of the fuel filter. The filter housing has a filter housing body and a cover screwed onto the filter housing body. The filter housing has a bayonet receptacle arranged on its inner side. By rotating the filter element about a filter element longitudinal axis of the filter element, the bayonet protrusion engages the bayonet receptacle of the filter housing when the cover is unscrewed from the filter housing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Marco Goedecke, Holger Beyerlin, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth
  • Publication number: 20170157542
    Abstract: A water separator element (14) for a fuel filter (10) having two water level electrodes (34, 36) for detecting backed-up water in a water collection chamber (32) of the fuel filter (10). The water level electrodes (34, 36) can be electrically contacted by means of two contact electrodes (40, 42), said contact electrodes (40, 42) being connected in an electrically conductive manner to the water level electrodes (34, 36). The disclosure further relates to a fuel filter comprising a water separator element of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Helen Neubauer, Sven Weidinger, Gunther Kraft, Marco Goedecke
  • Patent number: 9670805
    Abstract: A filtering system (9) includes a filter head (12) and a replaceable filter (10). The filter head (12) has a feed line (66) and discharge line (62). The replaceable filter (10) is removable and replaceably mounted onto the filter head (12) by a rotational and/or plug connection (15) and includes a housing (17) with at least one inlet (26) for oil to be filtered and at least one outlet (28). The inlet (26) communicates with the feed line (66). The outlet (28) communicates with the discharge line (62). The housing (17) has a filtering element (34) that sealingly separates the inlet (26) from the outlet (28). The filter head (12) includes an auxiliary oil line (60). The replaceable filter (10) has a flow control element (53) that automatically closes or releases the auxiliary oil line (60) dependent on an operation and/or assembly condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Sven Epli, Dieter Schreckenberger
  • Publication number: 20170087486
    Abstract: A filter element (10) has a filter bellows (12) arranged about the longitudinal axis (L) and having a first end disk (14) on a first end face (26), and a second end disk (16) on a second end face (28). A central element (20) is arranged rotatably about the longitudinal axis (L) relative to the filter bellows (12) in the interior (18) of the filter bellows (12). The central element (20) has one or multiple positioning elements (22, 24) which interact with counter positioning elements (116, 118) of an upper housing part (114) to fix the central element in the upper housing part (114) in a defined angular position. The central element (20) has at least one electrical connector element (32) on the element, electrically contacting at least one electrical connector element (120) on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Opletal, Gunther Kraft, Andreas Wildermuth, Steffen Meinhold, Markus Beylich, Frank Thomann
  • Publication number: 20160038861
    Abstract: A filter element comprises a hollow cylindrical filter medium body, on the inside of which there is arranged a support frame that is a carrier of at least one installation rib protruding radially inward with respect to the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Guenter Jokschas, Oliver Glueck, Marco Faisst
  • Publication number: 20130299398
    Abstract: A filtering system (9) includes a filter head (12) and a replaceable filter (10). The filter head (12) has a feed line (66) and discharge line (62). The replaceable filter (10) is removable and replaceably mounted onto the filter head (12) by a rotational and/or plug connection (15) and includes a housing (17) with at least one inlet (26) for oil to be filtered and at least one outlet (28). The inlet (26) communicates with the feed line (66). The outlet (28) communicates with the discharge line (62). The housing (17) has a filtering element (34) that sealingly separates the inlet (26) from the outlet (28). The filter head (12) includes an auxiliary oil line (60). The replaceable filter (10) has a flow control element (53) that automatically closes or releases the auxiliary oil line (60) dependent on an operation and/or assembly condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Wildermuth, Sven Epli, Dieter Schreckenberger
  • Patent number: 8172273
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a coupling for refrigerant lines comprises a first coupling piece, which is connected sealingly to a first line end piece, and a second coupling piece which is connected sealingly to a second line end piece. In the sealing arrangement, a sealing ring is held on the sealing face of one of the two coupling pieces by a holding device which is configured as a plastic cap having a through hole. The plastic cap has at least one predetermined breaking location (26) which is configured as a groove which reduces the material thickness of the plastic cap in such a way that the material integrity at the predetermined breaking location (26) is maintained during assembly and breaks apart during disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: ContiTech Kuehner GmbH & Cie. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Wildermuth