Patents by Inventor Daniel Conrad

Daniel Conrad 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: 11976668
    Abstract: A flow guiding device for use on a fan assembly with a motor-operated radial impeller rotating about an axis of rotation. The guiding device has an outer housing and an inner diffuser. A flow duct is formed between the outer housing and inner diffuser. The flow duct extends along an axial flow direction. The outer housing forms a receiving space for the integral holding of the radial impeller. The impeller borders, in the axial direction, on the inner diffuser. The impeller, during operation, takes in a flow axially and blows it out radially into the flow duct. The flow duct is adapted to deflect the flow from a radial direction into an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Strehle, Björn Sudler, Daniel Conrad
  • Patent number: 11555507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocompressor (1) comprising a compressor housing (2) and a compressor wheel (4) with blades (5). The compressor wheel (4) is rotatably mounted relative to the compressor housing (2) and is arranged such that the exposed upper edges of the blades (5) are spaced from a compressor housing (2) wall (3) facing the blade upper edges across a head gap (7), wherein both the upper edges of the blades (5) as well as the housing wall (3) have at least one recess (11, 13) and at least one elevation (10, 14) over the respective Meridian contour, said recess and elevation interacting locally such that the head gap (7) defines a Z-shaped course in the region of the recesses (11, 13) and the elevations (10, 14) when viewed on a Meridian plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Angelika Klostermann, Daniel Conrad
  • Patent number: 11519424
    Abstract: A return geometry fluidically connects a first and a second compressor stage of the turbocompressor. The return geometry has multiple partial helices that are evenly or unevenly distributed in the circumferential direction. The multiple partial helices extend at least in part in the circumferential direction. They form flow channels that extend at least in some sections, separately from each other, to fluidically connect the first and second compressor stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Angelika Klostermann, Daniel Conrad
  • Publication number: 20220049712
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocompressor (1) comprising a compressor housing (2) and a compressor wheel (4) with blades (5). The compressor wheel (4) is rotatably mounted relative to the compressor housing (2) and is arranged such that the exposed upper edges of the blades (5) are spaced from a compressor housing (2) wall (3) facing the blade upper edges across a head gap (7), wherein both the upper edges of the blades (5) as well as the housing wall (3) have at least one recess (11, 13) and at least one elevation (10, 14) over the respective Meridian contour, said recess and elevation interacting locally such that the head gap (7) defines a Z-shaped course in the region of the recesses (11, 13) and the elevations (10, 14) when viewed on a Meridian plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Markus ENGERT, Angelika KLOSTERMANN, Daniel CONRAD
  • Publication number: 20220025902
    Abstract: A ventilation unit (1) is formed by at least one fan (2), a heat exchanger, axially spaced from the fan (2), and a housing (3). The housing (3) has a first housing section (4), with a constant flow cross-section, where the heat exchanger is arranged. A second housing section (5) adjoins the first section (4) in the axial flow direction. The fan (2) is arranged on the second housing section (5) in the axial flow direction. During operation, the fan conveys air through the heat exchanger, arranged in the first housing section (4), and through the second housing section (5). The flow cross-section of the second housing section (5) is reduced in the flow direction from the first housing section (4) to the fan (2) by an adaptation to the form of housing wall sections (6, 6?) of the second housing section (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Markus ENGERT, Daniel CONRAD, Dimitri MEHLMEISTER
  • Publication number: 20220018570
    Abstract: A method and an air treatment system with a fan arrangement having kmax fans. The respective speed ni of the fans is regulatable. A control and regulation system regulates the speeds ni, where i?[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . , k] of the k of kmax fans. A certain operating point of the air treatment system is set with a specific overall power Ptotal of the air treatment system as a function of the respective set speeds ni. The control and regulation system has a mechanism to determine the speed combination(s) of the speeds ni of the k fans where the total power Ptotal of the air treatment system is reduced or is minimal compared to other speed combinations of the speeds ni.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Conrad, Erik REICHERT
  • Patent number: 10808719
    Abstract: A blower arrangement comprising an impeller, which has an axial intake opening formed by a cover plate covering impeller blades at least in sections, by an intake nozzle connected upstream of the impeller, which extends at least in sections into an overlap section in the intake opening of the impeller, wherein a circumferential nozzle gap is formed between the intake nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, an outer nozzle, which is arranged spaced apart in the radial direction in relation to the impeller and the intake nozzle and enclosing them in the circumferential direction. A first circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the intake nozzle, which forms an inlet nozzle duct extending in the flow direction. A second circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, which forms a gap duct extending in the flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Conrad, Björn Sudler
  • Publication number: 20200224667
    Abstract: A flow guiding device for use on a fan assembly with a motor-operated radial impeller rotating about an axis of rotation. The guiding device has an outer housing and an inner diffuser. A flow duct is formed between the outer housing and inner diffuser. The flow duct extends along an axial flow direction. The outer housing forms a receiving space for the integral holding of the radial impeller. The impeller borders, in the axial direction, on the inner diffuser. The impeller, during operation, takes in a flow axially and blows it out radially into the flow duct. The flow duct is adapted to deflect the flow from a radial direction into an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Strehle, Björn SUDLER, Daniel CONRAD
  • Patent number: 10612556
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blade edge of at least one blade of an air-conveying wheel with an axial-side blade edge contour which extends from a blade leading edge to a blade trailing edge along a curve, wherein the blade edge contour has at least one front section which adjoins the blade leading edge in the radial direction, a rear section which adjoins the blade trailing edge in the radial direction, and a central section which lies between the front section and the rear section. The blade edge contour has an S-shaped curve progression in the central section in a lateral cross-sectional view, thus increasing an axial height of the blade in the direction of the blade trailing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Conrad, Christian Pfaff
  • Publication number: 20200080569
    Abstract: A return geometry fluidically connects a first and a second compressor stage of the turbocompressor. The return geometry has multiple partial helices that are evenly or unevenly distributed in the circumferential direction. The multiple partial helices extend at least in part in the circumferential direction. They form flow channels that extend at least in some sections, separately from each other, to fluidically connect the first and second compressor stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Angelika Klostermann, Daniel Conrad
  • Patent number: 10309047
    Abstract: A laundry system performs a washing function to wash multiple load of fabric items. The system can include a first wash chamber for washing a first clothes load, a tub, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a second wash chamber, which has a low capacity relative to a capacity of the first wash chamber. The laundry system is capable of performing a washing operation in the second wash chamber independently of a washing operation performed in the first wash chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Colleen Doyle, James Kendall, Lorraine L. Achterberg, Ameresh Viswanathan, Kristina Underly, Donald Tomasi, Daniel Conrad, Richard Sunshine
  • Patent number: 10273618
    Abstract: A laundry system performs a washing function to wash multiple load of fabric items. The system can include a first wash chamber for washing a first clothes load, a drawer below the first wash chamber, a tub supported by the drawer, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a second wash chamber, which has a low capacity relative to a capacity of the first wash chamber. The laundry system is capable of performing a washing operation in the second wash chamber independently of a washing operation performed in the first wash chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Colleen Doyle, James Kendall, Lorraine L. Achterberg, Ameresh Viswanathan, Kristina Underly, Donald Tomasi, Daniel Conrad, Richard Sunshine
  • Publication number: 20180340547
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a blade edge of at least one blade of an air-conveying wheel with an axial-side blade edge contour which extends from a blade leading edge to a blade trailing edge along a curve, wherein the blade edge contour has at least one front section which adjoins the blade leading edge in the radial direction, a rear section which adjoins the blade trailing edge in the radial direction, and a central section which lies between the front section and the rear section. The blade edge contour has an S-shaped curve progression in the central section in a lateral cross-sectional view, thus increasing an axial height of the blade in the direction of the blade trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel CONRAD, Christian PFAFF
  • Publication number: 20180335048
    Abstract: A blower arrangement comprising an impeller, which has an axial intake opening formed by a cover plate covering impeller blades at least in sections, by an intake nozzle connected upstream of the impeller, which extends at least in sections into an overlap section in the intake opening of the impeller, wherein a circumferential nozzle gap is formed between the intake nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, an outer nozzle, which is arranged spaced apart in the radial direction in relation to the impeller and the intake nozzle and enclosing them in the circumferential direction. A first circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the intake nozzle, which forms an inlet nozzle duct extending in the flow direction. A second circumferential radial gap is provided between the outer nozzle and the cover plate of the impeller, which forms a gap duct extending in the flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel Conrad, Björn Sudler
  • Publication number: 20180030633
    Abstract: A laundry system performs a washing function to wash multiple load of fabric items. The system can include a first wash chamber for washing a first clothes load, a drawer below the first wash chamber, a tub supported by the drawer, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a second wash chamber, which has a low capacity relative to a capacity of the first wash chamber. The laundry system is capable of performing a washing operation in the second wash chamber independently of a washing operation performed in the first wash chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: COLLEEN DOYLE, JAMES KENDALL, LORRAINE L. ACHTERBERG, AMERESH VISWANATHAN, KRISTINA UNDERLY, DONALD TOMASI, DANIEL CONRAD, RICHARD SUNSHINE
  • Publication number: 20180030634
    Abstract: A laundry system performs a washing function to wash multiple load of fabric items. The system can include a first wash chamber for washing a first clothes load, a tub, and a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub and defining a second wash chamber, which has a low capacity relative to a capacity of the first wash chamber. The laundry system is capable of performing a washing operation in the second wash chamber independently of a washing operation performed in the first wash chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: COLLEEN DOYLE, JAMES KENDALL, LORRAINE L. ACHTERBERG, AMERESH VISWANATHAN, KRISTINA UNDERLY, DONALD TOMASI, DANIEL CONRAD, RICHARD SUNSHINE
  • Patent number: 9845562
    Abstract: A laundry system for treating fabric items according to the invention includes a front-loading washing machine for washing a first load of fabric items and a horizontal laundry module for washing a second load of fabric items stacked vertically adjacent to the front-loading washing machine and having a low capacity relative to a capacity of the front-load washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Colleen Doyle, James Kendall, Lorraine L. Achterberg, Ameresh Viswanathan, Kristina Underly, Donald Tomasi, Daniel Conrad, Richard Sunshine
  • Patent number: D821564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Conrad, Christian Pfaff
  • Patent number: D972110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Strehle, Björn Sudler, Daniel Conrad
  • Patent number: D972120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Daniel Conrad, Dimitri Mehlmeister