Patents by Inventor Franz Maucher

Franz Maucher 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: 9200546
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of a combustion engine includes a supply branch for supplying pressure fluid to setting chambers to generate torque acting on a rotor; and a pressure storage device arranged in the supply branch and including a spring and a storage chamber which can be filled with the pressure fluid against a spring force of the spring, wherein the storage chamber begins to fill, against the spring force, at a start-of-filling pressure which is at most as large as a hot idling pressure which the pressure fluid exhibits when the combustion engine is idling in its hot operational state, and continues to be filled against the spring force if the hot idling pressure is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner, Franz Maucher
  • Publication number: 20120145100
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of a combustion engine includes a supply branch for supplying pressure fluid to setting chambers to generate torque acting on a rotor; and a pressure storage device arranged in the supply branch and including a spring and a storage chamber which can be filled with the pressure fluid against a spring force of the spring, wherein the storage chamber begins to fill, against the spring force, at a start-of-filling pressure which is at most as large as a hot idling pressure which the pressure fluid exhibits when the combustion engine is idling in its hot operational state, and continues to be filled against the spring force if the hot idling pressure is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner, Franz Maucher
  • Publication number: 20120060683
    Abstract: A vacuum pump for supplying a machine assembly with a negative pressure includes a housing and a housing cover surrounding a delivery chamber. The delivery chamber includes a low-pressure region having a working inlet connected to the assembly, and a high-pressure region having a working outlet. A delivery member moveable within the delivery chamber, which, when moved, suctions air into the delivery chamber through the working inlet and expel it at an increased pressure through the working outlet. An outlet valve is arranged at or downstream or the working outlet and at least makes it difficult for air to flow back into the delivery chamber. The delivery chamber is connected to the external environment of the vacuum pump via a ventilating connection in order to establish at least partial pressure equalization with the external environment when the delivery member is stopped and a negative pressure prevails in the delivery chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Franz Maucher
  • Patent number: 8061317
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the phase position of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine and for supplying an assembly with a partial vacuum, said device comprising: a phase setter for adjusting the phase position of the cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a vacuum pump for the assembly; and an attachment housing for the vacuum pump, wherein the attachment housing is mounted on the internal combustion engine and forms a housing or at least a housing cover for the phase setter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Claus Welte, Franz Maucher
  • Publication number: 20080283010
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the phase position of a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine and for supplying an assembly with a partial vacuum, said device comprising: a phase setter for adjusting the phase position of the cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a vacuum pump for the assembly; and an attachment housing for the vacuum pump, wherein the attachment housing is mounted on the internal combustion engine and forms a housing or at least a housing cover for the phase setter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Bohner, Claus Welte, Franz Maucher
  • Patent number: 5823750
    Abstract: An external-rotor-driven lubricating pump comprising a lubricant guidance part including a suction port, an outer wall, a carrier section, a discharge port, a lubricant feed space disposed between the carrier section and the outer wall and connected with the suction port, with a lubricant delivery space disposed between the carrier section and the outer wall and connected with the discharge port, and a pump part including a drive gear, an internally-toothed external rotor, with an externally-toothed internal rotor having one tooth less than the number of teeth on the external rotor, the external rotor and the internal rotor upon meshing pumping the lubricant from the lubricant feed space into the lubricant delivery space, with a shaft supporting the drive gear in the carrier section, the drive gear being fixed to the external rotor, the drive gear forming together with the external rotor the outer closure of the lubricating pump at its pump part end, with the internal rotor being mounted loosely on a collar o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Hoffmann, Franz Maucher
  • Patent number: 5765521
    Abstract: A supply pump for lubricant or heat transfer liquid of a conventional design is driven by a drive unit independently of the consumer of the lubricant or of the heat transfer liquid. In the event of the failure of the drive unit a forced connection occurs between the pump and the rotating parts of the consumer in order to ensure its supply with the lubricant or the heat transfer liquid at least for a sufficient emergency period. By the independent drive of the supply pump the supply to the consumer can be controlled according to the consumption of lubricant or heat transfer liquid independently of its individual operating characteristic or operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Schwaebische Huettenwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Stutzle, Bernd Schrelber, Wolfgang Bruttel, Franz Maucher, Kurt Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 5395217
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gear pump for oil for an internal-combustion engine, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a pump housing mounted on the motor and an outer rotor which is arranged in the pump housing, an inner rotor additionally being arranged within the outer rotor or within the pump housing and at least one suction and/or at least one pressure passage being provided in the pump housing, a drive further being present; the pump according to the invention is integrated in a drive wheel or guide pulley of the internal-combustion engine and the outer rotor or the outer rotors are driven by the drive wheel or the guide pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Hoffmann, Franz Maucher