Patents by Inventor Georges Maguin

Georges Maguin 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: 10287955
    Abstract: A module for the metered provision of a liquid includes a chamber having a chamber wall enclosing, at least partially, a chamber space of the chamber. The chamber is surrounded at least partially by a hood. At least one cavity is arranged between the hood and the separated chamber and the hood is heatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Georges Maguin, Philippe Mertes, Michael Metral, Sven Schepers, Christian Vorsmann
  • Patent number: 10286341
    Abstract: A multi-layer liquid purification element includes a liquid permeable top layer and a liquid-impermeable base layer. The base layer has a suction port for drawing liquid through the liquid purifying element. At least the top layer and the base layer are interconnected by a connection. The base layer has a structured surface directed at least partially toward the top layer. A method for producing a liquid purification element, a device for extracting a liquid additive for exhaust-gas purification from a tank and a motor vehicle, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 10267195
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor unit for conveying a liquid, comprising a distributor block made of plastic for the liquid-conducting connection of at least one component for conveying the liquid, the distributor block comprising at least one metallic clamping element which encloses the distributor block at least in some regions on the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Cheikh Diouf, Georges Maguin, Philippe Mertes, Frèdèric Supernat
  • Patent number: 10240503
    Abstract: A pump for delivering a fluid includes: a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet, and having an inner circumferential face; a drive shaft; an eccentric inside the pump housing, the eccentric being eccentrically movable relative to the pump housing; a deformable element arranged in a pump gap between the inner circumferential face and an outer surface of the eccentric, the deformable element and the inner circumferential face defining a delivery channel. The deformable element is forced against the pump housing by the outer surface of the eccentric along at least a portion of the delivery channel such to form a sliding sealing of the delivery channel that can be slid along the delivery channel from the inlet to the outlet to deliver fluid by movement of the eccentric. A reinforcing ring has a coefficient of thermal expansion smaller than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the pump housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Yves Kopp, Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 10161279
    Abstract: A tank device for an aqueous urea solution for injection into an exhaust system of a motor vehicle. The tank device includes a tank with a tank housing, an interior space located therein, a base and a cover. A separate base portion is attached to the tank housing and partially bounds the interior space. A lamella structure is formed on an upper side of the separate base portion, and the lamella structure has at least one lamella which at least partially subdivides the interior space of the tank above the base portion into a plurality of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 10072547
    Abstract: A pump for conveying a fluid includes a pump housing with an inlet, an outlet, an inner circumferential surface and a geometric axis. An eccentric is rotatable in the housing around the geometric axis. A deformable element is disposed in a pump gap between inner and outer surfaces of the eccentric. A conveying channel is formed from inlet to outlet by the deformable element and the inner circumferential surface. The deformable element is pressed in sections against the housing by the outer eccentric surface, forming a displaceable seal of the channel and a closed pump volume in the channel being displaceable by rotation of the eccentric for conveying the fluid along the channel from inlet to outlet. The deformable element has a protrusion on one or both sides towards the geometric axis extending over the outer eccentric surface and contacting the deformable element. A centering ring is inside the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Yves Kopp, Georges Maguin
  • Publication number: 20180216615
    Abstract: A pump for conveying a fluid includes a pump housing, an eccentric, a deformable element arranged in a pump gap between the inner circumferential surface of the pump housing, and an outer surface of the eccentric, such that a conveying channel is formed from an inlet to an outlet. A stationary seal is provided between the outlet and the inlet and prevents a backflow of the fluid from the outlet back to the inlet. The inner circumferential surface of the pump housing has a recess in the region of the stationary seal, and the deformable element is tensioned fluid-tight at the inner circumference surface in the region of the recess using a pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Jan HODGSON, Yves KOPP, Georges MAGUIN
  • Patent number: 10018090
    Abstract: A filter cartridge for a delivery device for a reducing agent includes at least one filter wall and at least one supporting wall together forming an interior space. The at least one supporting wall has an outflow opening and a bypass opening. The outflow opening can be coupled to the delivery device and the bypass opening bypasses the filter wall. A delivery device and a motor vehicle having a filter cartridge are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 9920672
    Abstract: A method for heating a device for delivering a liquid additive, the device having at least one pump having at least one pump chamber and at least one movable pump chamber wall, the movable pump chamber wall being displaceable for the delivery of the liquid additive, includes: a) generating a vibration movement by at least one actuator; b) transmitting the vibration movement to the movable pump chamber wall; and c) converting the vibration movement into heat in the movable pump chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 9897477
    Abstract: A delivery unit for extracting liquid additive from a tank can be mounted on the tank and includes a fill level sensor for measuring the fill level of liquid additive in the tank. The fill level sensor is set up to emit waves into an emission region of the tank, and the fill level can be measured by using a propagation time measurement of the waves reflected by a liquid surface and striking the fill level sensor again. At least one first reference surface extends at least partially into the emission region and is at a first distance from the fill level sensor. The at least one first reference surface is disposed on a separate calibration component mounted on an outer side of a housing of the delivery unit. A tank for storing liquid additive, a motor vehicle and a method for monitoring a fill level are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Georges Maguin, Cheikh Diouf, Sven Schepers, Jan Hodgson
  • Patent number: 9879582
    Abstract: A method for starting operation of a device for providing a liquid additive, the device having at least one preheating element and at least one PTC heating element, includes: a) heating by the at least one preheating element; b) conducting heat from the at least one preheating element to the at least one PTC heating element such that a temperature of the at least one PTC heating element is raised; and c) heating by the at least one PTC heating element when the temperature of the PTC heating element has been raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Publication number: 20170328255
    Abstract: A tank device for an aqueous urea solution for injection into an exhaust system of a motor vehicle. The tank device includes a tank with a tank housing, an interior space located therein, a base and a cover. A separate base portion is attached to the tank housing and partially bounds the interior space. A lamella structure is formed on an upper side of the separate base portion, and the lamella structure has at least one lamella which at least partially subdivides the interior space of the tank above the base portion into a plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Publication number: 20170292428
    Abstract: A pump for delivering a fluid includes: a pump housing having an inlet and an outlet, and having an inner circumferential face; a drive shaft; an eccentric inside the pump housing, the eccentric being eccentrically movable relative to the pump housing; a deformable element arranged in a pump gap between the inner circumferential face and an outer surface of the eccentric, the deformable element and the inner circumferential face defining a delivery channel. The deformable element is forced against the pump housing by the outer surface of the eccentric along at least a portion of the delivery channel such to form a sliding sealing of the delivery channel that can be slid along the delivery channel from the inlet to the outlet to deliver fluid by movement of the eccentric. A reinforcing ring has a coefficient of thermal expansion smaller than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: COntinental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan HODGSON, Yves KOPP, Georges MAGUIN
  • Patent number: 9784158
    Abstract: A device for providing a liquid additive includes an assembly main body on which at least one hydraulic component is mounted for the operation of the device. A plug-in plate is fastened to the assembly main body and at least one electric heater and at least one further electrical component for the operation of the device are mounted on the plug-in plate. The at least one electric heater extends from the plug-in plate into at least one cutout of the assembly main body. A motor vehicle having the device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Maguin, Philippe Mertes, Cheikh Diouf, Finn Frederiksen, Sven Schepers, Jan Hodgson
  • Publication number: 20170284261
    Abstract: A device for providing a liquid additive, including at least one metallic insert, which is coated, at least in sections, with a plastic coating made of polyethylene (PE). At least one plastic structure made of a high-density polyethylene (HD-PE) or polypropylene (PP) is sprayed onto the plastic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 9765665
    Abstract: A method for operating a device for providing a liquid additive, the device having a delivery path running from a tank to an additive dispensing device, at least one section of the delivery path forming a jacket, includes: delivering the liquid additive from the tank to the additive dispensing device along the delivery path in a delivery direction; stopping the delivery of the liquid additive; at least partially evacuating the section of the delivery path; and forming a thermal insulator in the jacket by the evacuated delivery path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Yves Kopp, Georges Maguin
  • Patent number: 9732742
    Abstract: A conveying unit for conveying reducing agent from a tank to an exhaust gas treatment device for treating the exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, includes a pump having a drive or drive unit and a pump chamber unit or containment. The pump chamber unit or containment at least partly delimits a pump chamber and the drive or drive unit and the pump chamber unit or containment are detachable from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: EMITEC Geselllschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Georges Maguin, Loic Badoual
  • Publication number: 20170226912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor unit for conveying a liquid, comprising a distributor block made of plastic for the liquid-conducting connection of at least one component for conveying the liquid, the distributor block comprising at least one metallic clamping element which encloses the distributor block at least in some regions on the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Cheikh Diouf, Georges Maguin, Philippe Mertes, Frèdèric Supernat
  • Patent number: 9677924
    Abstract: A method for measuring the fill level of a liquid additive in a tank using an ultrasonic sensor includes initially carrying out a measurement of a first propagation time of an ultrasonic signal from the ultrasonic sensor to a liquid level of the liquid additive. This is followed by cleaning of at least one reference surface in the liquid additive with the aid of at least one ultrasonic pulse. Then at least one second propagation time of an ultrasonic signal from the ultrasonic sensor to the at least one reference surface is measured and the fill level is calculated from the first propagation time and the second propagation time. A delivery unit having at least one ultrasonic sensor for installation in a liquid additive tank is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Georges Maguin
  • Publication number: 20170159523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heater for a device for providing a liquid additive in a motor vehicle, comprising at least one switchable resistance heating element, which is connected in series with at least one switch element, by means of which the at least one resistance heating element can be activated and deactivated, and comprising at least one permanent resistance heating element, which is connected in parallel with the at least one switchable resistance heating element and the at least one switch element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sonny BORSOI, Georges MAGUIN, Cheikh DIOUF