Patents by Inventor Jochen Linhart

Jochen Linhart 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: 20240109015
    Abstract: A filter element, in particular an air filter element, has a filter media body surrounding a hollow interior and has a first end and an opposite second end. A first end cap is positioned on the first end of the filter media body, and a second end cap is positioned on the second end of the filter media body. The second end cap is a closed end cap. The second end cap has a plurality of spaced-apart inner adapter projections arranged thereon and projecting in direction of a central axis away from the first end cap. At least some of the inner adapter projections are positioned in a circular arrangement so as to surround a center of the second end cap. Such a filter element is arranged in a housing of a filter system provided with a receiver arrangement for the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sven EPLI, Jochen LINHART, Jens WEINE, Florian KELLER, Robert KUSEBAUCH, Markus KIRSCHNER, Daiane PEREIRA DE OLIVEIRA, Christiano Ferreira MIGUEL, Alexandre DEMINOVCH, Rafael Hiroshi HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11311824
    Abstract: A filter system for liquid has a filter head with drainage channel and stop element. A filter cartridge is mounted by screw-in movement at the filter head and has a support ring rotatably fastened to its housing part. The support ring has an eccentric closure element and a first positioning element guided toward the stop element by the screw-in movement to position the support ring at the filter head in a rotational position for axially aligning closure element and drainage channel. The closure element is transferred axially into a sealing seat at the filter head to close the drainage channel when screwing on the filter cartridge. The support ring has a second positioning element holding the support ring in a rotationally fixed position at the filter head when unscrewing the filter cartridge so that the closure element is moved out of the sealing seat only in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Mahesh Srinivas
  • Patent number: 11298637
    Abstract: An exchangeable filter system is provided with an exchangeable filter module that has at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, and a fluid path connecting the at least one fluid inlet and the at least one fluid outlet with each other. The exchangeable filter module is provided with at least one filter element for filtering a fluid. A flange element and a counter flange element are provided. The flange element is provided to releasably engage the exchangeable filter module and to releasably engage the counter flange element. A valve device is arranged in the flange element. The valve device blocks the fluid path when the flange element is in engagement with the exchangeable filter module and is disengaged from the counter flange element. An internal combustion engine is provided with such an exchangeable filter system to filter fuel, lubricant or urea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Christian Vogt
  • Publication number: 20210367285
    Abstract: An active material container for a functional housing has an air-permeable casing with an interior and an active material arranged inside the interior. One or more rim-side guide elements are arranged at the air-permeable casing and are provided to linearly slidably guide the active material container in an insertion direction in corresponding guide elements of a receptacle of the functional housing. The functional housing is preferably a battery housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Peter Bauditsch, Stephan Niemeyer, Daniel Volkmer, Jochen Linhart, Michael Harenbrock, Heinz Dobusch, Richard Bernewitz, Maximilian Bauch
  • Patent number: 10843110
    Abstract: A filter of a filter device has a filter housing with a connecting side provided with a connecting element for detachably connecting the filter to a filter head of the filter device by a rotational and/or insertion movement relative to an imaginary connecting axis of filter and filter head. The filter housing has an inlet for fluid to be purified and an outlet for purified fluid. An outer seal seals a connection of the filter with the filter head relative to the environment. The outer seal is circumferentially continuous relative to the connecting axis. A closure element is provided to close off, when the filter is connected to the filter head, a fluid drain in the filter head provided for draining fluid when removing the filter from the filter head. The outer seal is acting sealingly at least in radial direction relative to the connecting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Jochen Linhart
  • Publication number: 20200179845
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid is connectable to a filter head with a drainage channel. The filter element has a closure element that closes the drainage channel of the filter head when the filter element is connected to the filter head. The closure element is eccentrically arranged relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter element at an end face of the filter element. The closure element extends away from the end face of the filter element in an axial direction of the filter element. A stand is locked at the filter element and extends away from the end face of the filter element in the axial direction to a level of a free end of the closure element or past the free end of the closure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Martin Traublinger, Florian Erhardsberger, Mahesh Srinivas, Basil Paul Kallumgal, Nandakumar RAJAGOPAL
  • Publication number: 20200179833
    Abstract: A filter system for liquid has a filter head with drainage channel and stop element. A filter cartridge is mounted by screw-in movement at the filter head and has a support ring rotatably fastened to its housing part. The support ring has an eccentric closure element and a first positioning element guided toward the stop element by the screw-in movement to position the support ring at the filter head in a rotational position for axially aligning closure element and drainage channel. The closure element is transferred axially into a sealing seat at the filter head to close the drainage channel when screwing on the filter cartridge. The support ring has a second positioning element holding the support ring in a rotationally fixed position at the filter head when unscrewing the filter cartridge so that the closure element is moved out of the sealing seat only in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Mahesh Srinivas
  • Publication number: 20200147530
    Abstract: An exchangeable filter system is provided with an exchangeable filter module that has at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, and a fluid path connecting the at least one fluid inlet and the at least one fluid outlet with each other. The exchangeable filter module is provided with at least one filter element for filtering a fluid. A flange element and a counter flange element are provided. The flange element is provided to releasably engage the exchangeable filter module and to releasably engage the counter flange element. A valve device is arranged in the flange element. The valve device blocks the fluid path when the flange element is in engagement with the exchangeable filter module and is disengaged from the counter flange element. An internal combustion engine is provided with such an exchangeable filter system to filter fuel, lubricant or urea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Christian Vogt
  • Publication number: 20180229164
    Abstract: A filter of a filter device has a filter housing with a connecting side provided with a connecting element for detachably connecting the filter to a filter head of the filter device by a rotational and/or insertion movement relative to an imaginary connecting axis of filter and filter head. The filter housing has an inlet for fluid to be purified and an outlet for purified fluid. An outer seal seals a connection of the filter with the filter head relative to the environment. The outer seal is circumferentially continuous relative to the connecting axis. A closure element is provided to close off, when the filter is connected to the filter head, a fluid drain in the filter head provided for draining fluid when removing the filter from the filter head. The outer seal is acting sealingly at least in radial direction relative to the connecting axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Jochen Linhart
  • Patent number: 9061271
    Abstract: A ceramic body based on an aluminum titanate system has the following composition: i) approximately >95% by weight Al2O3.TiO2; ii) approximately 0.1-approximately 5.0% by weight SiO2; iii) approximately 0.1-approximately 5.0% by weight MgO; iv) approximately 0-approximately 2.0% by weight Fe2O3; v) approximately 0-approximately 1.0% by weight BeO, BaO or CaO; vi) approximately 0-approximately 1.0% by weight Li2O, Na2O or K2O; vii) approximately 0-approximately 2% by weight impurities. The ceramic body has a mass ratio TiO2:Al2O3 that is in a range between approximately 0.75 and approximately 0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Frank Ehlen
  • Patent number: 8992652
    Abstract: A filtering device features a ceramic filter body for filtering a fluid flow, the filter body consisting of a wavy layer and a flat layer and the wavy and flat layer being wound in a spiral-shaped manner. The wave length of the waves increases from the inside to the outside with increasing distance to the longitudinal axis of the filter body such that the wave troughs and the wave peaks of at least two radially adjacent windings each lie on a common radial plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Arndt-Udo Rolle, Frank Ehlen, Kathrin Lichtenwalter, Jochen Linhart, Nadine Dietsch
  • Patent number: 8745856
    Abstract: A ceramic filter element of ceramic material has an exterior surface that is provided with structural elements. The structural elements are produced by a non-cutting method. The structural elements are molded in the ceramic material in the form of grids, periodic patterns, irregular patterns, lettering or labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Sabine Otterbach, Kathrin Lichtenwalter, Michael Micke, Karin Gerlach
  • Patent number: 8668757
    Abstract: In a method for producing a ceramic filter element for an exhaust gas filter for an internal combustion engine or a catalyst support, a combustible non-ceramic support web is used and holes or recesses are introduced into the non-ceramic support web at defined locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Franz, Jochen Linhart, Holger Findeisen, Kathrin Fischer, Sabine Otterbach, Kathrin Lichtenwalter
  • Publication number: 20130310247
    Abstract: A ceramic body based on an aluminum titanate system has the following composition: i) approximately >95% by weight Al2O3.TiO2; ii) approximately 0.1-approximately 5.0% by weight SiO2; iii) approximately 0.1-approximately 5.0% by weight MgO; iv) approximately 0-approximately 2.0% by weight Fe2O3; v) approximately 0-approximately 1.0% by weight BeO, BaO or CaO; vi) approximately 0-approximately 1.0% by weight Li2O, Na2O or K2O; vii) approximately 0-approximately 2% by weight impurities. The ceramic body has a mass ratio TiO2:Al2O3 that is in a range between approximately 0.75 and approximately 0.95.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Frank Ehlen
  • Patent number: 8557009
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ceramic diesel particle filter (DPF) and a DPF manufactured by the method, the DPF having a ceramic filter body (1) including gas channels (18, 18?) with planar and porous filter segments (3), which are provided for the exhaust gas stream (2) to flow through them transversely to the face of the filter segments (3). The filter body (1) is formed by sintering at least one ceramic-impregnated fiber web (4) in a firing step under heat such that fibers (5) of the fiber material are burned off and the ceramic material (6) is sintered together to form the porous filter segment (3) between its two surfaces (7, 8). At least one fiber web (4) is corrugated to form the gas channels (18, 18?) and rolled up to form the filter body (1), and the cross section of at least a portion of the gas channels (18, 18?) changes from an inlet end (33) to a discharge end (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Gerlach, Stefan Tudyka, Jochen Linhart, Andreas Franz
  • Patent number: 8551272
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a ceramic filter body (1) for filtering an exhaust gas stream (2) of a diesel engine. The filter body (1) has planar and porous filter sections (3) that are designed to be passed by the exhaust gas flow (2) in a direction transverse to the face of the filter sections (3). A planar permeable fiber web (4, 4?), in particular of filter paper, is first impregnated with finely ground ceramic material (6) only across sections under formation of a non-impregnated section (12). The only partially ceramic-impregnated fiber web (4, 4?) is subsequently brought into the shape of a blank of the filter body (1) in such a way that the impregnated areas of the fiber web (4, 4?) assume the shape of the filter body (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Andreas Franz
  • Patent number: 8518143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a ceramic filter element in an exhaust gas filter for an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel particulate filter, wherein a base paper carrier web is soaked with a ceramic slip and then burnt out. The base paper carrier web uses a thickness and/or structure that varies over the width and/or length of the base paper carrier web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Sabine Otterbach, Kathrin Lichtenwalter
  • Patent number: 8506664
    Abstract: A filter pipeline for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine has a tubular body and a filter element arranged in the tubular body. The filter element is a filter bag of a flexible material that has an opening and is attachable in the area of the opening to the tubular body. The filter bag and an inner wall of the tubular body are provided with ribs projecting inwardly from the tubular body such that in a circumferential direction of the pipeline different spacings are provided between the filter bag and the inner wall of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Mann +Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Sascha Bauer, Michael Fasold
  • Publication number: 20120055124
    Abstract: A filter pipeline for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine has a tubular body and a filter element arranged in the tubular body. The filter element is a filter bag of a flexible material that has an opening and is attachable in the area of the opening to the tubular body. The filter bag and an inner wall of the tubular body are provided with ribs projecting inwardly from the tubular body such that in a circumferential direction of the pipeline different spacings are provided between the filter bag and the inner wall of the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Sascha Bauer, Michael Fasold
  • Publication number: 20120001371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a ceramic filter element in an exhaust gas filter for internal combustion engines, wherein a wound paper element that comprises flow channels on one or both sides that are sealed on alternating sides with a ceramic plugging is formed, soaked with a ceramic slip, and then dried and sintered. The ceramic plugging is applied with an inward offset from the end face of the wound paper element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Linhart, Sabine Otterbach, Kathrin Lichtenwalter, Kathrin Fischer