Patents by Inventor Thilo Rother

Thilo Rother 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: 9909542
    Abstract: A fresh air system for an internal combustion engine may include an inlet section, an air filter and a connecting section fluidly connecting the inlet section to the air filter. The air filter may include a filter element arranged in a filter housing, and a housing cover closing the filter housing and configured to be removable from the filter housing to change the filter element. The connecting section may be movably connected to the inlet section on an inlet side and detachably connected to the housing cover on an outlet side. To change the filter element when the inlet section is connected to the connecting section, the connecting section may be detachable from the housing cover and adjustable relative to the filter housing to such an extent that the housing cover can be removed from the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Thilo Rother
  • Publication number: 20160186702
    Abstract: A fresh air system for an internal combustion engine may include an inlet section, an air filter and a connecting section fluidly connecting the inlet section to the air filter. The air filter may include a filter element arranged in a filter housing, and a housing cover closing the filter housing and configured to be removable from the filter housing to change the filter element. The connecting section may be movably connected to the inlet section on an inlet side and detachably connected to the housing cover on an outlet side. To change the filter element when the inlet section is connected to the connecting section, the connecting section may be detachable from the housing cover and adjustable relative to the filter housing to such an extent that the housing cover can be removed from the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: Thilo Rother
  • Patent number: 9144763
    Abstract: A filter arrangement may include a housing having an untreated space inlet and a clean space outlet and a filter insert configured to attached to the clean space outlet in the housing and to separate a clean space in the interior of the filter insert from an untreated space outside the filter insert. A lining part may be arranged on the filter insert at the clean space, wherein the lining part is configured to form a collection space for dirt retained by the filter wall in the vicinity of the clean space outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Harry Gensler, Thilo Rother, Hannes Sutschitsch, Matthias Traub, Hendrik Von Merkatz, Hans Waibel
  • Patent number: 9050549
    Abstract: A filter arrangement may include a housing having two front walls substantially extended on both sides of a housing center plane and a circumferential wall connecting the front walls. The housing may include an untreated space inlet and a clean space outlet. A filter insert may be arranged between the inlet and the outlet and include two bottom discs that are adjacent to the side walls in the assembled state of the filter insert. The filter insert may include a filter wall extending between and connecting the bottom discs. The filter wall may extend substantially orthogonal to the housing center plane. A lateral disc may define an opening configured to be tightly connected to at least one of the inlet and the outlet. The front walls may be coupled to the bottom discs in the assembled state of the filter insert through interacting profile parts arranged on at least one of the front walls and the bottom discs into a double wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Rother, Matthias Traub
  • Patent number: 8920529
    Abstract: A filter housing may include a filter insert configured to be inserted into the filter housing. The filter insert may have two spaced and opposite base discs and a filter wall configured to connect edge zones of the base discs. The filter insert may be penetrated by an opening connected to at least one of an untreated space inlet and clean space outlet of the housing. The opening is arranged in a flange plate connected in a leakproof manner to the base discs and the flange plate may be connected in a leakproof manner to the filter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Disson, Dieter Goldmann, Rainer Handel, Thilo Rother, Falko Schwoerer, Matthias Traub, Hendrik Von Merkatz
  • Publication number: 20130152527
    Abstract: A filter arrangement may include a housing having two front walls substantially extended on both sides of a housing center plane and a circumferential wall connecting the front walls. The housing may include an untreated space inlet and a clean space outlet. A filter insert may be arranged between the inlet and the outlet and include two bottom discs that are adjacent to the side walls in the assembled state of the filter insert. The filter insert may include a filter wall extending between and connecting the bottom discs. The filter wall may extend substantially orthogonal to the housing center plane. A lateral disc may define an opening configured to be tightly connected to at least one of the inlet and the outlet. The front walls may be coupled to the bottom discs in the assembled state of the filter insert through interacting profile parts arranged on at least one of the front walls and the bottom discs into a double wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Rother, Matthias Traub
  • Publication number: 20130152524
    Abstract: A filter arrangement may include a housing having an untreated space inlet and a clean space outlet and a filter insert configured to attached to the clean space outlet in the housing and to separate a clean space in the interior of the filter insert from an untreated space outside the filter insert. A lining part may be arranged on the filter insert at the clean space, wherein the lining part is configured to form a collection space for dirt retained by the filter wall in the vicinity of the clean space outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Harry Gensler, Thilo Rother, Hannes Sutschitsch, Mattias Traub, Hendrik Von Merkatz, Hans Waibel
  • Publication number: 20130152528
    Abstract: A filter housing may include a filter insert configured to be inserted into the filter housing. The filter insert may have two spaced and opposite base discs and a filter wall configured to connect edge zones of the base discs. The filter insert may be penetrated by an opening connected to at least one of an untreated space inlet and clean space outlet of the housing. The opening is arranged in a flange plate connected in a leakproof manner to the base discs and the flange plate may be connected in a leakproof manner to the filter wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Disson, Dieter Goldmann, Rainer Handel, Thilo Rother, Falko Schwoerer, Matthias Traub, Hendrik Von Merkatz
  • Patent number: 7799106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas intake zone of a separable gas filter housing which removably accommodates a filter element. The gas intake zone is used as a prefilter and comprises a plurality of axially adjacent, axially impinged cyclone collectors that are provided with respective spin generators in the inlet zones thereof and gas-discharging immersion tubes at the discharge end within annular ducts which are located between the immersion tubes and the respectively associated outer cyclone walls while being used for pre-separating dirt particles separated in an outer radial direction in the individual cyclones by means of centrifugal forces, the immersion tubes being axially dipped into the interior of the cyclone collectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Rother, Jürgen Stehlig, Matthias Traub
  • Publication number: 20080209869
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas intake zone of a separable gas filter housing which removably accommodates a filter element. The gas intake zone is used as a prefilter and comprises a plurality of axially adjacent, axially impinged cyclone collectors that are provided with respective spin generators in the inlet zones thereof and gas-discharging immersion tubes at the discharge end within annular ducts which are located between the immersion tubes and the respectively associated outer cyclone walls while being used for pre-separating dirt particles separated in an outer radial direction in the individual cyclones by means of centrifugal forces, the immersion tubes being axially dipped into the interior of the cyclone collectors. The aim of the invention is to be able to efficiently produce the gas intake zone while especially making the same easy to clean. The aim is achieved by a prefilter which is characterized in that all cyclones are composed of a unit encompassing three areas, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Thilo Rother, Jurgen Stehlig, Matthias Traub