Patents by Inventor Thomas Gulde

Thomas Gulde 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: 20220017047
    Abstract: Sensor cleaning system for cleaning sensors, in particular vehicle sensors, and associated method, characterized by a liquid reservoir for holding a cleaning liquid, and including a control unit for activating a switch unit and including at least one nozzle for spraying at least one sensor, the switch unit being provided between the liquid reservoir and the at least one nozzle, a liquid line being provided between the liquid reservoir and the switch unit and at least one nozzle line being provided between the switch unit and the at least one nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gulde, Christian Scheibe, Ralph Bühler
  • Patent number: 10648468
    Abstract: An adjustable vane pump, in particular an oil pressure pump, with a suction side and a pressure side, with a housing and a rotor supported in the housing so as to be rotatable about a rotor axis. At least one vane is supported for movement in a radial direction. The housing comprises a housing floor and a housing cover transversely to the rotor axis, and an adjustment cage is arranged between the housing floor and the housing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gulde, Andreas Blank, Michael Walter, Ralph Buehler, Torsten Helle
  • Patent number: 10138888
    Abstract: A rotor for a vane cell pump—in particular, for a vacuum pump—with a base body that is made of plastic and can be driven by rotation, and that rotates about an axis of rotation during operation, wherein the base body comprises a guiding section for slidably receiving a pump vane and wherein the base body is flanked in the direction of the axis of rotation by a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface, wherein the second bearing surface comprises bearing sections that are at a distance from one another and that lie on a circular path that is arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Ott, Bernd Hess, Martin Thoma, Thomas Gulde, Torsten Helle, Freidhelm Pfitzer
  • Publication number: 20170328364
    Abstract: An adjustable vane pump, in particular an oil pressure pump, with a suction side and a pressure side, with a housing and with a rotor, which is supported in the housing so as to be rotatable about a rotor axis and carries at least one vane supported movably in a radial direction, wherein the housing comprises a housing floor and a housing cover transversely to the rotor axis, and wherein an adjustment cage that is arranged between the housing floor and the housing cover, encloses the rotor and the vane and is adjustable transversely to the rotor axis is provided in the housing, wherein the housing and the adjustment cage delimit a pressure chamber fluidically connected to the pressure side, wherein a restoring element is provided, which pushes the adjustment cage into a base end position, and wherein the adjustment cage is deflected from the base end position when a limit operating variable is exceeded in the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Joma-Polytec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Gulde, Andreas Blank, Michael Walter, Ralph Buehler, Torsten Helle
  • Publication number: 20170016445
    Abstract: A rotor for a vane cell pump—in particular, for a vacuum pump—with a base body that is made of plastic and can be driven by rotation, and that rotates about an axis of rotation during operation, wherein the base body comprises a guiding section for slidably receiving a pump vane and wherein the base body is flanked in the direction of the axis of rotation by a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface, wherein the second bearing surface comprises bearing sections that are at a distance from one another and that lie on a circular path that is arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Ott, Bernd Hess, Martin Thoma, Thomas Gulde, Torsten Helle, Friedhelm Pfitzer
  • Publication number: 20150240807
    Abstract: An adjustable vane pump having a bowl-shaped hosing and having a rotor rotatably supported about a rotor axis and guiding at least one vane that is supported such that it can move in the radial direction. The housing includes a first thrust surface and a second thrust surface for the rotor, including the vane, which are transverse to the rotor axis. The second thrust surface is formed by a housing floor. The housing includes an adjustment housing, disposed between the thrust surfaces, which encloses the rotor, including the vane, and can be displaced transverse to the rotor axis, and includes a primary housing that encloses the adjustment housing. A suction intake and a pressure outlet are provided in the housing floor, and the axial extension of the primary housing is greater than the axial extension of the adjustment housing, the rotor, and/or the at least one vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Reiber, Thomas Gulde