Patents by Inventor Ulrich Karsch
Ulrich Karsch 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).
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Patent number: 11040613Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid con-tainer (2) for a motor vehicle, which is assembled from at least two shells (4, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a liquid container (2) for a motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ulrich Karsch
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Publication number: 20200376953Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid con-tainer (2) for a motor vehicle, which is assembled from at least two shells (4, 6). Furthermore, the invention relates to a liquid container (2) for a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & CO. KGInventor: Ulrich KARSCH
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Patent number: 10562390Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf, Theodor Ossege, Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Christian Erben
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Patent number: 10408382Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion-blow-molded fuel tank (1) of thermoplastic material comprising a tank wall of a composite of various layers obtained in various production operations, at least one first layer comprising at least one shell-shaped supporting shell (8) and a second layer of a thermoplastic material forming an adhesive bond with the supporting shell (8), and the supporting shell (8) having a greater strength than the second layer. The supporting shell (8) forms an inner layer of the tank and the second layer forms an outer skin of the tank, two supporting shells within the tank forming a supporting cage or a supporting housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Markus Hutzen, Ulrich Karsch, Christoph Mehren
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Patent number: 10099549Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf
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Patent number: 10094260Abstract: The disclosure relates to a multi-chamber container made of thermoplastic plastic as a service-fluid container for a motor vehicle, which multi-chamber container comprises at least two chambers, which constitute separated volumes that are not in fluid connection with each other, at least not directly, and which are each designed to hold a different service fluid, wherein at least two surrounding walls of the chambers adjoin each other, the chambers are components of a continuous container body combination, the surrounding walls of at least two chambers that adjoin each other are connected to each other in a bonded manner by means of at least one material bridge or in a form-closed manner and/or by means of fasteners, and the connection is designed to independently release under the influence of deformation forces caused by impact such that the container body combination is divided into at least two separate container body parts or two container bodies under the influence of deformation forces caused by impactType: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ulrich Karsch, Agnes Eberhardt, Brent Jerome Williams
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Publication number: 20180281584Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Dirk Eulitz, Hartmut Wolf, Theodor Ossege, Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Christian Erben
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Publication number: 20180281301Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel tank comprising a tank body with an outer shell of a fibre-reinforced thermoplastic material comprising fibres embedded in a thermoplastic matrix, wherein an inner side of the outer shell is laminated with a multi-layered film of plastic, the outer shell being thicker than the multi-layer film of plastic and the multi-layer film of plastic comprising at least one barrier layer for hydrocarbons, wherein the fibres comprise at least one of glass fibres, carbon fibres and aramid fibres, wherein the fibre-reinforced material comprises at least one of woven or laid fibres embedded in the thermoplastic matrixType: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventor: Ulrich KARSCH
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Patent number: 10086687Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel tank of thermoplastic polymer for a motor vehicle, having at least one reinforcing element inside the fuel tank, the reinforcing element inside the fuel tank extending between opposing tank walls (15), parts of the reinforcing element passing through the tank wall and parts of the reinforcing element engaging behind the tank wall from outside, the fuel tank being distinguished according to the invention in that the reinforcing element (8) is provided with at least one multipart fastening head (11), which comprises a first closing means engaging through the tank wall (15) from inside and a second closing means engaging through the tank wall (15) from outside, which closing means are of mutually complementary construction.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Dirk Eulitz, Ulrich Karsch
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Publication number: 20180272860Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer composite material for the production of plastics moldings, to a container made of this composite material, and also to a process for the production of the container. The composite material comprises a first structure-providing self-supporting rigid external layer made of a fiber composite material, a second structure-providing external layer, a first intermediate layer made of a barrier plastic and a second cracking-resistant intermediate layer made of a thin cracking-resistant film, and also at least one adhesion promoter layer, where the intermediate layers and the adhesion promoter layer have been embedded between the structure-providing external layers and form an adhesion bond with the structure-forming external layers, and where the thickness of each of the structure-providing external layers is many times the thickness of each of the intermediate layers or of the adhesion promoter layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventor: Ulrich KARSCH
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Patent number: 10076955Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) of thermoplastic material with at least one support (4), which is arranged in the interior of the container, extends between opposing container walls (2) and is anchored at each end to the container walls with a positive engagement and/or a material bond, the support (4) comprising at least one supporting strut (5) and the supporting strut (5) substantially absorbing a supporting load on the container walls (2) induced by negative pressure in the container, and a tensile force that is induced by positive pressure being absorbed by at least one tension-resistant bracing element in the form of a tension-resistant band (8) which extends between the container walls (2).Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Timm Heidemeyer, Ulrich Karsch, Stefan Lenz, Frank Quant, Thomas Wagner
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Patent number: 9987797Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fuel tank on the basis of thermoplastic material, the method comprising the following method steps: producing semifinished products in sheet form from a fiber composite material with a matrix of thermoplastic material, laminating the semifinished products with a laminate that comprises at least one barrier layer for hydrocarbons, heat-treating the laminated semifinished products until the thermoplastic material plasticizes, thermoforming the plasticized semifinished products in a thermoforming mold to form shells and joining the shells to form an essentially closed tank.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Ulrich Karsch
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Patent number: 9944170Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Klaus Gebert, Ulrich Karsch, Burkhard Marxen
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Publication number: 20170217306Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) of thermoplastic material with at least one support (4), which is arranged in the interior of the container, extends between opposing container walls (2) and is anchored at each end to the container walls with a positive engagement and/or a material bond, the support (4) comprising at least one supporting strut (5) and the supporting strut (5) substantially absorbing a supporting load on the container walls (2) induced by negative pressure in the container, and a tensile force that is induced by positive pressure being absorbed by at least one tension-resistant bracing element in the form of a tension-resistant band (8) which extends between the container walls (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Timm HEIDEMEYER, Ulrich KARSCH, Stefan LENZ, Frank QUANT, Thomas WAGNER
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Patent number: 9718346Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating fluid container (1) composed of thermoplastic for a motor vehicle, comprising a reinforcing element (10; 11, 12), which is arranged between two container walls (2, 3) of the operating fluid container (1) and is at least indirectly joined to the container walls (2, 3). The operating fluid container (1) according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the container walls (2, 3) are joined to one another indirectly via the reinforcing element (10; 11, 12) by means of at least one joining element (20; 21-25). In this arrangement, the joining element (20; 21-25) comprises at least two material layers (21-25) joined to one another, wherein a joining force joining the two material layers (21, 22) to one another is less than a joining force between the joining elements (20; 21-25) and the container wall (2, 3) and/or between the joining element (20; 21-25) and the reinforcing element (10; 11, 12).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ulrich Karsch
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Patent number: 9617034Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) of thermoplastic material with at least one support (4), which is arranged in the interior of the container, extends between opposing container walls (2) and is anchored at each end to the container walls with a positive engagement and/or a material bond, the support (4) comprising at least one supporting strut (5) and the supporting strut (5) substantially absorbing a supporting load on the container walls (2) induced by negative pressure in the container, and a tensile force that is induced by positive pressure being absorbed by at least one tension-resistant bracing element in the form of a tension-resistant band (8) which extends between the container walls (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Timm Heidemeyer, Ulrich Karsch, Stefan Lenz, Frank Quant, Thomas Wagner
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Publication number: 20160363025Abstract: The disclosure relates to a multi-chamber container made of thermoplastic plastic as a service-fluid container for a motor vehicle, which multi-chamber container comprises at least two chambers, which constitute separated volumes that are not in fluid connection with each other, at least not directly, and which are each designed to hold a different service fluid, wherein at least two surrounding walls of the chambers adjoin each other, the chambers are components of a continuous container body combination, the surrounding walls of at least two chambers that adjoin each other are connected to each other in a bonded manner by means of at least one material bridge or in a form-closed manner and/or by means of fasteners, and the connection is designed to independently release under the influence of deformation forces caused by impact such that the container body combination is divided into at least two separate container body parts or two container bodies under the influence of deformation forces caused by impactType: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Ulrich KARSCH, Agnes EBERHARDT, Brent Jerome WILLIAMS
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Publication number: 20160263990Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Kautex Textron GMBH & Co. KGInventors: Klaus GEBERT, Ulrich KARSCH, Dirk EULITZ, Hartmut WOLF
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Publication number: 20160243929Abstract: The present invention relates to an operating fluid container (1) composed of thermoplastic for a motor vehicle, comprising a reinforcing element (10; 11, 12), which is arranged between two container walls (2, 3) of the operating fluid container (1) and is at least indirectly joined to the container walls (2, 3). The operating fluid container (1) according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the container walls (2, 3) are joined to one another indirectly via the reinforcing element (10; 11, 12) by means of at least one joining element (20; 21-25). In this arrangement, the joining element (20; 21-25) comprises at least two material layers (21-25) joined to one another, wherein a joining force joining the two material layers (21, 22) to one another is less than a joining force between the joining elements (20; 21-25) and the container wall (2, 3) and/or between the joining element (20; 21-25) and the reinforcing element (10; 11, 12).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventor: Ulrich Karsch
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Publication number: 20160167506Abstract: The present invention discloses an operating fluid container (10) made of thermoplastic material for a motor vehicle and a method for equipping an operating fluid container with a stiffening element (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO., KGInventors: Klaus GEBERT, Ulrich KARSCH, Burkhard MARXEN