Patents by Inventor Walter Schiffhauer

Walter Schiffhauer 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: 9046087
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. In order to improve the motor pump unit such that the motor housing can have a small wall thickness and can still be cooled effectively over a large surface area, the motor housing is configured as a one-piece deep-drawn part which in a front shell area contacts stator laminations of the electric motor and in a rear shell area is arranged at a distance from rear coil heads of the stator and in the rear shell area has stiffness-enhancing depressions, wherein the front and the rear shell areas are surrounded by the annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Patent number: 8920138
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a drive housing on which is supported the motor shaft, and has a suction inlet and a pressure outlet. The annular space outlet is fluidly connected to the suction inlet and liquid to be pressurized by the pump is suppliable to the annular space inlet. In order to improve the motor pump unit such that the heat load on the drive housing can be reduced, the drive housing has at least one cooling passage which is arranged upstream of the suction inlet and through which the liquid to be pressurized can flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Patent number: 8734129
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. The cooling housing, on its inside, has at least one flow guide rib for guiding the liquid within the annular space. In order to ensure that no liquid can leak out of the annular space even in the long term, the at least one flow guide rib is spaced-apart from the motor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Dieter Plachke, Lanfranco Pol
  • Patent number: 8727748
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning device has a housing which surrounds a motor pump unit which comprises a liquid-cooled electric motor and a pump. The pump has a suction inlet and a pressure outlet. Liquid, which is subsequently subjected to pressure by the pump, can be supplied to the electric motor for the purpose of cooling it. The electric motor is configured as a fan-less asynchronous motor and the motor pump unit is mounted via vibration-damping buffer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bertram Groeger, Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Publication number: 20120195772
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a drive housing on which is supported the motor shaft, and has a suction inlet and a pressure outlet. The annular space outlet is fluidly connected to the suction inlet and liquid to be pressurized by the pump is suppliable to the annular space inlet. In order to improve the motor pump unit such that the heat load on the drive housing can be reduced, the drive housing has at least one cooling passage which is arranged upstream of the suction inlet and through which the liquid to be pressurized can flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Patent number: 8147216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-pump unit having an electric motor and a pump, the pump having a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, and the electric motor comprising a motor housing which is enclosed by a cooling housing, whereby a cavity is formed, it being possible for cooling liquid to be fed to the cavity via a cooling-housing inflow and to be conducted away therefrom via a cooling-housing outflow, and the cooling-housing outflow being in flow connection with the suction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Publication number: 20120034111
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. In order to improve the motor pump unit such that the motor housing can have a small wall thickness and can still be cooled effectively over a large surface area, the motor housing is configured as a one-piece deep-drawn part which in a front shell area contacts stator laminations of the electric motor and in a rear shell area is arranged at a distance from rear coil heads of the stator and in the rear shell area has stiffness-enhancing depressions, wherein the front and the rear shell areas are surrounded by the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Publication number: 20120034112
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning apparatus has an electric motor and a pump. The electric motor has a motor housing that is surrounded by a cooling housing with an annular space having an annular space inlet and an annular space outlet formed therebetween. The pump has a suction inlet connected to the annular space outlet and a pressure outlet. The liquid to be transported by the pump can be supplied to the annular space inlet. The cooling housing, on its inside, comprises at least one flow guide rib for guiding the liquid within the annular space. In order to ensure that no liquid can leak out of the annular space even in the long term, the at least one flow guide rib is spaced-apart from the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Dieter Plachke, Lanfranco Pol
  • Publication number: 20110274570
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning device has a housing which surrounds a motor pump unit which comprises a liquid-cooled electric motor and a pump. The pump has a suction inlet and a pressure outlet. Liquid, which is subsequently subjected to pressure by the pump, can be supplied to the electric motor for the purpose of cooling it. The electric motor is configured as a fan-less asynchronous motor and the motor pump unit is mounted via vibration-damping buffer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bertram Groeger, Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol
  • Publication number: 20100047091
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor-pump unit having an electric motor and a pump, the pump having a suction inlet and a pressure outlet, and the electric motor comprising a motor housing which is enclosed by a cooling housing, whereby a cavity is formed, it being possible for cooling liquid to be fed to the cavity via a cooling-housing inflow and to be conducted away therefrom via a cooling-housing outflow, and the cooling-housing outflow being in flow connection with the suction inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Schiffhauer, Lanfranco Pol