Patents Assigned to Carl Freudenberg KG
  • Patent number: 12251063
    Abstract: A cleaning element includes: a support body; and textile strings that are elongate. At least part of the textile strings includes a plurality of strands. A first strand and a second strand of the plurality of strands run longitudinally along the at least part of the textile strings, and a third strand of the plurality of strands runs transversely to the longitudinal extent of the at least part of the textile strings. The plurality of strands includes a fourth strand. The fourth strand runs longitudinally along the at least part of the textile strings. The fourth strand is disposed between the first strand and the second strand. The first, second, third, and fourth strands are fixed to one another by a support thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Diana Thyson, Dietmar van Loyen, Eduard Sanz
  • Patent number: 12247661
    Abstract: A flat gasket, comprising a support body, wherein the support body has at least two segments which are fixed to one another in a positive-locking manner, wherein the segments each have two main sides, wherein a sealing contour is arranged on at least one main side of each segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Stéphane Olivreau, Claire Rouchette, Hervé Di Meo
  • Patent number: 12211981
    Abstract: An energy storage system includes: a housing, in which volume-variable storage cells are arranged; and a device for controlling a temperature of the storage cells, the device being assigned to the storage cells. The device has contact sections for contacting the storage cells. The device has flexible regions for adapting a position of the contact sections to a position of the storage cells. The contact sections adjoin the flexible regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Peter Kritzer, Reiner Dirr, Olaf Nahrwold, Rudolf Gattringer, Olivier Jeanne
  • Patent number: 12195912
    Abstract: A thermally fusible textile fabric usable as a fusible interlining material in the textile industry includes: a backing layer having a textile material on top of which has been applied an adhesive compound structure including a polyurethane coating containing a polyurethane mixture including at least one polyester urethane, at least one polyether urethane, and at least one polycarbonate urethane. The polyurethane mixture has been at least partially crosslinked with a crosslinker including at least one isocyanate blocked with a blocking agent at at least one isocyanate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Steffen Traser, Steffen Kremser
  • Patent number: 12157506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel axle guiding assembly comprising an axle box carrier, an axle box located longitudinally between a front part and a rear part of the axle box carrier; a front longitudinal hydro-mechanical converter between a front part of an axle box carrier and a rear longitudinal hydro-mechanical converter between the axle box and a rear part of the axle box carrier to allow a fore-and-aft movement of the axle box relative to the axle box carrier parallel to a longitudinal direction. Each of the front and rear longitudinal hydro-mechanical converters includes a housing, a plunger and an elastomeric body fixed to the housing and to the plunger so as to allow a fore-and-aft relative movement parallel to the longitudinal direction between the plunger and the housing, a single variable volume hydraulic chamber being formed between the housing, the plunger and the elastomeric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Bombardier Transportation GmbH, Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Andreas Wolf, Detlef Cordts, Dominique Wallet, Matthew Bradley
  • Patent number: 12142905
    Abstract: Busbar comprising a supporting body (1) made of a tough-hard material, and at least one electrical conductor (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, . . . ), wherein the conductor (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, . . . ) is connected to the supporting body (1). The supporting body (1) comprises a seal (3) that is made of a rubber-elastic material, which encloses the conductor (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, . . . ) on the outer circumferential side with an annular sealing region (4) in a sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Rouven Ratfisch, Ralf Heldmann, Guenter Ziegler, Markus Clemens, Juergen Mall
  • Patent number: 12107463
    Abstract: A grounding ring, including a substantially circular-ring-shaped hub and at least two sliding contacts, which are arranged on the outside of the hub in the radial direction, extend in the circumferential direction and, in the manufactured state of the grounding ring, are arranged adjacent to one another at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and delimit a circumferential gap with their sides facing one another in the circumferential direction, and wherein the circumferential gap is substantially bridged during the intended use of the grounding ring by the mutually facing and mutually non-overlapping sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Marlene Bantz, Francois Colineau, Frank Guder, Guenter Hintenlang, Soeren Neuberger, Gerhard Kutschera, Jens Hofmann
  • Patent number: 12103156
    Abstract: A handle for a cleaning device, including a knob which is rotatably arranged at one end of the handle, wherein the knob includes a first knob element and a second knob element. The first knob element is connected to the second knob element, and the second knob element has a recess in which the handle is rotatably arranged. The first knob element is equipped with a latch, by which the first knob element is rotatably locked to the handle. The second knob element has a locking element, and the locking element locks the latch of the first knob element relative to the handle when the first knob element and the second knob element are connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Ralf Juergens, Felix Fallenstein, Nikolai Sand, Maik Bieganski
  • Patent number: 12098482
    Abstract: A textile fabric includes: a base body having at least one layer, the at least one layer comprising PEN, copolymers, and/or blends thereof as a binding component. The binding component is obtainable by applying temperatures above a glass transition temperature of a binding fiber sheath polymer to core/sheath binding fibers, in which the binding fiber sheath polymer contains PEN, copolymers, and/or blends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Schneider, Gerald Jarre, Michael Zaplatilek, Andrea Jaeger
  • Patent number: 12089352
    Abstract: A pressure equalising device for a housing, including an inside, an outside, and a lattice-like cage having a gas passage opening. The gas passage opening connects the inside and the outside in a differential pressure-dependent and flow-conducting manner. The gas passage opening is covered by a gas-permeable membrane which includes at least one nonwoven layer. The nonwoven layer includes fibers which are substantially completely sheathed by a sheath of an elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Christopher Schaefer, Ingo Stephan, Markus Filler
  • Patent number: 12083467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter arrangement for cleaning an air stream having at least three filter elements, wherein each filter element has a bellows made of pleated filter medium, wherein the filter elements are arranged in series and any two adjacent filter elements are connected to one another by means of a connecting tab. According to the invention, a fold run-out of all end folds of all bellows is oriented in a particular direction, the connecting tabs are of two different embodiments and the different embodiments of the connecting tabs are arranged alternatingly when viewed in a longitudinal direction of the filter arrangement. Not only is a simple installation of the filter elements in a filter holder thus facilitated but also a defined seating of the filter elements in the filter holder is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Tobias Beisel, Alexander Oelsner, Christoph Krambs, Peter Zimmermann, Emre Karasu, Peter Capuani
  • Patent number: 12072118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a ventilation system for indoor air in an indoor space, in particular a motor vehicle. The method comprises the steps of: providing a fresh air portion of supplied fresh air and a recirculated air volume flow according to a predetermined or selected operating strategy; determining settings for a recirculated air actuator for adjusting a fresh air portion, in particular a recirculated air flap or a recirculated air valve, and a fan power of a fan for adjusting a mixed air volume flow (QM) of supplied recirculated and fresh air; increasing the fresh air portion and/or the mixed air volume flow (QM) as a function of a pathogen filtration efficiency of a cabin filter and a predetermined contamination prevention volume flow as a pathogenic indoor concentration limit value (CP) for a maximum concentration of pathogenic aerosols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Uwe Haefner, Sascha Blauth, Maik Sieh
  • Patent number: 12055247
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement includes: a first pipe and a second pipe, which are arranged substantially adjacent to each other in a flow direction and together form a line, the first pipe having a first end and the second pipe has a second end, the first end enclosing the second end at a radial spacing; and a sealing sleeve comprising a sealing material, the sealing sleeve being sealingly arranged under radial elastic preloading in a gap formed by the spacing and sealingly contacting an inner circumference of the first pipe and an outer circumference of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Rudolf Gattringer
  • Patent number: 12030990
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyketone compound including 85.0 to 99.5 wt % aliphatic polyketone and 0.5 to 15.0 wt % ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. An aliphatic polyketone compound described where the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is 2.0 to 8.0 wt %. An aliphatic polyketone compound where the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has a molecular weight greater than 1.0 million g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Bjoern Hellbach, Marco Sutter, Roland Fietz, Thomas Schauber
  • Patent number: 12005692
    Abstract: The invention provides a nonwoven laminate, comprising in order (A) to (E): a spunbond nonwoven layer (A) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester; an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (B) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (B) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (A); a needled staple fibre nonwoven layer (C), comprising: monocomponent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) staple fibres (c1), and multicomponent staple fibres (c2), which comprise at least a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) component and a copolyester component; an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (D) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (D) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (E); a spunbond nonwoven layer (E) comprising fibres, which comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and copolyester; wherein all layers are melt-bonded to each ot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Arun Prasad Venugopal, Gerhard Schoepping
  • Patent number: D1039234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Doug Metzel
  • Patent number: D1046357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Fred Cecala, Leo Gubenko, Torsten Plate, Florian Hattich
  • Patent number: D1049534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Johanna Koenigsberger
  • Patent number: D1052212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Johanna Koenigsberger
  • Patent number: D1063276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Sabrina Buehler, Dietmar Van Loyen