Patents Assigned to Freudenberg
  • CLEANING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120255138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (1) comprising a handle (2). The handle (2) is formed by a tube (3), which defines a liquid reservoir (4). A nozzle unit (5) is arranged at one end of the handle and a hand grip (6) is arranged at the other end of the handle. An operating device (7) for the nozzle unit (5) is associated with the hand grip (6) The operating device (7) is connected to the nozzle unit (5) by an operative connection (8) arranged in the tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Uwe Dingert, Markus Dietz
  • CLEANING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120255139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (1), comprising a handle (2), to which a cleaning body (3) is fastened. A liquid reservoir (4) is associated with the handle (2). The cleaning body (3) has cleaning element (5) that can be wrung out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Uwe Dingert, Norbert Weis
  • Mounting Guard Ring
    Publication number: 20120228834
    Abstract: A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provided in at least one peripheral region with a first predetermined breaking site and being capable of being severed along the first predetermined breaking site by pulling on the holding device, the protective ring being closed off in sealing manner by a disk-shaped lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Martin Heldmann, Gunter Hintenlang, Uwe Henrich
  • Wash Bucket
    Publication number: 20120228304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wash bucket (1), the volume of which can be divided by means of a separate partition (2) into at least two compartments (3, 4). Projections (7) are disposed on at least two mutually opposing lateral walls (5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Markus Rueckheim, Andreas Eisenhut, Georg Huber, Isik Ozkan
  • MECHANICALLY FLEXIBLE AND POROUS COMPENSATING ELEMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
    Publication number: 20120219839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising at least two cells positioned beside one another, which form an interspace therebetween, with the aim of providing a battery, the cells of which following simple fabrication and positioning, are permanently accommodated in a material-preserving manner in the batter. Said battery is characterized in that the interspace is filled with a porous and deformable compensating element for controlling the temperature of the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Peter Kritzer, Christoph Weber, Ulrich Schneider, Rudolf Wagner, Thomas Arnold
  • Bushing having limit stops
    Patent number: 8246024
    Abstract: A bushing, having a core member, at least one enveloping body surrounding the same, and at least one elastic connecting layer, the elastic connecting layer joining together and spacing apart the enveloping body and the core member, and the core member and the enveloping body being movable relative to one another. In view of the object of designing and further refining a bushing of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that it exhibits an adjustable stiffness response that is dependent on the deflection of the core member relative to the enveloping body, following the cost-effective manufacturing thereof, the bushing has at least one limit stop, which is structurally separate or is produced separately from the connecting layer, is assigned to the core member and/or the enveloping body and limits the relative movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Michael Ebert, Andreas Hinze, Andreas Erl
  • Cleaning Implement
    Publication number: 20120200142
    Abstract: The broom may include a broom body. The broom body may include a shaft side, a shoulder disposed on the shaft side, a cleaning side, and a bump guard disposed on the shoulder. The broom may further comprise a shaft extending from the shoulder and a plurality of bristles extending from the cleaning side. The bump guard may be relatively softer than a main piece of the broom body. The broom body may also include a lower bump guard covering a toe and a heel of the broom body. In one embodiment, the broom body may be comprised of a core and a skin. The skin may be overmolded onto the core. The bump guard may be overmolded onto the skin. In another embodiment, the core and the skin may be molded together in a co-injection molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Norbert W. Weis, Ralf G. Juergens
  • Valve stem seal with gas relief features
    Patent number: 8235394
    Abstract: A valve stem seal can include an elastomeric component having a first portion for having a sealed engagement with a valve stem, and a pressure relief lip engaging a valve guide. The pressure relief lip can have a sealing configuration and a venting configuration. The venting configuration can allow excess exhaust gases to vent from a combustion chamber. After the venting of excess exhaust gases, the pressure relief lip can close to the sealing configuration to prevent oil from entering the combustion chamber. The elastomeric body or the valve guide can include a pressure relief channel. The elastomeric body can also include a bumper engaging the valve guide. The pressure relief channel can be disposed in the bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: David Sakata
  • Gasket, cover with gasket, and pneumatic cylinder with cover and gasket
    Patent number: 8234970
    Abstract: A gasket includes a damping buffer for a piston that can be charged with a pressure medium and that can be moved back and forth axially in a cylinder pipe and includes at least one static seal for sealing the cylinder pipe vis-à-vis a cover connected to the face of the cylinder pipe and a dynamic seal having at least one dynamically loaded sealing lip that, during the proper use of the gasket, can be laid against the surface to be sealed of a damping journal that is connected to and axially movable back and forth with the piston and that has at least one flow-guiding connection opening that connects the axial faces of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Gonzalo Barillas
  • ARRANGEMENT WITH A MASS DAMPER FOR CANCELING OUT TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS OF A SHAFT
    Publication number: 20120192673
    Abstract: An arrangement having a gear side and a shaft side includes a shaft. A first flange is disposed on the gear side. A second flange is disposed on the shaft side. A mass damper is attached between the first flange and the second flange and including a damper ring, a hub and an elastomer layer disposed between the damper ring and the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Markus Duerre, Andreas Mahling
  • Cast Gasket
    Publication number: 20120187638
    Abstract: A gasket is formed using a plurality of compression limiting inserts each having first and second surfaces, and at least one edge disposed between the first and second surfaces with an elastomeric sealing material bonded thereto. Opposite ends of each of the compression limiting inserts are aligned with, and spliced to, adjacent ones of the compression limiting inserts by the elastomeric sealing material. The plurality of compression limiting inserts are aligned to form a completed gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: FREUDENBERG-NOK GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Chad D. Bauer, Mark A. Belchuk, Pratik Shah, Edward H. Park
  • Wallpaper for use in an automobile and a method for making same
    Patent number: 8221844
    Abstract: An automobile wallpaper, and an exterior surface finishing agent for the door trim, seats, and so on, of automobiles, as well as its manufacturing method. To manufacture such automobile wallpaper, a printing process is performed on the surface of a surface material which is currently being used, in order to render a three-dimensional effect to the surface, so as to achieve various luxurious appearances. The three-dimensional effect of the printing is maintained even during the molding process, and it also possesses excellent properties relative to sound absorbency, due to the three-dimensional effect of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: SungYong Ryu, YongWon Jin
  • WEDGE-SHAPED FILTER ELEMENT WITH TWO LEAF FILTERS
    Publication number: 20120174788
    Abstract: A filter element includes a holding frame with an intake opening, an air intake disposed on the intake opening, and an anti-twist mechanism configured such that the filter element is only insertable into a filter housing in one position. The anti-twist mechanism includes a body with two asymmetrically configured recesses extending along a longitudinal axis of the holding frame. The filter element also includes two bellows disposed on the holding frame, the bellows and holding frame delimiting a cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Uwe Felber, Ulrich Stahl, Claudio Marin
  • Seal and System of Sealing Lips Arranged in Series
    Publication number: 20120169014
    Abstract: A seal is provided comprising at least two sealing lips including a first sealing lip and a second sealing lip being arranged in series. A sealing system is provided which ensures a problem-free operation with a long service life at the same time. The seal is characterized in that the sealing lips are made of different materials. A system, which includes such a seal, is assigned to a rotatable shaft and at least two sealing lips seal off two spaces against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Rolf VOGT, Volker URBANSKI, Holger SATTLER
  • Seal for a bushing
    Patent number: 8210543
    Abstract: A bushing, including a core, a sleeve that surrounds the core and a spring element that is arranged between the core and the sleeve, wherein, on at least one face of the bushing, there is a sealing element that seals the spring element vis-à-vis the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Andreas Erl, Michael Ebert, Majid Djahani
  • Sealing Ring
    Publication number: 20120153575
    Abstract: A radial shaft sealing ring for the sealing separation of an internal space (6), from an external space (5), with a sealing lip (2) delimited by a first and a second annular surface (3, 4) of a cone frustum, wherein, the first annular surface (3) is oriented towards the external space (5), and the second annular surface (4) is oriented towards the internal space (6), wherein the annular surfaces (3, 4) are connected to each other via a ring-shaped contact surface (23) of the sealing lip (2), which rests on the shaft (7), wherein the first annular surface (3) forms with the shaft (7) a first angle (??) of 23-40° in the installed position, wherein an inner diameter (24) of the ring-shaped contact surface (23) is 1-15 mm in the installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Rolf Drucktenhengst, Udo Eping
  • MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR MICRO-INVASIVE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120150097
    Abstract: A medical instrument includes a tube, a bioresorbable nonwoven disposed in the tube, and a plunger disposed inside the tube that closes off a first end of the tube. The plunger is movable relative to the tube and slidable inside the tube so as to expel the nonwoven from the tube through actuation of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Daniel Neumueller, Denis Reibel, Dirk Grafahrend
  • Seal Installation Device and Method
    Publication number: 20120137495
    Abstract: A low cost and simple installation tool is designed to ease the installation of bonded pistons and lip seals in an automatic transmission or other industrial machine. The installation tool is in the form of a flexible circular disc that can be inserted in the gap between the bore and the shaft and pressed against the seal lip to flip the seal lip to its desired orientation while the disc is rolled around the circumference of the gap to orientate the entire seal in its proper position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: FREUDENBERG-NOK GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Johnny Kinder
  • Solenoid plunger core seal
    Patent number: 8186370
    Abstract: A solenoid valve may include a housing, a solenoid coil, and a plunger. The solenoid coil may be disposed about an external portion of the housing and the plunger may be slidably disposed within the housing. The plunger may include a recess in a first end thereof having a seal assembly located therein and including a pin member inserted into the recess and an elastomeric sealing element molded around the pin member while inserted into the recess of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: J. Brian Cloud
  • Spray mop head
    Patent number: D661442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Freudenberg Household Products LP
    Inventors: Balaji Kandasamy, Joseph Seifts