Patents Assigned to Hermann-Frank Muller
  • Patent number: 5649515
    Abstract: Diesel fuel preheaters with a heat exchanger and electric heating serve, for example, at low temperatures to maintain the flowability of diesel fuel and furthermore to quickly heat diesel fuel to achieve defined conditions for a fuel conserving and emission reduced combustion of the fuel and a better engine performance. The diesel fuel preheaters are provided with an integrated control unit and are adaptable to various engines and operational conditions. A special electric heating element in cooperation with the integrated control unit and the heat exchanger provide a fast and economic preheating of the diesel fuel. Furthermore, various advantageous couplings and mechanisms for the regulation of the heat transfer from the heat-delivering medium such as cooling water to the diesel fuel at the heat exchanger are shown and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Hermann-Frank Muller
    Inventors: Werner Karl-Heinz Fuchs, Axel Glet, Dirk Hendrich, Wolfgang Jordan
  • Patent number: 5243953
    Abstract: Diesel fuel preheaters with a heat exchanger and electric heating serve, for example, at low temperatures to maintain the flowability of diesel fuel and furthermore to quickly heat diesel fuel to achieve defined conditions for a fuel conserving and emission reduced combustion of the fuel and a better engine performance. The diesel fuel preheaters are provided with an integrated control unit and are adaptable to various engines and operational conditions. A special electric heating element in cooperation with the integrated control unit and the heat exchanger provide a fast and economic preheating of the diesel fuel. Furthermore, various advantageous couplings and mechanisms for the regulation of the heat transfer from the heat-deliverying medium such as cooling water to the diesel fuel at the heat exchanger are shown and described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Hermann-Frank Muller
    Inventor: Werner K. Fuchs