Patents Assigned to Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 11754430
    Abstract: An operating fluid tank includes a capacitor. The capacitor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Between the first electrode and the second electrode, a clearance is formed which is fluid-connected to an operating fluid tank interior. The fluid tank also includes an evaluator electrically connected to the capacitor for determining a capacity of the capacitor by means of measurement signals determined by the capacitor. The first electrode and the second electrode include an electrically conductive plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Wind, Axel Barkow
  • Patent number: 11724591
    Abstract: A liquid container for a motor vehicle, having a first half-shell and a second half-shell, the half-shells delimiting a storage volume for accommodating liquid, the first half-shell having a first support layer and a first barrier layer, the second half-shell having a second support layer and a second barrier layer, the first barrier being situated on a side of the first support layer facing the storage volume, and the second barrier layer being situated on a side of the second support layer facing the storage volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roman Bouffier, Hartmut Wolf, Christian Kopiec, Klaus Gebert, Sebastian Stefan Rosenstraeter, Fabian Siggia, Markus Huetzen
  • Patent number: 11708778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid container for a motor vehicle, having a container wall that bounds a storage volume for storing liquid with respect to an environment, a heating element that is arranged in the storage volume, and a housing, wherein the housing encloses the heating element in a liquid-tight manner with respect to the supply volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nicolai Schumacher, David Regier, Claas Goedecke
  • Patent number: 11691501
    Abstract: A device for fastening tank insert parts, wherein the device has a holding element for holding the tank insert part and at least one elastically deformable clamping device which is connected to the holding element and by means of which a fastening structure can be received. Furthermore, a plastic tank having a fastening structure which is arranged in the interior thereof, and having a device according to the invention which is arranged thereon for fastening tank insert parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerd Wolter, Markus Janich, Udo Wichartz, Sabine Schneider, Axel Frohwein
  • Patent number: 11695173
    Abstract: A battery housing arrangement, in particular a battery housing assembly of a vehicle traction battery which can be temperature-controlled by a fluid, comprises a battery housing which encloses an interior space for receiving battery cells, and a heat transmission device which has an inlet tube, an outlet tube and a heat exchanger element arranged fluidically therebetween. The fluid is able to flow through the heat transmission device from the inlet tube via the heat exchanger element to the outlet tube. The heat exchanger element can be accommodated in the battery housing. The battery housing has at least one through-opening for feeding through the inlet tube and the outlet tube, and the battery housing has at least one closure element which is inserted into the at least one through-opening and forms a closure between the inlet tube and/or the outlet tube and the at least one through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guido Schäfer, Moritz Lipperheide, Georg Enkirch, Stefan Lenz
  • Patent number: 11581605
    Abstract: A battery housing for a drive battery, comprising at least one housing shell, wherein the housing shell is formed at least partially or fully from a thermoplastic, wherein the housing shell has a receiving region for insertion of a drive battery, wherein the housing shell has a wall, wherein the wall has a two-layer or multi-layer sandwich structure, wherein at least a first layer of the sandwich structure, at least in some sections, is distanced from a second layer of the sandwich structure such that a wall cavity is formed between the first layer and the second layer, and wherein the wall cavity is designed to store a cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Eulitz
  • Patent number: 11548377
    Abstract: A method for determining a filling stop during a filling process of an operating fluid container whose operating fluid container interior can be filled with an operating fluid via a filling pipe opening into said interior, wherein a pressure sensor for determining a pressure within the filling pipe is arranged in the filling pipe, wherein the method has the following method steps: acquiring the time profile of pressure values acquired by means of the pressure sensor; and outputting a filling stop signal in accordance with the time profile of the pressure values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Wind, Axel Barkow
  • Patent number: 11535200
    Abstract: A vehicle surface cleaning device comprising a vehicle integrated housing including a nozzle carrier extendable from and retractable into the bodywork of a vehicle, said nozzle carrier being provided with at least one fluid nozzle, and comprising means for contactlessly heating the fluid nozzle while being in a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Alexander Lomer
  • Patent number: 11511601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the recovery of water in a motor vehicle, in which method, to recover water in an air-conditioning system (12) of the motor vehicle, air is cooled to a temperature below its dew point, and the water dropping out as a result of the cooling is collected in a water container (13). During water recovery, the air-conditioning system (12) is controlled by means of a water recovery control device (11), wherein, to control the water recovery by means of the water recovery control device (11), the air-conditioning system (12) is adjusted on the basis of at least one parameter value which is detected by a detection unit (10) and transmitted to the water recovery control device (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Moritz Lipperheide, Björn Stell, Daniel Dreschers
  • Patent number: 11506322
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (100) having a liquid tank (10), at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) connected to the liquid tank (10), through which liquid (F) can be transported from the liquid tank (10), and a pump (13) connected to the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) for conveying the liquid (F) from the liquid tank (10) through the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) in the direction of flow (R) during an operating phase, wherein a pressure accumulator (14) connected to the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) is provided, by means of which a pressure can be generated in the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) outside of the operating phase, and a ventilating element (15, 15a, 15b), which can be transitioned into an open position and into a closed position, is arranged along the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b), wherein, outside of the operating phase, a pressure impulse within the at least one line (11, 11a, 11b) can be generated by the pressure generated by the pressure accumulator (14) and a subsequent tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Timm Heidemeyer, Hartmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 11498414
    Abstract: An operating fluid tank for a motor vehicle, in particular for storing an aqueous additive, comprising: a tank wall made of a thermoplastic material, wherein the tank wall has a top, a bottom and side walls, and the tank wall delimits a tank volume, wherein the tank volume has a height, a depth and a width; and at least one electrically operated heating device having one or more heating elements, the heating element being inserted into an outer depression of the tank wall, or into an outer recess or opening in the tank wall, or into an inner structure that is integrally formed with the tank wall and that extends into the tank volume, and said heating element extending over at least one third of the height of the tank volume and being electrically contacted outside the tank volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Nicolai Schumacher, Alexander Pechan
  • Patent number: 11491865
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and operating liquid container system for controlling the internal pressure of an operating liquid container of a motor vehicle, wherein the method includes determining an internal pressure of the operating liquid container by means of a pressure sensor arranged in an operating liquid container interior; comparing the determined internal pressure with a predetermined maximum internal pressure by means of an electronic control device; outputting an opening signal from the control device to a vent valve that is arranged in a vent line or between the operating liquid container interior and the vent line, wherein the vent line fluidically connects the operating liquid container interior to the atmosphere when the determined internal pressure is equal to the maximum internal pressure or above the maximum internal pressure; and transferring the vent valve into an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Poul Hedevang
  • Patent number: 11478968
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a tube by injection molding a thermoplastic molding compound by using an injection-molding device with an article cavity, which defines the outer contour of the tube, and with an injection device, which is designed to drive a profile through the article cavity filled with the thermoplastic molding compound and thereby displace a liquid core of the molding compound, wherein the method envisages closing an opening of the article cavity with a mould core, which with the article cavity forms a hollow mould space and which has a secondary cavity that can be filled with the molding compound. After the filling of the article cavity and the hollow mould space with the thermoplastic molding compound, a projectile is driven through the article cavity, wherein the projectile displaces the molding compound into the secondary cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 11467112
    Abstract: Methods for determining an electrical conductivity of an operating liquid in an operating liquid container for a motor vehicle. The operating liquid container includes at least one capacitor which is fastened to a container wall of the operating liquid container and has a first electrode and a second electrode opposite said first electrode. A first method determines the electrical conductivity of the operating liquid by means of a frequency-dependent phase progression of the impedance of the at least one capacitor. Another method determines the electrical conductivity of the operating liquid by means of a frequency-dependent capacitance profile of the at least one capacitor. An operating liquid container which is designed for carrying out the methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Ludwig Krieger, Jakob Happel, Hartmut Wolf
  • Patent number: 11370296
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having at least one connecting section for connecting the reinforcing element to the liquid container, the connecting section having at least a first and a second web which are made from a first material and are enclosed at least in sections by a second material, the second material penetrating through openings of the webs, and the first web being at a smaller spacing from a longitudinal axis of the reinforcing element than the second web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Gebert, Frank Quant, Daniel Marx, Harald Lorenz, Andre Van Megern
  • Patent number: 11325464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having the method steps: providing a wall, which is provided in order to delimit an interior chamber of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; providing a structure, which is provided in order to be arranged in order to reduce sloshing noises in the interior chamber of the liquid container, wherein the structure comprises a random arrangement of threads cross-linked with each other and wherein a plurality of the threads of the structure are integrally joined, at least in sections, to at least one or more additional threads of the structure, such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; connecting the structure to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Volker Treudt, Christoph Schwenk
  • Publication number: 20220126685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid container (28) for a motor vehicle, having the method steps: providing a wall (14), which is provided in order to delimit an interior chamber (26) of the liquid container (28) for receiving a liquid (34); providing a structure (2), which is provided in order to be arranged in order to reduce sloshing noises in the interior chamber (26) of the liquid container (28), wherein the structure (2) comprises a random arrangement of threads (4) cross-linked with each other and wherein a plurality of the threads (4) of the structure (2) are integrally joined, at least in sections, to at least one or more additional threads (4) of the structure (2), such that a substantially monolithic structure (2) is formed; connecting the structure (2) to the wall (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Volker TREUDT, Christoph SCHWENK
  • Patent number: 11279223
    Abstract: A valve module for an operating fluid container system. The valve module has a housing which has a first connection for fluidically connecting to an operating fluid container interior, a second connection for fluidically connecting to a filler tube, and a third connection for at least indirectly fluidically connecting to the atmosphere. The valve module comprises the following features: the first connection is connected to the second connection and the third connection within the housing in a fluidic manner in each case; the second connection is connected to the third connection within the housing in a fluidic manner; and the first connection, the second connection, and the third connection can each be adjusted independently of one another between an open position, in which fluid communication through the respective connection is allowed, and a closed position, in which fluid communication through the respective connection is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ibrahim Koukan, Stefan Wind, Gernot Weiss, Axel Barkow, Dirk Eulitz
  • Patent number: 11254203
    Abstract: A liquid container for a motor vehicle, comprising a storage volume for storing a liquid and comprising at least one shell, which at least partially delimits the storage volume, wherein the shell has been produced at least partially in an injection molding process, the shell has a barrier film, the shell has a reinforcing element, which is formed at least partially or completely of a thermoplastic fiber-reinforced composite material, the shell has a single-part or multi-part support structure, which is formed at least partially or completely of an injection-molded material, the barrier film is integrally bonded to the reinforcing element, and the barrier film and the reinforcing element are each integrally bonded to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Roman Bouffier
  • Patent number: 11254803
    Abstract: A service fluids container made of plastic for installation in a motor vehicle. The service fluids container is suitable for antimicrobial storage of service fluids even in the event that the motor vehicle is shut off for prolonged periods. The interior of the container accommodates an antimicrobial composition comprising a hydrophilic polymer and a complex compound of a metal salt with an organic ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KAUTEX TEXTRON GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Agnes Eberhardt, Timm Heidemeyer, Sammy Metsahel