Patents Assigned to Mahle International GmbH
  • Publication number: 20240230186
    Abstract: A fluid collector having a housing having a tubular circumferential wall with a first end face having a first opening and with a second end face having a second opening, which is situated opposite the first opening of the first end face, a first cover being provided, which closes the first opening on the first end face, and a second cover being provided, which closes the second opening on the second end face. The tubular circumferential wall has an area with an, in particular, planar connecting surface, on which at least one flange element is arranged and fastened as a connecting element, at least one bore or one channel being provided in the area having the connecting surface, which fluidically connects the interior of the housing to the at least one connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Hicham ROUHANA
  • Publication number: 20240230236
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a heat exchanger block having first fluid channels and second fluid channels, including a fluid collector, the first fluid channels having a first fluid channel section and a second fluid channel section. A first fluid inlet is provided, which is fluidically connected to the first fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A first fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the first fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A second fluid inlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A second fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. The fluid collector has a third fluid inlet, a third fluid outlet, and a fourth fluid inlet, which is fluidically connected to the second fluid channels. A fourth fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin SIEVERS, Uwe Foerster, Hicham ROUHANA
  • Patent number: 12035512
    Abstract: A cooling device for an electromagnetic induction charging device for inductive charging of a motor vehicle with electrical energy. The cooling device may include a housing, an air path, a coolant path, a heat exchanger, and a fan. The housing may include an upper housing shell and a lower housing shell, which may surround a housing interior. The heat exchanger and the fan may be arranged in the housing interior. The air path and the coolant path may be arranged in the housing interior fluidically separated from one another. The coolant path and the air path may be directed through the heat exchanger such that, in the heat exchanger, heat is transferrable from coolant in the coolant path to air in the air path. The fan may be arranged upstream of the heat exchanger in the air path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Feldhaus, Thomas Himmer, Martin Steinbach
  • Publication number: 20240218880
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter module, a motor, a drive shaft, clamping mechanisms, and a compression device. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and configured to introduce the refrigerant to an intake volume. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit a discharge volume. The inverter module is adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power. The motor is mounted inside the housing. The plurality of clamping mechanisms are spaced about the outer diameter of the motor and configured to constrain the motor within housing. The compression device, coupled to the drive shaft, receives the refrigerant from the intake volume and compresses the refrigerant as the drive shaft is rotated by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tyler Smith, Brett Bowman
  • Publication number: 20240218876
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, a refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter module, a motor, a drive shaft, a cylindrical sleeve, and a compression device. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and configured to introduce the refrigerant to an intake volume. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit a discharge volume. The inverter module is adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power. The motor is mounted inside the housing. The cylindrical sleeve has a tubular side wall and a top cover defining an interior cavity. The interior cavity has an open end. The cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive the motor therein and constrain the motor within interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tyler Smith, Brett Bowman
  • Patent number: 12017548
    Abstract: A method for mounting an electromagnetic charging device on a substrate which can be driven on by an at least partially electric motor vehicle includes (a) laying a separating film on the substrate, (b) applying a flowable and hardenable casting material on the separating film, (c) arranging the electromagnetic charging device on the still flowable casting material, (d) aligning the charging device, and (e) (pre-)fixing the charging device with hardening of the casting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Himmer, Christopher Laemmle, Holger Schroth
  • Patent number: 12021210
    Abstract: A method for producing a multi-part cooling plate may including joining a flat component and a channel component. The flat component and the channel component may be formed from aluminum. The method may include forming a coolant conducting channel structure. Following the joining of the flat component with the channel component, the cooling plate may be cold worked, which may increase the strength and the flatness of the cooling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Goerdeler, Cord Voelker
  • Patent number: 12018897
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a fuel cell is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes at least two tube bodies that are arranged at a distance from one another and are in each case structured so that a fluid can flow through internally and so that air can flow around externally. A water channel, through which water can flow fluidically separated from the fluid, is arranged in or on at least one tube body. At least one opening, via which the water channel communicates fluidically with an external environment of the at least one tube body, is provided on the at least one tube body. The at least one opening is arranged in the at least one tube body so that at least one of the tube bodies can be wetter with water, which is guided through the water channel and escapes the water channel through the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Bruemmer, Christian Buerck, Rainer Lutz, Jan Schultes, Thomas Strauss
  • Patent number: 12007024
    Abstract: A lubricating mechanism of a pin connection pair of an internal combustion engine having a piston, a pin, and a connecting rod. The pin may be mounted in two pin seat portions of the piston such that the pin and one of the two pin seat portions form the pin connection pair. The lubricating mechanism may include a lubricating passage through which a lubricating medium is flowable and an oil outlet orifice communicating with the lubricating passage. The lubricating passage and the oil outlet orifice may be disposed in a piston top portion of the piston. An opening of the oil outlet orifice may face in an axial direction and may be disposed directly below a corresponding portion of the lubricating passage such that the lubricating medium is flowable via the opening directly to a gap defined between the connecting rod and a pin seat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: MAHLE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (CHINA) CO., LTD., MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Junzhuo Liu, Shaobo Zeng
  • Patent number: 12005550
    Abstract: A method for mounting a shaft in a bearing track of an internal combustion engine, at least one sealing ring is mounted on the shaft such that the at least one sealing ring is widened and is pushed onto a region of the shaft, and at least one circumferential groove is formed on an external diameter of the shaft so that the sealing ring is arranged in the groove. The method may include positioning a calibrating tool having at least two clamping jaws over the at least one sealing ring, displacing the clamping jaws radial inward such that the at least one sealing ring is pushed onto the shaft in the region of the groove, and pressing the at least one sealing ring into the respective groove and force-fitting and form-fitting holding of the sealing ring in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Cramer, Frank Dautel, Justus Himstedt
  • Patent number: 12009722
    Abstract: An electric machine for a vehicle is disclosed. The electric machine includes a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator about a rotational axis that defines an axial direction. A housing at least partially surrounds a housing interior and includes a first housing part and a second housing part that bound the housing interior. The rotor is rotatably mounted on the first housing part and the second housing part via a bearing device. At least one heat transmission body is arranged along the axial direction between at least one of the first and second housing parts and the rotor. The heat transmission body bounds, together with the at least one of the first and second housing parts, a coolant space through which a coolant can flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Sever
  • Patent number: 12003161
    Abstract: An electric machine may include a stator, a rotor, a housing, and at least one heat transmission body. The housing may at least partially surround a housing interior. The housing may include a plurality of housing parts, which may bound the housing interior and on which the rotor is rotatably mounted via a bearing device. The heat transmission body may be arranged along the axial direction between at least one housing part of the plurality of housing parts and the rotor. The at least one heat transmission body and the at least one housing part may bound a coolant space through which a coolant is flowable. At least one of the plurality of housing parts may include an attachment section to which the at least one heat transmission body is attached. The bearing device may be disposed on the attachment section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Sever
  • Patent number: 11992788
    Abstract: A filter includes an end cap having a top surface, and a circumferential collar extending from the top surface, the circumferential collar having a radial surface that engages radially with one or more fingers that extend from an inner surface of a filter housing cover, a filter base, a filter element positioned between the end cap and the filter base, and a pin extending below the filter base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kollmann, Patrick Wieler
  • Patent number: 11993156
    Abstract: A temperature-control device of an energy store, e.g., in a motor vehicle, is disclosed. The temperature-control device includes a first circuit, in which a first heat transfer unit and the energy store to be temperature-controlled are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a first heat transfer medium, and a second circuit, in which a second heat transfer unit and the first heat transfer unit are arranged and connected to one another in a heat-transferring manner via a second heat transfer medium. In at least one line of the first circuit and/or at least one line of the second circuit a predetermined breaking point and/or a predetermined bending point is arranged which upon a predefined force effect interrupts a flow of fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Jauss, Thomas Kalmbach, Hans-Martin Ruppert, Dietmar Wilhelm
  • Patent number: 11994130
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Jonathan Hammond
  • Patent number: 11988457
    Abstract: A coaxial tube arrangement for a heat exchanger may include a coaxial tube and a closing cover. The coaxial tube may include an inner core channel and an outer annular channel. The closing cover may close the coaxial tube at a longitudinal end side. The closing cover may have a base region and a circumferential edge. The base region may be aligned transversely to a flow direction through the coaxial tube. The circumferential edge may be aligned with the flow direction and may face the coaxial tube. The circumferential edge may have a thickness, which is defined transversely to the flow direction, that is equal to or greater than a height of the annular channel, which is defined transversely to the flow direction. The circumferential edge may cover the annular channel transversely to the flow direction and may separate the annular channel from the core channel in a fluid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
  • Patent number: 11988470
    Abstract: A plurality of spacer devices for incorporation into a bent-tube heat exchanger that includes a spine and one or more fingers that protrude from opposite sides of the spine. The fingers are configured to exert a force against the tubes and to provide and maintain a separation between the tubes in the folded region. A heat exchanger includes a plurality of the spacer devices, such that one spacer device is positioned on every two tubes. The tubes may also include a coating in the folded region in order to reduce corrosion and increase the life-time of the heat exchanger. The method of forming the heat exchanger includes placing one of the spacer devices on every other tube, such that the fingers lay on the tubes in the region to be folded and assist in the folding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Louis Runk
  • Patent number: 11988291
    Abstract: A valve unit includes an actuator, a first valve and a second valve. The first/second valve includes a first/second valve housing and a first/second valve body. The first/second valve body is rotatably arranged in the first/second valve housing. The two valves are arranged coaxially to one another and rotatable about a common adjusting axis. The actuator is non-releasably coupled to the first valve body and releasably coupled to the second valve body via the first valve body. The first valve body is rotatable in a first and second direction of rotation with the actuator. The second valve body in the coupled state is co-rotatable with the first valve body in the first/second direction of rotation and in the decoupled state is not co-rotatable with the first valve body at least in the second direction of rotation. In addition, a method for adjusting the valve unit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Schmidgall
  • Publication number: 20240157754
    Abstract: A heat exchanger with a heat transfer area, with a fluid collector and with a valve unit. The heat transfer area has a first fluid path for a first fluid flow and a second fluid path for the second fluid to flow through. The first fluid path is in thermal contact with the second fluid path for heat transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid. The fluid collector has a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet for the inflow of the first fluid into the fluid collector for the storage of the first fluid in the fluid collector and for the outflow of the first fluid from the fluid collector. The valve unit is provided and designed to control the fluid flow through the heat transfer area and/or the fluid collector. The heat transfer area, the fluid collector and the valve unit are designed as a single unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Hannes STADLER, Uwe FOERSTER
  • Publication number: 20240157755
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having a first heat transfer area, a second heat transfer area, a fluid collector and a valve unit as a single unit. The first heat transfer area has a first fluid path and a second fluid path. The first fluid path is in thermal contact with the second fluid path. The second heat transfer path has a third fluid path and a fourth fluid path. The third fluid path is in thermal contact with the fourth fluid path. The fluid collector has a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet for inflow into the fluid collector for storage in the fluid collector and for outflow from the fluid collector. The valve unit controls the fluid flow through the first heat transfer area, the second heat transfer area and/or the fluid collector in at least one first operating state for air conditioning cycle operation and/or in at least one second operating state for heat pump circuit operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe FOERSTER, Hannes STADLER, Hrushikesh SWAMI