Patents Assigned to Mann & Hummel GmbH
  • Patent number: 11585468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10) having a corrugated duct segment (12) interposed between two elbowed segments (14, 18), wherein at least one of the elbowed segments (18) is made of thermoplastic elastomeric and connected to an end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) by overmolding the elbowed segment (18) over the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12), and wherein the end section (22) of the corrugated duct segment (12) includes a guiding and sealing arrangement (50) pointing away from the corrugated duct segment (12) in a radial direction (32). The invention further relates to an air duct (80) having such a thermoplastic elastomeric bellow duct (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Sonia Lorente, Jaime Gracia Heras, Leopoldo Marzal Lopez, Samuel Palau Fumanal
  • Patent number: 11583795
    Abstract: A fastening module for connecting a filter system to an arched connecting surface with openings for a fluid has a connecting housing connectable in fluid communication to the filter system. Rigid individual channel pieces are arranged in the connecting housing and channels extend in the channel pieces. The channels correspond with the openings in the arched connecting surface. The channel pieces have connecting flanges to be connected to the openings in the arched connecting surface. The channel pieces are connected by flexible connecting regions with each other; with the connecting housing; or with each other and with the connecting housing. The fastening module is connected in fluid communication to the inlet region or outlet region of the filter system. A filter module for the filter system has substantially free intake across its cross section and enables an intake manifold-type distribution of a volume flow passing through the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Rauschmaier, Herbert Pietrowski, Bernd Joos, Christoph Krautner, Daniel Ebnet
  • Patent number: 11571643
    Abstract: An exchangeable filter element of a liquid filter has a filter medium surrounding circumferentially a virtual axis of the filter element. A discharge closure element is arranged eccentrically at an axial end face of the filter element. The discharge closure element closes off a discharge opening of a discharge channel of the filter housing when the filter element is installed in the filter housing. The discharge channel serves to empty liquid from the filter when the filter element is removed. The discharge closure element has a limited circumferential expansion with respect to the virtual axis. The discharge closure element has a closure surface arranged at an axial end face of the discharge closure element. The closure surface is at least partially axially oriented. The closure surface rests so as to seal axially at a sealing section of the filter housing that surrounds the discharge opening of the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Jainek
  • Patent number: 11565203
    Abstract: A filter element of a filter for liquid, a drainage closure element, a housing part, and a filter are described, wherein the filter element has a filter medium which continuously surrounds circumferentially an element interior relative to a virtual axis and is connected to an axial end body. The end body is provided with a filter element drainage opening surrounding the axis and communicating with the element interior. A filter element sealing surface or filter element seal surface of a filter element sealing device is provided at the end body and continuously surrounds circumferentially the filter element drainage opening. The filter element drainage opening is closed by the filter element sealing device when the filter element is mounted in the filter housing of the filter. The filter element sealing surface or filter element seal surface is axially oriented with at least one direction component relative to the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Jainek
  • Patent number: 11547961
    Abstract: A filter element has a first follower element with a first traction surface and a second follower element with a second traction surface provided for interacting with first and second mating surfaces of the filter housing, respectively. The first and second traction surfaces interact with the first and second mating surfaces to pull out the filter element from the filter housing. The first and second traction surfaces are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the filter element and project radially into the interior of the filter element. At least one of the first and second follower elements has a stop surface adjoining circumferentially the respective traction surface. In a position of use, the stop surface interacts with a counter stop surface of the filter housing to form an at least unidirectional rotational degree of freedom blocking about the longitudinal axis relative to the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Baumann, Oliver Glueck, Guenter Jokschas, Idriss Razgani, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Martin Weindorf
  • Patent number: 11541336
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter body which is closed on at least one end face by an end disc, wherein the end disc is formed from a potting compound, and has a stabilization device which is surrounded at least in some areas by the potting compound. At least one data storage unit is arranged on or in the stabilization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Duc Cuong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11536382
    Abstract: A valve body for a valve has an envelope surface with a bell-shaped cross section contour in a longitudinal direction of the valve body. The envelope surface is provided with a guide region for guiding the valve body in a valve seat and is further provided with a sealing region for contacting fluid-tightly the valve seat. The sealing region adjoins in the longitudinal direction the guide region. The bell-shaped cross section contour in the longitudinal direction from the guide region to the sealing region is open at one side and increases strictly monotonously. The valve body is formed of a thermoplastic polyhalogen olefin. A crankcase ventilation device is provided that is provided with a valve provided with such a valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Gelase Mbadinga Mouanda, Thomas Jessberger, Coskun Evlekli, Claus Fischer, Dennis Viellieber
  • Patent number: 11530634
    Abstract: A coalescence separator for separating liquid droplets from a gas flow has a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A multi-layer structure of a plurality of individual layers of a coalescence filter medium is arranged between the gas inlet and the gas outlet, wherein the coalescence filter medium is provided with a glass fiber paper with glass fibers. The individual layers of the coalescence filter medium each have an individual layer thickness of more than 0.8 mm and maximally 5 mm, a grammage of greater than 80 g/m2 and less than 500 g/m2, and an air permeability of 350 l/m2s to 1,800 l/m2s. The multi-layer structure has between 2 and 80 of the individual layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Grein, Markus Zuerker
  • Patent number: 11517836
    Abstract: A filter element for a fluid has a filter medium arranged in annular shape about a longitudinal axis to be flowed through by the fluid to be filtered radially. A coaxial outlet socket is arranged at an end of the filter element facing upwardly in filtering operation. The coaxial outlet socket has a fluid outlet channel for filtered fluid and a venting channel that vents a clean side and/or a raw side of the filter element. The venting channel coaxially surrounds the fluid outlet channel radially and extends at least in sections thereof in axial direction. A filter system is provided with a filter head that has a fluid inlet conduit, a fluid outlet conduit for filtered fluid, and a venting conduit, wherein the filter element is suspended from the filter head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Weindorf
  • Patent number: 11493101
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly of a vehicle has at least one housing structure engaging across a brake disc and/or a brake caliper of the disc brake assembly at least in sections in a mounted state of the brake dust particle filter at the disc brake assembly. The brake dust particle filter is designed to catch particles generated during braking. At least one light source, especially an LED light source, is provided at the brake dust particle filter. A lighting housing part is provided that is to be attached to the housing structure. A vehicle is provided with such a brake dust particle filter provided with a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Ferdinand Pflugfelder, Gunnar Blanck
  • Patent number: 11478735
    Abstract: A filter medium (10) for filtering a fluid, in particular for use in an interior air filter (32), comprises a spun-bonded nonwoven formed at least in part of multi-component segmented pie fibers (1) having at least a first plastic component (2) and a second plastic component (3). The multi-component fibers (1) are largely non-split and in order to manufacture same, segmented pie filaments are spun in a spun-bonding process (S4) to form a spun-bonded nonwoven (10). The segmented pie filaments then form the multi-component fibers (4), the first plastic component (2) and/or the second plastic component (3) being made in particular of a polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Orendt, Thomas Pemsel
  • Patent number: 11471804
    Abstract: A method for producing a filter element provided with a sealing part in which the sealing material is introduced into a casting chamber between two tundish parts when in the non-cured state, and a compensation space connected to the casting chamber for the expansion of the sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Arthur Sudermann, Fabian Wagner, Thomas Sieber, Guenter Goerg, Michael Metzger, Markus Roehrig, Thomas Jessberger, Timo Dirnberger, Bernd Joos
  • Patent number: 11471800
    Abstract: A rotary vessel for a filter assembly is rotatably mountable in a housing of the filter assembly and has a body having an open end, a cover receivable on the body to close the open end, and a releasable locking device that is manually operable to selectively lock and unlock the cover relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Anthony W. Fell, Robin Nash, Tiago Marques, Angus Rouse, Andy Collins, Matthew Slade, Thomas Rowlands, Nigel Burford
  • Patent number: 11471807
    Abstract: A filter housing for a filter device is provided with an inlet housing arranged upstream of a filter element. The inlet housing has an inflow opening for introducing a fluid to be purified into the filter housing. The inlet housing has an overflow opening at an outlet of the inlet housing, wherein the overflow opening conveys the fluid to be purified to the filter element. The inlet housing has an inlet channel disposed between the inflow opening and the overflow opening. The inlet channel has an intermediately positioned channel section located between the inflow opening and the overflow opening, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the intermediately positioned channel section differs from a cross-sectional shape of the inflow opening and from a cross-sectional shape of the overflow opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Mario Rieger, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Stefan Kunze, Ulrich Dehnen, Johannes Stuerner, Markus Beylich
  • Patent number: 11465079
    Abstract: A liner for a filter sub-assembly has a wall having an outermost surface and an innermost surface. The innermost surface bounds a cavity extending between opposing first and second ends of the liner. A portion of the outermost surface is textured. The liner may be used in a rotor of a filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, James Eddiford, Robin Nash, Anthony W. Fell
  • Patent number: 11439940
    Abstract: A separation device for separating fluid from a gas stream has a housing replaceably connected to a connector head of a connecting device. The housing has a housing corpus with an axial end covered by a housing cover non-detachably connected to the housing corpus. A filter insert is received in the housing in a flow path of the gas stream from a raw gas inlet to a clean gas outlet of the housing. The filter insert has a main separator element with ring-shaped support body and cylindrical coalescing filter medium with coalescer material removing fluid from the gas stream. A preliminary separator element is arranged concentrically to the main separator element in the housing in the flow path of the gas stream between raw gas inlet and main separator element. The preliminary separator element has a cylindrical coalescing filter medium with coalescer material removing fluid from the gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biebricher, Bertram Bartelt, Klemens Dworatzek, Fei Wang, Sascha Roth
  • Patent number: 11415089
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium folded in a star shape that surrounds annularly a longitudinal axis of the filter element and is flowed through radially from exterior to interior. The filter element has a primary air passage and a secondary air passage. In the filter medium, a cutout is formed that penetrates a plurality of folds of the filter medium. A passage socket at which the secondary air passage is formed extends through the cutout. An air filter provided with a filter housing having a raw air inlet, a primary air outlet, and a secondary air outlet, has such a filter element that separates in the filter housing a raw side communicating with the raw air inlet from a clean side. The primary air outlet communicates through the primary air passage and the secondary air outlet through the secondary air passage with the clean side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Schmid, Matthias Krohlow, Martin Sonntag, Steffen Pfannkuch, Martin Schmid, Christoph Wittmers, Robert Hasenfratz
  • Patent number: 11408381
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe component (10) having a pipe (11) between two end regions (14, 18), which comprises a fold package (30). The fold package (30) has at least one first fold region (32) having first folds (40) which extend around an outer circumference (24) of the pipe (11). The fold package (30) has at least one second fold region (34, 36) having second folds (42) which extend part of the way around the outer circumference (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Sinkemat, Roland Welpe
  • Patent number: 11409310
    Abstract: A unit for the regulation for control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section and a switching film connected to the at least one housing section. A chemically inert, non-rubber-like PTFEswitching film switching film is disposed in the valve housing and switches at pressure differences of 1 mbar to 250 mbar for regulating, opening or blocking a flow of a fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The switching film is formed of a fluorine and carbon containing polymer material. The switching film has a plate-shaped flat body with a bending region and has a central closure region surrounded by the bending region. The bending region, when switching the switching film, moves the central closure region relative to a valve seat of the valve housing in an axial direction of the plate-shaped flat body toward or away from the valve seat by a stretch free or low-stretch bending movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Hoang-Minh Vu
  • Patent number: 11403890
    Abstract: A filter element analysis system for analyzing a filter element within a vehicle, the system including various filter sensors so as to provide information regarding various filter element parameters, a locator which configured provide vehicle position information such that conditions regarding the vehicle environment can be tracked and correlated to the location, as well as a means for transmitting information to a remote server for analysis and tracking of the filter element information with regard to environmental conditions such that a filter element status, remaining filter life, or particle load and replacement timeline can be calculated and updated so as to provide more accurate predictive models of the filter element conditions. As well as provide alerts regarding the need and scheduling of replacement or cleaning of a particular filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Brandon Hukill, Jon Nichols, Charles Vaillant, Yew Chong, Arpan Penkar, Matthew Nunn, Andreas Scope, Kevin Babb, Karlheinz Munkel, Markus Beylich, Nicolas Payen, Stefan Kunze, Uwe Plach, Lars-Thorsten Porschke, Stephan Braun