Patents Assigned to Mann & Hummel GmbH
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Patent number: 11821395Abstract: An exchangeable filter of a treatment device has a housing with a housing pot and a housing cover connected to the open side of the housing pot. The exchangeable filter is connectable to a connecting head of the treatment device with a bayonet-type connecting device. The connecting device has a housing connecting part on the housing interacting with a head connecting part of the connecting head for connecting the connecting device. The housing has an inlet for a fluid to be treated connectable to a supply conduit of the treatment head and an outlet for the treated fluid connectable to a discharge conduit of the treatment head. The housing pot has a rim at the open side of the housing pot. The rim radially outwardly surrounds the housing connecting part and axially projects past the housing connecting part in a direction away from the housing bottom.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Christian Thalmann, Ludwig Bammersperger, Martin Traublinger
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Patent number: 11815205Abstract: A coupling assembly, to be flowed through by fluid, for coupling two components has a coupling element and a ball joint assembly with a female ball joint element, a male ball joint element, and a securing element. The female and male ball joint elements form a ball joint by form fit. The male ball joint element has a ball segment and the female ball joint element has an expandable ball segment. The ball segment of the male ball joint element engages the expandable ball segment so that the female ball joint element at least partially encloses the male ball joint element. The securing element contacts externally an outer contour of the female ball joint element. The coupling element forms one of the female and male ball joint elements. One of the two components forms the other one of the female and male ball joint elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventor: Guido Regener
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Patent number: 11811085Abstract: A degassing unit for an electronics housing has a base body with gas passage opening and is connectable fluid-tightly to a rim of a pressure compensation opening of the electronics housing. A semipermeable membrane for covering the pressure compensation opening enables passage of gaseous media from an environment into the electronics housing interior and vice versa but prevents passage of liquids and solids. A membrane support device, arranged at an interior side of the base body facing the electronics housing interior, engages across the gas passage opening and is positioned at a first distance to the semipermeable membrane. A separation lattice with lattice openings is arranged at the interior side of the base body at a second larger distance to the semipermeable membrane and completely engages across the gas passage opening. A surface area spanned by the separation lattice is larger than a cross section of the gas passage opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Juergen Kosicki, Robert Zbiral, Sebastian Vaupel, Martin Ziller, Felix Langguth
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Patent number: 11804633Abstract: A degassing unit to be connected fluid-tightly to a pressure compensation opening of an electronics housing has a base body with gas passage opening. A semipermeable membrane, fastened fluid-tightly to a membrane carrier, allows gaseous media to pass from an environment into the electronics housing and in reverse but prevents passage of liquid media and solids. In normal operation, the membrane covers the gas passage opening. An axial seal circumferentially extends about the gas passage opening. The membrane carrier is moveable relative to the base body and, in normal operation, is pressed by axial force seal-tightly against the axial seal. The membrane carrier, when a predetermined pressure difference between housing interior and environment is surpassed, lifts off the base body to release an emergency degassing opening surrounding the membrane. The axial seal is a lip seal and made of a material softer than a material of the membrane carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Robert Zbiral, Axel Liebendoerfer, Thomas Jessberger, Markus Hanselmann
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Patent number: 11794137Abstract: A water drainage device for a filter module is provided with a valve housing that has a valve bore and a valve body received at least in sections thereof in the valve bore. The water drainage device can be transferred from a closed state, in which the valve body seals in relation to a valve seat of the valve bore, into an open state, in which the valve body is lifted off the valve seat, and transferred from the open state into the closed state. The valve body, upon transfer of the water drainage device from the closed state into the open state, moves linearly along the longitudinal axis of the valve bore and away from the valve seat along or at a slant to a direction of gravity in downward direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Martin Weindorf, Rafael Salom
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Patent number: 11794130Abstract: In a method for producing a water separator, a support structure surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis and a hydrophobic screen fabric are provided. By ultrasound or by laser radiation, a material of the support structure is plastified in regions that are radially outward at the support structure in relation to the longitudinal axis to generate plastified regions. The hydrophobic screen fabric is arranged at an outer circumferential side at the support structure and the hydrophobic screen fabric is pressed into the plastified regions. A water separator is provided that has a support structure surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis and a hydrophobic screen fabric of a material that is transparent for a laser radiation. The hydrophobic screen fabric is arranged at an outer circumferential side at the support structure and has sections embedded in radially outwardly positioned regions of the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Eugen Dietz, Frank Pflueger, Idriss Razgani
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Patent number: 11795593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Stefan Orendt, Thomas Pemsel
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Patent number: 11787269Abstract: A smart multi-modal vehicular air filtration management system including a first filter element and a second filter element disposed in a fresh air housing, wherein the fresh air housing has an inlet and an outlet. Additionally, a third filter element is provided which is disposed in a cabin housing, the cabin housing having one or more inlet. A fluid channel arranged between the fresh air and cabin housing. Finally, a diverter is included which is disposed near an outlet of the fresh air housing, wherein the diverter is configured to cause air to flow through the fresh air housing selectively through one or both of the first filter element and the second filter element.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Bernd Bauer, Thomas Heininger, Dominik Haider, Tobias Schwimmbeck, Mathias Hoesl, Matthias Heinzmann, Andreas Weber, Mirco Schoen, Mario Schoen, Martin Klein, Pascal Thau
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Patent number: 11773929Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly is provided to catch particles generated during braking. The brake dust particle filter has a ring segment-shaped housing with two axially spaced apart housing side walls and a radially outwardly positioned housing peripheral wall. The housing peripheral wall is arranged between the housing side walls. The housing accommodates the brake disc in the housing interior. A tongue projects inwardly away from the housing peripheral wall in the housing interior. The tongue projects at least in sections with a radial component and has a flat cross section with a base surface facing the housing peripheral wall, an end face projecting into the housing interior, and a side face. The tongue is formed by a filter medium and has no supporting device components separate from the filter medium. The filter medium provides a satisfactory stiffness keeping the tongue structurally stiff.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Coskun Evlekli, Eric Thébault, Jan Corba, Benedikt Weller, Andreas Beck
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Patent number: 11766680Abstract: There is provided a filter sub-assembly that comprises a rotary vessel having a rotor body and a closure member to close an opening of the rotor body. The sub-assembly further comprises a liner that is receivable within the rotor body to line an inner surface thereof. The liner is also fluidly sealable to the closure member by a centrifugal force directed radially outwardly from an axis of rotation, about which the rotary vessel is rotatable. The sub-assembly has particular application in a centrifugal filter of a motor vehicle, for example for cleaning engine oil in an engine lubrication system.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Neil Fletcher, Anthony W. Fell, Vikas Jilakarapalli Prabhakar, Robin Nash
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Patent number: 11752457Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Anthony W. Fell, Robin Nash, Tiago Marques, Angus Rouse, Andy Collins, Matthew Slade, Thomas Rowlands, Nigel Burford
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Patent number: 11752463Abstract: An adsorber element for a filter system is provided with a frame that has a base plate and one or more rigid support elements that project away from the base plate. An adsorber medium is disposed at the frame and arranged at least in sections of the base plate and at least in sections of the one or more rigid support elements. The filter system has a housing with an inlet and an outlet. The filter system is flowed through by a gaseous fluid from the inlet to the outlet. A filter element is arranged in the housing between inlet and outlet. The adsorber element is arranged in the housing preferably downstream of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Timo Dirnberger, Bernd Joos, Christopher Listl, Mathias Hoesl
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Patent number: 11738296Abstract: A filter device has a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter element at least partially encloses an inwardly positioned flow chamber. A purified medium can be discharged from the filter device through a flow socket provided with a wall that has an opening. A fastening flange is arranged at the wall of the flow socket adjacent to the opening, wherein a purging gas pipe of a purging device can be detachably fastened by the fastening flange to the flow socket. The opening in the wall of the flow socket receives the purging gas pipe.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventor: Dennis Stark
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Patent number: 11731067Abstract: A filter element for filtration and dehumidification of a gas has at least one filter medium body with an outflow side delimiting a clean-side flow chamber. A dehumidification unit is arranged downstream of the at least one filter medium body in a flow direction of the gas in the clean-side flow chamber. A carrier body accommodates the at least one filter medium body and the dehumidification unit. The dehumidification unit is connected flow-tightly to an outflow opening of the clean-side flow chamber. The dehumidification unit is arranged in the clean-side flow chamber at a spacing relative to the at least one filter medium body.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Andreas Franz
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Patent number: 11731063Abstract: A fuel filter element has a screen fabric as a filter medium and a support tube supporting the screen fabric. A valve body guide for guiding a spherical valve body is provided. The valve body guide has a fluid channel and one or more support ribs for supporting the spherical valve body. The support ribs extend along a longitudinal direction of the fluid channel and project radially into the fluid channel. A filter assembly with such a fuel filter element is provided. The filter assembly has a ball valve with spherical valve body and a filter housing with a valve seat for the spherical valve body of the ball valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Christine Oprisch, Martin Weindorf, Martin Veit, Felix Lippert
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Patent number: 11725615Abstract: A secondary filter element for a filter arrangement is provided with a filter medium and a circumferentially extending sealing device that seals the secondary filter element in respect to a filter receptacle of the filter arrangement. The circumferentially extending sealing device has an oval geometry with a long side and a short side. The circumferentially extending sealing device has an outer surface projecting, in a radial direction of the secondary filter element, farther past the filter medium when viewed along the short side compared to when viewed along the long side. A filter arrangement has a filter receptacle. A main filter element is received in the filter receptacle, and a secondary filter element is received in the main filter element. The circumferentially extending sealing device of the secondary filter element projects in a radial direction of the secondary filter element outwardly past an interior of the main filter element.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Dennis Stark, Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
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Patent number: 11725551Abstract: A filter element arranged exchangeably in a filter housing of a filter has a filter medium delimiting an element interior. An end body arranged at the filter medium has a fastening region surrounding the interior opening that communicates with the element interior. An insertion adapter for connecting the filter element to a fluid connector of the filter housing has an insertion sleeve insertable axially into the fastening region of the end body. The inward side of the fastening region is provided with a material that is initially flexible during manufacture of the filter element and hardens later on. The insertion sleeve has a holding element radially outwardly arranged at the circumference. With inserted insertion sleeve, the holding element is arranged in the fastening region. The initially flexible material of the fastening region flows behind the holding element and forms a form fit connection with the holding element when hardened.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventor: Herbert Jainek
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Patent number: 11725614Abstract: A filter housing has a first housing part with a first rim section and a second housing part with a second rim section. The housing parts can be joined and separated from each other in axial mounting direction and define a housing interior for a filter element provided with a circumferentially extending sealing element. The first and second rim sections form a receiving area in which the sealing element is seal-tightly clamped radially between the first and second rim sections when the housing parts are joined in the mounted state. A snap connecting device axially braces the first and second housing parts relative to each other. The snap connecting device is formed integrally on the first and second housing parts such that a clamping force applied by the first and second rim sections on the sealing element in radial direction is decoupled from the snap connecting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Andreas Weber, Michael Metzger, Bernhard Gau, Naihe Shen, Calogero Colletto, Achim Janner
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Patent number: 11719202Abstract: A filter cartridge for a filter for filtration of a fluid has a prismatic basic shape with a base face and a top face arranged parallel to each other and each having a polygonal basic shape. The prismatic basic shape is provided with a first lateral face and a second lateral face neighboring the first lateral face, wherein the first lateral face is an inflow surface and is substantially positioned perpendicular to the neighboring second lateral face. The prismatic basic shape has a third lateral face that is an outflow surface and is positioned at an angle relative to the first lateral face, wherein the angle is greater than 10° and smaller than 80°. A filter with such a filter cartridge is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
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Patent number: 11703160Abstract: A pipe component has a casing embodied as a folded bellows with folds. A tubular support body has an outer circumference and a length extension in a direction of a center line of the tubular support body. The tubular support body is embedded in the casing and supports the casing. The tubular support body has at least one stabilization element and the at least one stabilization element has segments that are axially spaced apart and at least partially extend circumferentially. The segments are connected by one or a plurality of hinges, respectively, along the length extension of the tubular support body. The hinges are arranged in the folds of the folded bellows of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbHInventors: Robert Zbiral, Steffen Grau, Juergen Schlamp, Thorsten Schmid, Matthias Teschner