Patents Assigned to Mann & Hummel GmbH
  • Patent number: 11148088
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter for filtration of a fluid is insertable along an insertion direction into the filter. The filter element is provided with a filter medium to be flowed through along a main flow direction. The filter element has a clean side and a raw side. A sealing surface surrounds the filter medium, wherein the sealing surface, interacting with a filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in an installed state in the filter housing, separates the clean side from the raw side. A support edge exerts a force on the sealing surface by interacting with the filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in the installed state in the filter housing. The sealing surface and the support edge are positioned at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wuebbeling, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Beate Brandt, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Patent number: 11136948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-modal multi-media air filtration system which can include: a base having one or more connection features and a filter media assembly, the filter media assembly being configured to attach to the base at a first end and the cap at a second end. The filter media assembly also including a first filter media extending across a primary air flow path and a second filter media extending across a secondary air flow path. The air filtration assembly then includes a blocking mechanism and an actuation assembly being configured to work together so as to selectively open or close the secondary air flow path so as to alternate the degree of filtration passing through the filter media based on the degree of desired filtration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Anja Koronai, Thomas Loehl
  • Patent number: 11130088
    Abstract: A multi-modal multi-media air filtration system which can include: a base having one or more connection features and a filter media assembly, the filter media assembly being configured to attach to the base portion at a first end. The filter media assembly can then also include a first filter media extending across a first air flow path and a second filter media extending across a second air flow path. The air filtration assembly can then also include an actuation assembly configured to selectively open or close one of the first air flow path or the second air flow path so as to alternate the degree of filtration passing through the filter media assembly based on the degree of filtration provided by the first or second filter media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Loehl, Anja Koronai-Bauer, Rodrigo Reyes, Martin Lehmann, Tina Davis, Matthew Currin
  • Patent number: 11125371
    Abstract: A coupling device for connecting media-conducting lines has a one-part or multi-part first coupling section and a one-part or multi-part second coupling section. At least one locking element is fastened with at least one connecting section to the first coupling section and is provided with one or more locking arc sections extending in a circumferential direction between the first and second coupling sections. The second coupling section has a locking section extending circumferentially at least partially about a circumference of the second coupling section. At least one of the one or more locking arc sections interacts with the locking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Zbiral, Thomas Jessberger, Andreas Weber, Timo Dirnberger
  • Patent number: 11125194
    Abstract: A silencer for reducing gas noise in a combustion engine intake system has a tubular casing with a first casing part and a second casing part connected to each other by a weld seam to form an outer casing wall, wherein the weld seam is a part of the outer casing wall. A third part for compensating gas noise is positioned inside the tubular casing. The third part is arranged in the tubular casing such that an annular cavity is formed by the third part and the outer casing wall. A weld flash protrudes from an inner surface of the outer casing wall into the annular cavity and is contained therein. The silencer is produced in a single welding process in which the first and second casing parts are connected to each other to form the outer casing wall and the third part is connected to the tubular casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Jorge Sánchez
  • Patent number: 11117082
    Abstract: A filter device has a filter housing and a round filter element received in the interior of the filter housing. The round filter element has a filter medium body with a wall flowed through radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body by a fluid to be purified. The round filter element has a first end disk and a second end disk arranged at opposed end faces of the filter medium body. The filter medium body has an inwardly positioned flow space inside the filter medium body that is the raw side of the round filter element. A support grid is arranged externally at the wall of the filter medium body. The filter housing has a housing cover with a flow guiding rib arranged at an inner side of the housing cover facing the interior. The flow guiding rib projects into the inwardly positioned flow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Nadine Donauer, Fabian Wagner, Torsten Fritzsching
  • Patent number: 11117084
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium body and sealing material strips extending at least partially circumferentially in a circumferential direction of the filter medium body at an inflow side of the filter medium body and at least at one additional side of the filter medium body. A first one of the sealing material strips carries at least one holding tab. The at least one holding tab projects past the first sealing material strip. The at least one holding tab is embodied at least partially of a material of the first sealing material strip. A filter device with such a filter element arranged in a filter housing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Nadine Donauer
  • Patent number: 11111889
    Abstract: A recirculation module for a fuel prefilter unit of a combustion engine has a temperature-controlled actuating element that transfers the recirculation module, based on a filter raw side feed temperature of the fuel, from a cold start state into a normal operating state and back. In cold start state, an engine return line from the combustion engine to the recirculation module is in fluid communication with a filter element raw side of the fuel prefilter unit and the engine return line is separated in regard to fluid communication from a tank return line of the combustion engine. In normal operating state, the engine return line is separated in regard to fluid communication from the filter element raw side and is in fluid communication with the tank return line. A check valve prevents return flow of fuel from the tank return line into the engine return line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Pius Trautmann, Idriss Razgani, Dietmar Talmon-Gros
  • Patent number: 11092118
    Abstract: A filter housing of a fluid filter has a housing body with inlet and outlet openings for fluid. The housing body has an element receptacle for a filter element that separates inlet opening from outlet opening. The housing body has an installation opening providing access to the element receptacle in an installation direction and enabling insertion of the filter element into the element receptacle. The installation opening is arranged at a transverse side of the housing body laterally relative to a housing axis that is transverse to the installation direction. A housing cover closes off the installation opening. The housing body has a sealing surface contacting a seal of the filter element when inserted in the element receptacle and surrounding the housing axis at least partially circumferentially. A fall-out protection device prevents the filter element from falling out of the element receptacle when the installation opening is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Ruhland, Michael Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 11065568
    Abstract: A filter module analysis system configured for the analysis of a filter module having a filter element contained within a housing, the housing having an inlet, a clean outlet and a waste outlet. A clean outlet sensor assembly can be provided about the clean outlet, and a waste outlet sensor assembly can be provided about the waste outlet. A data collection and network communication mechanism can be configured to receive process and receive data from the clean and waste outlet sensor assemblies and transmit the data over a network to a server form storage and processing filter module statuses based on flow detected flow parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Sreenath Kariveti, Charles Vaillant
  • Patent number: 11065942
    Abstract: An environmental air cleaning device for a road vehicle removes dust, particulate matter, and/or gases from environmental air. The environmental air cleaning device has one or more filter elements. The environmental air cleaning device is provided with a mounting device that rigidly couples to a vehicle-side mounting device for roof loads. A road vehicle with such an environmental air cleaning device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Keller, Andreas Pelz, Gunnar-Marcel Klein, Thomas Loehl, Thilo Mueller, Christoph Schulz
  • Patent number: 11041469
    Abstract: A discharge control device for a filter system and a filter system for filtering a media flow of a first and a second medium is provided with a collecting chamber that collects the second medium separated from the media flow. A sensor arrangement with a first sensor unit, a second sensor unit, a first shut-off valve having a closure body, and a second shut-off valve is provided. The first sensor unit is operatively connected to the first shut-off valve. The first sensor unit has a float that purely mechanically actuates the closure body of the first shut-off valve. The second shut-off valve is arranged in series in flow communication with the first shut-off valve. The second shut-off valve has an electromagnetically actuatable valve controlled by the second sensor unit as a function of a fill level of second medium in the collecting chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Idriss Razgani, Christoph Baumann, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Michal Tuma, Jan Svoboda
  • Patent number: 11027596
    Abstract: A cabin air filter is provided with a filter element receptacle and a filter element having a fold pack. The fold pack has a first fold pack area having a fold height that is greater than the fold height of a second fold pack area. The filter element is inserted in an insertion direction into the filter element receptacle. The second fold pack area may form a sword that extends in the insertion direction away from a face of the filter element. The filter element has lateral strips that close off the fold pack on at least two sides of the fold pack. The sword is preferably inherently stable so that it can transmit compressive forces from the filter element to the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Tina Bayerlein, Peter Pekny, Elmar Riess, Emrullah Atilgan
  • Patent number: 11027227
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 11020701
    Abstract: A filter element for an air filter has a filter bellows with a filter medium folded multiple times. A recess is disposed in the filter bellows and is designed to receive a guiding rib of the air filter. The recess is curved at least in sections thereof along a length extension of the recess. The air filter has a housing and a guiding rib, wherein the filter element is arranged at least partially in the housing and the guiding rib is immersed at least partially in the recess of the filter element. In a method for producing the filter element, the recess in the filter bellows is formed with a computer-assisted separation method that forms the recess to be curved at least in sections thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Schmid, Timo Dirnberger, Andreas Weber, Markus Schmidl, Christoph Goldbrunner, Markus Hanselmann, Guenter Goerg
  • Patent number: 11014038
    Abstract: The invention describes a filter medium (10), in particular for an air filter, in particular an interior air filter or for a fuel cell, including at least three active layers: a catalytic active layer (12) comprising catalytic activated carbon particles (12a), a second active layer (14) comprising impregnated or catalytic activated carbon particles (14a), a third active layer (16) comprising impregnated or catalytic activated carbon particles (16a), wherein at least one active layer comprises impregnated activated carbon particles and the three active layers (12, 14, 16) differ from one another. The invention further discloses a filter media body including the filter medium; a filter element including the filter media body or the filter medium; an air filter including the filter element or the filter media body or the filter medium, and a production method for producing the filter medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hitzke, Matthias Heinzmann, Christoph Krautner, Thomas Pemsel
  • Patent number: 10995436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a nonwoven fabric from fibres, wherein the fibres are spun by means of at least one spinneret, are cooled and then deposited on a collection device to form a nonwoven web. The nonwoven web undergoes hot fluid bonding during at least two consecutive bonding steps. In a first bonding step, the surface of the nonwoven web is subjected to a hot fluid and, in a second bonding step, the surface of the nonwoven web is also subsequently subjected to a hot fluid and, in addition and at the same time, surface pressure is exerted on the nonwoven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK, MANN + HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Claudio Cinquemani, Detlef Frey, Stefan Orendt, Thomas Pemsel
  • Patent number: 10987613
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering a fluid is provided with a filter housing that has a housing top part and a housing bottom part arranged along a housing axis of the filter housing. An inlet socket is arranged at the housing top part for supplying a fluid to be filtered. An outlet socket is arranged at the housing top part for discharging the fluid. A filter element is provided with a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis of the filter element. The filter element, installed inside the filter housing, fluidically separates a raw fluid side from a clean fluid side. A central element is attached to the filter housing and extends along the housing axis. The central element is separate from the filter element and projects into an interior of the filter element. A strainer filter is arranged at the central element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventor: Micha Ammersdoerfer
  • Patent number: 10981094
    Abstract: A filter assembly has a housing with a housing inlet and a drain. A rotary vessel is rotatably mounted within the housing and has a rotary vessel inlet and a rotary vessel outlet. Fluid exiting the rotary vessel outlet exits the housing through the drain. A valve assembly moveable between a closed and an open configuration is provided. When closed, the valve assembly fluid-tightly seals rotary vessel inlet from housing inlet. When open, the rotary vessel inlet is in fluid communication with the housing inlet such that fluid flowing into the housing inlet passes into the rotary vessel inlet. The valve assembly is moveable from closed to open configuration when a pressure of fluid flowing into the housing inlet exceeds a threshold pressure. The filter assembly has a fluid passageway permitting air flow into the rotary vessel through the rotary vessel inlet when the valve assembly is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Anthony W. Fell, Tiago Marques, Angus Rouse, Robin Nash
  • Patent number: 10981098
    Abstract: An air filter element has a filter medium body that has a wall to be flowed through by a fluid to be purified in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. The filter medium body has a first end face and an oppositely positioned second end face. The filter medium body has an elongate cross section shape with two oppositely positioned narrow sides and two oppositely positioned long sides connecting the two narrow sides. A cross section surface of the filter medium body tapers from the first end face toward the second end face. The two long sides each have an inwardly oriented radial constriction in a region of the narrow second end face, wherein, in a region of the first end face, the two long sides are formed without or at least approximately without the inwardly oriented radial constriction, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Pascal Neef