Patents Assigned to Mann & Hummel
  • Patent number: 11795593
    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 24, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Orendt, Thomas Pemsel
  • Patent number: 11787269
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Bauer, Thomas Heininger, Dominik Haider, Tobias Schwimmbeck, Mathias Hoesl, Matthias Heinzmann, Andreas Weber, Mirco Schoen, Mario Schoen, Martin Klein, Pascal Thau
  • Patent number: 11773929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Coskun Evlekli, Eric Thébault, Jan Corba, Benedikt Weller, Andreas Beck
  • Patent number: 11766680
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Neil Fletcher, Anthony W. Fell, Vikas Jilakarapalli Prabhakar, Robin Nash
  • Patent number: 11759735
    Abstract: A filter element includes a first end cap, a second end cap, and an intermediate end cap disposed between the first end cap and the second end cap. A ring of first filter media circumscribing a first central cavity is disposed between the first end cap and the intermediate end cap. A ring of second filter media is disposed between the intermediate end cap and the second end cap. The filter element also includes an air-bleed conduit axially extending through the first central cavity and comprising a first portion integrally formed with the first end cap and a second portion integrally formed with the intermediate end cap and configured to connect to the first portion thereby forming a conduit for transmitting fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL Filtration Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Willie L Stamey, Jr., Mark A. Roll, Gregory K. Rhyne
  • Patent number: 11752458
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a body of filter media, a seal, and a compression ring. The body of filter media having a first end surface, a second end surface spaced apart from and opposing the first end surface, and an outer surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface. The seal surrounds the first end surface. The compression ring is disposed about the second end surface. The compression ring includes a first channel configured to allow fluid communication between the second end surface and the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL Filtration Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Willie L. Stamey, Jr., Dillan Scott Shaffer, Antonio Jose Gonzalez Arevalo
  • Patent number: 11752457
    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: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Anthony W. Fell, Robin Nash, Tiago Marques, Angus Rouse, Andy Collins, Matthew Slade, Thomas Rowlands, Nigel Burford
  • Patent number: 11752463
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Dirnberger, Bernd Joos, Christopher Listl, Mathias Hoesl
  • Patent number: 11738296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Dennis Stark
  • Patent number: 11731063
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Oprisch, Martin Weindorf, Martin Veit, Felix Lippert
  • Patent number: 11731067
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Andreas Franz
  • Patent number: 11725615
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11725551
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Herbert Jainek
  • Patent number: 11725614
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Andreas Weber, Michael Metzger, Bernhard Gau, Naihe Shen, Calogero Colletto, Achim Janner
  • Patent number: 11719202
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kaufmann, Klaus-Dieter Ruhland
  • Patent number: 11702780
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric from thermoplastic fibers has a spinneret for spinning fibers into continuous filaments and a cooler for cooling the filaments. The cooled filaments are then deposited on a conveyor to form a nonwoven web. A first consolidator surface treats the nonwoven web with a hot fluid or hot air as it is conveyed on the conveyor. A second consolidating downstream of the first consolidator has a dual-belt furnace in which the nonwoven web is passed between two circulating belts or continuous belts for surface treating the nonwoven web with a hot fluid or hot air and for applying surface pressure can be applied to the nonwoven web at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK, MANN + HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Claudio Cinquemani, Detlef Frey, Stefan Orendt, Thomas Pemsel
  • Patent number: 11701610
    Abstract: An ambient air purifying device has a blower housing with air inlet and air outlet. In the blower housing, a flow generating device is arranged generating an air flow from air inlet to air outlet. Between air inlet and air outlet, a filter device is arranged with filter elements arranged relative to each other in a V shape. The blower housing has a servicing door through which the blower housing interior is accessible. The filter device has a filter element support held at the blower housing and supporting the filter elements. The filter element support is pivotably supported about an axis at the blower housing. The filter element support is transferrable from an operating state, in which it is completely inside the blower housing, into a servicing state, in which it projects at least partially through the servicing door from the blower housing, by pivoting about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL Life Sciences & Environment Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jens Gusek, Marc Hittinger, Christoph Schulz, Maximilian Bauch
  • Patent number: 11701607
    Abstract: A filter element, which has an oval cross-section in a longitudinal direction thereof and includes a circumferential sealing device for, in particular, radially sealing the filter element off from a filter holder for the filter element, wherein the sealing device has two first curvature sections arranged one facing the other and two second curvature sections arranged one facing the other, wherein the first curvature sections each have a first radius of curvature and the second curvature sections each have a second radius of curvature, and wherein the first radius of curvature differs from the second radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt
  • Patent number: 11701602
    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: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 11703160
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Zbiral, Steffen Grau, Juergen Schlamp, Thorsten Schmid, Matthias Teschner