Patents Assigned to PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
  • Publication number: 20210115919
    Abstract: An automotive liquid pendulum vane pump includes a pump housing, a rotor ring with circular undercut recesses, a rotor hub with vane slots, and pendulum vanes which connect the rotor ring and the rotor hub. Each vane slot has a substantially plane contact wall slot with a tangential contact nose in an opening region and a diving recess. Each pendulum vane has a circular pendulum head which defines a pendulum hinge which corresponds to a circular undercut recess, a circular pendulum foot which is radially shiftable and pivotable in a vane slot, a vane leg which connects the circular pendulum head and the circular pendulum foot, and a contact path with a contact path surface which contacts the tangential contact nose in a rotational contact sector. A radial inner end of the contact path surface defines an inner tangential projection which temporarily dives into the diving recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: RAFFAELE SQUARCINI, ANTONIO DIPACE, EMANUELE PELLEGRINI
  • Patent number: 10982686
    Abstract: A coolant pump assembly includes an electric coolant pump for a motor vehicle. The electric coolant pump includes a multi-part pump housing and an electric drive unit arranged in the multi-part pump housing. The multi-pat housing includes a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, and a fastening assembly via which the electric coolant pump is detachably connected in an engine compartment to an engine component and/or to a body part. The fastening assembly includes at least one screw connection and at least one interlocking connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Wienecke, Elias-Immanuel Weirich, Stephan Schreckenberg
  • Patent number: 10982673
    Abstract: A vacuum pump for pumping a gas includes a pump housing which defines a pump cavity, a shiftable vane, a pump rotor body, a separate axial rotor retaining arrangement, and a radial friction bearing. The pump housing includes a closed housing wall. The pump rotor body includes a vane slit which supports the shiftable vane to define rotating pumping chambers, an axial low-pressure end which is axially supported by the closed housing wall so that a gas pressure inside the pumping chambers is present at the low-pressure end, and an axial high-pressure end. The pump housing is fluidically open at the axial high-pressure end so that atmospheric pressure is present. The axial rotor retaining arrangement includes a retaining sheet body arranged in a transversal plane which axially in part blocks the axial high-pressure end. The radial friction bearing is arranged axially between the vane slit and the axial high-pressure end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Giorgio Peroni, Raffaele Squarcini, Michael Rombach, Andreas Kuhnekath
  • Patent number: 10954897
    Abstract: An automotive vapor pump for pumping a pump gas having a fuel vapor. The automotive vapor pump includes a pump inlet opening, a pump outlet opening, an outlet volute, a pump outlet duct which is substantially tangential and which fluidically connects the outlet volute with the pump outlet opening, a centrifugal pumping wheel which pumps the pump gas from the pump inlet opening into the outlet volute and subsequently into the pump outlet duct, an electric motor which drives a pumping wheel, the electric motor including a static motor coil, a magnetic rotor body, and a motor driving electronics which drives the static motor coil, an electric connector plug which electrically connects the motor driving electronics with an external control unit, and an integrated pressure sensor which detects a fluidic pressure in the outlet volute or in the pump outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Alessandro Malvasi, Andreas Wulf
  • Patent number: 10941781
    Abstract: An electric motor vehicle-axial-flow liquid pump which is designed as an internal rotor pump. The electric motor vehicle-axial-flow liquid pump includes a pump housing with an axial inlet opening for admitting a liquid and an axial outlet opening for discharging the liquid, and an electric motor arranged in the pump housing. The electric motor includes a motor stator with at least one external stator coil, a can formed radially inside the at least one external stator coil, and a rotor body which is permanently magnetized and which is provided as an axial-flow impeller rotatably arranged inside the can. The rotor body has an axis of rotation and at least one blade which pumps the liquid from the inlet opening to the outlet opening along the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Robin Wegener
  • Publication number: 20210067013
    Abstract: A motor vehicle auxiliary unit electric motor includes a permanent-magnetic motor rotor, a motor stator having a ferromagnetic stator body and at least one stator coil, a motor electronics unit which is electrically connected to and which drives the at least one stator coil, and a contact spring. The motor electronics unit has an external ground connector which electrically connects the motor electronics unit to an external vehicle ground, and an internal ground contact which is electrically connected to the external ground connector. The contact spring provides a direct electrical connection between the internal ground contact of the motor electronics unit and the ferromagnetic stator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: ANDREAS WULF, WOLFGANG PILENZ
  • Patent number: 10935028
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a housing composite, a pump unit, a drive motor, a rotor shaft, and a motor controller which controls the drive motor. The housing composite defines a pump space, which includes a pump rotor space wherein a pump rotor of the pump unit is arranged, and a motor space wherein the drive motor is arranged, which together comprise a common end wall. The drive motor includes a motor stator, a motor coil arrangement, and a motor rotor. The rotor shaft co-rotatably connected to the motor rotor, and is arranged through the common end wall to rotate jointly with the pump rotor. The common end wall is a mounting wall part on which at least the motor controller is arranged. The motor coil arrangement is arranged on the motor stator and is provided on a side which is opposite to the motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Helmis, Thomas Wienecke
  • Publication number: 20210050717
    Abstract: An automotive auxiliary unit includes an electronic protection unit. The electronic protection unit includes an inverse-polarity protection unit having a semiconductor switch, and an overcurrent protection unit which detects a voltage drop at the semiconductor switch of the inverse-polarity protection unit so as to determine a present current level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: WITOLD JOSCHKO, STEPHAN RIEFERS
  • Publication number: 20210036586
    Abstract: An electric motor vehicle auxiliary unit includes a housing which is at least partly electrically conductive. An electric drive motor having stator-side motor coils, a unit mechanism which is driven by the electric drive motor, and a motor electronics circuit board are each arranged within the housing. The motor electronics circuit board includes motor electronics having control and power electronics which control the electric drive motor, and at least one housing ground connection which is electrically conductively connected directly to the housing via a housing ground element. A punch comb arrangement has at least two plug pins. A plug connection connects the motor electronics circuit board to an engine control unit. The plug connection is electrically connected to the motor electronics circuit board via the punch comb arrangement. The housing ground element is designed as a plug pin of the at least two plug pins of the punch comb arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN SCHULZ, PETER GROSS
  • Publication number: 20200400142
    Abstract: A variable mechanical lubricant pump provides a pressurized lubricant for an internal combustion engine. The lubricant pump includes a delivery port which is fluidically connected to the engine, a control ring which shifts between a maximum and a minimum eccentricity position, a pump rotor having slidable vanes which rotate in the control ring, a control ring preload spring which pushes the control ring into the maximum eccentricity position, a hydraulic control chamber which pushes the control ring into the minimum eccentricity position, a pressure galley pump port fluidically connected to the engine, and an overpressure valve fluidically associated with the delivery port. The pressure gallery pump port charges the hydraulic control chamber with a gallery pressure to control a remote gallery pressure of the engine via a control chamber pressure in the hydraulic control chamber. The overpressure valve opens if an applied lubricant pressure exceeds a predefined maximum pressure limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: CARMINE CUNEO, MASSIMILIANO LAZZERINI
  • Publication number: 20200332799
    Abstract: An electrical motor vehicle vacuum pump arrangement includes a housing assembly which includes an inlet opening arrangement having an inlet opening, an outlet opening arrangement having an outlet opening and an outlet channel, a pump unit having a pump rotor housing with an inlet-side end wall, an outlet side end wall, and a pump rotor housing part arranged therebetween, a drive motor having a motor rotor and a motor stator, sound absorption elements, and a sealing connected to the pump rotor chamber and directed towards the outlet opening. The outlet opening arrangement is connected to one of the sound absorption elements. The outlet channel of the outlet opening arrangement is closed relative to the drive motor and the pump unit. The outlet channel of the outlet opening arrangement, when viewed in a direction of the outlet opening, comprises at least one abrupt change in cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: STEFFEN SCHNURR, NABIL SALIM AL-HASAN, STANISLAUS RUSS, TOBIAS GRUENE
  • Publication number: 20200309134
    Abstract: A dry-running vane gas pump includes a pump housing which forms a pump chamber, a pump rotor with at least one displaceable slide element which pump rotor is rotatably supported in the pump chamber, at least one fluid inlet opening associated with the pump chamber, a first fluid outlet opening associated with the pump chamber, a second fluid outlet opening associated with the pump chamber, and a non-return valve which closes the first fluid outlet opening. The second fluid outlet opening is permanently open. The first fluid outlet opening is arranged before the second fluid outlet opening in a direction of rotation of the pump rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: TOBIAS GRUENE, NABIL SALIM AL-HASAN, STEFFEN SCHNURR
  • Publication number: 20200309136
    Abstract: An electric fluid pump for a motor vehicle includes a housing composite, a pump unit, a drive motor, a rotor shaft, and a motor controller which controls the drive motor. The housing composite defines a pump space, which includes a pump rotor space wherein a pump rotor of the pump unit is arranged, and a motor space wherein the drive motor is arranged, which together comprise a common end wall. The drive motor includes a motor stator, a motor coil arrangement, and a motor rotor. The rotor shaft co-rotatably connected to the motor rotor, and is arranged through the common end wall to rotate jointly with the pump rotor. The common end wall is a mounting wall part on which at least the motor controller is arranged. The motor coil arrangement is arranged on the motor stator and is provided on a side which is opposite to the motor controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: MARTIN HELMIS, THOMAS WIENECKE
  • Publication number: 20200300263
    Abstract: A coolant pump assembly includes an electric coolant pump for a motor vehicle. The electric coolant pump includes a multi-part pump housing and an electric drive unit arranged in the multi-part pump housing. The multi-pat housing includes a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, and a fastening assembly via which the electric coolant pump is detachably connected in an engine compartment to an engine component and/or to a body part. The fastening assembly includes at least one screw connection and at least one interlocking connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: THOMAS WIENECKE, ELIAS-IMMANUEL WEIRICH, STEPHAN SCHRECKENBERG
  • Publication number: 20200300092
    Abstract: A vane pump for providing a pressurized lubricant includes a static pump housing defining an inlet and an outlet, a shiftable control ring with at least one slide support surface, a pump rotor with rotor vanes which rotate within the control ring, and metal slide support pad(s). The control ring shifts with respect to the pump rotor to vary an eccentricity and to thereby control a volumetric pump performance. The pump housing comprises a static control ring housing body which radially surrounds and supports the control ring, and two static pump housing lids which axially support the control ring housing body and the control ring. The control ring housing body is made of plastic. The metal slide support pad(s) is fixed to the static control ring housing body and, together with the at least one slide support surface, provides a friction bearing for the control ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: MASSIMILIANO LAZZERINI
  • Publication number: 20200291947
    Abstract: An electronic motor vehicle fluid pump includes a pump housing and a motor which is electronically commutated. The motor includes a motor rotor which is permanently magnetized, a motor stator with a stator body and a plurality of stator coils, a cylindrical metal motor can which fluidically separates the motor stator and the motor rotor, and a motor electronics unit with an electric ground terminal. The motor electronics unit is arranged at a dry side of the cylindrical metal motor can and is electrically connected to the plurality of stator coils so as to energize the plurality of stator coils to drive the motor rotor. A pump wheel is arranged to co-rotate with the motor rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: REINHARD GOOTZ, STEPHAN RIEFERS, PREDRAG STEVANOVIC, ERCAN BIRINCI, ALEXANDER FINDEISEN
  • Patent number: 10778073
    Abstract: An automotive auxiliary device includes an electric drive motor which is brushless and electronically commutated. The electric drive motor includes a rotatable motor rotor which defines a longitudinal rotor axis, a motor stator, and at least one stator-sided hall-sensor. The motor rotor includes a rotor shaft, a magnet carrier, and at least one permanent magnet which generates at least two rotor poles. The permanent magnet is fixed to the magnet carrier to provide a free inner space between the rotor shaft and the permanent magnet. The permanent magnet includes an axial protruding portion which axially protrudes from at least one side of the magnet carrier. The motor stator comprises at least two stator coils which are arranged radially around the rotatable motor rotor. The hall-sensor is arranged in the free inner space and is provided as a type of radial rotor detection sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Viktor Schroeder, Andreas Wulf, Frank Buerger, Alessandro Malvasi
  • Publication number: 20200266734
    Abstract: An electronically commutated electric motor includes a stator with stator coil(s), a magnetized rotor which rotates relative to the stator, the magnetized rotor having at least two opposite magnet poles which generate an excitation field, a static magnetic field sensor which detects the excitation field and generates a sensor signal having signal edges, a full-wave signal period, and half-wave lengths of an N- and an S-signal level, a motor energizing device which drives the stator coil(s) and generates a revolving stator field when triggered by a trigger signal, a memory unit which saves parameter values, and an evaluation unit which generates the trigger signal via a shift compensation of an asymmetric shift of the signal edges of the sensor signal. The shift compensation is calculated based on a position of a received sensor signal edge, the full-wave signal period, and the half-wave lengths of the sensor signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN SCHULZ, ERCAN BIRINCI, TIMO KERSTEN, MICHAEL STEPANOW, MARTIN HELMIS
  • Publication number: 20200256285
    Abstract: An automotive vapor pump for pumping a pump gas having a fuel vapor. The automotive vapor pump includes a pump inlet opening, a pump outlet opening, an outlet volute, a pump outlet duct which is substantially tangential and which fluidically connects the outlet volute with the pump outlet opening, a centrifugal pumping wheel which pumps the pump gas from the pump inlet opening into the outlet volute and subsequently into the pump outlet duct, an electric motor which drives a pumping wheel, the electric motor including a static motor coil, a magnetic rotor body, and a motor driving electronics which drives the static motor coil, an electric connector plug which electrically connects the motor driving electronics with an external control unit, and an integrated pressure sensor which detects a fluidic pressure in the outlet volute or in the pump outlet duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: ALESSANDRO MALVASI, ANDREAS WULF
  • Publication number: 20200256335
    Abstract: A variable lubricant vane pump includes a pump housing, a shiftable control ring, a rotatable pump rotor, a control ring preload spring which preloads and pushes the control ring into a high eccentricity direction, a hydraulic safety control chamber which moves the control ring against the control ring preload spring and which is directly and constantly pressurized with a pressurized lubricant having a pump outlet pressure, a separate hydraulic adjustment control chamber which moves the control ring against the control ring preload spring and which is selectively pressurized with the pressurized lubricant having an over-atmospheric pressure, an electric adjustment valve which selectively directs the pressurized lubricant having the over-atmospheric pressure to the separate hydraulic adjustment control chamber, and a calibrated hydraulic channel which directly connects the separate hydraulic adjustment control chamber with atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: CARMINE CUNEO