Patents Assigned to Schwabische Huttenwerke
  • Patent number: 11286929
    Abstract: A rotary pump, preferably a vacuum pump, featuring: a delivery space including an inlet on a low-pressure side and an outlet on a high-pressure side of the pump; a rotor which is arranged in the delivery space and delivers a fluid from the inlet into the delivery space to the outlet from the delivery space; at least one housing part which delineates the delivery space at least axially; and a drive shaft which is connected in drive terms to the rotor; including at least one sealing element which is connected, secured against shifting and/or rotating, to the drive shaft and/or rotor and forms a radial sealing gap with the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Ickert, Stefan Küchle, Volker Stöhr, Tobias Iser
  • Patent number: 11280336
    Abstract: A rotary pump, the rotational direction of which can preferably be switched, featuring: a housing including a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a fluid to be pumped and an outlet from a high-pressure region of the pump space for the fluid to be pumped; at least one rotor which forms delivery cells in the pump space; a bearing; and a sealing stay which axially faces the at least one rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the at least one rotor; and featuring at least one lubricant feed, in the sealing stay, which feeds a fluid, as a lubricant, from at least one of the delivery cells to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GMbH
    Inventors: Michael Ehringer, Gerd Jäggle, Sven Peters, Holger Braasch, Winfried Baur
  • Patent number: 11143181
    Abstract: A pump, wherein a first pressure space and a second pressure space are formed between an end-facing wall of an accommodating housing and a second housing part of a pump insert, wherein an annular sealing element which is arranged between the end-facing wall and the second housing part encloses the second pressure space and seals it off in relation to the first pressure space, wherein the first pressure space is connected via a first outlet channel to a first delivery chamber which is formed between a rotor and a stroke ring of the pump insert, and the second pressure space is connected via a second outlet channel to a second delivery chamber which is formed between the rotor and the stroke ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20210285443
    Abstract: A pump insert (1) for arranging in an accommodating space (104), the pump insert (1) comprising: a pump (10) comprising a pump chamber (15) and a delivery element (11) which can rotate about a rotational axis (D) and which is arranged in the pump chamber (15); an electric motor (20) comprising a rotor (21), which can rotate about the rotational axis (D), and a stator (22); and a drive shaft (30) which is mounted such that it can rotate about the rotational axis (D), wherein the rotor (21) and the delivery element (11) are connected via the drive shaft (30) in such a way that rotating the rotor (21) causes the delivery element (11) to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Jäggle, Michael Ehringer, Georg Wiebel
  • Patent number: 10975699
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for an internal combustion engine or a gearing system, the hydraulic device including a housing featuring a chamber wall structure which delineates a pressure chamber for a pressurised hydraulic fluid; an actuating member which can be adjusted in the housing relative to the chamber wall structure in an actuating direction and in an actuating counter direction opposite to the actuating direction in order to adjust the delivery volume or phase position; and a sealing element including a sealing structure and a spring structure which is supported or moulded on one of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member, preferably the actuating member, and presses the sealing structure into sealing contact with the other of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member with a spring force in order to seal off the pressure chamber. The sealing structure and the spring structure are moulded in one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Dominik Baur
  • Patent number: 10927840
    Abstract: A pump device for a motor vehicle, includes a pump device housing; a delivery chamber which is formed in the pump device housing and/or at least partially by the pump device housing and which includes an inlet and an outlet; a delivery structure which is arranged in the delivery chamber and delivers a fluid from the inlet on a low-pressure side of the pump device to the outlet on a high-pressure side of the pump device; a first conduit which channels the fluid from the outlet out of the delivery chamber to a first assembly; wherein a second conduit diverges from the first conduit in the region before the first assembly and feeds a portion of the pressurised fluid to a second assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Roman Ickert, Emin Ahmeti
  • Patent number: 10865890
    Abstract: A control valve including: a valve housing including a piston space; and a control piston which is movably arranged in the piston space and sub-divides the piston space into at least a first valve space and a second valve space, the control valve including at least a leakage path which sets a desired leakage between the first valve space and the second valve space. A motor vehicle device including an adjustable rotary pump including an adjusting means, for adjusting a delivery volume of the rotary pump, and the control valve, using which a pressure for adjusting the adjusting means can be governed, the motor vehicle device including a means which presses the control piston into a first position and holds it there, and the at least one other inlet of the control valve is connected to a high-pressure side of the rotary pump when the rotary pump is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SCHWÄBISCHE HÜTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Andreas Scheidemann, Lothar Preisler
  • Patent number: 10751730
    Abstract: A particle separating system for supplying a cam shaft phase adjuster with cleaned lubricating oil. The phase adjuster includes a stator, a rotor connectable to a cam shaft, and a control valve for hydraulically adjusting the rotational angular position of the rotor relative to the stator. The particle separating system includes an oil separator arranged in the flow of the lubricating oil, upstream of an oil gallery of an engine supplied with the lubricating oil, exhibiting a separation efficiency of at least 50% for particles having a size P1 and a separation efficiency of at least 90% at a size P2>P1; a particle separator arranged downstream of the oil separator and upstream of the phase adjuster or control valve, to clean the lubricating oil for the phase adjuster. The particle separator exhibits a separation efficiency of 50% at a size P3, where P1<P3<100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner
  • Patent number: 10704430
    Abstract: A phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The phase setter includes a stator; a rotor which together with the stator forms a first and second pressure chambers; a control valve featuring a pressure port, and first and second working ports; a feed for the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber to the first working port, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber to the second working port; and a reflux valve device acts in the feed and includes a valve structure extending annularly around the rotational axis and has one or more spring tongues or can be axially moved to restrict backflow of pressure fluid through the feed more significantly than the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10655469
    Abstract: A delivery element for a rotary pump is proposed which is formed in one part from a metallic material, wherein the delivery element includes at least one first surface and at least one second surface which differ from each other, at least in regions, in at least one material property. A method for manufacturing a delivery element in accordance with the invention, a rotary pump including at least one delivery element in accordance with the invention, and the use of a delivery element in accordance with the invention in a rotary pump is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Merk
  • Patent number: 10633972
    Abstract: A vane cell pump, includes a rotatable rotor having vanes which can be moved back and forth; an end plate with a pressure passage for discharging pressure fluid and a supply passage for supplying a sub-vane region with pressure fluid; a flow channelling device on an end face of the end plate facing axially away from the rotor; a first outlet region for discharging a first partial flow of the pressure fluid; a second outlet region for discharging a second partial flow of the pressure fluid; a first flow path along which the first partial flow flows through the first outlet region; a second flow path connecting the pressure passage to the supply passage, diverges from the first flow path and is delineated by the flow channelling device; and a third flow path connecting the supply passage to the second outlet region and delineated by the flow channelling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automobile GmbH
    Inventor: Claus Welte
  • Patent number: 10578101
    Abstract: A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ehringer, Sven Peters, Gerd Jäggle, Thomas Wahl
  • Patent number: 10544784
    Abstract: A pump including a port connecting a suction of the pump to a reservoir of a fluid; region an adjusting device for adjusting the delivery volume of the pump; a control valve, including a relief port, a control piston, and a tensing device which acts on the control piston; and an additional control device for generating a control force which acts on the control piston, counter to the tensing device, wherein the relief port is connected to the suction region by bypassing the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10473100
    Abstract: A pump which exhibits an adjustable delivery volume, the pump including (a) a pump housing comprising a delivery chamber; (b) a delivery rotor which can be rotated about a rotary axis within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid; (c) an adjusting device, including: (c1) an adjusting member which can be adjusted in the pump housing in order to adjust the delivery volume of the pump; (c2) a first setting chamber for generating a first setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (c3) and a second setting chamber for generating a second setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (d) a fluidically operable valve for adjusting the setting pressure of the first setting chamber; (e) and an electromagnetic valve, comprising: a pressure port for a setting fluid which is diverted from the high-pressure side; and a relief port for the setting fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Stefan Küchle, Thomas Wahl, Fabian Eisele, Thomas Finsterle, Volker Stöhr
  • Publication number: 20180372097
    Abstract: A pump, comprising: an accommodating housing which forms a cup-shaped accommodating space comprising an end-facing wall and a circumferential wall; and a pump insert which is arranged in the accommodating space, wherein the pump insert comprises: a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which the rotor is arranged such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis and relative to the first and second housing part; and a stroke ring which surrounds the rotor, wherein an annular sealing element which is arranged between the end-facing wall and the second housing part encloses a pressure space which is formed between the end-facing wall and the second housing part, wherein the pressure space is connected via an outlet channel to a delivery chamber which is formed between the rotor and the stroke ring, and wherein the spring comprises a spring structure which is made of metal and which imbues the spring with its essential spring characteristics, wherein the sealing element is fastened to
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20180355986
    Abstract: A control valve including: a valve housing including a piston space; and a control piston which is movably arranged in the piston space and sub-divides the piston space into at least a first valve space and a second valve space, the control valve including at least a leakage path which sets a desired leakage between the first valve space and the second valve space. A motor vehicle device including an adjustable rotary pump including an adjusting means, for adjusting a delivery volume of the rotary pump, and the control valve, using which a pressure for adjusting the adjusting means can be governed, the motor vehicle device including a means which presses the control piston into a first position and holds it there, and the at least one other inlet of the control valve is connected to a high-pressure side of the rotary pump when the rotary pump is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Andreas Scheidemann, Lothar Preisler
  • Patent number: 10087929
    Abstract: A pump including a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which the rotor is arranged such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis relative to the first and second housing part; at least one positioning element which positions the second housing part with respect to its angular position about the rotational axis relative to the first housing part; and a spring, wherein the second housing part is arranged between the spring and the rotor, wherein the spring is fastened to the at least one positioning element or the second housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Claus Welte
  • Patent number: 10082139
    Abstract: A pump, comprising a pump insert which is arranged in an accommodating space of a cup-shaped pump housing. The pump insert comprises a first housing part and a second housing part between which a rotor is rotatably arranged, and a stroke ring which surrounds the rotor and is arranged between the first housing part and the second housing part. A spring flexing along the rotational axis is arranged between the accommodating housing and the second housing part. The spring comprises a spring structure which is made of metal and which imbues the spring with its essential spring characteristics along the rotational axis. The spring is supported towards the second housing part in a region which is arranged in axial alignment with the stroke ring in the direction of the rotational axis, and thus presses the second housing part against the stroke ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 9970333
    Abstract: A cam shaft phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine by means of a hydraulic fluid, the cam shaft phase setter including a stator which can be rotary-driven by the crankshaft; a pressure chamber for the fluid; a rotor which is connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft and coupled to the stator such that torque is transmitted and which can be adjusted in its rotational angle relative to the stator by introducing the fluid into the pressure chamber; a control valve including a valve housing and a valve piston; the valve housing including a housing inlet, an operating port to the pressure chamber and a reservoir port to a reservoir for the fluid and being connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft or being formed by the cam shaft; the valve piston being axially adjustable back and forth in the valve housing between a first position and a second position and including a piston feed which is connected to the housi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Patent number: 9932982
    Abstract: A rotary pump exhibiting an adjustable specific delivery volume, the rotary pump including a housing featuring a delivery chamber for a fluid feed; a delivery rotor in the delivery chamber; a setting structure which surrounds the delivery rotor, a spring exerting a spring force which acts on the setting structure in a first setting direction; a setting pressure chamber for applying a setting pressure of a setting fluid, which acts counter to the spring force in a second setting direction, to the setting structure; and a housing abutment, wherein the setting structure includes: a recess on a circumference; and a counter abutment for the housing abutment in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Holger Braasch