Patents by Inventor ANDREAS KUHNEKATH

ANDREAS KUHNEKATH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190093656
    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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: GIORGIO PERONI, RAFFAELE SQUARCINI, MICHAEL ROMBACH, ANDREAS KUHNEKATH
  • Publication number: 20160047482
    Abstract: A displacement pump for automobiles includes a pump chamber configured to have a lubricant flow therethrough, a check valve configured to control an access to the pump chamber, and a valve travel limiter. The check valve comprises a valve opening and a valve body configured to cover the valve opening. The valve limiter comprises a mechanical temperature element which is configured to increase a valve travel of the valve body as a temperature decreases, and to reduce the travel distance of the valve body as the temperature increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventor: ANDREAS KUHNEKATH