Patents by Inventor Andreas Pelz

Andreas Pelz 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).

  • Publication number: 20120198803
    Abstract: A filter device has a compact filter made of a filter material that is wound spirally. A star filter that is made of a filter material that has folds arranged in a star shape surrounds the compact filter. The filter device has a cylindrical shape. A fluid to be filtered passes the compact filter in an axial direction and the star filter in a radial direction. The filter device is exchangeable and is mounted in a filter housing such that the compact filter and the star filter have a common raw side and a common clean side that are separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Yassine Maaradji, Jens Hähn, Jan Karl Zink, Joachim Stinzendõrfer, Stefan Becker, Karlheinz Münkel, Michael Wolf, Werner Blossey, Mario Rieger, Ralf Poh, Josef Rohrmeier, Thomas Sieber, Andreas Pelz, Rolf Sanders, Manfred Winter
  • Publication number: 20100005766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filtering device, comprising a tubular filter element and a carrier part, with the filter element fastened thereon. The carrier part can be inserted between an unfiltered fluid pipe and a filtered fluid pipe. The pipes can be assembled into a continuous flow pipe, wherein the filter element protrudes into the pipe interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Jessberger, Markus Hanselmann, Hans-Peter Scholl, Klaus Waltenberg, Stefan Walz, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst, Andreas Pelz, Johannes Lampert, Michael Thienel, Daniela Knodel, Joachim Streich, Sascha Bauer
  • Patent number: 7645313
    Abstract: A filter element (1) wound from a plurality of filter layers in which the circumferential contour (5, 5?) of a cross-sectional area (4) of the filter element (1) has at least one circumferential contour section (5?) undercutting the envelope contour (6, 6?) of the cross-sectional filter element area (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Lampert, Andreas Pelz, Josef Rohrmeier, Thomas Sieber, Mario Rieger
  • Patent number: 7632328
    Abstract: A filter device for filtering air in internal combustion engines equipped with a filter that can be inserted into a filter housing and has a flame-retardant effect. The filter comprises a main filter element and an upstream filter fleece whereby the flame-retardant effect is achieved by the fleece prefilter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Pius Trautmann, Andreas Pelz, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst
  • Patent number: 7396377
    Abstract: A filter element comprising a spirally wound filter through which a fluid to be filtered flows axially and which is provided with a mounting ring on the circumference of the wound filter secured to the wound filter by a welded, adhesive, extruded or fused joint. The mounting ring is provided with a circumferential profiled seal which engages a housing in which the filter element is installed to provide a seal between an unfiltered fluid side of the filter element and a filtered fluid side of the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Lampert, Andreas Pelz
  • Publication number: 20070261662
    Abstract: A filter element comprising a spirally wound filter through which a fluid to be filtered flows axially and which is provided with a mounting ring on the circumference of the wound filter secured to the wound filter by a welded, adhesive, extruded or fused joint. The mounting ring is provided with a circumferential profiled seal which engages a housing in which the filter element is installed to provide a seal between an unfiltered fluid side of the filter element and a filtered fluid side of the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: MANN & HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Lampert, Andreas Pelz
  • Publication number: 20070186527
    Abstract: A filter element (1) wound from a plurality of filter layers in which the circumferential contour (5, 5?) of a cross-sectional area (4) of the filter element (1) has at least one circumferential contour section (5?) undercutting the envelope contour (6, 6?) of the cross-sectional filter element area (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Lampert, Andreas Pelz, Josef Rohrmeier, Thomas Sieber, Mario Rieger
  • Publication number: 20070130896
    Abstract: A filter device for filtering air in internal combustion engines equipped with a filter that can be inserted into a filter housing and has a flame-retardant effect. The filter comprises a main filter element and an upstream filter fleece whereby the flame-retardant effect is achieved by the fleece prefilter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Walz, Pius Trautmann, Andreas Pelz, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst
  • Publication number: 20060130659
    Abstract: An air filter system with an air filter element having an inflow and an outflow face and comprising alternating flat and pleated layers, which are configured to form channels. The channels are alternately sealed in inflow and outflow direction, such that the medium to be filtered must pass through one of the layers as it flows from the inflow face through the filter to the outflow face. An adsorber element made of an activated carbon coated honeycomb structure is disposed adjacent the air filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Durst, Nikolaus Moser, Andreas Pelz, Olaf Weber
  • Publication number: 20060081528
    Abstract: A filter assembly for fluids including a filter element configured for axial through flow that has alternately sealed filter channels for axial through flow and a centrally disposed support member, which in conjunction with a mating part ensures that the filter element can be handled for servicing purposes. The mating part is preferably constructed as a retaining grid, which prevents damage to the axial end surface of the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: MANN & HUMMEL GmgH
    Inventors: Reinhard Oelpke, Andreas Pelz, Johannes Lampert, Franziska Schulz, Torsten Hotop
  • Patent number: 6711524
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly in which information regarding a replaceable part (1), such as specifications, physical dimensions, physical properties, functions and/or other data for the replaceable part, is stored on a suitable memory component (5) in and/or on the replaceable part (1). The stored data is read with a reading device at a predetermined time or at predetermined time intervals and transmitted to an evaluation unit. The read data can be compared in the evaluation unit with preset data and, after evaluating the results of the comparison of the data, an appropriate change in the replaceable part or in the operation of the assembly may or may not be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wolf, Christian Thalmann, Volker Pluecker, Torsten Oberdorfer, Klemens Dworatzek, Horst Escher, Andreas Franz, Andreas Pelz
  • Publication number: 20030025598
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring service-intensive replaceable parts in an assembly in which information regarding a replaceable part (1), such as specifications, physical dimensions, physical properties, functions and/or other data for the replaceable part, is stored on a suitable memory component (5) in and/or on the replaceable part (1). The stored data is read with a reading device at a predetermined time or at predetermined time intervals and transmitted to an evaluation unit. The read data can be compared in the evaluation unit with preset data and, after evaluating the results of the comparison of the data, an appropriate change in the replaceable part or in the operation of the assembly may or may not be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wolf, Christian Thalmann, Volker Pluecker, Torsten Oberdorfer, Klemens Dworatzek, Horst Escher, Andreas Franz, Andreas Pelz
  • Patent number: 6407336
    Abstract: A device for carrying high currents at a low inductance, in particular for a power converter or the like, is provided with two flat electrical conductors which are arranged roughly parallel to each other and are spaced apart from each other. The space between the two conductors contains no transition from one of the two conductors to a solid-state insulator, and from there to the other of the two conductors. As a result, no aging phenomena can arise in the device according to the invention owing to partial discharges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Alstom Power Conversion GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Jakob, Andreas Pelz, Hans-Jürgen Ehler, David Rudniski