Patents by Inventor Andreas Willman

Andreas Willman 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: 6585035
    Abstract: A transmission drives a radial fan about a fan axis in a vehicle cooling unit including a plurality of heat exchangers arranged to surround the radial fan to receive a radial air flow therefrom. A driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a idler pulley of the heat exchangers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jorg Soldner, Roland Strähle, Wolfgang Knecht, Mark G. Voss, Andreas Willman
  • Patent number: 6427766
    Abstract: A compact cooling system for a vehicle includes an assembly of heat exchangers (10), (12), (14) and (16) connected to each other to provide a box-like configuration. Each heat exchanger (10), (12), (14), (16) includes a core with headers (20), (22) at each end in fluid communication with spaced, flattened tubes (18) with fins (24) extending between the tubes in each of the cores. One of the cores (10) is generally horizontal and located at the upper side of the box-like configuration. A radial discharge fan (42) is located within the box-like configuration and receives cooling air and directs the same radially outwardly through the cores to cool fluid passing through the tubes (18) of the cores. An equalization tank (60), (80) is mounted on the box-like configuration in overlying, spaced relation to a substantial portion of the surface of the heat exchanger (18) so as to be in the path of cooling air merging from the heat exchanger (10) to divert the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jorg Soldner, Roland Strähle, Wolfgang Knecht, Mark G. Voss, Andreas Willman
  • Publication number: 20010035282
    Abstract: A transmission is provided for driving a radial fan about a fan axis in a vehicle cooling unit including a plurality of heat exchangers arranged to surround the radial fan to receive a radial air flow therefrom. The radial fan receives an axial air flow from a front end of the cooling unit. At least one of the heat exchangers has a rearmost edge that defines a back end plane transverse to the fan axis, with none of the other heat exchangers having a rearmost edge that extends rearward beyond the back end plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jorg Soldner, Roland Strahle, Wolfgang Knecht, Mark G. Voss, Andreas Willman
  • Publication number: 20010035283
    Abstract: A compact cooling system for a vehicle includes an assembly of heat exchangers (10), (12), (14) and (16) connected to each other to provide a box-like configuration. Each heat exchanger (10), (12), (14), (16) includes a core with headers (20), (22) at each end in fluid communication with spaced, flattened tubes (18) with fins (24) extending between the tubes in each of the cores. One of the cores (10) is generally horizontal and located at the upper side of the box-like configuration. A radial discharge fan (42) is located within the box-like configuration and receives cooling air and directs the same radially outwardly through the cores to cool fluid passing through the tubes (18) of the cores. An equalization tank (60), (80) is mounted on the box-like configuration in overlying, spaced relation to a substantial portion of the surface of the heat exchanger (18) so as to be in the path of cooling air merging from the heat exchanger (10) to divert the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Michael Ehlers, Frank Vetter, Jorg Soldner, Roland Strahle, Wolfgang Knecht, Mark G. Voss, Andreas Willman