Patents by Inventor Andreas Wolfer

Andreas Wolfer 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: 11991849
    Abstract: To create a housing cover for fixing to a housing, in particular to a power inverter housing, wherein the housing cover is provided with a plurality of fastening means through openings and with a sealing bead that includes an elastomeric material, and wherein the sealing bead is arranged on a seal bearing surface of the housing cover, in which housing cover the course of the sealing bead can be more freely designed and, in particular, laid closer to the fastening means through openings of the housing cover, it is provided that the housing cover includes at least one deformation limiting element, which projects over the seal bearing surface in the same direction as the sealing bead and limits a deformation of the sealing bead in the assembled state of the housing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Kristian Goehl, Johannes Hoevemeyer, Bernhard Eberle, Jochen Schoellhammer, Bodo Golchert, Andreas Wolfer
  • Publication number: 20210227712
    Abstract: To create a housing cover for fixing to a housing, in particular to a power inverter housing, wherein the housing cover is provided with a plurality of fastening means through openings and with a sealing bead that includes an elastomeric material, and wherein the sealing bead is arranged on a seal bearing surface of the housing cover, in which housing cover the course of the sealing bead can be more freely designed and, in particular, laid closer to the fastening means through openings of the housing cover, it is provided that the housing cover includes at least one deformation limiting element, which projects over the seal bearing surface in the same direction as the sealing bead and limits a deformation of the sealing bead in the assembled state of the housing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kristian Goehl, Johannes Hoevemeyer, Bernhard Eberle, Jochen Schoellhammer, Bodo Golchert, Andreas Wolfer