Patents by Inventor Christine Oprisch

Christine Oprisch 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: 20230338877
    Abstract: A fuel filter element has a screen fabric as a filter medium and a support tube supporting the screen fabric. A valve body guide for guiding a spherical valve body is provided. The valve body guide has a fluid channel and one or more support ribs for supporting the spherical valve body. The support ribs extend along a longitudinal direction of the fluid channel and project radially into the fluid channel. A filter assembly with such a fuel filter element is provided. The filter assembly has a ball valve with spherical valve body and a filter housing with a valve seat for the spherical valve body of the ball valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Christine Oprisch, Martin Weindorf, Martin Veit, Felix Lippert
  • Patent number: 11731063
    Abstract: A fuel filter element has a screen fabric as a filter medium and a support tube supporting the screen fabric. A valve body guide for guiding a spherical valve body is provided. The valve body guide has a fluid channel and one or more support ribs for supporting the spherical valve body. The support ribs extend along a longitudinal direction of the fluid channel and project radially into the fluid channel. A filter assembly with such a fuel filter element is provided. The filter assembly has a ball valve with spherical valve body and a filter housing with a valve seat for the spherical valve body of the ball valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Oprisch, Martin Weindorf, Martin Veit, Felix Lippert
  • Publication number: 20230119622
    Abstract: A filter device is provided with a filter element for filtering a fluid. The filter element has a filter medium body with an end plate arranged at an end face of the filter medium body in relation to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. A filter base housing receives the filter element. An assembly component for assembly and disassembly of the filter element in the filter base housing is connectable to the end plate and to the filter base housing by rotation about the longitudinal axis. The assembly component has interlocking elements. An interlocking counter element is arranged at the end plate. The interlocking elements can be brought into axial interlocking connection with the interlocking counter element, while enabling a free rotatability in rotational direction about the longitudinal axis. The interlocking counter element is a circumferential interlocking collar with insertion ramps for insertion of the interlocking elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Christine OPRISCH, Jochen FUELLEMANN, Frank PFLUEGER
  • Patent number: 10961959
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering a fluid has at least one filter housing with a first housing part and a second housing part. The filter housing has at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the fluid. A fluid path extends between the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet. At least one filter element is arranged in the at least one filter housing in the fluid path. At least one damper element is provided that is completely or partially filled with the fluid at least after an initial filling. The at least one damper element is provided with a volume that, at least in operation of the filter system, is filled completely or partially with the fluid. The volume is separated from the fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Klink, Christine Oprisch, Matthias Alex
  • Publication number: 20210046406
    Abstract: A fuel filter element has a screen fabric as a filter medium and a support tube supporting the screen fabric. A valve body guide for guiding a spherical valve body is provided. The valve body guide has a fluid channel and one or more support ribs for supporting the spherical valve body. The support ribs extend along a longitudinal direction of the fluid channel and project radially into the fluid channel. A filter assembly with such a fuel filter element is provided. The filter assembly has a ball valve with spherical valve body and a filter housing with a valve seat for the spherical valve body of the ball valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christine Oprisch, Martin Weindorf, Martin Veit, Felix Lippert
  • Patent number: 10744428
    Abstract: A filter element for a fluid, including: an elongated grid-type supporting element; a filter medium supported on the supporting element; wherein the support element and filter medium is configured such that the fluid flows through the filter medium in a direction radially to a longitudinal axis of the filter element; wherein the supporting element is a grid plate and/or the filter medium is embedded in the material of the supporting element at least in some sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Wyhler, Christine Oprisch, Juergen Berrer, Thomas Friederich, Pavel Toufar
  • Publication number: 20200217275
    Abstract: A filter medium is provided with a first layer as a support layer and a second layer as a filtration layer arranged downstream of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer both are provided with at least one active agent that is at least antibacterial. The active agent can be applied as a coating or as an impregnation. Examples of active agents are pyrithione, a metal salt of pyrithione, a pyrithione derivative, a metal salt of a pyrithione derivative, and a quaternary ammonium salt. A filter element is provided with such a filter medium in the form of a filter media pack. The filter medium and filter element can be used in a water injection system for internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jochen Krauss, Christine Oprisch, Heiko Wyhler
  • Patent number: 10343091
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter material defining a raw side and a clean side of the filter element and to be flowed through by a medium to be filtered from the raw side to the clean side. A non-return element is disposed on the filter material. The non-return element allows a return flow of the filtered medium from the clean side back to the raw side and prevents a flow of the unfiltered medium from the raw side to the clean side. A filter and a filter system with such a filter element are disclosed. The filter system has a pump to supply medium to be filtered to the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Strassenberger, Kathrin Tschepe, Heiko Wyhler, Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Martin Postel, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Christine Oprisch
  • Publication number: 20180333665
    Abstract: A filter system for filtering a fluid has at least one filter housing with a first housing part and a second housing part. The filter housing has at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the fluid. A fluid path extends between the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet. At least one filter element is arranged in the at least one filter housing in the fluid path. At least one damper element is provided that is completely or partially filled with the fluid at least after an initial filling. The at least one damper element is provided with a volume that, at least in operation of the filter system, is filled completely or partially with the fluid. The volume is separated from the fluid path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Klink, Christine Oprisch, Matthias Alex
  • Publication number: 20170189838
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter material defining a raw side and a clean side of the filter element and to be flowed through by a medium to be filtered from the raw side to the clean side. A non-return element is disposed on the filter material. The non-return element allows a return flow of the filtered medium from the clean side back to the raw side and prevents a flow of the unfiltered medium from the raw side to the clean side. A filter and a filter system with such a filter element are disclosed. The filter system has a pump to supply medium to be filtered to the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert Strassenberger, Kathrin Tschepe, Heiko Wyhler, Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Martin Postel, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Christine Oprisch
  • Publication number: 20160263495
    Abstract: A filter element for a fluid, including: an elongated grid-type supporting element; a filter medium supported on the supporting element; wherein the support element and filter medium is configured such that the fluid flows through the filter medium in a direction radially to a longitudinal axis of the filter element; wherein the supporting element is a grid plate and/or the filter medium is embedded in the material of the supporting element at least in some sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Heiko Wyhler, Christine Oprisch, Juergen Berrer, Thomas Friederich, Pavel Toufar