Patents by Inventor Christopher Marc Sturgess

Christopher Marc Sturgess 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: 11219848
    Abstract: A housing module of a fluid treatment module of a fluid system is provided with a fluid housing with inlet and outlet for fluid. The fluid housing has a housing part with a receiving chamber for a fluid treatment component for treatment of fluid and an installation opening, closable by a housing closure part, for installation of the fluid treatment component in the receiving chamber. A housing connecting section is provided for connecting the housing part and the housing closure part to each other. The housing module has an externally positioned support structure that surrounds the housing part like a sleeve and has a reinforcement region that extends about the housing connecting section. The support structure has a fastening region for attachment of the housing module on a holding component of the fluid system. The connection of the housing part with the housing closure part is a direct connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Hammerschick, Pius Trautmann, Oliver Glueck, Tiago Felipe Wiedemann da Silva, Ulrich Dehnen, Stefan Kunze, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Alrun Spennemann, Andreas Kloz, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Michael Fasold, Lars Bachmann
  • Patent number: 10479546
    Abstract: A fluid housing of a fluid treatment system of a fluid system has a housing part of plastic material that is provided with a receiving chamber for accommodating a fluid treatment component; an installation opening, closable by a closure housing part, for installing the fluid treatment component in the receiving chamber; and a housing connecting section to connect the housing part to the closure housing part. A housing fastening section is provided with which the fluid housing can be fastened to a holding component of the fluid system. An insert is at least partially introduced into the plastic material of the housing part. The insert is provided with a reinforcement region extending with sections thereof in the housing connecting section and is further provided with fastening region extending with sections thereof in the housing fastening section. A fluid treatment system with such a fluid housing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Stefan Kunze, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Alexander Woell, Heinz Dobusch, Alrun Spennemann, Oliver Voca, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Andreas Kloz, Lars Bachmann, Pamela Gohl, Oliver Glueck, Vasilisa Chupina, Adolf Kuttesch
  • Patent number: 10272368
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering liquids has a folded filter medium with outer fold edges and inner fold edges, wherein the inner and outer fold edges extend along a longitudinal axis of the filter element. A support body is provided with a first support body section and a second support body section, wherein the first support body section is facing the inner fold edges and hugs closely an envelope of the inner fold edges. An envelope of the outer fold edges and the second support body section hug closely at least sectionwise an outer circumferential surface of the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Klein, Frank Bartel, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst, Anton Kreiner, Pamela Gohl, Lars Spelter, Armando Labarta, Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Patent number: 10010815
    Abstract: A fuel filter, in particular diesel fuel filter (10), of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, and a heating sensor module (72) are described. A filter housing (14) has at least one inlet for the fuel to be cleaned and at least one outlet (32) for the cleaned fuel. A filter element (36) is arranged in the inner chamber (20) of the filter housing (14) in such a manner that it separates the at least one inlet from the at least one outlet (32). At least one heating unit (106) for heating the fuel, at least one temperature sensor (110) for detecting a temperature of the fuel and at least one water level sensor (90) for detecting a water level of water separated from the fuel in a water collection chamber (22) are integrated in the heating sensor module (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Publication number: 20180056218
    Abstract: A filter housing has a housing pot accommodating a filter element. The filter housing has a connecting element connectable by a rotary and/or plug-in connection for connecting the filter with a connecting device. The filter housing has a securing ring forming a cup-shaped attachment section with a circumferential free rim. By rotary and/or plug-in movement, the attachment section is attached to an insertion section of the connecting device. The attachment section is provided with a sealing receptacle of a circumferential sealing device. The sealing receptacle is open in radial inward direction and has a radial sealing surface. The attachment section is connected at the free rim with the circumferential wall of the housing pot by crimping. The securing ring provides a first axial stop surface for an annular seal. A stop ring, inserted into the securing ring, provides a second axial stop surface for the annular seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Stefan Kunze, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Alexander Woell, Christian Vogt, Matthias Osswald, Heinz Dobusch, Stefan Uhl
  • Publication number: 20180022497
    Abstract: A fluid housing of a fluid treatment system of a fluid system has a housing part of plastic material that is provided with a receiving chamber for accommodating a fluid treatment component; an installation opening, closable by a closure housing part, for installing the fluid treatment component in the receiving chamber; and a housing connecting section to connect the housing part to the closure housing part. A housing fastening section is provided with which the fluid housing can be fastened to a holding component of the fluid system. An insert is at least partially introduced into the plastic material of the housing part. The insert is provided with a reinforcement region extending with sections thereof in the housing connecting section and is further provided with fastening region extending with sections thereof in the housing fastening section. A fluid treatment system with such a fluid housing is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Stefan Kunze, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Alexander Woell, Heinz Dobusch, Alrun Spennemann, Oliver Voca, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Andreas Kloz, Lars Bachmann, Pamela Gohl, Oliver Glueck, Vasilisa Chupina, Adolf Kuttesch
  • Publication number: 20180021707
    Abstract: A housing module of a fluid treatment module of a fluid system is provided with a fluid housing with inlet and outlet for fluid. The fluid housing has a housing part with a receiving chamber for a fluid treatment component for treatment of fluid and an installation opening, closable by a housing closure part, for installation of the fluid treatment component in the receiving chamber. A housing connecting section is provided for connecting the housing part and the housing closure part to each other. The housing module has an externally positioned support structure that surrounds the housing part like a sleeve and has a reinforcement region that extends about the housing connecting section. The support structure has a fastening region for attachment of the housing module on a holding component of the fluid system. The connection of the housing part with the housing closure part is a direct connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Joerg Hammerschick, Pius Trautmann, Oliver Glueck, Tiago Felipe Wiedemann da Silva, Ulrich Dehnen, Stefan Kunze, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Alrun Spennemann, Andreas Kloz, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Michael Fasold, Lars Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20170241387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter unit, a filter system (44b) with at least two filter units, and to a motor vehicle with a filter system (44b). A filter bowl (12d-e) of the filter unit is formed by a base and a cover. Embodied in a side wall of the base are at least two access openings to an antechamber or collection chamber (34a-b) in the filter bowl (12d-e). Embodied integrally with the cover is a collection line segment or supply segment (26d-e) that leads from a clean chamber or an unfiltered side antechamber in the filter bowl (12d-e) to at least two open ends (28l). The inventive filter system (44b) has at least two inventive filter units, and fluid may flow through their filter elements (30, 30a-d), which are switched in parallel. The invention facilitates the space-saving arrangement of filter units and filter systems (44b) in constricted and/or complexly shaped installation spaces, especially in motor vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Hummel, Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Stefan Eichinger, Thomas Friederich, Joerg Menssen, Armando Labarta
  • Publication number: 20170241388
    Abstract: A filter assembly for a fluid to be filtered, in particular fuel or oil, has a filter housing having a housing lower part that is configured as a single piece and has at least one fluid inlet for the fluid to be filtered and a plurality of filter pots that are arranged next to one another side by side in a shared plane and are fluidically connected to one another via side wall passages An upper housing part closes the filter pots and has a fluid manifold that has at least one fluid outlet for the filtered fluid flowing out from the filter pots. At least two filter elements, one being arranged in each of the filter pots of the filter housing. The filter assembly is a more inexpensively-manufactured and as configured for installation even in confined installation spaces, so as to accommodate a sufficiently large filter surface for a predetermined volume flow of a fluid to be filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Karl-Ernst Hummel, Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Christopher Marc Sturgess, Stefan Eichinger, Thomas Friederich, Joerg Menssen, Armando Labarta
  • Publication number: 20170056792
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering liquids has a folded filter medium with outer fold edges and inner fold edges, wherein the inner and outer fold edges extend along a longitudinal axis of the filter element. A support body is provided with a first support body section and a second support body section, wherein the first support body section is facing the inner fold edges and hugs closely an envelope of the inner fold edges. An envelope of the outer fold edges and the second support body section hug closely at least sectionwise an outer circumferential surface of the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Martin Klein, Frank Bartel, Jobst Eisengraeber-Pabst, Anton Kreiner, Pamela Gohl, Lars Spelter, Armando Labarta, Michael Fasold, Ulrich Dehnen, Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Publication number: 20150021246
    Abstract: A fuel filter, in particular diesel fuel filter (10), of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, and a heating sensor module (72) are described. A filter housing (14) has at least one inlet for the fuel to be cleaned and at least one outlet (32) for the cleaned fuel. A filter element (36) is arranged in the inner chamber (20) of the filter housing (14) in such a manner that it separates the at least one inlet from the at least one outlet (32). At least one heating unit (106) for heating the fuel, at least one temperature sensor (110) for detecting a temperature of the fuel and at least one water level sensor (90) for detecting a water level of water separated from the fuel in a water collection chamber (22) are integrated in the heating sensor module (72).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Publication number: 20140202947
    Abstract: A liquid filter has a housing with an outlet line for liquid and a vent line, one being arranged in a drain housing socket on the housing. A closure element closes off outlet line and vent line. An annular space socket coaxially surrounds the drain housing socket outwardly and delimits with the drain housing socket an annular space to which the vent line or the outlet line is connected. The closure element has a collecting pot with bottom and a closure socket arranged at the bottom that fits within the annular space and is coaxially attached to the drain housing socket for axial movement. A sealing area on the bottom externally surrounds the drain housing socket. When the closure element is closed, the sealing area seals a free end face of the annular space socket. The fluid collecting pot has a liquid drain opening outside of the sealing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Patent number: 8186332
    Abstract: A fluid filter module with a filter housing is provided with an integrated and internally mounted thermostatic fluid regulator valve. The regulator valve is equipped with a thermostatic actuator member configured to sense and regulate a mix temperature within the filter housing. The regulator valve is configurable as a separate component installable into the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventor: Christopher Marc Sturgess
  • Publication number: 20110011372
    Abstract: A fluid filter module with a filter housing is provided with an integrated and internally mounted thermostatic fluid regulator valve. The regulator valve is equipped with a thermostatic actuator member configured to sense and regulate a mix temperature within the filter housing. The regulator valve is configurable as a separate component installable into the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventor: Christopher Marc Sturgess