Patents by Inventor Dieter Kerschbaumer

Dieter Kerschbaumer 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: 20220289020
    Abstract: A tank shell for a motor vehicle tank, exhibiting a tank shell inner surface facing towards the tank volume surrounded by it and a tank shell outer surface facing away from the tank volume surrounded by it, where a tank shell wall exhibits at least section-wise a multilayer layer structure, where the layer structure having at least one interior wall section produced by injection molding and located nearer to the tank shell inner surface, at least one exterior wall section produced by injection molding and located nearer to the tank shell outer surface, and a barrier film located between the interior wall section and the exterior wall section, where the tank shell wall exhibits at least one aperture penetrating through the tank shell wall along an aperture path, where a section of the barrier film is exposed in the region of the aperture; the section of the barrier film exposed in the region of the aperture is configured integrally with the barrier film in the tank shell wall and for contacting by a sealing ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Christoph Ganthaler
  • Patent number: 11420864
    Abstract: A filling head, which includes: A filling head housing for conveying operating fluid in a supply sense from a supply-intake region, which is configured for introducing operating fluid into the filling head, to an outlet port, A venting structure which allows the conveying of gas in a venting sense which is opposite to the supply sense, Where the supply-intake region exhibits a hollow plug-in connector extending along a virtual nozzle path with a plug-in orifice through which an intake space connected fluid-mechanically with the outlet port is accessible, Where an inner nozzle wall bordering the intake space exhibits functional formations projecting into the intake space as part of the venting structure, Where on the external side of the plug-in connectors there is provided an active formation which is configured to interact with an internal thread of a supply device for the latter's positional stabilization at the plug-in connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Ganthaler, Dieter Kerschbaumer
  • Publication number: 20220134871
    Abstract: A tank shell as a component of a motorized vehicle tank, where the tank shell includes as wall components a barrier foil and injection-molding material injected thereon at least locally on at least one side, where the tank shell exhibits an aperture configured for the arrangement of a functional component configured with a space section located on an internal side of the tank shell, wherein in a rim region of the tank shell surrounding the aperture there is arranged a socket component which at least section-wise is formed from a material different from the materials of the wall components of the tank shell, where the socket component is connected positively and/or is firmly bonded with the rim region of the tank shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Petru-Sorin Muj, Ivan De Metri
  • Publication number: 20220126682
    Abstract: A motorized vehicle tank, having a first tank shell and a second tank shell, where the first tank shell and the second tank shell between them define at least one section of a tank volume of the motorized vehicle tank, where the first tank shell and the second tank shell are connected with each other, where at least one tank shell out of the first and the second tank shell is a multicomponent tank shell which exhibits a barrier foil and at least area-wise an inner wall section injected by injection-molding onto the internal side of the barrier foil facing towards the tank volume and/or an outer wall section injected by injection-molding onto the external side of the barrier foil facing away from the tank volume; the motorized vehicle tank exhibits in at least one tank wall section formed from the multicomponent tank shell an eversion formed integrally at the barrier foil, which projects relative to the tank wall region surrounding it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Petru-Sorin Muj, Ivan De Metri
  • Publication number: 20220126681
    Abstract: A motor vehicle tank, having a first tank shell and a second tank shell, the first tank shell and the second tank shell defining between each other at least one section of a tank volume of the motor vehicle tank, the first tank shell and the second tank shell respectively having an edge area having a joining flange, the first tank shell and the second tank shell being integrally joined to each other at their joining flanges across a common joining surface, the first tank shell and the second tank shell respectively being a multicomponent tank shell, which includes a barrier film and at least on its edge area an inner wall section that is injection molded onto the inner side of the barrier film pointing toward the tank volume as well as an outer wall section injection molded onto the outer side of the barrier film pointing away from the tank volume, wherein the barrier film of each tank shell is formed in such a way that with the approach to the common joining surface in the area of the joining flange it runs
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Petru-Sorin Muj, Ivan De Metri
  • Publication number: 20220080825
    Abstract: A filling head for introducing operating fluid into an operating fluid tank of a motorized vehicle, where the filling head includes: A filling head housing, where the filling head housing exhibits a delivery-accommodation region for accommodating delivery devices, A venting structure, which during a transmission of operating fluid through the filling head housing allows transmission of gas, Where the delivery-accommodation region exhibits a plug-in nozzle extending along a virtual nozzle path with a plug-in orifice through which an accommodating space is accessible, Where in the filling head housing, at an axial magnet distance from the plug-in orifice, there is arranged a magnet arrangement, Where the venting structure includes a channel arrangement which is bounded by an inner wall of the plug-in nozzle and by an outer wall of the plug-in nozzle, wherein from the plug-in orifice as far as and into the extension region of the magnet arrangement there proceeds a gas-impermeable boundary surface which bound
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Christoph Ganthaler
  • Publication number: 20220073339
    Abstract: A filling head, which includes: A filling head housing for conveying operating fluid in a supply sense from a supply-intake region, which is configured for introducing operating fluid into the filling head, to an outlet port, A venting structure which allows the conveying of gas in a venting sense which is opposite to the supply sense, Where the supply-intake region exhibits a hollow plug-in connector extending along a virtual nozzle path with a plug-in orifice through which an intake space connected fluid-mechanically with the outlet port is accessible, Where an inner nozzle wall bordering the intake space exhibits functional formations projecting into the intake space as part of the venting structure, Where on the external side of the plug-in connectors there is provided an active formation which is configured to interact with an internal thread of a supply device for the latter's positional stabilization at the plug-in connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Ganthaler, Dieter Kerschbaumer
  • Patent number: 10655521
    Abstract: SCR tank (10) for motor vehicles for storing and dispensing aqueous urea solution, comprising a tank shell (16) enclosing a tank volume (18) having fluid delivery opening (20) and a fluid removal opening (in 28), wherein the SCR tank (10) further has a ventilation line (30), through which a gas exchange is made possible between a gas-filled region of the tank volume (18) during operation of the tank and the outer atmosphere of the SCR tank (10), wherein the tank shell (16) toward this end has a gas opening (38), at which the ventilation line (30) terminates or which is penetrated by the ventilation line (30), which is characterized in that in a joint section (52) a ventilation line component (32) contributing to formation of the ventilation line (30) is joined in a materially-bonded manner to a joint surface section (36) of the tank shell (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Veit Gufler
  • Publication number: 20170234190
    Abstract: SCR tank (10) for motor vehicles for storing and dispensing aqueous urea solution, comprising a tank shell (16) enclosing a tank volume (18) having fluid delivery opening (20) and a fluid removal opening (in 28), wherein the SCR tank (10) further has a ventilation line (30), through which a gas exchange is made possible between a gas-filled region of the tank volume (18) during operation of the tank and the outer atmosphere of the SCR tank (10), wherein the tank shell (16) toward this end has a gas opening (38), at which the ventilation line (30) terminates or which is penetrated by the ventilation line (30), which is characterized in that in a joint section (52) a ventilation line component (32) contributing to formation of the ventilation line (30) is joined in a materially-bonded manner to a joint surface section (36) of the tank shell (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter KERSCHBAUMER, Veit GUFLER
  • Patent number: 9625077
    Abstract: A fluid line assembly, preferably for charge air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, comprising a fluid conduit extending along a longitudinal axis which defines an axial direction for the passage of a fluid and comprising a sound attenuation assembly received in an axial receiving portion of the fluid conduit which comprises at least two piping components, said sound attenuation assembly at least contributing to an attenuation of sound propagated in the fluid. The invention provides that the connection of the at least two piping components of the axial receiving portion with one another, and the connection of the sound attenuation assembly with the axial receiving portion of the fluid conduit is free of adhesive and melted connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Marco Barbolini, Dieter Kerschbaumer, Christian Platzgummer
  • Publication number: 20160238175
    Abstract: A fluid line assembly, preferably for charge air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, comprising a fluid conduit extending along a longitudinal axis which defines an axial direction for the passage of a fluid and comprising a sound attenuation assembly received in an axial receiving portion of the fluid conduit which comprises at least two piping components, said sound attenuation assembly at least contributing to an attenuation of sound propagated in the fluid. The invention provides that the connection of the at least two piping components of the axial receiving portion with one another, and the connection of the sound attenuation assembly with the axial receiving portion of the fluid conduit is free of adhesive and melted connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Marco BARBOLINI, Dieter KERSCHBAUMER, Christian PLATZGUMMER
  • Publication number: 20130037734
    Abstract: A method of producing by moulding a valve device, the valve device comprising a housing, which surrounds a flow duct portion, and additionally comprising a valve accommodated on the housing and movable relative thereto such that, by relative adjustment of the valve relative to the housing, the effective flow area of the flow duct portion is modifiable, wherein the housing and the valve already accommodated thereon are formed shapingly in a moulding tool in a common moulding step from a flowable moulding compound, with one-piece formation of a moulding material membrane, together with the valve and the housing, the moulding material membrane being provided between an outer valve portion, and a housing portion surrounding the valve portion, in a shut-off position of the valve relative to the housing, in which shut-off position the flow area of the flow duct portion is as a rule minimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: ROECHLING AUTOMOTIVE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Kerschbaumer, Ferdinand Di Pauli