Patents by Inventor Dietmar Buchen

Dietmar Buchen 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: 20130161250
    Abstract: A static seal and method with integrated screen or filter element comprises at least one supporting layer 4, at least one screen 6 or one filter 12, wherein the at least one screen 6 or the at least one filter 12 is arranged close to the at least one supporting layer 4, and wherein an elastomer layer 8 extends over at least a portion of one of the supporting layers 4 and over at least a portion of one of the screens 6 or of one of the filters 12 and connects a supporting layer 4 and a screen 6 or a filter 12 to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Erika Szele, Dietmar Buchen, Stephane Lamouche
  • Patent number: 8246054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cylinder head gaskets on internal combustion engines, with at least three layers, namely a mid-layer, a function layer and a layer of a compression limiter. The mid-layer is arranged between the function layer and the compression limiter. The mid-layer has at least two essentially round fixing openings, outside a sealing region. The compression limiter is beaded around the edges of the fixing openings in the region thereof, and in this way fixes the compression limiter to the mid-layer. The function layer has recesses in the region of the fixing openings of the mid-layer, in order to accommodate the beaded region of the compression limiter, without increasing the total thickness of the gasket in the region of the fixing of the compression limiter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schmitt, Dietmar Buchen, Klaus Cierockl, Ralf Flemming, Hubert Koehler
  • Publication number: 20080185791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flat metallic gaskets, such as, for example, cylinder head gaskets on internal combustion engines, with at least three layers, namely a mid-layer, a function layer and a layer of a compression limiter. The mid-layer is arranged between the function layer and the compression limiter. The mid-layer has at least two essentially round fixing openings, outside a sealing region. The compression limiter is beaded around the edges of the fixing openings in the region thereof, and in this way fixes the compression limiter to the mid-layer. The function layer has recesses in the region of the fixing openings of the mid-layer, in order to accommodate the beaded region of the compression limiter, without increasing the total thickness of the gasket in the region of the fixing of the compression limiter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Schmitt, Dietmar Buchen, Klaus Cierockl, Ralf Flemming, Hubert Koehler