Patents by Inventor Dirk Bruhs

Dirk Bruhs 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: 6474937
    Abstract: The fluid pump has an impeller (10), provided with vanes (12) and driven to rotate in a pump chamber. The pump chamber is defined in the direction of the pivot axis (18) of the impeller (10) by wall parts (24), in each end face (25) of which toward the impeller (10) there is one annular feed conduit (32). An intake opening discharges in the region of the beginning of the feed conduit of one wall part, and an outlet opening (34) discharges in the region of the end of the feed conduit (32) of the other wall part (24). The outlet opening (34) is embodied as elongated in the circulation direction (11) of the impeller (10), and in the radial direction with respect to the pivot axis (18) of the impeller (10), it has a width (b) that is less than the width (B) of the feed conduit (32) in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Rothkopf, Luciano Zorzin, Dirk Bruhs