Patents by Inventor Elke Duerr

Elke Duerr 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: 9486724
    Abstract: A filter device has, in a housing, a filter element and, downstream of the filter element, an outflow opening for discharging the cleaned medium. Between the filter element and the outflow opening there is arranged a diverting part, wherein on the diverting part there is formed an overflow region for the flow of the medium from the filter element to the outflow opening, and the outflow opening is situated at the same level as or below the overflow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Volkmer, Pius Trautmann, Elke Duerr, Guenter Jokschas, Elisabeth Nissler, Marco Schweikart, Dieter Schreckenberger, Sven Epli, Oliver Glueck, Stefan Eichinger
  • Publication number: 20140284263
    Abstract: A fuel filter has a housing with fuel inlet for fuel to be purified, fuel outlet for purified fuel, and water outlet for water separated from the fuel. A filter element is arranged in the housing and separates seal-tightly fuel inlet from fuel outlet. The filter element has a filter medium formed as a hollow body and flowed through from the interior to the exterior of the filter element or in reverse. A coalescing medium formed as a hollow body is arranged in a flow path of the fuel downstream of the filter medium for separating water from the fuel. The coalescing medium surrounds the filter medium or is arranged in the interior. The coalescing medium has at least one nonwoven layer that coalesces water and has a main orientation of fibers transverse to a main flow path of separated water downstream of the coalescing medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Elke Duerr, Martin Veit, Stefan Eichinger, Martin Klein
  • Patent number: 8361317
    Abstract: A filter device for a motor vehicle has a filter element with a porous ceramic support body provided with one or more passages for receiving a liquid to be filtered and filter membranes formed on inner walls of the passages. The liquid to be filtered passes through the filter membranes into the support body and exits from the support body through a circumferential surface of the support body. At least one compensation element is arranged at an end face of the support body. The compensation element is elastically deformable for providing an additional liquid volume that is generated when the liquid expands due to freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mann + Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Micke, Guenter Jokschas, Martin Weindorf, Dieter Schreckenberger, Elke Duerr
  • Publication number: 20100224549
    Abstract: A filter device for a motor vehicle has a filter element with a porous ceramic support body provided with one or more passages for receiving a liquid to be filtered and filter membranes formed on inner walls of the passages. The liquid to be filtered passes through the filter membranes into the support body and exits from the support body through a circumferential surface of the support body. At least one compensation element is arranged at an end face of the support body. The compensation element is elastically deformable for providing an additional liquid volume that is generated when the liquid expands due to freezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Micke, Guenter Jokschas, Martin Weindorf, Dieter Schreckenberger, Elke Duerr