Patents by Inventor Fabian Wagner

Fabian Wagner 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: 10179302
    Abstract: A filter system has a filter element in a filter housing having a coupling device configured to detachably couple and mount the filter system onto a receiving member external to the filter system. The coupling device has one or more inwardly projecting coupling elements which lockably engage with coupling contours of the receiving member by a sliding-rotating movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Petra Skorpíková
  • Publication number: 20180370840
    Abstract: A method for the production of glass or glass ceramic elements from flat glass or glass ceramic parts is provided where the edges of the glass or glass ceramic elements are treated by a combination of two processes. The flat glass or glass ceramic element with an edge surface connecting the two side surfaces is produced. The edge surface has at least one first elongated, strip-shaped edge region and at least one second elongated strip-shaped edge region, which are formed by a ground edge. The edge regions extend in the longitudinal direction along the edge surface and along the side surfaces. The first edge region has elongated parallel filamentary damages that are parallel and adjacent to one another and, in particular, spaced apart equidistantly, in the longitudinal direction thereof extending transversely to the side surfaces and along the surface of the first edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Volker PLAPPER, Fabian WAGNER, Andreas ORTNER, Albrecht SEIDL, Frank-Thomas LENTES
  • Publication number: 20180297887
    Abstract: A method is provided for separating a portion from a sheet-like glass or glass ceramic element along an intended separation line to divide the element into the portion and a main part. The method includes producing filamentary damages a volume of the glass or glass ceramic element adjacently aligned along the separation line, the filamentary damages are produced by laser pulses of a laser, the glass or glass ceramic element comprises a material that is transparent for the laser pulses; displacing incidence points of the laser pulses on a surface of the glass or glass ceramic element thereof along the separation line; and subjecting the material of the glass or glass ceramic element located in a region of the portion to a phase transition so that the material contracts to detach the portion from the main part at the adjacently aligned filamentary damages along the separation line, while the main part remains intact as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Martin SPIER, Fabian WAGNER, Andreas ORTNER, Georg HASELHORST, Volker PLAPPER
  • Patent number: 10071330
    Abstract: A filter element has a curved filter medium body, which at least partially encloses a flow chamber, and a carrier connector that is guided through the filter medium body. The carrier connector is a carrier of a sealing element for sealing the contact with a flow channel, wherein a section of the sealing element is arranged between the carrier connector and the filter medium body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Andre Roesgen, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Christoph Wittmers
  • Patent number: 10067267
    Abstract: A coated glass or glass ceramic article is provided that has a so-called “dead front” effect, where display features or icons are not visible in the off state. In some embodiments, the glass or glass ceramic article includes a sheet-like glass or glass ceramic substrate having two opposite faces, where the substrate exhibits, in a visible spectral range from 380 nm to 780 nm, light transmittance ?vis of at least 1% for visible light that passes through from one face to the opposite face. An opaque coating on one face that exhibits, in the visible spectral range from 380 nm to 780 nm, light transmittance ?vis of not more than 5%. An opening is provided in the opaque coating. The opening allowing light that is incident on the surface of the opaque coating to pass through the coating and through the glass or glass ceramic substrate. The opening has a width of not more than 80 ?m at the glass or glass ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Holger Waldschmidt, Fabian Wagner
  • Publication number: 20180221991
    Abstract: A method for filamentation of a dielectric workpiece has a workpiece with a thickness between 0.5 and 20 mm is provided. The workpiece has boundary surfaces delimiting the workpiece. The thickness of the workpiece varies spatially and/or at least one of the boundary surfaces delimiting the workpiece has at least one curvature with a radius of curvature between 0.1 ?m and 10 m. The dielectric workpiece can have a specially formed edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas ORTNER, Albrecht SEIDL, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Fabian WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20180215647
    Abstract: A plate-like glass element including a pair of opposite side faces and at least one channel introduced into the glass of the glass element. The at least one channel joins the side faces and opens into the side faces. The at least one channel has a rounded wall and a transverse dimension of less than 100 ?m. The at least one channel extends in a longitudinal direction that runs transverse to the side faces. The rounded wall of the at least one channel has a plurality of rounded, substantially hemispherical depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, Andreas Roters, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Lutz Parthier, Markus Heiß-Choquet, Ulrich Peuchert, Fabian Wagner, Florian Resch, Laura Brückbauer, Matthias Jotz, Vanessa Hiller
  • Patent number: 10010818
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid is provided with a housing and a filter body arranged in the housing. A cover closes off one end of the housing. An inlet is arranged on the cover at a raw side of the filter element for inflow of a fluid into the filter element. An outlet is arranged on the cover at a clean side of the filter element for discharge of the fluid from the filter element. The cover has a connecting area connecting the filter element with a counter element of a filter system. The cover has a sealing area that seals between the filter element and a receptacle of the filter system. A seal is disposed in the sealing area and has two separate sealing surfaces that effect a sealing action in the connecting area in axial direction and in radial direction of the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Pflueger, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Christian Thalmann
  • Publication number: 20180161707
    Abstract: A filter system (100) has at least one filter element (10), a filter housing (108) having at least one first housing part and one second housing part, in particular a lid (110), as well as a coupling device (50). The coupling device (50) thereby has at least one first coupling part (60) and at least one second coupling part (70) that corresponds to it for removable coupling of the at least one filter element (10) to the second housing part (110). The first coupling part (60) has one or a plurality of first latching means (62) and control surfaces (64). The second coupling part (70) has one or a plurality of second latching means (72) that can be brought into operative connection with the one or a plurality of first latching means (62) and control surfaces (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Petra Skorpíková, Markus Nefzer, Fabian Wagner, Frank Pflueger, Robert Hasenfratz, Christian Thalmann
  • Publication number: 20180134606
    Abstract: A method for separating a portion from a sheet glass element having a thickness of at least 2 millimeters along an intended separation line that divides the sheet glass element into the portion and a remaining main part is provided. The method includes producing filamentary damages comprising sub-micrometer hollow channels in a volume of the glass sheet element adjacently aligned along the separation line; and heating and/or cooling the glass sheet element to cause expansion and/or contraction so that the portion detaches from the main part along the separation line. The portion and the remaining main part each remain intact as a whole. The step of producing the filamentary damages includes generating a plasma within the volume with laser pulses of an ultrashort pulse laser; and displacing points of incidence of the laser pulses over a surface of the glass sheet element along the separation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Fabian WAGNER, Andreas ORTNER, Albrecht SEIDL, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Jörn GERBAN, Simon SCHMITT
  • Publication number: 20180134604
    Abstract: A method is provided that includes producing filamentary damages in a volume of a glass or glass ceramic element adjacently aligned along a separation line and extend obliquely relative to a surface of the glass or glass ceramic element; and separating a portion from the glass or glass ceramic element along the separation line. The step of producing the filamentary damages includes directing laser pulses of an ultrashort pulse laser obliquely on the surface so that the laser pulses have a light propagation direction that extends obliquely relative to the surface and so that the filamentary damages resulting from the laser pulses have the longitudinal extension that extends obliquely relative to the surface; generating a plasma within the volume with the laser pulses; and displacing the laser pulses at points of incidence over the surface along the separation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas ORTNER, Albrecht SEIDL, Frank-Thomas LENTES, Fabian WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20180117708
    Abstract: A method provides for producing modifications in or on a transparent workpiece using a laser processing device. The laser processing device has a short pulse or ultrashort pulse laser that emits laser radiation having a wavelength in the transparency range of the workpiece and which has a beam-shaping optical unit for beam shaping for focusing the laser radiation. The transparent workpiece is composed of a material that has a plurality of phases, of which at least two phases have different dielectric constants, of which in turn the one phase is a phase embedded in the form of particles, which phase is substantially surrounded by the other phase, and wherein the product of the volume of the particles specified in cubic nanometers and the ratio of the absolute value of the difference of the two different dielectric constants to the dielectric constant of the surrounding phase is greater than 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Ortner, Niklas Bisch, Fabian Wagner, Albrecht Seidl, Frank-Thomas Lentes
  • Patent number: 9914085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (10), comprising a filter body (12) having a longitudinal axis (L) arranged between a clean side (50) and a crude side (52) of the filter element, as well as comprising at least one first end disk (16) arranged on an end face (15) of the filter body (12). The end disk (16) has a sealing arrangement (22) for forming a seal between the clean side (50) and the crude side (52). In addition, the sealing arrangement (22) has a sealing region (23) that forms a radial seal and a separate holding region (20) arranged concentrically with the sealing region (23) and acts as a radial floating bearing. The invention also relates to a filter system (100) for replaceable installation of such a filter element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Vit Wognar, Leos Burda, Michal Tuma
  • Patent number: 9901857
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium body with a plurality of filter segments that are joined to one another, of which at least two filter segments run adjacent and delimit an interposing intermediate space in which a support element is arranged for support on a housing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Fabian Wagner
  • Patent number: 9861924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element (10) that includes a filter body (12) that has a longitudinal axis (L) and that is arranged between a clean side (50) and a raw side (52) of the filter element, and at least a first end disk (16) arranged on an end face (15) of the filter body (12). The end disk (16) has a sealing arrangement (22) for sealing between the clean side (50) and the raw side (52). The sealing arrangement (22) furthermore has a radially sealing sealing area (23) and a separate retaining area (20) that acts as a movable bearing. The invention further relates to a filter system (100) for exchangably installing such a filter element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Leos Burda, Michal Tuma, Vit Wognar
  • Publication number: 20170298876
    Abstract: A filter housing (11) has at least one inlet (15) and at least one outlet (17) for the fluid. The filter element (10) includes a filter body of a filter medium (18).The filter element (10) is configured to be arranged in a filter housing (11) separating the at least one inlet (15) from the at least one outlet (17). An element axis (14) of the filter element (10) and a housing axis (25) of the filter housing (11) can be aligned parallel or axially to an installation direction (12) of the filter element into the filter housing. The filter element (10) may include at least one guide crosspiece (46, 48) which extends axially and radially outward on a peripheral exterior side (26), relative to the element axis (14), of the filter element (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Nadine Sorger, Werner Blossey, Mario Rieger, Andreas Weber, Pascal Neef
  • Publication number: 20170282106
    Abstract: A method for producing a filter element provided with a sealing part in which the sealing material is introduced into a casting chamber between two tundish parts when in the non-cured state, and a compensation space connected to the casting chamber for the expansion of the sealing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Arthur Sudermann, Fabian Wagner, Thomas Sieber, Guenter Guenter Goerg, Michael Metzger, Markus Roehrig, Thomas Jessberger, Timo Dirnberger, Bernd Joos
  • Patent number: 9759170
    Abstract: A filter element (10) comprises filter bellows (16), in particular open filter bellows made of a filter medium (18), which has an oncoming flow side (28) and an outgoing flow side (30) for the fluid to be filtered. The filter element (10) is disposed in the filter housing (11) in such a way that it separates at least one inlet (15) from at least one outlet (17). An element axis (14) of the filter element (10) and a housing axis (25) of the filter housing (11) may be aligned in parallel with or axially to the installation direction (12) in the filter housing (11) for installing the filter element (10). The filter element (10) has at least one outer support section (38), which protrudes axially beyond the filter bellows (16) on the oncoming flow side (28) or the outgoing flow side (30) with respect to the element axis (14) and protrudes into an axial projection of the oncoming flow side (28) or the outgoing flow side (30) with respect to the element axis (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20170247289
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a glass or glass ceramic article that includes: providing a sheet-like glass or glass ceramic substrate having two opposite faces, which in the visible spectral range from 380 nm to 780 nm exhibits light transmittance of at least 1% for visible light that passes from one face to the opposite face; providing an opaque coating on one face where the coating exhibits light transmittance of not more than 5% in the visible spectral range from 380 nm to 780 nm; and directing a pulsed laser beam onto the opaque coating and locally removing the coating by ablation down to the surface of the glass or glass ceramic article, repeatedly at different locations, thereby producing a pattern of a multitude of openings defining a perforated area in the opaque coating, so that the opaque coating becomes semi-transparent in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Holger Waldschmidt, Fabian Wagner, Martin Spier
  • Publication number: 20170216749
    Abstract: A filter element has, on a filter element housing, a first and a second filter medium body, which are arranged at an angle to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner