Patents by Inventor Frank Weinert

Frank Weinert 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: 7444962
    Abstract: In a coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks, a radiator for cooling the engine coolant, a pump and a thermostatic valve including a mixing chamber and first and second flow control valves, wherein the pump is connected to the radiator via an intake line for receiving coolant therefrom and supplying it to the cylinder banks which are in communication with the mixing chamber from which a radiator line extends to the radiator for returning heated coolant to the radiator under the control of a flow control valve, or supplying it via a bypass line to the intake line under the control of a bypass valve, a heating circuit is provided extending from one of the cylinder banks via a heater to the pump intake line and a heater control valve is disposed in the heating control circuit so that, upon opening of the heater valve, coolant flows from the other cylinder bank via the mixing chamber to the one cylinder bank and coolant from both cylinder banks jointly flows through the heating
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20070062466
    Abstract: In a coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks, a radiator for cooling the engine coolant, a pump and a thermostatic valve including a mixing chamber and first and second flow control valves, wherein the pump is connected to the radiator via an intake line for receiving coolant therefrom and supplying it to the cylinder banks which are in communication with the mixing chamber from which a radiator line extends to the radiator for returning heated coolant to the radiator under the control of a flow control valve, or supplying it via a bypass line to the intake line under the control of a bypass valve, a heating circuit is provided extending from one of the cylinder banks via a heater to the pump intake line and a heater control valve is disposed in the heating control circuit so that, upon opening of the heater valve, coolant flows from the other cylinder bank via the mixing chamber to the one cylinder bank and coolant from both cylinder banks jointly flows through the heating
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Patent number: 7073329
    Abstract: In a multistage oil pumping system for an oil supply system of a motor vehicle comprising at least two oil pumps arrange axially in side-by-side relationship, each of the oil pumps is connected to a separate drive so that the oil pumps can be operated independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AG.
    Inventors: Reinhold Brühl, Roland Doll, Frank Weinert
  • Patent number: 6843210
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the flow is capable of passing and which has a first throughflow orifice for connection to a first coolant line, a second throughflow orifice for connection to a second coolant line, and a third throughflow orifice for connection to a third coolant line, and with a closure member which is mounted in the housing and which can be adjusted by an actuating unit, the closure member having a first shut-off element for shutting off the first throughflow orifice and a second shut-off element, coupled to the first shut-off element, for shutting off the second throughflow orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20040265138
    Abstract: In a multistage oil pumping system for an oil supply system of a motor vehicle comprising at least two oil pumps arrange axially in side-by-side relationship, each of the oil pumps is connected to a separate drive so that the oil pumps can be operated independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhold Bruhl, Roland Doll, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20030177985
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the flow is capable of passing and which has a first throughflow orifice for connection to a first coolant line, a second throughflow orifice for connection to a second coolant line, and a third throughflow orifice for connection to a third coolant line, and with a closure member which is mounted in the housing and which can be adjusted by an actuating unit, the closure member having a first shut-off element for shutting off the first throughflow orifice and a second shut-off element, coupled to the first shut-off element, for shutting off the second throughflow orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20030158711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the automatic release and placement of orders by means of data communications devices, data concentration devices and telecommunication devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Buerger, Frank Weinert