Patents by Inventor Franz Pawellek

Franz Pawellek 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: 20210381520
    Abstract: A plug-in coolant pump for motor vehicles includes an impeller surrounded by a pump housing. The impeller can be driven about a longitudinal axis extending through the pump housing by a pump shaft. A seal is provided between the pump shaft and the pump housing to seal the coolant-carrying pump housing, wherein the pump housing includes retaining domes on which a sealing disc is fastened which sets a sealing gap between a pump inlet with a pressure slope and the open impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Franz PAWELLEK
  • Patent number: 11125244
    Abstract: An electric coolant pump is used as an auxiliary water pump in a vehicle. The pump includes radial mounting of the shaft (4) is provided by means of a coolant-lubricated radial sliding bearing (41) arranged between the pump impeller (2) and the rotor (32). A dry-running electric motor (3) with a radially inner stator (31) and a radially outer rotor (32) is accommodated in a motor chamber (13) separated from the pump chamber (10). A shaft seal (5) is between the radial sliding bearing (41) and the motor chamber (13). The rotor (32) is bell-shaped with an inner surface facing the shaft seal (5) and being fixed to the shaft seal (5) to axially overlap with the shaft (4). The motor chamber (13) has an opening to the atmosphere, which is closed by a liquid-tight pressure equalization membrane (6) that is permeable to vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Conrad Nickel, Jens Hoffmann, Robin Büsch, Paul Ludwig, Jakob Schnitzer, Silvio Werner
  • Patent number: 11092159
    Abstract: In an electrical coolant pump, preferably for use as an additional water pump in a vehicle, a radial bearing of the shaft is provided by means of a radial slide bearing lubricated with coolant on the separating element which is disposed between the pump impeller and the rotor. A dry-running electric motor has a radially inner stator and a radially outer rotor is accommodated within the motor chamber. A shaft seal is disposed between the radial slide bearing and the motor chamber. The rotor is formed in a cup shape, the inner surface of which faces the shaft seal and is fixed to the shaft in an axially overlapping manner. The motor chamber has an opening to the atmosphere which is closed by a liquid-tight and vapor-permeable pressure equalizing membrane. The separating element is configured as a support flange with a separating portion and an axial projection into the motor chamber, to which the stator is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Conrad Nickel, Jens Hoffmann, Robin Büsch, Silvio Werner, Jakob Schnitzer, Paul Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11092153
    Abstract: An electrically driven gerotor pump has a gerotor which comprises a stationary outer gerotor element with an inner toothing that is axially delimited by two chamber walls, wherein each chamber-forming foot section of the inner toothing is paired with a pressure valve which is connected to the outlet. The gerotor also comprises an inner gerotor element with an outer toothing which is guided in the outer gerotor element in a circumferential manner on an eccentric section of the shaft and is mounted in, a rotatable manner so as to mesh with the inner toothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Conrad Nickel
  • Publication number: 20210222693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dry-running, oil-free orbiter vacuum pump with an improved bearing arrangement consisting of a material pairing capable of dry-running A pivot bearing with a bearing cavity open towards the pump chamber for receiving a pivot head of a blocking slide is arranged inside the pump housing. The orbiter vacuum pump capable of dry-running is characterized in particular in that at least one sliding surface of the pivot bearing allocated to the bearing cavity or to the pivot head is made of a composite material including a solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Conrad Nickel, Jakob Schnitzer, Franz Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20210222694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dry-running, oil-free orbiter vacuum pump, on which a friction-optimized surface is provided on components. The dry-running orbiter vacuum pump comprises inter alia a pump housing with a cylindrical pump chamber and an orbiter eccentric piston with a guide slot and a cylindrical exterior surface, a cylindrical cross-section of the orbiter eccentric piston being smaller than a cylindrical cross-section of the pump chamber. At at least one of a radial air gap and an axial air gap formed in the cylindrical pump chamber between the orbiter eccentric piston and the pump housing at least one sliding surface is arranged in a manner exposed to the air gap; wherein the at least one sliding surface comprises a microstructure including cavities for decreasing an exposed surface of the at least one sliding surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Conrad Nickel, Jakob Schnitzer, Franz Pawellek
  • Patent number: 11066967
    Abstract: An adjustable lubrication oil conveying system for a combustion engine is proposed which comprises a screw pump for conveying lubrication oil with at least one screw rotatably accommodated in a screw chamber, wherein the screw pump is arranged such that a suction side of the screw chamber is connected with an intake path from an oil sump of the combustion engine, and a pressure side of the screw chamber is connected with a feed path to moving parts of the combustion engine. The lubrication oil conveying system is characterised in particular in that the screw pump is driven by the combustion engine; and towards the suction side of the screw chamber, an adjustable throttle valve is provided by means of which a flow cross-section of the intake path is gradually limitable between an opened position and a closed position. Therefore, the oil pressure in a combustion engine is, for the first time, adjusted by suction throttling in connection with a screw pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventor: Franz Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20210190135
    Abstract: A sliding bearing having a sealing arrangement for water pumps, configured to radially mount and seal a shaft in a housing between a wet side and a dry side. The sliding bearing and the sealing arrangement include a sliding bearing bushing made of a sintering material for radial mounting of the shaft, and a dry-side shaft seal arranged between the sliding bearing bushing and the dry side. A wet-side shaft seal is arranged between the wet side and the sliding bearing bushing and a lubricant reservoir with a substrate, made of a non-sintered material, which is porous in at least some sections, is arranged at least between the wet-side shaft seal and the sliding bearing bushing. The lubricant reservoir includes, in pores of the substrate, a lubricant insoluble in water. A volume of the lubricant reservoir and a volume of a lubricant filling take up a total volume of spaces between the wet-side shaft seal and the dry-side shaft seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Franz PAWELLEK, Marcel BERNER
  • Publication number: 20210164473
    Abstract: An electrical coolant pump, preferably for use as an additional water pump in a vehicle, is characterised in that a radial bearing of the shaft (4) is provided by means of a radial slide bearing (41) lubricated with coolant on the separating element (12) which is disposed between the pump impeller (2) and the rotor (32); a dry-running electric motor (3) having a radially inner stator (31) and a radially outer rotor (32) is accommodated within the motor chamber (13); a shaft seal (5) is disposed between the radial slide bearing (41) and the motor chamber (13); the rotor (32) is formed in a cup shape, the inner surface of which faces the shaft seal (5) and is fixed to the shaft (4) in an axially overlapping manner; the motor chamber (13) has an opening to the atmosphere which is closed by a liquid-tight and vapour-permeable pressure equalising membrane (6); the separating element (12) is configured as a support flange with a separating portion (12a) and an axial projection (12b) into the motor chamber (13), to
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Conrad Nickel, Jens Hoffmann, Robin Büsch, Silvio Werner, Jakob Schnitzer, Paul Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20210148259
    Abstract: An adjustable lubrication oil conveying system for a combustion engine is proposed which comprises a screw pump for conveying lubrication oil with at least one screw rotatably accommodated in a screw chamber, wherein the screw pump is arranged such that a suction side of the screw chamber is connected with an intake path from an oil sump of the combustion engine, and a pressure side of the screw chamber is connected with a feed path to moving parts of the combustion engine. The lubrication oil conveying system is characterised in particular in that the screw pump is driven by the combustion engine; and towards the suction side of the screw chamber, an adjustable throttle valve is provided by means of which a flow cross-section of the intake path is gradually limitable between an opened position and a closed position. Therefore, the oil pressure in a combustion engine is, for the first time, adjusted by suction throttling in connection with a screw pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventor: Franz PAWELLEK
  • Patent number: 11002281
    Abstract: A mechanically driven coolant pump having a controllable delivery rate for a main delivery circuit from a first outlet and for a secondary delivery circuit from a second outlet of the coolant pump. The coolant pump comprising a hydraulic control circuit which is derived from the coolant pump and has an input-side auxiliary pump, an output-side proportional valve, and a regulating slide for limiting the flow of the main delivery circuit. A cylindrical portion of the regulating slide can be axially displaced in the pump chamber in order to radially shield the pump impeller by means of a pressure in the hydraulic control circuit counter to a restoring force. A regulating valve is connected to the hydraulic control circuit to limit the flow of the secondary delivery circuit, wherein actuations of the regulating slide and of the regulating valve are associated with pressure ranges in the hydraulic control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Pawellek, Toni Steiner
  • Publication number: 20210079920
    Abstract: An electrical coolant pump, preferably for use as an additional water pump in a vehicle, is characterised in that a radial bearing of the shaft, which is arranged between the pump impeller and the rotor, is provided by means of a radial sintered sliding bearing having a defined porosity lubricated by coolant, and a shaft seal is arranged between the radial sliding bearing and the motor chamber, wherein at least one coolant flow channel with a predetermined depth is provided in the sintered sliding bearing in an axial direction extending from the end of the sintered sliding bearing on the side of the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventor: Franz PAWELLEK
  • Publication number: 20210071679
    Abstract: An electric coolant pump is used as an auxiliary water pump in a vehicle. The pump includes radial mounting of the shaft (4) is provided by means of a coolant-lubricated radial sliding bearing (41) arranged between the pump impeller (2) and the rotor (32). A dry-running electric motor (3) with a radially inner stator (31) and a radially outer rotor (32) is accommodated in a motor chamber (13) separated from the pump chamber (10). A shaft seal (5) is between the radial sliding bearing (41) and the motor chamber (13). The rotor (32) is bell-shaped with an inner surface facing the shaft seal (5) and being fixed to the shaft seal (5) to axially overlap with the shaft (4). The motor chamber (13) has an opening to the atmosphere, which is closed by a liquid-tight pressure equalization membrane (6) that is permeable to vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Franz PAWELLEK, Conrad NICKEL, Jens HOFFMANN, Robin BÜSCH, Paul LUDWIG, Jakob SCHNITZER, Silvio WERNER
  • Publication number: 20210040949
    Abstract: A modular system for a pump structure for the axial integration of a selection of electric drive assemblies (1) at a selection of pump assemblies (2) and a shaft bearing assembly (3) which includes a pump shaft (31) and a shaft bearing (32) with at least two rolling bearing sets, the shaft bearing (32) supporting the pump shaft (31) between a motor rotor (1) of the electric drive assembly (1) and a pump rotor (21) of the pump assembly (2) at a pump housing (20) of the pump assembly (2); wherein the selection of pump assemblies (2) jointly comprises a collar portion (23) at the pump housing (20) which accommodates the shaft bearing (32) in a through-hole of the pump housing (20) and protrudes to an accommodation side for an electric drive unit (1); and the selection of pump assemblies (2) differs with respect to the pump rotor (21) and/or a pump chamber (22); the selection of drive assemblies (1) jointly comprises a motor rotor (11) which is formed at a radially external section in the shape of a rotor cup (13
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Conrad Nickel, Franz Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20210003147
    Abstract: An electric coolant pump (1) conveys cooling fluid in order to cool a combustion engine of a vehicle. The electric coolant pump (1) has a pump impeller (2) for accelerating the coolant to be conveyed, a rotor shaft (3) on which the pump impeller (2) is fixed, an electric motor (6), having a stator (8) and a rotor (7), for driving the rotor shaft (3). A control circuit (13) controls the electric motor (6). A pump housing (10) accommodates at least the control circuit (13) and the electric motor (6). The coolant to be conveyed is able to flow through the pump housing (10). The coolant to be conveyed thereby flows around the stator (8), the rotor (6) and the control circuit (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Conrad NICKEL, Franz PAWELLEK, Jens HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20200340482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanically driven coolant pump having a controllable delivery rate for a main delivery circuit from a first outlet and for a secondary delivery circuit from a second outlet of the coolant pump, said coolant pump comprising, among other things, a hydraulic control circuit which is derived from the coolant pump and has an input-side auxiliary pump, an output-side proportional valve, and a regulating slide as a hydraulic actuator for limiting the flow of the main delivery circuit, wherein a cylindrical portion of the regulating slide can be axially displaced in the pump chamber in order to radially shield the pump impeller, specifically by means of a pressure in the hydraulic control circuit counter to a restoring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Franz PAWELLEK, Toni STEINER
  • Publication number: 20200251972
    Abstract: An electrical pump drive for positive displacement pumps having pistons moved in an oscillating manner. The electrical pump drive has a rotary magnet which has at least one electromagnet and an armature which can swivel about an axis and which is pivotable alternately between two working points by means of excitation of the at least one electromagnet. The armature is configured for coupling to a piston which is moved in an oscillating manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Conrad NICKEL, Franz PAWELLEK
  • Publication number: 20200217314
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oscillating piston pump for liquid and gaseous fluids, comprising: a pump housing having at least two sector-shaped working chambers, which are diametrically opposed relative to a pivot axis arranged in-between; an oscillating piston, having at least two displacement portions which extend diametrically relative to the pivot axis and are each received pivotably in one of the working chambers; an electric drive, which moves the oscillating piston alternately on a pivot movement between two turning points delimited within the working chambers; a group of outlet valves, which ensure the discharge of a volume displaced from the working chambers to a pump outlet; and a group of inlet valves, which ensure the entry of a volume flowing into the working chambers from a pump inlet. The group of outlet valves or inlet valves is arranged on both sides of each working chamber and communicates through the pump housing with the pump outlet or the pump inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Conrad Nickel, Franz Pawellek
  • Publication number: 20200182241
    Abstract: An electrically driven gerotor pump has a gerotor which comprises a stationary outer gerotor element with an inner toothing that is axially delimited by two chamber walls, wherein each chamber-forming root section of the inner toothing is paired with a pressure valve which is connected to the outlet. The gerotor also comprises an inner gerotor element with an outer toothing which is guided in the outer gerotor element in a circumferential manner on an eccentric section of the shaft and is mounted in a rotatable manner so as to mesh with the inner toothing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GmbH
    Inventors: Franz PAWELLEK, Conrad NICKEL
  • Publication number: 20200124036
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil-free vacuum pump for evacuating gaseous media, comprising: an electric motor which drives a shaft; a pump housing having a pump chamber, as well as an inlet and an outlet; a prismatic displacement piston which is accommodated in the pump chamber such that it is bidirectionally active and can be moved on a reciprocal working section; and at least one pressure valve which releases an outflow of a gaseous medium out of the pump chamber through the outlet and blocks an inflow into the pump chamber. The displacement piston has a slot into which a drive force of the shaft is introduced via a crankpin by means of a rolling bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: NIDEC GPM GMBH
    Inventors: Franz PAWELLEK, Conrad NICKEL