Patents by Inventor Gerald Zierer

Gerald Zierer 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: 11927192
    Abstract: A pump apparatus has a rotor shaft, a pump impeller connected to the rotor shaft, at least one axial bearing which rotatably supports the rotor shaft at a side facing the pump impeller, a magnetic pump stator, a magnetic pump rotor which is connected to the rotor shaft, a containment can which extends between the stator and the rotor, and at least one central support element which is mounted in the region of the pump impeller. The pump apparatus has an elastomer disk which is arranged between the support element and the axial bearing. The stator and the rotor are arranged with an axial offset with respect to each other. The stator and the rotor are provided as a result of the axial offset to produce an axial force F in the direction of the elastomer disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Walter, Claudius Muschelknautz, Gerald Zierer, Hannes Butscher, Pierre Werny, Ralf Herrmann, Thomas Eckerle
  • Publication number: 20230019571
    Abstract: The invention is based on a pump apparatus, in particular a magnetic coupling pump apparatus, having a rotor shaft (16), having a pump impeller (22) which is securely connected to the rotor shaft (16), having at least one axial bearing (18) which rotatably supports the rotor shaft (16) at a side facing the pump impeller (22), having a magnetic pump stator (42), having a magnetic pump rotor (44) which is connected to the rotor shaft (16) in a rotationally secure manner, having a containment can (30) which extends between the magnetic pump stator (42) and the magnetic pump rotor (44) and which at least partially closes a central pump space (28), and having at least one central support element (32) which is mounted in the region of the pump impeller (22) in a rotationally secure manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Walter, Claudius Muschelknautz, Gerald Zierer, Hannes Butscher, Pierre Werny, Ralf Herrmann, Thomas Eckerle
  • Patent number: 7874812
    Abstract: In known devices for pumping fuel, suction jet pumps are used which are driven by the fuel flowing back from the internal combustion engine and pump fuel from a supply tank into an impoundment container of a fuel pumping unit. In known suction jet pumps, the suction power is limited by the fact that the fuel stream applies itself to the housing wall, so that the entire area of the fuel stream is no longer available for entraining fuel. The device of the invention lessens this effect by providing at least one rib between the first partial section of the fuel line and the mixing conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Braun, Gerald Zierer, Thomas Wieland, Petr Simek, Pavel Motka, Roman Snejda, Daniel Pridal, Josef Jagos, Daniel Siska, Tomas Slanec, Franz Hacker
  • Publication number: 20070217922
    Abstract: In known devices for pumping fuel, suction jet pumps are used which are driven by the fuel flowing back from the internal combustion engine and pump fuel from a supply tank into an impoundment container of a fuel pumping unit. In known suction jet pumps, the suction power is limited by the fact that the fuel stream applies itself to the housing wall, so that the entire area of the fuel stream is no longer available for entraining fuel. The device of the invention lessens this effect by providing at least one rib between the first partial section of the fuel line and the mixing conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Braun, Gerald Zierer, Thomas Wieland, Petr Simek, Pavel Motka, Roman Snejda, Daniel Pridal, Josef Jagos, Daniel Siska, Tomas Slanec, Franz Hacker
  • Patent number: 6924576
    Abstract: The invention proposes a transverse flux machine, in particular a unipolar transverse flux machine, with at least one stator module contained in a housing composed of two axially joined housing parts and having an annular coil disposed concentric to the housing axis as well as stator elements that embrace this annular coil from the outside and inside. For ease of assembly of the individual parts and for a precisely toleranced maintenance of a small air gap between the stator and the rotor, clamps that protrude axially from the respective housing parts oriented toward each other are provided for the stator elements and have positioning elements for securing them in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Zierer, Guenter Kastinger
  • Publication number: 20040062664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump (10), having a pump head (12), which has a pump chamber (11), and having an electric motor (14), which drives the pump head (12) and has a stator (40) and a rotor (38), the rotor (38) being connected to the pump head (12) and being disposed in a rotor chamber (82) open toward the pump chamber (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Weigold, Gerald Zierer, Johannes Pfetzer, Guenther Riehl, Matthias Henschel, Matthias Schmitz, Gerta Rocklage, Torsten Heidrich, Frank Melzer, Hansjuergen Linde, Uwe Neumann, Andreas Rehklau
  • Publication number: 20040046478
    Abstract: The invention proposes a transverse flux machine, in particular a unipolar transverse flux machine, with at least one stator module contained in a housing composed of two axially joined housing parts and having an annular coil disposed concentric to the housing axis as well as stator elements that embrace this annular coil from the outside and inside. For ease of assembly of the individual parts and for a precisely toleranced maintenance of a small air gap between the stator and the rotor, clamps that protrude axially from the respective housing parts oriented toward each other are provided for the stator elements and have positioning elements for securing them in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Gerald Zierer, Guenter Kastinger