Patents by Inventor Gerhard Lörner

Gerhard Lörner 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: 11371871
    Abstract: A sensor unit is described for measuring parameters of a fluid, in particular a hydraulic fluid, in a fluid power unit, in particular a hydraulic power unit, as well as a fluid power unit with a sensor unit and a method for measuring parameters of a fluid in a fluid power unit. The sensor unit has a contact module and two electrode pairs with two electrodes each. The electrode pairs are connected to the contact module and the longitudinal axes of the electrode pairs are arranged essentially perpendicular to each other. This enables capacitive fluid level measurements with different orientations of the sensor unit without the need to adjust the sensor system. The additional measurement of other parameters of the fluid by means of the method efficiently allows for statements about the quality of the fluid to be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Lörner, Markus Neumair
  • Patent number: 11193491
    Abstract: A hydraulic power unit has a housing, at least one pump element, a pressure collecting plate and an electric motor. The electric motor has at least one end shield, a stator and a rotor fixed on a rotor shaft. The at least one end shield has at least one partially circumferential functional recess extending between an outer and an inner circumferential surface of the end shield in the direction of a rotor shaft bearing seat. The functional recess thus formed permits the arrangement of functional elements at a central point of the hydraulic power unit in a space-efficient manner without negatively influencing the overall size of the hydraulic power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventors: Thomas Simon, Gerhard Lörner
  • Patent number: 11053954
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a modular motor pump unit having an outer housing with two open ends, two housing covers attachable to the open ends, at least one electric motor arranged in the outer housing, at least one pump element arranged in the outer housing and drivable by the electric motor, and at least one connection portion arranged externally on the outer housing. The outer housing forms a hydraulic fluid reservoir, a pressure channel extending from the pump element to the connection portion. A return channel extends from the connection portion to the inside of the outer housing. An additional housing is provided between the outer housing and at least one housing cover. A heat exchanger element is arranged in the additional housing and the return channel is connected to the additional housing and the additional housing is connected to the hydraulic fluid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HAWE HYDRAULIK SE
    Inventors: Gerhard Loerner, Georg Neumair, Thomas Simon, Hartmut Verbeek
  • Publication number: 20200347847
    Abstract: A hydraulic power unit has a housing, at least one pump element, a pressure collecting plate and an electric motor. The electric motor has at least one end shield, a stator and a rotor fixed on a rotor shaft. The at least one end shield has at least one partially circumferential functional recess extending between an outer and an inner circumferential surface of the end shield in the direction of a rotor shaft bearing seat. The functional recess thus formed permits the arrangement of functional elements at a central point of the hydraulic power unit in a space-efficient manner without negatively influencing the overall size of the hydraulic power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Simon, Gerhard Lörner
  • Publication number: 20200232837
    Abstract: A sensor unit is described for measuring parameters of a fluid, in particular a hydraulic fluid, in a fluid power unit, in particular a hydraulic power unit, as well as a fluid power unit with a sensor unit and a method for measuring parameters of a fluid in a fluid power unit. The sensor unit has a contact module and two electrode pairs with two electrodes each. The electrode pairs are connected to the contact module and the longitudinal axes of the electrode pairs are arranged essentially perpendicular to each other. This enables capacitive fluid level measurements with different orientations of the sensor unit without the need to adjust the sensor system. The additional measurement of other parameters of the fluid by means of the method efficiently allows for statements about the quality of the fluid to be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Gerhard Lörner, Markus Neumair
  • Publication number: 20200072246
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a modular motor pump unit having an outer housing with two open ends, two housing covers attachable to the open ends, at least one electric motor arranged in the outer housing, at least one pump element arranged in the outer housing and drivable by the electric motor, and at least one connection portion arranged externally on the outer housing. The outer housing forms a hydraulic fluid reservoir, a pressure channel extending from the pump element to the connection portion. A return channel extends from the connection portion to the inside of the outer housing. An additional housing is provided between the outer housing and at least one housing cover. A heat exchanger element is arranged in the additional housing and the return channel is connected to the additional housing and the additional housing is connected to the hydraulic fluid reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: HAWE HYDRAULIK SE
    Inventors: Gerhard LOERNER, Georg NEUMAIR, Thomas SIMON, Hartmut VERBEEK
  • Patent number: 7448858
    Abstract: A pump aggregate A comprises a one-piece cast hollow body 1 including an exterior connection block 3 and an interior lateral wall 16 of a bearing shield. A pressure transmission path is formed by a channel K which is made by casting in the lateral wall 16 of the bearing shield and which extends from the connection block 3 into a pump element mounting surface 18, 18?, 18? of the lateral wall 16 of the bearing shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Hawe Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Neumair, Gerhard Lörner
  • Patent number: 6739129
    Abstract: An electromotor M of a electrohydraulic motor pump aggregate G drives at least one pump stage P, P1, P3. An attached element C is inserted between at least one pressure side port of the pump stage, a return line 13, and at least one consumer port A, B, 5, 6. A multiways control valve 3 is installed between the consumer port and the pressure side port. A pressure limiting valve R1, R2 constructed as a seated valve is installed between the consumer port A, B, 5, 6 and the return line 13. The motor pump aggregate G has an automatic hydraulic pressure relieving device D for relieving the system pressure whenever the electromotor M is switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Heilmeier & Weinlein Fabrik F. Oel-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Heusser, Gerhard Lörner
  • Patent number: D921701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventor: Gerhard Lörner
  • Patent number: D924937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventor: Gerhard Lörner
  • Patent number: D924938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: HAWE Hydraulik SE
    Inventor: Gerhard Lörner