Patents by Inventor Gerhard Sellmair

Gerhard Sellmair 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).

  • Method for monitoring the state of opening of a control valve of a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, and device for the same
    Patent number: 10233821
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the state of opening of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine. There is disclosed a method of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine, with the control valve having a valve element that is actuatable by an actuator for enabling and/or blocking a coolant flow in the coolant circuit which has a heat exchanger, and having an assembly for detecting the position of the valve element for monitoring the opening state of the control valve. There also is provided an apparatus for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Spiess, Norbert Dembinski, Gerhard Sellmair
  • METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF OPENING OF A CONTROL VALVE OF A COOLANT CIRCUIT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170198628
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the state of opening of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine. There is disclosed a method of a control valve of a coolant circuit of a combustion engine, with the control valve having a valve element that is actuatable by an actuator for enabling and/or blocking a coolant flow in the coolant circuit which has a heat exchanger, and having an assembly for detecting the position of the valve element for monitoring the opening state of the control valve. There also is provided an apparatus for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Spiess, Norbert Dembinski, Gerhard Sellmair