Patents by Inventor Guido HOHMANN

Guido HOHMANN 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).

  • Seal assembly and method for monitoring a seal assembly
    Patent number: 11703127
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes: a seal element; a part to be sealed; and a measuring arrangement for monitoring an aging of the seal element. The seal element is held on the part so as to provide a contact stress between the seal element and the part. The seal element has a contact face with which the seal element bears against the part. At least one measuring component of the measuring arrangement is integrated in each case into the seal element and into the part. The contact face of the seal element has a surface geometry with depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Olaf Nahrwold, Stefan Sindlinger, Boris Traber, Tanja Claus, Thomas Kramer, Frank Lauer, Rainer Kreiselmaier, Guido Hohmann, Christoph Naumann
  • SEAL ASSEMBLY AND SEAL ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20220403935
    Abstract: A sealing assembly includes: a first machine element and a second machine element, which delimit a gap; and a sealing element arranged in the gap, the sealing element sealingly laying against the second machine element under an elastic bias, the sealing element having a first section and a second section, the first section coming into contact with a medium to be sealed off. The sealing element includes at least one sensor, the at least one sensor detecting a contact pressure exerted by the sealing element. The at least one sensor is associated with the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Lauer, Olaf Nahrwold, Boris Traber, Thomas Kramer, Stefan Sindlinger, Rainer Kreiselmaier, Christoph Naumann, Guido Hohmann
  • SEAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SEAL ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220056999
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes: a seal element; a part to be sealed; and a measuring arrangement for monitoring an aging of the seal element. The seal element is held on the part so as to provide a contact stress between the seal element and the part. The seal element has a contact face with which the seal element bears against the part. At least one measuring component of the measuring arrangement is integrated in each case into the seal element and into the part. The contact face of the seal element has a surface geometry with depressions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Olaf NAHRWOLD, Stefan SINDLINGER, Boris TRABER, Tanja CLAUS, Thomas KRAMER, Frank LAUER, Rainer KREISELMAIER, Guido HOHMANN, Christoph NAUMANN