Patents by Inventor Hartmut Engel

Hartmut Engel 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: 7444962
    Abstract: In a coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks, a radiator for cooling the engine coolant, a pump and a thermostatic valve including a mixing chamber and first and second flow control valves, wherein the pump is connected to the radiator via an intake line for receiving coolant therefrom and supplying it to the cylinder banks which are in communication with the mixing chamber from which a radiator line extends to the radiator for returning heated coolant to the radiator under the control of a flow control valve, or supplying it via a bypass line to the intake line under the control of a bypass valve, a heating circuit is provided extending from one of the cylinder banks via a heater to the pump intake line and a heater control valve is disposed in the heating control circuit so that, upon opening of the heater valve, coolant flows from the other cylinder bank via the mixing chamber to the one cylinder bank and coolant from both cylinder banks jointly flows through the heating
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20070279896
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting unit, in particular a lighting fixture for ceilings and/or walls comprising a coupled housing frame (2) and a functional frame (3) which is pivotally mounted with respect to the housing frame. A closing device is provided between the housing and functional frames and consists of a specially shaped wire spring (4) which interacts with the rest reception area (10) of the functional frame (3) and comprises a spring leg (8) interacting with the functional frame (3) in a predefined pivoting area under a preload effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Hartmut Engel
  • Publication number: 20070274081
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recessed lighting fixture comprising a holder for fixing a mounting surface, in particular in a room ceiling consisting of an illuminant holder and a reflector. The holder and the reflector are disposed with respect to each other in such a way that the reflector extends in the direction of a main lighting beyond the mounting surface when the recessed lighting is fixed thereto. In said area extending beyond the mounting surface, the reflector is connected to a reflective element which is vertically or angularly oriented with respect to the direction of the main lighting and is disposed outside of the reflector for receiving the light in the area between the mounting surface and the reflective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventor: Hartmut Engel
  • Publication number: 20070230193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recessed light provided with a light bulb socket and a reflector, which has an opening which is located in the main illumination direction and is covered by a transparent plate. An edge area of the reflector is arranged between the transparent plate and a fixing plate extending parallel thereto and comprising an opening for the reflector, wherein the relative position between the fixing plate and the transparent plate is fixed by a frame. The frame is flexible such that the fixing plate and/or transparent plate are exclusively detachable by deformation of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventor: Hartmut Engel
  • Publication number: 20070062466
    Abstract: In a coolant circuit for an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks, a radiator for cooling the engine coolant, a pump and a thermostatic valve including a mixing chamber and first and second flow control valves, wherein the pump is connected to the radiator via an intake line for receiving coolant therefrom and supplying it to the cylinder banks which are in communication with the mixing chamber from which a radiator line extends to the radiator for returning heated coolant to the radiator under the control of a flow control valve, or supplying it via a bypass line to the intake line under the control of a bypass valve, a heating circuit is provided extending from one of the cylinder banks via a heater to the pump intake line and a heater control valve is disposed in the heating control circuit so that, upon opening of the heater valve, coolant flows from the other cylinder bank via the mixing chamber to the one cylinder bank and coolant from both cylinder banks jointly flows through the heating
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20060245178
    Abstract: The invention relates to a built-in lamp comprising a holder for fastening in an installation surface, in particular in a room ceiling, a bulb and a reflector, with a reflector opening disposed in the direction of illumination defining a direct light discharge region and with the direct light discharge region being surrounded by a diffuse light discharge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventor: Hartmut Engel
  • Patent number: 6843210
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the flow is capable of passing and which has a first throughflow orifice for connection to a first coolant line, a second throughflow orifice for connection to a second coolant line, and a third throughflow orifice for connection to a third coolant line, and with a closure member which is mounted in the housing and which can be adjusted by an actuating unit, the closure member having a first shut-off element for shutting off the first throughflow orifice and a second shut-off element, coupled to the first shut-off element, for shutting off the second throughflow orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Patent number: 6769474
    Abstract: A casting die for the production of a cylinder block/crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes at least one sleeve, which may be moved relative to its axis and is fitted in each case with a cylinder liner, the sleeve keeping open the cylinder bore of the cylinder block/crankcase and extending from a wall on the cylinder-head side of the die to a wall on the crankshaft side of the casting die. The cylinder liner ends at least 3 mm before the wall on the cylinder-head side of the casting die, and the cylinder liner is held at a distance from the wall on the cylinder-head side of the casting die by a spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Engels, Klaus Land, Peter Lingl, Franz Rueckert, Helmut Schaefer, Peter Stocker
  • Publication number: 20030177985
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve for a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the flow is capable of passing and which has a first throughflow orifice for connection to a first coolant line, a second throughflow orifice for connection to a second coolant line, and a third throughflow orifice for connection to a third coolant line, and with a closure member which is mounted in the housing and which can be adjusted by an actuating unit, the closure member having a first shut-off element for shutting off the first throughflow orifice and a second shut-off element, coupled to the first shut-off element, for shutting off the second throughflow orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Werner Engelin, Hartmut Engels, Erhard Rau, Jochen Weeber, Frank Weinert
  • Publication number: 20030085018
    Abstract: A casting die for the production of a cylinder block/crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes at least one sleeve, which may be moved relative to its axis and is fitted in each case with a cylinder liner, the sleeve keeping open the cylinder bore of the cylinder block/crankcase and extending from a wall on the cylinder-head side of the die to a wall on the crankshaft side of the casting die. The cylinder liner ends at least 3 mm before the wall on the cylinder-head side of the casting die, and the cylinder liner is held at a distance from the wall on the cylinder-head side of the casting die by a spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Hartmut Engels, Klaus Land, Peter Lingl, Franz Rueckert, Helmut Schaefer, Peter Stocker
  • Patent number: 6098590
    Abstract: A cylinder head for internal combustion engines, particularly diesel engines with direct fuel injection, which has two inlet valves per cylinder each including spin-inducing means for producing spin flow about the longitudinal axis of the associated cylinder. Having regard to the direction of spin, the leading inlet valve is provided with an eccentric, crescent-shaped chamfer facing in the general direction of spin flow, and the trailing inlet valve includes flow blocking means for preventing combustion air from exiting the trailing inlet valve in a direction opposite to the direction of spin flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Immanuel Kutschera, Ulrich Engel, Bernward Vethacke, Hartmut Engels, Claus Mumm, Martin Mutterer
  • Patent number: 4525773
    Abstract: In a light fixture with a lamp fixture carrier, a tube surrounding at least one current lead, and a carrier part for the tube, the tube can be connected to the carrier part and the lamp fixture carrier. The tube and the receptacle areas for the tube ends have contact pins or contact sockets, respectively, which are connected to each other. These contact pins and contact sockets have contact surfaces that are arranged concentrically to each other and to the central axis of the tube, and the joined parts are pivotable on the tube and around the central axis of the corresponding tube end. Such a light fixture can be put together in various configurations without any wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Inventors: Kurt Hesse, Hartmut Engel
  • Patent number: D281292
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: August Froscher GmbH & Co., K.G.
    Inventors: Hartmut Engel, Manfred Elzenbeck