Patents by Inventor Kai KNOLL

Kai KNOLL 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).

  • Oil filter and filter cartridge for an oil filter of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11504656
    Abstract: An oil filter for a motor vehicle has a filter cartridge which is disposed in an oil filter housing of the oil filter. The filter cartridge has a channel for filtered oil which is surrounded at least regionally by a filter material in the radial direction. At least one through opening is formed in a wall of the channel. An emergence of filtered oil via the at least one through opening into a channel for the filtered oil provided on sides of the oil filter housing is preventable by bringing the filter cartridge into a first position. An inlet into the channel provided on sides of the oil filter housing fluidically connectable to the at least one through opening by bringing the filter cartridge into a second position in which the filter cartridge is shifted relative to the first position in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Markus Sander, Lionel Le Clech, Thomas Seemueller, Eric Schumacher, Michael Hoffmann, Philipp Boehning, Kai Knoll
  • Oil Filter and Filter Cartridge for an Oil Filter of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20180333664
    Abstract: An oil filter for a motor vehicle has a filter cartridge which is disposed in an oil filter housing of the oil filter. The filter cartridge has a channel for filtered oil which is surrounded at least regionally by a filter material in the radial direction. At least one through opening is formed in a wall of the channel. An emergence of filtered oil via the at least one through opening into a channel for the filtered oil provided on sides of the oil filter housing is preventable by bringing the filter cartridge into a first position. An inlet into the channel provided on sides of the oil filter housing fluidically connectable to the at least one through opening by bringing the filter cartridge into a second position in which the filter cartridge is shifted relative to the first position in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Markus SANDER, Lionel LE CLECH, Thomas SEEMULLER, Eric SCHUMACHER, Michael HOFFMANN, Philipp BOEHNING, Kai KNOLL