Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz KULMER

Karl-Heinz KULMER 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: 11656142
    Abstract: A pressure sensor receptacle for the fastening of a pressure sensor to a motor vehicle tank, and a tank device that includes a pressure sensor receptacle. The pressure sensor receptacle includes a receptacle body having a substantially cylindrical shape with a first axial end forming a fastening portion of the receptacle body, the fastening portion configured for being plugged through an opening of the motor vehicle tank until a first bearing surface of the receptacle body bears against an edge of the opening, wherein the first bearing surface is configured to bound the fastening portion; and a locking body having a second bearing surface, the locking body configured for mounting and locking onto the fastening portion such that the second bearing surface bears against an opposite side of the edge of the opening to thereby clamp the pressure sensor receptacle to the edge of the opening by the receptacle body at one side and by the locking body at another side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kulmer, Stefan Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20220146356
    Abstract: A pressure sensor receptacle for the fastening of a pressure sensor to a motor vehicle tank, and a tank device that includes a pressure sensor receptacle. The pressure sensor receptacle includes a receptacle body having a substantially cylindrical shape with a first axial end forming a fastening portion of the receptacle body, the fastening portion configured for being plugged through an opening of the motor vehicle tank until a first bearing surface of the receptacle body bears against an edge of the opening, wherein the first bearing surface is configured to bound the fastening portion; and a locking body having a second bearing surface, the locking body configured for mounting and locking onto the fastening portion such that the second bearing surface bears against an opposite side of the edge of the opening to thereby clamp the pressure sensor receptacle to the edge of the opening by the receptacle body at one side and by the locking body at another side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kulmer, Stefan Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11285804
    Abstract: A ventilation device for ventilating a motor vehicle tank. The ventilation device includes a filler pipe, a ventilation line, a degassing line, and a guide arc member. The ventilation line is to be fluidically connected at a first ventilation line end to the motor vehicle tank, and at a second ventilation line end to the filler pipe via a ventilation inlet. The degassing line is to be fluidically connected at a first degassing line end to the filler pipe via a degassing outlet. The guide arc member is arranged in the filler pipe to define a guide path for incoming vapor passing through the ventilation inlet into the filler pipe. The guide arc member is to facilitate flow of the incoming vapor between an inner wall of the filler pipe and the guide arc member along a periphery of the filler pipe along a periphery of the filler pipe such that a gaseous component of the incoming vapor escapes through the degassing outlet and a liquid component of the incoming vapor flows off through the filler pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Michael Wiedner, Dominik Steinmann, Karl-Heinz Kulmer
  • Publication number: 20200361308
    Abstract: A ventilation device for ventilating a motor vehicle tank. The ventilation device includes a filler pipe, a ventilation line, a degassing line, and a guide arc member. The ventilation line is to be fluidically connected at a first ventilation line end to the motor vehicle tank, and at a second ventilation line end to the filler pipe via a ventilation inlet. The degassing line is to be fluidically connected at a first degassing line end to the filler pipe via a degassing outlet. The guide arc member is arranged in the filler pipe to define a guide path for incoming vapor passing through the ventilation inlet into the filler pipe. The guide arc member is to facilitate flow of the incoming vapor between an inner wall of the filler pipe and the guide arc member along a periphery of the filler pipe along a periphery of the filler pipe such that a gaseous component of the incoming vapor escapes through the degassing outlet and a liquid component of the incoming vapor flows off through the filler pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Michael WIEDNER, Dominik STEINMANN, Karl-Heinz KULMER
  • Publication number: 20200360839
    Abstract: A venting device for venting a motor vehicle tank that includes a filling pipe, a venting line, a degassing line, and a connection nipple. The venting line is for fluidic connection at a first venting line end to the motor vehicle tank, and at a second venting line end opposite the first venting line end to the filling pipe via a venting inlet. The degassing line is for fluidic connection at a first degassing line end to the filling pipe via a degassing outlet, and at a second degassing line end opposite the first degassing line end to a liquid separator. The connection nipple is arranged on the filling pipe upon which the venting inlet and the degassing outlet are constructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Michael WIEDNER, Dominik STEINMANN, Karl-Heinz KULMER