Patents by Inventor Karlheinz Muenkel

Karlheinz Muenkel 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: 11935337
    Abstract: A filter element analysis system for analyzing a filter element within a vehicle, the system including various filter sensors so as to provide information regarding various filter element parameters, a locator which configured provide vehicle position information such that conditions regarding the vehicle environment can be tracked and correlated to the location, as well as a means for transmitting information to a remote server for analysis and tracking of the filter element information with regard to environmental conditions such that a filter element status, remaining filter life, or particle load and replacement timeline can be calculated and updated so as to provide more accurate predictive models of the filter element conditions. As well as provide alerts regarding the need and scheduling of replacement or cleaning of a particular filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Brandon Hukill, Jon Nichols, Charles Vaillant, Yew Chong, Arpan Penkar, Matthew Nunn, Andreas Scope, Kevin Babb, Karlheinz Muenkel, Markus Beylich, Nicolas Payen, Stefan Kunze, Uwe Plach, Lars-Thorsten Porschke, Stephan Braun
  • Patent number: 11890567
    Abstract: A filter holder for a filter element that has an oval-shaped cross section, with a receiving section receiving the filter element, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet is arranged such that an inflow direction of the fluid to be filtered is oriented in the direction of a lateral surface of the filter element in order to separate particles contained in the fluid onto a wall of the receiving section with the aid of centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt, Manfred Winter, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Karlheinz Muenkel, Volker Greif
  • Patent number: 11607632
    Abstract: A filter element sensor module having a housing, a sidewall of the housing including a recessed portion. The sensor module including a sensor assembly being provided within the housing about a sensor port interface being provided at one end of the housing. The sensor module also including processing circuitry being configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly and communication module, the communication module being configured to transmit one or more sensed parameters from the sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Brandon Hukill, Karlheinz Muenkel, Yew Peng Chong, Soon Keen Chong, Peng Wah Ong, Zhi Gang Tang
  • Patent number: 11247175
    Abstract: A thermally sterilizable fluid filter (10) for concentrating substances contained in a fluid by way of micro-, nano- or ultrafiltration of the fluid, particularly for concentrating a pharmaceutical precursor and/or intermediate, in particular a vaccine, in a fluid. The fluid filter has a filter housing with a fluid inlet, a retentate outlet and a permeate outlet. A filter cartridge is arranged in the filter housing (12) and has a filter medium of a ceramic material and/or a ceramic composite material. The filter cartridge is held with axial play on the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Heike Rupp, Michael Fasold, Herbert Jainek, Sascha Bauer, Frank Ehlen, Stefan Kunze, Jasmin Sorg, Karlheinz Muenkel, Steffen Schuetz, Ulrich Dehnen
  • Patent number: 11148088
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter for filtration of a fluid is insertable along an insertion direction into the filter. The filter element is provided with a filter medium to be flowed through along a main flow direction. The filter element has a clean side and a raw side. A sealing surface surrounds the filter medium, wherein the sealing surface, interacting with a filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in an installed state in the filter housing, separates the clean side from the raw side. A support edge exerts a force on the sealing surface by interacting with the filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in the installed state in the filter housing. The sealing surface and the support edge are positioned at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wuebbeling, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Beate Brandt, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Publication number: 20210131685
    Abstract: A train station has at least one transportation route for traffic of vehicles, wherein the at least one transportation route is provided with a vehicle tunnel. At least one public waiting area is arranged adjacent to the at least one transportation route. An enclosure is provided in which the at least one public waiting area is arranged, wherein the enclosure has at least one side wall. At least one ambient air purification arrangement for purifying ambient air is provided that has one or more filter units for separating solid, liquid or gaseous ambient air pollutants from the ambient air. The one or more filter units are arranged at and/or in the at least one side wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Thébault, Andreas Beck, Bastian Meister-Magsino, Steffen Kroll, Johannes Stuerner, Christoph Schulz, Karlheinz Muenkel, Gerrit-Tobias Speidel, Martin Lehmann, Andreas Pelz, Thilo Mueller, Jan-Eric Raschke, Andreas Kloz, Gilles Huet, Jérôme Migaud
  • Patent number: 10958991
    Abstract: A filter element sensor module having a housing, a sidewall of the housing including a recessed portion. The sensor module including a sensor assembly being provided within the housing about a sensor port interface being provided at one end of the housing. The sensor module also including processing circuitry being configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly and communication module, the communication module being configured to transmit one or more sensed parameters from the sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Brandon Hukill, Karlheinz Muenkel, Yew Peng Chong
  • Publication number: 20200376421
    Abstract: A filter element sensor module having a housing, a sidewall of the housing including a recessed portion. The sensor module including a sensor assembly being provided within the housing about a sensor port interface being provided at one end of the housing. The sensor module also including processing circuitry being configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly and communication module, the communication module being configured to transmit one or more sensed parameters from the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Brandon Hukill, Karlheinz Muenkel, Yew Peng Chong, Soon Keen Chong, Peng Wah Ong, Zhi Gang Tang
  • Publication number: 20200254373
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter for filtration of a fluid is insertable along an insertion direction into the filter. The filter element is provided with a filter medium to be flowed through along a main flow direction. The filter element has a clean side and a raw side. A sealing surface surrounds the filter medium, wherein the sealing surface, interacting with a filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in an installed state in the filter housing, separates the clean side from the raw side. A support edge exerts a force on the sealing surface by interacting with the filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in the installed state in the filter housing. The sealing surface and the support edge are positioned at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Wuebbeling, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Beate Brandt, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Publication number: 20200094181
    Abstract: A filter holder (2) for a filter element (3) that has an oval-shaped cross section transverse to a longitudinal direction (LR) thereof, with a receiving section (19) for receiving the filter element (3), a fluid inlet (24) for allowing fluid (L) to be filtered into the filter holder (2), and a fluid outlet (25) for letting the fluid (L) filtered with the aid of the filter element (3) out of the filter holder (2), wherein the fluid inlet (24) is arranged such that an inflow direction (E) of the fluid (L) to be filtered is oriented in the direction of a lateral surface (29) of the filter element (3) that can be received in the receiving section (19), whereby the fluid (L) to be filtered flows tangentially around the filter element (3) that can be received in the receiving section (19) in order to separate particles (33) contained in the fluid (L) to be filtered on a wall (30) of the receiving section (19) with the aid of centrifugal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt, Manfred Winter, Duc Cuong NGUYEN, Karlheinz Muenkel, Volker Greif
  • Patent number: 10583383
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter for filtration of a fluid is insertable along an insertion direction into the filter. The filter element is provided with a filter medium to be flowed through along a main flow direction. The filter element has a clean side and a raw side. A sealing surface surrounds the filter medium, wherein the sealing surface, interacting with a filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in an installed state in the filter housing, separates the clean side from the raw side. A support edge exerts a force on the sealing surface by interacting with the filter housing of the filter when the filter element is in the installed state in the filter housing. The sealing surface and the support edge are positioned at an acute angle relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Wuebbeling, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Beate Brandt, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Patent number: 10561781
    Abstract: A blood filtering device has a filtration section with filter medium separating raw side and clean side. A first communication path connects raw side and a first variable blood reservoir volume; a second communication path connects raw side and a second variable blood reservoir volume coupled to a receptacle. When varying the first variable blood reservoir volume, blood contained therein flows through first communication path to raw side, plasma/serum passes through the filter medium from raw side to clean side, and residual blood flows from raw side through second communication path into the second variable blood reservoir volume. When varying the second variable blood reservoir volume, blood contained therein flows through second communication path to raw side, plasma/serum passes through the filter medium from raw side to clean side, and residual blood flows from raw side through first communication path into first variable blood reservoir volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dagmar Winkler, Heike Rupp, Claudio Weiss, Karlheinz Muenkel, Joachim Stinzendoerfer, Steffen Schuetz, Sascha Bauer, Frank Bartel, Alfons-Alois Schwinghammer, Michael Fasold, Dietmar Talmon-Gros, Norbert Strassenberger, Anton Rabanter
  • Publication number: 20200030747
    Abstract: A thermally sterilizable fluid filter (10) for concentrating substances contained in a fluid by way of micro-, nano- or ultrafiltration of the fluid, particularly for concentrating a pharmaceutical precursor and/or intermediate, in particular a vaccine, in a fluid. The fluid filter has a filter housing with a fluid inlet, a retentate outlet and a permeate outlet. A filter cartridge is arranged in the filter housing (12) and has a filter medium of a ceramic material and/or a ceramic composite material. The filter cartridge is arranged held with axial play on the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Heike Rupp, Michael Fasold, Herbert Jainek, Sascha Bauer, Frank Ehlen, Stefan Kunze, Jasmin Sorg, Karlheinz Muenkel, Steffen Schuetz, Ulrich Dehnen
  • Patent number: 10500328
    Abstract: A whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is provided with a ceramic material having pores of a pore size that ensures permeability to blood plasma or serum and its molecular components while blood cells are retained. The whole blood hollow fiber membrane filter medium is used for separating blood plasma from whole blood, wherein the blood plasma preferably shows no hemolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Schuetz, Heike Rupp, Tobias Woerz, Dagmar Winkler, Kathrin Woerz, Frank Ehlen, Karlheinz Muenkel, Joachim Stinzendoerfer
  • Patent number: 10427080
    Abstract: A filter holder (2) for a filter element (3) has an oval-shaped cross section, a receiving section (19) for a filter element (3), a fluid inlet (24), and a fluid outlet (25). The fluid inlet (24) is arranged such that an inflow direction (E) of the fluid (L) to be filtered is oriented in the direction of a lateral surface (29) of the filter element (3) such that the fluid (L) to be filtered flows tangentially around the filter element (3) in order to separate particles (33) contained in the fluid (L) onto a wall (30) of the receiving section (19) with the aid of centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Stark, Beate Brandt, Manfred Winter, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Karlheinz Muenkel, Volker Greif
  • Patent number: 10350516
    Abstract: A blood filtering device has a tubular housing with a tubular section and tubular housing volume. A filtration section with a filter medium separating a raw side from a clean side is arranged in the tubular housing. The filtration section is movable along the tubular section and movably sealed relative to the tubular housing. The filtration section separates the tubular housing volume into variable first and second tubular housing volumes. A first communication path extends between raw side and first tubular housing volume. A second communication path exits between raw side and second tubular housing volume. When moving the filtration section, blood in the first tubular housing volume flows through the first communication path to the raw side; blood plasma passes through the filter medium to the clean side; residual blood flows through the second communication path into the variable second tubular housing volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dagmar Winkler, Heike Rupp, Steffen Schuetz, Karlheinz Muenkel, Joachim Stinzendoerfer
  • Publication number: 20190165399
    Abstract: A fuel cell filter element is provided with a carrier medium and an adsorption agent, wherein the carrier medium and the adsorption agent are joined to a single-layer or multi-layer body. A plastic frame is provided wherein the single-layer or multi-layer body is directly fixedly connected to the plastic frame by injection molding or blow molding. The plastic frame has a connecting surface for connecting to a housing wall of a filter system into which the fuel cell filter element is insertable. A fuel cell filter system with such a fuel cell filter element is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Ina Woitoll, Michael Fasold, Karlheinz Muenkel, Mathias Volker
  • Publication number: 20190090036
    Abstract: A filter element sensor module having a housing, a sidewall of the housing including a recessed portion. The sensor module including a sensor assembly being provided within the housing about a sensor port interface being provided at one end of the housing. The sensor module also including processing circuitry being configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly and communication module, the communication module being configured to transmit one or more sensed parameters from the sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Brandon Hukill, Karlheinz Muenkel, Yew Peng Chong
  • Patent number: 10164280
    Abstract: A filtering device features a carrier medium and activated carbon stratum as adsorbent and having a sealing closing over or sealing longitudinal and width sides of the activated carbon stratum all-around a periphery of the activated carbon stratum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Mathias Volk, Thomas Pemsel, Ina Woitoll, Michael Fasold, Dieter Weiss, Karlheinz Muenkel, Andreas Panni
  • Publication number: 20170358812
    Abstract: A filtering device features a carrier medium and activated carbon stratum as adsorbent and having a sealing closing over or sealing longitudinal and width sides of the activated carbon stratum all-around a periphery of the activated carbon stratum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Scope, Mathias Volk, Thomas Pemsel, Ina Woitoll, Michael Fasold, Dieter Weiss, Karlheinz Muenkel, Andreas Panni