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: 6918939
    Abstract: A filter device having a filter element arranged in a filter housing that can be sealed by a housing lid with a sealing ring. The medium to be filtered is supplied to the filter element through an inlet opening in the filter housing. On the filtered side of the filter element, the filtered medium is discharged through an outlet opening in the filter housing. The housing lid is constructed in two parts and includes an inner lid and an outer lid. The inner lid can be inserted into a housing opening, with the sealing ring arranged between the inner lid and the wall of the housing opening. The outer lid covers the housing opening and is connected with the wall of the housing opening by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Dworatzek, Karlheinz Muenkel, Marion Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20040217042
    Abstract: A valve for controlling a fluid flow, in particular for crankcase venting of an internal combustion engine, including a base body (37), a valve body (22) and a biasing means (23), the base body (37) having a valve side (45) and an opposite side (46) situated opposite the valve side (45), a part of the valve body (22) protruding through an opening (47) situated in the base body (37), the biasing means (28), in particular a compression spring, being arranged between the opposite side (46) of the base body (37) and the valve body (22) and supported against the opposite side of the base body (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Dworatzek, Karlheinz Muenkel
  • Patent number: 6792925
    Abstract: A filter device having a filter element arranged in a filter housing with a housing port closed by a housing cover with a housing ring. A medium to be purified is supplied to the filter element through an inlet in the filter housing. On the discharge side of the filter element, purified medium is discharged through an outlet in the filter housing. A pressure relief valve is integrated into the housing cover and is subjected to the pressure on the inlet side of the filter element. The housing cover is constructed in two parts and includes an inside cover and an outside cover. The pressure relief valve is mounted in the inside cover, which closes the housing port. A discharge path for discharging medium exhausted from the filter housing through the pressure relief valve is formed between the inside cover and the outside cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Dworatzek, Karlheinz Muenkel, Marion Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20040112348
    Abstract: A filter device having a filter element arranged in a filter housing with a housing port closed by a housing cover with a housing ring. A medium to be purified is supplied to the filter element through an inlet in the filter housing. On the discharge side of the filter element, purified medium is discharged through an outlet in the filter housing. A pressure relief valve is integrated into the housing cover and is subjected to the pressure on the inlet side of the filter element. The housing cover is constructed in two parts and includes an inside cover and an outside cover. The pressure relief valve is mounted in the inside cover, which closes the housing port. A discharge path for discharging medium exhausted from the filter housing through the pressure relief valve is formed between the inside cover and the outside cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Dworatzek, Karlheinz Muenkel, Marion Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20040083692
    Abstract: A filter device having a filter element arranged in a filter housing that can be sealed by a housing lid with a sealing ring. The medium to be filtered is supplied to the filter element through an inlet opening in the filter housing. On the filtered side of the filter element, the filtered medium is discharged through an outlet opening in the filter housing. The housing lid is constructed in two parts and includes an inner lid and an outer lid. The inner lid can be inserted into a housing opening, with the sealing ring arranged between the inner lid and the wall of the housing opening. The outer lid covers the housing opening and is connected with the wall of the housing opening by a locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Klemens Dworatzek, Karlheinz Muenkel, Marion Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20040040271
    Abstract: A filter has a filter housing and a receptacle chamber in the filter housing into which a filter element is insertable. The filter housing has a housing cover for opening and closing an opening of the receptacle chamber. The housing cover is situated in an area of the filter housing between the oncoming flow side and the outgoing flow side of the filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Edvard Kopec, Manfred Winter, Volker Greif, Klemens Dworatzek, Marion Hartmann, Karlheinz Muenkel, Jens Haehn, Joachim Stinzendoerfer