Patents by Inventor Katrin Bohl

Katrin Bohl 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: 11441568
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor comprising an electronics housing in which motor electronics are accommodated, a stator bush for accommodating a stator and which is axially adjacent to the electronics housing, and a cooling impeller which is axially adjacent to the stator bush and which can be driven via a rotor, wherein a fluidically connected axial through-channel is provided in the stator bush and in the electronics housing, through which channel a cooling air flow generated by the cooling impeller can be conveyed, and wherein the cooling impeller has a blade geometry such that, in normal operation of the electric motor, the cooling air flow is drawn in radially from outside at a peripheral radial air inlet of the cooling impeller and pressed through the through-channel in axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Christian Pfaff
  • Patent number: 11365741
    Abstract: An axial fan for use with a wall ring plate includes a housing having an inlet region and a rotor. The rotor has an increased rotor diameter compared to a standardised rotor diameter. On the inlet side, the inlet region has a tapered section that narrows in an arched manner in a cross-sectional view from an inlet diameter to a wall ring diameter. The axial width and radial length of the tapered section are formed in a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Gebert, Thorsten Pissarczyk, Angelika Klostermann, Katrin Bohl, Markus Engert, Oliver Haaf, Marc Schneider
  • Patent number: 10072671
    Abstract: A diffuser (3) for a fan (2) of axial, radial or diagonal type of construction, has an inlet opening (10) and having an outlet opening (20) for a gaseous medium which flows through a diffuser interior (I), which is enclosed by an outer housing (30), in an axially oriented main flow direction (S) from the inlet opening (10) to the outlet opening (20). The cross section of the diffuser interior (I) increases from the cross section (11) of the inlet opening to the cross section (21) of the outlet opening (20), wherein the outer housing (30) forms an outer diffuser part (AD) which delimits the diffuser interior (I) to the outside. Along the main flow direction (S), the cross section of the outer diffuser part (AD) changes from a circular cross section (31) at the inlet opening (10) to a non-circular cross section (32) at the outlet opening (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Erik Reichert, Oliver Haaf, Christian Pfaff, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Katrin Bohl, Sven Beck, Dieter Best, Tobias Ehmann, Alexander Frank, Erhard Gruber, Matthias Maschke, Thomas Sauer
  • Publication number: 20180252219
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor comprising an electronics housing in which motor electronics are accommodated, a stator bush for accommodating a stator and which is axially adjacent to the electronics housing, and a cooling impeller which is axially adjacent to the stator bush and which can be driven via a rotor, wherein a fluidically connected axial through-channel is provided in the stator bush and in the electronics housing, through which channel a cooling air flow generated by the cooling impeller can be conveyed, and wherein the cooling impeller has a blade geometry such that, in normal operation of the electric motor, the cooling air flow is drawn in radially from outside at a peripheral radial air inlet of the cooling impeller and pressed through the through-channel in axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Katrin BOHL, Christian PFAFF
  • Patent number: 9932990
    Abstract: A ventilation device, in particular for heating, cooling and/or humidifying air in residential buildings, includes a duct-shaped housing (1) with an air inlet opening (2) and an air outlet opening (3), and a fan impeller (6) as well as a filter unit, heat exchange unit and/or heating coil unit (14) arranged in the main flow direction (Z) of an air flow generated by the fan impeller (6). An air guiding device (17) is arranged in the flow direction (Z) of the air flow in front of a suction nozzle (16)—configured as a flow conditioner, includes a bar structure with air guiding bars-such that a flow inlet opening is configured on the suction side at an axial height in front of the flow inlet opening (15) by the bar structure whose opening surface is smaller than the opening surface of the flow inlet opening (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Schöne, Christian Haag, Katrin Bohl, Thorsten Pissarczyk, Marc Schneider, Björn Sudler, Jens Müller, Michael Strehle, Oliver Haaf, Erhard Gruber, Christian Hammel, Eric Reichert
  • Patent number: 9909423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drum rotor wheel for a fan having bulges to accommodate balancing weights. A drum rotor wheel according to the invention has several blades that are curved forward. The blades have a leading edge and a trailing edge. A top disc and a bottom disc are provided on the drum rotor wheel. At least one blade of the drum rotor wheel has a bulge on its leading edge. This bulge minimizes the area of flow separation, as a result of which the magnitude of the flow separation is likewise minimized. In other words, due to the bulge, the efficiency of the drum rotor wheel is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: EMB-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Markus Hoff, Katrin Bohl, Reinhard Strohmeier
  • Publication number: 20170152854
    Abstract: An axial fan for use with a wall ring plate includes a housing having an inlet region and a rotor. The rotor has an increased rotor diameter compared to a standardised rotor diameter. On the inlet side, the inlet region has a tapered section that narrows in an arched manner in a cross-sectional view from an inlet diameter to a wall ring diameter. The axial width and radial length of the tapered section are formed in a predetermined ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel GEBERT, Thorsten PISSARCZYK, Angelika KLOSTERMANN, Katrin BOHL, Markus ENGERT, Oliver HAAF, Marc SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20150292331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drum rotor wheel for a fan having bulges to accommodate balancing weights. A drum rotor wheel according to the invention has several blades that are curved forward. The blades have a leading edge and a trailing edge. A top disc and a bottom disc are provided on the drum rotor wheel. At least one blade of the drum rotor wheel has a bulge on its leading edge. This bulge minimizes the area of flow separation, as a result of which the magnitude of the flow separation is likewise minimized. In other words, due to the bulge, the efficiency of the drum rotor wheel is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: MARKUS HOFF, KATRIN BOHL, REINHARD STROHMEIER
  • Publication number: 20150176594
    Abstract: An impeller has an inlet and outlet. A bottom disc has an external diameter. A top disc concentric to the bottom disc at an axial distance therefrom has a suction opening for the inlet. A plurality of forward-curved blades are arranged between the bottom disc and the top disc. A flow channel has an inner inlet side and an outer outlet side formed between adjacent blades. The channel is curved convexly viewed in the running direction of the impeller. The external diameter of the bottom disc is at least 20% greater than the internal diameter of the suction opening. The top disc forms a guiding surface and an angle is formed between a tangent on the guiding surface at the inlet to the suction opening and a tangent on the guiding surface at the outlet from the flow channel on the air outlet side is at least 30°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel GEBERT, Katrin BOHL, Erik REICHERT
  • Patent number: 8932019
    Abstract: A fan wheel (1) is designed as a radial or diagonal fan, comprising a top plate (2) with an inlet port (4), a base plate (6) and a plurality of fan blades (8) distributed around the inlet port (4) and around an axis of rotation (Z). Blade ducts extend (10) respectively between the adjacent fan blades (8). The blade ducts lead radially or diagonally outward from the area of the inlet port (4) and form blow-out ports in the outer region. The blade ducts (10) are designed, with respect to their effective flow cross-section, as large enough that during operation, a turbulent flow with a Reynolds number markedly greater than 2300 is achieved. The top plate (2) or the base plate (6) or both feature a rotationally asymmetrical geometry with a continuous profile, at least in angular sections encompassing the fan blades (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: EMB-PAPST Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne
  • Publication number: 20140209275
    Abstract: A ventilation device, in particular for heating, cooling and/or humidifying air in residential buildings, includes a duct-shaped housing (1) with an air inlet opening (2) and an air outlet opening (3), and a fan impeller (6) as well as a filter unit, heat exchange unit and/or heating coil unit (14) arranged in the main flow direction (Z) of an air flow generated by the fan impeller (6). An air guiding device (17) is arranged in the flow direction (Z) of the air flow in front of a suction nozzle (16)—configured as a flow conditioner, includes a bar structure with air guiding bars-such that a flow inlet opening is configured on the suction side at an axial height in front of the flow inlet opening (15) by the bar structure whose opening surface is smaller than the opening surface of the flow inlet opening (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Schöne, Christian Haag, Katrin Bohl, Thorsten Pissarczyk, Marc Schneider, Björn Sudler, Jens Müller, Michael Strehle, Oliver Haaf, Erhard Gruber, Christian Hammel, Eric Reichert
  • Publication number: 20140086728
    Abstract: A diffuser (3) for a fan (2) of axial, radial or diagonal type of construction, has an inlet opening (10) and having an outlet opening (20) for a gaseous medium which flows through a diffuser interior (I), which is enclosed by an outer housing (30), in an axially oriented main flow direction (S) from the inlet opening (10) to the outlet opening (20). The cross section of the diffuser interior (I) increases from the cross section (11) of the inlet opening to the cross section (21) of the outlet opening (20), wherein the outer housing (30) forms an outer diffuser part (AD) which delimits the diffuser interior (I) to the outside. Along the main flow direction (S), the cross section of the outer diffuser part (AD) changes from a circular cross section (31) at the inlet opening (10) to a non-circular cross section (32) at the outlet opening (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: emb-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Erik Reichert, Oliver Haaf, Christian Pfaff, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Katrin Bohl, Sven Beck, Dieter Best, Tobias Ehmann, Alexander Frank, Erhard Gruber, Matthias Maschke, Thomas Sauer
  • Patent number: 8454317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fan wheel in a version as a radial or diagonal fan, of a baseplate and of a plurality of fan blades arranged so as to be distributed over the circumference of the inlet port and around an axis of rotation. The fan wheel has a shroud with an inlet port and the shroud and/or the baseplate have/has in this case a nonrotationally symmetrical geometry which in each case has a continuous and point-invariable profile, as seen in the axial or axially parallel direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: EBM-Papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne
  • Publication number: 20110211963
    Abstract: A fan wheel (1) is designed as a radial or diagonal fan, comprising a top plate (2) with an inlet port (4), a base plate (6) and a plurality of fan blades (8) distributed around the inlet port (4) and around an axis of rotation (Z). Blade ducts extend (10) respectively between the adjacent fan blades (8). The blade ducts lead radially or diagonally outward from the area of the inlet port (4) and form blow-out ports in the outer region. The blade ducts (10) are designed, with respect to their effective flow cross-section, as large enough that during operation, a turbulent flow with a Reynolds number markedly greater than 2300 is achieved. The top plate (2) or the base plate (6) or both feature a rotationally asymmetrical geometry with a continuous profile, at least in angular sections encompassing the fan blades (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen SCHÖNE
  • Publication number: 20100202887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fan wheel in a version as a radial or diagonal fan, consisting of a shroud with an inlet port, of a baseplate and of a plurality of fan blades arranged so as to be distributed over the circumference of the inlet port and around an axis of rotation. The shroud and/or the baseplate have/has in this case a nonrotationally symmetrical geometry which in each case has a continuous and point-invariable profile, as seen in the axial or axially parallel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne
  • Fan
    Patent number: D643916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Ebm-Papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Reinhard Strohmeier, Christian Haag, Erhard Gruber, Christian Hammel
  • Fan
    Patent number: D644315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ebm-Papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Reinhard Strohmeier, Christian Haag, Erhard Gruber, Christian Hammel
  • Patent number: D771235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hoff, Katrin Bohl, Reinhard Strohmeier