Patents by Inventor Marco Kirchner

Marco Kirchner 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: 10337511
    Abstract: A hydraulic conveying device for an internal combustion engine may include a pendulum slide pump including an inner rotor drivingly connected to an outer rotor via a plurality of pendulum slides. A hydraulic actuation device may change an eccentricity between the inner rotor and the outer rotor via an actuation member. The actuation member may be prestressed by a spring device. The actuation device may further include a first pressure-setting chamber and a second pressure-setting chamber for adjusting the actuation member. At least one of the first pressure-setting chamber and the second pressure-setting chamber may be connected via a control valve to a pressure side of the pendulum slide pump. A hydraulic line may connect the pendulum slide cell pump downstream to a hydraulic medium filter. The control valve may be connected to the hydraulic line upstream of the hydraulic medium filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Dodel, Marco Kirchner, Michael Langer, Christian Richter
  • Patent number: 9751163
    Abstract: A method for producing a pendulum of a pendulum slide cell pump may include providing a prefabricated pendulum body and performing a post-machining operation on the pendulum body only at a plurality of contact locations at which the pendulum body contacts at least one of an inner rotor and an outer rotor of the pendulum slide cell pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Kirchner, André Maeder, Christian Richter
  • Publication number: 20160040665
    Abstract: A hydraulic conveying device for an internal combustion engine may include a pendulum slide pump including an inner rotor drivingly connected to an outer rotor via a plurality of pendulum slides. A hydraulic actuation device may change an eccentricity between the inner rotor and the outer rotor via an actuation member. The actuation member may be prestressed by a spring device. The actuation device may further include a first pressure-setting chamber and a second pressure-setting chamber for adjusting the actuation member. At least one of the first pressure-setting chamber and the second pressure-setting chamber may be connected via a control valve to a pressure side of the pendulum slide pump. A hydraulic line may connect the pendulum slide cell pump downstream to a hydraulic medium filter. The control valve may be connected to the hydraulic line upstream of the hydraulic medium filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Dodel, Marco Kirchner, Michael Langer, Christian Richter
  • Publication number: 20150322943
    Abstract: A method for producing a pendulum of a pendulum slide cell pump may include providing a prefabricated pendulum body and performing a post-machining operation on the pendulum body only at a plurality of contact locations at which the pendulum body contacts at least one of an inner rotor and an outer rotor of the pendulum slide cell pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Marco Kirchner, André Maeder, Christian Richter
  • Publication number: 20150267705
    Abstract: A pump arrangement may include a pendulum-slide cell oil pump and a vacuum pump. The pendulum-slide cell oil pump and the vacuum pump may be driven by a common shaft and may be mounted in a common housing. The vacuum pump may be configured as a rotary vane pump and include a rotor composed of a plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Dodel, Marco Kirchner, Christian Richter
  • Publication number: 20150204329
    Abstract: A pumping device may include a drive device coupled to a feed element via a hydrostatic coupling. The hydrostatic coupling may be configured to control a torque transmission between the drive device and the feed element. The hydrostatic coupling may include a suction side connected to a pressure side via a coupling-fluid-carrying channel. A valve device may be arranged in the coupling-fluid-carrying channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hoehn, Marco Kirchner, Joerg Muenzner
  • Patent number: 9051933
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed. The vane pump includes at least an inner rotor and at least one vane. The inner rotor is rotatably mounted in a cage and the at least one vane is configured in at least one substantially radial slot, the slot is configured in the inner rotor, wherein the slots and the vanes are arranged asymmetrically on the inner rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Kirchner, Michael Langer, Christian Richter
  • Patent number: 8439650
    Abstract: A flow-controllable cell pump having a bearing element that may be positioned in a receiving shell of a pump housing such that the receiving shell may assume an operational connection with at least one of a bearing element, a pump chamber positioned between an inner rotor and a control slide valve. An outer rotor may be configured in the control slide valve, and suction kidneys may be arranged on both sides of the pump chambers in the pump housing. At least one pressure kidney may be offset on both sides of the pump chambers in the pump housing. The pressure kidney may be connected with a pressure connection socket, with a control slide valve arm configured on the control slide valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Günther Beez, Marco Kirchner
  • Publication number: 20110300015
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed. The vane pump includes at least an inner rotor and at least one vane. The inner rotor is rotatably mounted in a cage and the at least one vane is configured in at least one substantially radial slot, the slot is configured in the inner rotor, wherein the slots and the vanes are arranged asymmetrically on the inner rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Marco Kirchner, Michael Langer, Christian Richter
  • Publication number: 20100266434
    Abstract: A flow-controllable cell pump having a bearing element that may be positioned in a receiving shell of a pump housing such that the receiving shell may assume an operational connection with at least one of a bearing element, a pump chamber positioned between an inner rotor and a control slide valve. An outer rotor may be configured in the control slide valve, and suction kidneys may be arranged on both sides of the pump chambers in the pump housing. At least one pressure kidney may be offset on both sides of the pump chambers in the pump housing. The pressure kidney may be connected with a pressure connection socket, with a control slide valve arm configured on the control slide valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Günther Beez, Marco Kirchner