Patents by Inventor Martin Klöpfer

Martin Klöpfer 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: 8495863
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank ventilation device (1) for a motor vehicle, with at least one storage device (2) for storing hydrocarbon gas, the tank connection (9) of which is connected via a ventilation line (12) to a fuel tank (5) of a vehicle, the engine connection (10) of which is connected via a regeneration line (13) to a fresh gas system (6) of an internal combustion engine (4) of the vehicle, and the environment connection (11) of which communicates via an environment line (15) with the environment (7) of the vehicle. In order to reduce hydrocarbon emissions, at least one conversion device (3) can be provided, which is used for materially converting hydrocarbon gas and is connected directly or indirectly to the fuel tank (5) via a feed line (18) on the input side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Hagen Zelβmann, Martin Klöpfer
  • Publication number: 20090320926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tank ventilation device (1) for a motor vehicle, with at least one storage device (2) for storing hydrocarbon gas, the tank connection (9) of which is connected via a ventilation line (12) to a fuel tank (5) of a vehicle, the engine connection (10) of which is connected via a regeneration line (13) to a fresh gas system (6) of an internal combustion engine (4) of the vehicle, and the environment connection (11) of which communicates via an environment line (15) with the environment (7) of the vehicle. In order to reduce hydrocarbon emissions, at least one conversion device (3) can be provided, which is used for materially converting hydrocarbon gas and is connected directly or indirectly to the fuel tank (5) via a feed line (18) on the input side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Hagen ZeIßmann, Martin Klöpfer
  • Patent number: 6324714
    Abstract: In order to simplify the construction of the mounting arrangement in a sweeping machine including a rotatably driven brushing roller which is rotatably mounted at each end in a frame and is driven at one end by a gear wheel which forms the mounting for the brushing roller at this end and the teeth of which engage in driver recesses in the brushing roller, it is proposed that the brushing roller be displaceable in an axial direction against the effect of a spring towards the gear wheel to such an extent that the mounting of the brushing roller at the end thereof remote from the gear wheel will disengage, and that the teeth of the gear wheel should engage in the driver recesses with so much play that the thus axially displaced brushing roller can be pivoted out from the region of the mounting by at least the radius of the brushing roller at said end remote from the gear wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Jürgen Walz, Martin Kloepfer
  • Patent number: 6321406
    Abstract: In order to facilitate moving with a cleaner comprised, on one side, of two parallel brush-rollers secured to a frame and actuated so as to rotate in opposite directions and, on the other side, of a push bar attached to the frame, it is suggested by the invention that the push bar be fixed at a distance from the frame in the direction of the rotating axis of the brush-rollers and rotationally fixed to the frame to enable a rotation following a cycle parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Martin Kloepfer, Ingo Neumayer