Patents by Inventor Nico Esser

Nico Esser 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).

  • Centrifugal blower unit
    Patent number: 10273974
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower unit for motor vehicle air conditioning systems having a fan wheel (8) in a spiral housing (1), wherein the spiral housing (1) corresponds to the shape of the fan wheel (8) and has a bell mouth region (3) and an axial intake opening (2), wherein a diaphragm (4) is arranged at the bell mouth region (3) of the spiral housing (1), being radially inward, whose diaphragm end region (5) bordering the intake opening (2) has at least one sharp edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Olaf Degenhardt, Eckart Sievers, Harald Jung, Nico Esser
  • Saw tooth design for control damper
    Patent number: 10174847
    Abstract: A control damper for a housing of an air-handling unit includes a rigid main body rotatable about a first rotational axis. A sealing element extends radially outwardly from a first side of the rigid main body. The sealing element is formed of a resilient material. The sealing element further includes a resilient lip extending outwardly from a distal end thereof. The lip has a first series of undulations formed in an outer edge thereof, wherein the undulations form a wave-shaped profile in the outer edge of the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Detlef Kabierschke, Nico Esser, Eckart Sievers
  • SAW TOOTH DESIGN FOR CONTROL DAMPER
    Publication number: 20170248237
    Abstract: A control damper for a housing of an air-handling unit includes a rigid main body rotatable about a first rotational axis. A sealing element extends radially outwardly from a first side of the rigid main body. The sealing element is formed of a resilient material. The sealing element further includes a resilient lip extending outwardly from a distal end thereof. The lip has a first series of undulations formed in an outer edge thereof, wherein the undulations form a wave-shaped profile in the outer edge of the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Detlef Kabierschke, Nico Esser, Eckart Sievers
  • CENTRIFUGAL BLOWER UNIT
    Publication number: 20160348693
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower unit for motor vehicle air conditioning systems having a fan wheel (8) in a spiral housing (1), wherein the spiral housing (1) corresponds to the shape of the fan wheel (8) and has a bell mouth region (3) and an axial intake opening (2), wherein a diaphragm (4) is arranged at the bell mouth region (3) of the spiral housing (1), being radially inward, whose diaphragm end region (5) bordering the intake opening (2) has at least one sharp edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Olaf Degenhardt, Eckart Sievers, Harald Jung, Nico Esser