Patents by Inventor Norman Schaake
Norman Schaake 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).
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Patent number: 11738621Abstract: A ventilating tube may include a body through which air is flowable in an air flow direction and a sound attenuating mechanism for attenuating airborne noise. The sound attenuating mechanism may be a wavelength resonator, which may include at least one resonance chamber. On one side, the at least one resonance chamber may have an opening which opens the at least one resonance chamber into the body transversely to the air flow direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Ralf Berndt, Norman Schaake
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Patent number: 11597253Abstract: A blower having a motor mount, in particular for a blower of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, the blower having a blower housing, in which an electric motor is held with the aid of the motor mount, an impeller being furthermore drivably disposed in the blower housing on a shaft of the electric motor, the impeller having a side oriented toward the electric motor, and the motor mount having a first surface oriented toward the impeller, a gap being formed between the impeller and the first surface, the first surface having a plurality of first projecting elements, which protect on the outer circumference of the surface in the direction of the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventor: Norman Schaake
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Patent number: 11351839Abstract: A sound insulation arrangement for an air-conditioning system may include a gas-tight housing and a sound insulation element. The housing may include an air inlet and an air outlet. The sound insulation element may be composed of an insulation material and may be fixed in the housing. The sound insulation element may have an inlet side disposed about the air inlet and an outlet side disposed about the air outlet such that the sound insulation element defines an air conduit in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Inventors: Michael Paul, Erik Person, Norman Schaake
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Publication number: 20200094649Abstract: A ventilating tube may include a body through which air is flowable in an air flow direction and a sound attenuating mechanism for attenuating airborne noise. The sound attenuating mechanism may be a wavelength resonator, which may include at least one resonance chamber. On one side, the at least one resonance chamber may have an opening which opens the at least one resonance chamber into the body transversely to the air flow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Ralf Berndt, Norman Schaake
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Publication number: 20200094648Abstract: A blower having a motor mount, in particular for a blower of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, the blower having a blower housing, in which an electric motor is held with the aid of the motor mount, an impeller being furthermore drivably disposed in the blower housing on a shaft of the electric motor, the impeller having a side oriented toward the electric motor, and the motor mount having a first surface oriented toward the impeller, a gap being formed between the impeller and the first surface, the first surface having a plurality of first projecting elements, which protect on the outer circumference of the surface in the direction of the impeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventor: Norman SCHAAKE
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Patent number: 10486501Abstract: An exemplary flap arrangement may include a housing and a flap arranged in the housing for regulating an air flow in the housing. The flap may have a flap main body with a front side arranged on an air inflow side in an operating state. The flap arrangement may also include an elastic sealing lip with a sealing surface provided on the flap main body. The flap arrangement may further include a rib arranged in the region of the sealing lip and outside the sealing surface. The rib may project substantially vertically from the front side of the flap main body, and may serve for air flow rate reduction during opening of the flap. The sealing lip and the rib may be formed in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventor: Norman Schaake
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Publication number: 20180370325Abstract: A sound insulation arrangement for an air-conditioning system may include a gas-tight housing and a sound insulation element. The housing may include an air inlet and an air outlet. The sound insulation element may be composed of an insulation material and may be fixed in the housing. The sound insulation element may have an inlet side disposed about the air inlet and an outlet side disposed about the air outlet such that the sound insulation element defines an air conduit in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Michael Paul, Erik Person, Norman Schaake
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Air guide housing and ventilation, heating or air conditioning system with such an air guide housing
Patent number: 10137753Abstract: An air guide housing, in particular for a ventilation, heating or air conditioning system of a vehicle, with at least one first air inlet opening, wherein the at least one first air inlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged substantially vertical to a first axis, and with at least one second air inlet opening, wherein the at least one second air inlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged substantially vertical to a second axis, and having at least one air outlet opening, wherein the at least one air outlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged essentially vertical to a third axis, and with a fan impeller for suctioning air into the air guide housing. The second axis and the third axis are arranged substantially parallel to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Norman Schaake, Andreas Pfander -
Patent number: 10125787Abstract: A housing of a centrifugal blower for use in an air conditioner is provided that includes a rotatably supported fan wheel, an inlet opening disposed in the axial direction of the fan wheel and an outlet opening disposed in the radial direction of the fan wheel. A widening diffuser is disposed downstream from the outlet opening in the flow direction, and the fan wheel is disposed in an inner volume of the housing. A crossover area formed from multiple openings is provided on at least one housing wall which delimits the inner volume. At least one chamber is disposed on the outside of the housing, the chamber completely covering the crossover area and being fluidically connected to the inner volume of the housing via the crossover area.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Michael Rendel, Norman Schaake, Joerg Kilian
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Publication number: 20170210198Abstract: An air conditioning unit for a motor vehicle may include a housing having a fan arranged within the housing for generating an air flow and at least one housing region through which the air flow can flow. The housing may also include an outer wall separating a surrounding region of the housing from an interior of the respective housing region, the air flow being flowable through the interior. The outer wall may have at least wall section, the outer wall having a wall thickness in the wall section that is smaller than a wall thickness of the outer wall outside the wall section. An airborne sound absorber may be arranged on an outer side of the outer wall in a region of the wall section, the outer side of the outer wall facing away from the interior.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Erik Person, Norman Schaake
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AIR GUIDE HOUSING AND VENTILATION, HEATING OR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH SUCH AN AIR GUIDE HOUSING
Publication number: 20170066302Abstract: An air guide housing, in particular for a ventilation, heating or air conditioning system of a vehicle, with at least one first air inlet opening, wherein the at least one first air inlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged substantially vertical to a first axis, and with at least one second air inlet opening, wherein the at least one second air inlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged substantially vertical to a second axis, and having at least one air outlet opening, wherein the at least one air outlet opening has a cross sectional area which is arranged essentially vertical to a third axis, and with a fan impeller for suctioning air into the air guide housing. The second axis and the third axis are arranged substantially parallel to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Norman SCHAAKE, Andreas PFANDER -
Publication number: 20170030610Abstract: A flow channel, in particular for a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system, whereby the flow channel has a flow channel inner wall with at least one recess and at least one sound-permeable cover, whereby the at least one sound-permeable cover covers the at least one recess in order to conduct a fluid stream, flowing through the flow channel, away from the at least one recess, and with at least one acoustic dampening chamber, which surrounds the at least one recess on a side, facing away from the flow channel, of the at least one sound-permeable cover, whereby the at least one acoustic dampening chamber has at least one partition wall that divides the at least one acoustic dampening chamber into at least two compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Norman SCHAAKE, Lars KIEKE
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Publication number: 20160263967Abstract: An exemplary flap arrangement may include a housing and a flap arranged in the housing for regulating an air flow in the housing. The flap may have a flap main body with a front side arranged on an air inflow side in an operating state. The flap arrangement may also include an elastic sealing lip with a sealing surface provided on the flap main body. The flap arrangement may further include a rib arranged in the region of the sealing lip and outside the sealing surface. The rib may project substantially vertically from the front side of the flap main body, and may serve for air flow rate reduction during opening of the flap. The sealing lip and the rib may be formed in one piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventor: Norman Schaake
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Publication number: 20160207373Abstract: A climate control system with an air guiding element is provided, whereby the air guiding element is partially permeable to air.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Norman Schaake, Stefan Weichenthal
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Publication number: 20150275915Abstract: A housing of a centrifugal blower for use in an air conditioner is provided that includes a rotatably supported fan wheel, an inlet opening disposed in the axial direction of the fan wheel and an outlet opening disposed in the radial direction of the fan wheel. A widening diffuser is disposed downstream from the outlet opening in the flow direction, and the fan wheel is disposed in an inner volume of the housing. A crossover area formed from multiple openings is provided on at least one housing wall which delimits the inner volume. At least one chamber is disposed on the outside of the housing, the chamber completely covering the crossover area and being fluidically connected to the inner volume of the housing via the crossover area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Michael RENDEL, Norman SCHAAKE, Joerg KILIAN
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Publication number: 20120270491Abstract: A sealing lip for an edge region of a flap body of a ventilation flap of a vehicle HVAC system is provided. The sealing lip includes a first main side and a second main side opposite to the first main side, whereby the first main side has a plurality of openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Norman SCHAAKE, Alexander Bopp, Claude Gietzke
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Publication number: 20070207719Abstract: The invention relates to a heater or air conditioner comprising a mixing zone (M1) in which cold and hot air discharged from a cold air duct (K) and a hot air duct (W), respectively, are mixed. At least one second mixing zone (M2) is provided which is disposed downstream of the first mixing zone (M1) in the direction of air flow and to which cold and/or hot air can be delivered directly via a duct (K3; K3?; K3?) while the first mixing zone (M1) is bypassed. Also disclosed is a method for mixing air.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Rainer Blasi, Alexander Bopp, Wolfgang Dieksander, Alexander Schaudt, Markus Wawzyniak, Norman Schaake
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Patent number: 6607432Abstract: An air duct, in particular for a motor vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, which is acoustically optimized by virtue of the fact that at least one cross-sectional discontinuity is constructed by making use of a phenomena which occur as acoustic scattering processes at the cross-sectional discontinuity. The cross-sectional discontinuity should extend substantially perpendicular to the flow direction in the air duct.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Valeo Klimasysteme GmbHInventor: Norman Schaake
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Publication number: 20020129863Abstract: An air duct, in particular for a motor vehicle heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning system, which is acoustically optimized by virtue of the fact that at least one cross-sectional discontinuity is constructed by making use of a phenomena which occur as acoustic scattering processes at the cross-sectional discontinuity. The cross-sectional discontinuity should extend substantially perpendicular to the flow direction in the air duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2002Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Norman Schaake, Siegfried Derx