Patents by Inventor Pascal Neef

Pascal Neef 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: 12582930
    Abstract: A secondary element for a filter system has first and second ends oppositely positioned to each other in longitudinal direction. The first end is closed by a closed end disk. The closed end disk has a first connection device for interacting with a complementary second connection device of a central tube of the filter system and for fixing the secondary element on the central tube. The first connection device has lock elements with radially inwardly oriented lock hooks distributed circumferentially on the closed end disk. A filter medium surrounds the lock elements. The lock elements include two directly neighboring lock elements having a distance relative to each other along the circumference of the closed end disk that is larger than a circumferential measurement of a radially outwardly oriented deflection element arranged at a collar of the central tube. A filter system with such a secondary element is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Kevin Kohn, Jan Jedlicka
  • Publication number: 20250367585
    Abstract: A filter element for fluid has a filter medium body with a flow-through medium arranged transversely to a fluid flow direction. A region of the flow-through medium between an inlet surface and an outlet surface of the filter medium body is filled with adsorption medium in intermediate spaces of the flow-through medium. A fluid-permeable cover medium covers the region at a peripheral rim of the inlet surface and/or the outlet surface. A filter system has a filter housing having an inlet and an outlet for fluid. The filter element is exchangeably arranged in the filter housing between a raw-side and a clean-side. A method for producing the filter element includes filling adsorption medium into intermediate spaces of the flow-through medium between an inlet surface and an outlet surface. The region is covered with a fluid-permeable cover medium at a peripheral rim of the inlet surface and/or the outlet surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Sascha ROTH, Klaus-Dieter RUHLAND, Michael KAUFMANN, Dennis STARK, Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS, Philipp HETTKAMP
  • Publication number: 20250345734
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid has two or more axially extending filter medium bodies arranged to be sequentially flowed through radially and including a first and a second filter medium body. The first filter medium body has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the second filter medium body, is arranged radially inside the second filter medium body, and has a section projecting axially away from the second filter medium body. A casing is arranged at an outer wall surface of the projecting section and extends at least partially circumferentially around the outer wall surface. The casing fluid-impermeably closes at least temporarily the outer wall surface. The first filter medium body is a particle filter and the second filter medium body is an adsorption filter, or vice versa. A filter system is provided with such a filter element for filtering a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250339804
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid has a support pipe and a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis on the support pipe. The filter bellows has folds with radially outer fold edges. The filter bellows has a first axial end and a second oppositely positioned axial end. The filter bellows has a notch at least at one of the first and second axial ends. An axial length of the notch in longitudinal direction is shorter than a longitudinal extension of the filter bellows. The support pipe has a support structure at the axial end with the notch and has at least two wings. The support structure is oriented radially away from the support pipe and is integrated into the end disk at both sides of the notch. A filter system with such a filter element arranged in a housing is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Kevin KOHN, Pascal NEEF
  • Publication number: 20250276265
    Abstract: A gas filter system has an outer filter element with a first end plate, a second end plate, and a first filter medium arranged between the first and the second end plates. An inner filter element with a third end plate, a fourth end plate, and a second filter medium arranged between the third and the fourth end plates is provided. The first end plate and the third end plate each have an opening. The first end plate surrounds the third end plate. The first end plate has a first seal protrusion protruding in an axial direction of the gas filter system. The third end plate has a second seal protrusion protruding in the axial direction of the gas filter system. For sealing the third end plate and the first end plate relative to each other, the first seal protrusion and the second seal protrusion engage each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Patent number: 12377379
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid has a support pipe and a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis on the support pipe. The filter bellows has folds with radially outer fold edges. The filter bellows has a first axial end and a second oppositely positioned axial end. The filter bellows has a notch at least at one of the first and second axial ends. An axial length of the notch in longitudinal direction is shorter than a longitudinal extension of the filter bellows. The support pipe has a support structure at the axial end with the notch and has at least two wings. The support structure is oriented radially away from the support pipe and is integrated into the end disk at both sides of the notch. A filter system with such a filter element arranged in a housing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Kohn, Pascal Neef
  • Publication number: 20250242288
    Abstract: A gas filter system including a housing, a first filter element having a first filter medium and a second filter element having a second filter medium, the first and second filter elements being arranged inside the housing and the first filter medium and the second filter medium surrounding a common longitudinal axis, wherein a flexible sealing lip protrudes in the axial direction from the first filter medium, wherein the housing has a first sealing surface for sealing abutment against the sealing lip, wherein a rigid sealing rib protrudes from the second filter element, the sealing rib having a second sealing surface for sealing abutment against the sealing lip, wherein the sealing lip is compressed between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface, and wherein the second sealing surface faces radially outwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250214016
    Abstract: A gas filter system comprising an outer filter element having a first filter medium arranged between a first end cap and a second end cap, and an inner filter element having a second filter medium arranged between a third end cap and a fourth end cap, the first filter medium being arrangeable to surround the inner filter medium, wherein the first, second, third and fourth end caps are open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250214019
    Abstract: A gas filter system including an outer filter element having a first filter medium arranged between a first end cap and a second end cap, and an inner filter element having a second filter medium arranged between a third end cap and a fourth end cap, wherein the first filter medium is arrangeable to surround the second filter medium, wherein the first, third and fourth end caps are open, wherein the outer filter element is closed at the second end cap, wherein the outer filter element has an axial protrusion at the second end cap that protrudes into the inner filter element and exhibits a radially outward facing sealing surface, and wherein the fourth end cap of the inner filter element has a second sealing section for sealing abutment against the sealing surface of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250214022
    Abstract: A gas filter system including a housing with a sealing projection and a housing groove; an outer filter element having a first filter medium with a first end cap and a second end cap; and an inner filter element having a second filter medium with a third end cap and a fourth end cap, wherein the first end cap has a first axial end cap projection and the third end cap has a second axial end cap projection, the end cap projections being arranged in the housing groove; the first and second end cap projections forming a common groove into which the sealing projection protrudes for sealing abutment against the first end cap and the third end cap at the common groove. The use of an outer filter element and/or an inner filter element in the gas filter system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250214018
    Abstract: A gas filter system including an outer filter element having a first filter medium arranged between a first end cap and a second end cap, and an inner filter element having a second filter medium arranged between a third end cap and a fourth end cap, wherein the first, second and third end caps are open, the inner filter element is closed at the fourth end cap, the first filter medium is arrangeable to surround the second filter medium, such that the first end cap of the outer filter element surrounds the third end cap of the inner filter element, the first and third end caps are sealed against each other, and such that the second end cap of the outer filter element surrounds the fourth end cap of the inner filter element, and the second and fourth end caps are sealed against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Publication number: 20250214021
    Abstract: A gas filter system including an outer filter element having a first filter medium arranged between a first end cap and a second end cap, and an inner filter element having a second filter medium arranged between a third end cap and a fourth end cap, wherein the first, third and fourth end caps are open, wherein the outer filter element is closed at the second end cap, wherein the first filter medium is arrangeable to surround the second filter medium, such that the outer filter element is sealed against the inner filter element between the second end cap and the fourth end cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Christoph WITTMERS, Andreas WEBER, Dennis STARK, Mario RIEGER, Markus HANSELMANN, Peter PEKNY, Eva HALLBAUER, Daniel SCHMID, Steffen GERLACH, Friedrich KUPFER, Philipp HETTKAMP, Johannes GRAD, Pedro Miguel PEREIRA MADEIRA, Dieter WEISS
  • Patent number: 12233369
    Abstract: An air filter element for an air filter for an internal combustion engine is provided with a filter medium surrounding annularly a longitudinal axis of the air filter element. A first end disk is provided at a first end face of the air filter element, wherein the filter medium is embedded in the first end disk at the first end face. A clean air seal is configured to seal a raw side of the air filter against a clean side of the air filter. The clean air seal and the first end disk are embodied together as one piece. The clean air seal protrudes continuously radially past the filter medium. A filter housing for the air filter element is provided with a filter pot and a cover and has a clean air outlet and a raw air inlet arranged at a side wall of the filter pot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Torsten Fritzsching, Philipp Hettkamp, Arthur Sudermann, Friedrich Kupfer, Mario Rieger
  • Publication number: 20250058260
    Abstract: A filter system and a filter element of the filter system having a recess arranged on an outside of the filter element and at least one coding element arranged on a circumference of an end cap of the filter element. At least one coding pin is arranged on an inside of a bottom housing part for cooperating with the recess when the filter element is inserted in the housing. The bottom housing part includes a circular shield having a slot extending in the axial direction, wherein the slot is configured to receive the coding element of the filter element when the filter element is inserted in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Robert HASENFRATZ, Pascal NEEF, Klaus-Dieter RUHLAND, Peter SAWATZKY, Marco SCHILLING
  • Publication number: 20250018616
    Abstract: A casting shell for producing a filter element with a filter body and a seal or end disk has a receiving shell with a groove and a support surface. The groove receives casting material. The support surface supports the filter body during casting. A cover is provided with at least two cover parts arranged so as to be movable separately from each other relative to the receiving shell. The cover parts open the groove in a first position and in a second position, with the filter body inserted as intended in the casting shell, cover the groove. A bottom side of the cover parts faces in the second position a cavity formed by the groove. The bottom side molds a seal or function surface of the seal or end disk. A casting device is provided with such a casting shell. A method using such a casting shell is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Thomas SIEBER, Thomas VILSMAIER, Joachim-Paul KRIEGER, Friedrich KUPFER
  • Publication number: 20240382885
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid has a filter bellows arranged about the longitudinal axis of the filter element and enclosing an interior of the filter element. A first end disk open toward the interior is arranged at a first end of the filter element. A second closed end disk is arranged at a second end of the filter element. The second end is oppositely positioned to the first end in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter bellows has folds with radially outer fold edges positioned on an outer circumferential surface of the filter bellows. The filter bellows is provided with a notch at least at one of the first and second ends. The notch has an axial length in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The axial length is shorter than a length extension of the filter bellows in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Pascal NEEF, Friedrich KUPFER, Arthur SUDERMANN
  • Patent number: 12134061
    Abstract: A filter system (100) having a housing (110), a fluid inlet (102) formed in a housing wall (112), a fluid outlet (108) formed in a housing wall (120), a primary filter element (50) and a secondary filter element (10). The secondary filter element (10) is arranged on a stand pipe (150) rigidly connected to one of the housing walls (120). The secondary filter element (10) includes a filter medium (16) forming a body (36) having at least one longitudinal seam (18) along a longitudinal axis (L) and an end cap (20) at its top region (12). The secondary filter element (10) and the stand pipe (150) are mutually connected by connection elements (22, 156). The secondary filter element (10) and the stand pipe (150) are configured with mutual self-positioning elements (30, 180) to arrange the secondary filter element (10) in a defined rotational position with respect to one or more struts (170).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Bharatesh Alagouda, Pascal Neef, Joachim Schuldt, Deepthi Burugina Raviprakash, Mridul Sharma
  • Patent number: 12070707
    Abstract: A filter element for filtering a fluid has a filter bellows arranged about the longitudinal axis of the filter element and enclosing an interior of the filter element. A first end disk open toward the interior is arranged at a first end of the filter element. A second closed end disk is arranged at a second end of the filter element. The second end is oppositely positioned to the first end in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter bellows has folds with radially outer fold edges positioned on an outer circumferential surface of the filter bellows. The filter bellows is provided with a notch at least at one of the first and second ends. The notch has an axial length in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The axial length is shorter than a length extension of the filter bellows in the direction of the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Friedrich Kupfer, Arthur Sudermann
  • Patent number: 12011685
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter system for filtering a fluid has a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis and enclosing an interior of the filter element. A closed end disk is arranged at a first end of the filter element and closes off the interior of the filter element. An end disk with an opening to the interior of the filter element is arranged at a second end of the filter element oppositely positioned to the first end viewed in direction of the longitudinal axis. The closed end disk has a hollow pin projecting into the interior of the filter element in direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter system has a housing for receiving the exchangeable filter element with a housing part closable by a cover. The hollow pin of the closed end disk can be pushed onto a pin of the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Torsten Fritzsching, Philipp Hettkamp
  • Patent number: 11959443
    Abstract: A filter element for a filter system for filtering a fluid has a filter bellows arranged about a longitudinal axis and enclosing an interior of the filter element. An end disk that is provided with an opening to the interior of the filter element is arranged at the filter bellows. The end disk has a bead that is arranged at the opening to the interior and partially surrounds the opening to the interior. The bead projects outwardly in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The filter system has a housing with a cover and a housing part closable by the cover. The filter element can be exchangeably arranged in the housing. The bead, in a mounted state of the filter element in the housing, engages a complementary receptacle arranged at an inner side of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Torsten Fritzsching, Philipp Hettkamp, Arthur Sudermann, Friedrich Kupfer, Mario Rieger