Patents by Inventor Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira

Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira 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: 10702820
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium body with a first side and an oppositely positioned second side. A first sealing or supporting element is arranged at the first side. A second sealing or supporting element is arranged at the second side. The first side is positioned in a plane. The second side has a first section and a second section, wherein the first section has a first spacing relative to the first side and the second section has a second spacing relative to the first side, wherein the first and second spacings are different. One of the first and second sides is the inflow side of the filter medium body and the other one of the first and second sides is the outflow side of the filter medium body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Michael Heim, Nadine Donauer, Martin Wuebbeling
  • Patent number: 10702821
    Abstract: An annular filter element has a filter medium body that can be flowed through in a radial direction by a fluid to be cleaned. A central tube is arranged at an inner side of the filter medium body. A support collar is connected to the central tube and provides an end face forming an axial support surface for a housing component of a filter housing. A sealing element is connected to the support collar. The support collar has a radial side face, wherein the radial side face carries the sealing element and forms a sealing surface for the housing component, wherein the sealing surface is spaced apart from the axial support surface. The support collar is formed together with the central tube as one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Nadine Donauer, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Publication number: 20190308125
    Abstract: A round filter element has a filter medium body with a wall to be flowed through by a fluid to be purified in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. A circumferentially extending seal carrier is arranged at or adjacent to an end face of the filter medium body. A sealing element is supported at the seal carrier adjacent to a radial outer side of the filter medium body. A positioning element extends into the filter medium body and engages with form fit a correlated housing-associated counter positioning element of a filter housing when the round filter element is installed in the filter housing. The seal carrier separates flow-tightly a raw side of the round filter element from a clean side of the round filter element when the round filter element is installed in the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Nadine Donauer, Philipp Hettkamp, Torsten Fritzsching, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Patent number: 10436155
    Abstract: An air filter, including: an openable filter housing having an inlet for air to be cleaned, an outlet for cleaned air, a filter element exchangeably arranged with the filter housing. The filter element includes a filter medium radially surrounding and defining an interior space within the filter element and a support element secured to the filter element. The support element faces away from the filter medium and has a lateral support surface having a cylindrical section and/or a section with a cross section that changes in the direction of the element axis, whose main axis runs axially or parallel to the element axis and with which the support element is supported at least transversely to the element axis against a corresponding support section arranged on a side of the filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Sorger, Irmgard Thalmann
  • Patent number: 10239005
    Abstract: A filter housing of a filter for air, water, fuel, oil or urea-water solution of an internal combustion engine, including: an inlet for fluid to be purified; and an outlet for purified fluid; a hollow filter element including a filter medium for filtering fluid, which surrounds an element interior space with respect to a filter axis, is exchangeably arranged so as to separate the inlet from outlet; wherein the filter housing has at least two housing parts, which can be partly be separated from one another in order to open up an installation opening of the filter housing for the hollow filter element; wherein at least one of the housing parts has connecting tab(s) and at least one other of the housing parts has a tab receptacle(s) adapted to a connecting tab(s) for the insertion of the at least one connecting tab for connecting the housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Publication number: 20190070548
    Abstract: An annular filter element has a filter medium body configured to be flowed through by a fluid to be purified in a radial direction. A sealing element is arranged at the end face of the filter medium body and extends circumferentially around the end face. The sealing element has at least one first sealing section comprising a massive and large cross-sectional area and one or more second sealing sections with a cross-sectional area that is at least partially reduced in comparison to the large cross-sectional area. The one or more second sealing sections include a second sealing section with a groove-type recess, wherein the groove-type recess extends at least approximately across a length of the second sealing section with the groove-type recess or across a portion of said length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Franz, Torsten Fritzsching, Nadine Donauer, Marcel Holzwarth, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Christoph Wittmers, Manfred Winter, Joachim-Paul Krieger, Martin Gruber
  • Publication number: 20190070549
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium body enclosing an inwardly positioned flow space and having a center axis. A support frame is arranged at an inner side of the filter medium body. At least one circumferentially extending sealing ring lip is arranged at the filter medium body and projects axially in an axial direction relative to the center axis past an end face of the filter medium body. The sealing ring lip is designed to seal relative to a housing component of a receiving filter housing. A support ring is arranged at the end face of the filter medium body at a radial distance to the sealing ring lip in a radial direction relative to the center axis. The support ring is supported in the radial direction at the support frame and is formed as one piece together with the support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Torsten Fritzsching, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Nadine Donauer, Andreas Franz, Marcel Holzwarth, Manfred Winter, Martin Gruber, Joachim-Paul Krieger
  • Publication number: 20190070545
    Abstract: A filter device has an annular filter element with a filter medium body for radial fluid flow relative to a longitudinal axis. A sealing element arranged at an end face of the filter medium body seals relative to a housing component of a filter housing receiving the filter element. The sealing element has support walls delimiting a slit between them. The housing component has a receiving groove engaging across the sealing element and provided with opposed side walls. The housing component has a support rib projecting into slit. The support walls each have a first support surface at a side facing the slit and a second support surface at a side facing away from the slit. The side walls of the receiving groove are radially supported at the second support surfaces of the support walls. The support rib is supported radially at the first support surfaces of the support walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Nadine Donauer, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Publication number: 20190060816
    Abstract: A hollow filter element for insertion into an openable filter housing has a filter medium body configured as a hollow body surrounding an inwardly positioned flow space. At least one end disk is connected to the filter medium body and covers an axial end face of the filter medium body. A positioning element is arranged at the at least one end disk and interacts with a housing-associated blade of the filter housing. The positioning element receives the housing-associated blade with form fit in two different transverse directions relative to the longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. The positioning element has a positioning recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Wittmers, Nadine Donauer, Andreas Franz, Marcel Holzwarth, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Joachim-Paul Krieger, Martin Gruber, Manfred Winter, Torsten Fritzsching
  • Publication number: 20190060814
    Abstract: An annular filter element has a filter medium body that can be flowed through in a radial direction by a fluid to be cleaned. A central tube is arranged at an inner side of the filter medium body. A support collar is connected to the central tube and provides an end face forming an axial support surface for a housing component of a filter housing. A sealing element is connected to the support collar. The support collar has a radial side face, wherein the radial side face carries the sealing element and forms a sealing surface for the housing component, wherein the sealing surface is spaced apart from the axial support surface. The support collar is formed together with the central tube as one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Nadine Donauer, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Publication number: 20180361296
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium body with a first side and an oppositely positioned second side. A first sealing or supporting element is arranged at the first side. A second sealing or supporting element is arranged at the second side. The first side is positioned in a plane. The second side has a first section and a second section, wherein the first section has a first spacing relative to the first side and the second section has a second spacing relative to the first side, wherein the first and second spacings are different. One of the first and second sides is the inflow side of the filter medium body and the other one of the first and second sides is the outflow side of the filter medium body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Patent number: 10119502
    Abstract: An intake module of an air intake tract of an internal combustion engine is provided with an intake housing part that has at least one inlet for combustion air to be filtered and an outlet section. A filter housing part with an air filter element that filters the combustion air is provided. The filter housing part has an inlet section and at least one outlet for the filtered combustion air. An air connection between the outlet section of the intake housing part and an inflow side of the air filter element is provided. A fixed intake pipe part is arranged between the outlet section of the intake housing part and the inlet section of the filter housing part. The fixed intake pipe part at least partially forms the air connection between the outlet section of the intake housing part and the inflow side of the air filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventor: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira
  • Publication number: 20180050296
    Abstract: A filter element with at least one filter medium body and with a grip configured to hold and guide the filter element is provided. At least one locking element is arranged at the grip and configured to lock the filter element on a receiving filter housing. A filter device with such a filter element has a receiving filter housing to receive the filter element and a cover to secure the locking element in locked position on the filter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Fritzsching, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Andreas Franz, Nadine Donauer, Martin Gruber, Joachim-Paul Krieger, Marcel Holzwarth, Manfred Winter
  • Patent number: 9726123
    Abstract: An air filter (10) includes an openable filter housing (12) and a filter element (18). The filter housing (12) includes an inlet (26) and an outlet. A filter element (18) with a filter medium (46) is disposed replaceably in the filter housing separating the inlet (26) from the outlet (22). The filter element (18) features on an exterior side facing away from the element interior space (52) on an axial front face relative to the element axis (32) at least one supporting element (58) having at least one supporting lateral surface (60, 61) with at least one cylindrical portion and/or at least one portion with a variable cross-section in the direction of a main axis. The supporting element (58) is supported at least transversely in relation to the element axis (32) with the at least one supporting lateral surface (60, 61) against at least one corresponding support portion (42) on the side of the filter housing (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Sorger, Irmgard Thalmann
  • Patent number: 9498744
    Abstract: Disclosed are an air filter element, a filter housing, and an air filter in which the air filter elements have a high filtering capacity and a long service life by increasing the filter surface of an air filter element taking into account structural requirements for the air filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Mario Rieger, Joerg Menssen, Michael Harenbrock, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Pascal Neef, Werner Blossey, André Roesgen, Thomas Jessberger, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Michael Heim, Mike Schmid, Martin Schmid, Gelase Mbadinga-Mouanda, Andreas Weber, Christian Thalmann
  • Patent number: 9415337
    Abstract: Disclosed are an air filter element, a filter housing, and an air filter in which the air filter elements have a high filtering capacity and a long service life by increasing the filter surface of an air filter element taking into account structural requirements for the air filter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Mario Rieger, Joerg Menssen, Michael Harenbrock, Duc Cuong Nguyen, Pascal Neef, Werner Blossey, André Roesgen, Thomas Jessberger, Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Michael Heim, Mike Schmid, Martin Schmid, Gelase Mbadinga-Mouanda, Andreas Weber, Christian Thalmann
  • Patent number: D775317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Sorger
  • Patent number: D804004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GMBH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Sorger
  • Patent number: D837358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Donauer
  • Patent number: D890316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pedro Miguel Pereira Madeira, Pascal Neef, Nadine Donauer