Patents by Inventor Peter Knittel

Peter Knittel 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).

  • Oil separator
    Patent number: 7740677
    Abstract: In order to provide an oil separator for separating oil from a blowby gas of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, which oil separator is manufactured separately from a basic body of a cylinder head cover but may nevertheless be easily integrated into the cylinder head cover, it is proposed that the oil separator comprises an oil separator module, which is manufactured separately from a basic body of a cylinder head cover and comprises a cyclone plate having at least one cyclone as well as a base plate, wherein the cyclone plate is fastened to the base plate and the oil separator module is fastenable to the basic body of the cylinder head cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Peter Knittel, Klaus Bendl
  • Oil separator
    Publication number: 20070151215
    Abstract: In order to provide an oil separator for separating oil from a blowby gas of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, which oil separator is manufactured separately from a basic body of a cylinder head cover but may nevertheless be easily integrated into the cylinder head cover, it is proposed that the oil separator comprises an oil separator module, which is manufactured separately from a basic body of a cylinder head cover and comprises a cyclone plate having at least one cyclone as well as a base plate, wherein the cyclone plate is fastened to the base plate and the oil separator module is fastenable to the basic body of the cylinder head cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Peter Knittel, Klaus Bendl