Patents by Inventor Peter Koppi

Peter Koppi 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: 11648491
    Abstract: A filter device is disclosed. The filter device includes a coalesce and a final separator arranged one after another in a flow direction. The final separator includes final separator material and is arranged radially within the coalesce. The coalesce is configured hollow-cylindrical and includes a coalescer material and an external support structure with an upper coalescer ring and a lower coalescer ring that are connected with one another via axial coalescer ribs. A positioning element is provided on the final separator. A positioning opening is provided in a region of the at least one lower coalescer ring. The positioning opening is configured in a complementary manner to the positioning element and the final separator engages into the positioning opening in a mounted state with the positioning element and thereby aligns the final separator relative to the coalesce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko Hensinger, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut
  • Publication number: 20220003194
    Abstract: A fuel filter may include a housing and a coalescer arranged in the housing. The coalescer may be configured to separate out water contained in a fuel. The coalescer may include a coalescer material suitable for coalescing water. The fuel may be flowable through the coalescer in a throughflow direction. The coalescer material may include a plurality of fibres, which may have a primary orientation that is essentially parallel to the throughflow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Avinash P. Manian, Frederik Mayer, Birgit Renz, Julia Santer, Sigurd Schober
  • Publication number: 20210106928
    Abstract: A filter device is disclosed. The filter device includes a coalesce and a final separator arranged one after another in a flow direction. The final separator includes final separator material and is arranged radially within the coalesce. The coalesce is configured hollow-cylindrical and includes a coalescer material and an external support structure with an upper coalescer ring and a lower coalescer ring that are connected with one another via axial coalescer ribs. A positioning element is provided on the final separator. A positioning opening is provided in a region of the at least one lower coalescer ring. The positioning opening is configured in a complementary manner to the positioning element and the final separator engages into the positioning opening in a mounted state with the positioning element and thereby aligns the final separator relative to the coalesce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Heiko Hensinger, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut
  • Publication number: 20200386198
    Abstract: A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a water separator through which a fuel is flowable. To separate water contained in the fuel, the water separator may include a porous and hydrophilic membrane, which may include or be made of polymeric hollow fibers and which may be formed for cross-flow filtration of the fuel. A material of the hollow fibers may be hydrophilized via polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The fuel filter device or the water separator may have a hydrophobic membrane for filtering residual fuel from the water separated via the hydrophilic membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Markus Preissinger, Julia Santer
  • Publication number: 20200070075
    Abstract: A filter medium for fuels may include a first layer of a filter material and a second layer of a filter material. A contact angle of water on the first layer of filter material may be greater than 90°. A contact angle of water on the second layer of filter material may be greater than 90°. The first layer of filter material may have an average pore diameter that is greater than an average pore diameter of the second layer of filter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Julia Santer, Wolfgang Zupanc
  • Patent number: 10569205
    Abstract: A separator for a separator device, for example a final separator for a final separator device for separating water from a liquid such as oil and/or fuel, may include a filter body including at least one filter material through which the liquid can flow. The filter body may have a first side and a second side. A nanofibre layer may be disposed on the first side in at least one region. The nanofibre layer may be configured hydrophobic. According to an implementation, the nanofibre layer is treated to produce the hydrophobic property. The filter body may have a porosity on the first side that is smaller than on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Birgit Renz, Peter Koppi, Mathias Kollmann, Julia Santer
  • Patent number: 10221820
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine may include a water separator configured to separate a polar phase, for example water, out of fuel. The water separator may be arranged at least one of on and in a fuel supply system component. The water separator may be configured as an electric coalescer. The electric coalescer may have at least two electrodes that are insulated from the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Hans-Peter Lang
  • Publication number: 20180272261
    Abstract: A filter medium may include a hydrophilic filter layer that permits through-flow from an unfiltered side towards a clean side and a hydrophobic layer disposed on the clean side of the hydrophilic filter layer. The hydrophilic filter layer may have a pore diameter that increases in the through-flow direction. The hydrophobic layer may take the form of a film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Mathias KOLLMANN, Peter KOPPI, Birgit RENZ, Julia TSCHISCHE
  • Patent number: 9976525
    Abstract: A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a ring filter element separating a raw side from a clean side. A water separator configured as an electric coalescer may be arranged on the clean side for separating water from the fuel. The electric coalescer may include at least two electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to the filter axis, and at least one of the electrodes may be insulated from the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut
  • Publication number: 20170252686
    Abstract: A separator for a separator device, for example a final separator for a final separator device for separating water from a liquid such as oil and/or fuel, may include a filter body including at least one filter material through which the liquid can flow. The filter body may have a first side and a second side. A nanofibre layer may be disposed on the first side in at least one region. The nanofibre layer may be configured hydrophobic. According to an implementation, the nanofibre layer is treated to produce the hydrophobic property. The filter body may have a porosity on the first side that is smaller than on the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Birgit Renz, Peter Koppi, Mathias Kollmann, Julia Tschische
  • Publication number: 20160258398
    Abstract: A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a ring filter element separating a raw side from a clean side. A water separator configured as an electric coalescer may be arranged on the clean side for separating water from the fuel. The electric coalescer may include at least two electrodes arranged coaxially with respect to the filter axis, and at least one of the electrodes may be insulated from the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut
  • Publication number: 20160222932
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine may include a water separator configured to separate a polar phase, for example water, out of fuel. The water separator may be arranged at least one of on and in a fuel supply system component. The water separator may be configured as an electric coalescer. The electric coalescer may have at least two electrodes that are insulated from the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Hans-Peter Lang
  • Publication number: 20130327699
    Abstract: A fuel filter may include a housing having a first annular filter element and a second annular filter element. The filter elements may be arranged coaxially and offset to each other in the axial direction and may be connected in series and therefore configured to allow flow to pass through each in succession. The annular filter elements may be selectively replaceable. Adapter elements may be connected to each other and to at least one of the annular filter elements by a respective plug-in connection. One of the adapter elements may have a continuation configured to close a no-load opening in the housing when the filter element is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Gaenswein, Michael Braunheim, Claude Frédéric Gebler, Hartmut Harr, Marc Igerc, Peter Koppi, Hans Waibel
  • Publication number: 20100096304
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel filter (1) with a filter element (2) for separating particles and water out of a fuel flow flowing through the fuel filter (1), a collecting space (6) for collecting the separated water (7), and a dewatering device (3) for discharging the separated water (7) out of the fuel filter (1). Here, it is essential to the invention that the dewatering device (3) has a hydrocarbon adsorber (9) for adsorbing hydrocarbon components which are entrained in the separated water (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Matthias Gänswein, Peter Koppi, Pia Küsgens, Sven Siegle