Patents by Inventor Rüdiger Knauß

Rüdiger Knauß 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).

  • Publication number: 20120152212
    Abstract: A charge air cooler for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The charge air cooler includes at least one connecting piece for connection to at least one cooling circuit configured to conduct coolant. The charge air cooler includes at least one coolant pump for circulating the coolant. The at least one coolant pump is integrated in at least one flow path within the charge air cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Swen-Juri Bauer, Steve Beez, Andreas Grüner, Martin Janßen, Hans Jensen, Rüdiger Knauß, Andrea Teubner
  • Publication number: 20110186273
    Abstract: A fluid conditioning module, comprising: a pump and at least one additional conditioning device, wherein the pump generates a fluid cycle of at least one fluid to be conditioned between a fluid sump, the pump and the conditioning device, and wherein the at least one fluid is substantially at rest in the fluid sump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Grüner, Rüdiger Knauss, Martin Janssen
  • Publication number: 20100206250
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system (1) in a motor vehicle with a cooling circuit in which at least one internal combustion engine (2), one pump (3) and one cooling device (4) are arranged, wherein a short circuit line (5) which bypasses the pump (3) is provided, which connects a pressure side to an intake side of the pump (3), a valve device (6) which can be switched between at least two positions is provided in the region of the short circuit line (5), in the first position the entire coolant flow flows through the short circuit line (5) and in the second position preferably the entire coolant flow flows through the internal combustion engine (2) and not through the short circuit line (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Günther Beez, Holger Conrad, Oliver Gebhardt, Rüdiger Knauss