Patents by Inventor Rainer Gendermann

Rainer Gendermann 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: 8104581
    Abstract: An oil module for an internal combustion engine, comprising a carrier element that can be flanged onto an engine block of the internal combustion engine and carries at least one oil filter and an oil cooler. The oil module is provided with channels for guiding oil and water, one of the channels being an oil cooler bypass channel connecting an oil inlet of the oil cooler to an oil outlet of the oil cooler. At least a main part of the oil cooler bypass channel extends through an oil cooler base plate occluding the oil cooler on the carrier element side, or through an intermediate plate arranged between the oil cooler and the carrier element in a sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Gendermann
  • Publication number: 20070068737
    Abstract: An oil module for an internal combustion engine, comprising a carrier element that can be flanged onto an engine block of the internal combustion engine and carries at least one oil filter and an oil cooler. The oil module is provided with channels for guiding oil and water, one of the channels being an oil cooler bypass channel connecting an oil inlet of the oil cooler to an oil outlet of the oil cooler. At least a main part of the oil cooler bypass channel extends through an oil cooler base plate occluding the oil cooler on the carrier element side, or through an intermediate plate arranged between the oil cooler and the carrier element in a sealing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventor: Rainer Gendermann