Patents by Inventor Ralf Graber

Ralf Graber 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: 8657591
    Abstract: An engine pump assembly (1), particularly a main coolant pump, composed of a housing (4) of a rotary pump with delivery elements arranged therein, a heat barrier part (6), a motor part (5) which drives the delivery elements, and force transmitting connecting elements (7) between a housing flange (8) of the housing (4) of the rotary pump and a flange (21) of the engine part (5). For faster and more reliable assembly and disassembly, the housing flange (8) is provided with receptacles (12) over at least half of its periphery for the arrangement of screw heads (13, 15) of the connecting elements (7), which screw heads (13, 15) are held in a bayonet-like manner in the receptacles (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hartmann, Uwe Bruhns, Ralf Graber, Bernhard Brecht, Juergen Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 8079833
    Abstract: An electric motor (1) having a coaxially associated pump (6) for a coolant circuit, in particular in a system with temperature transfer and/or heat transfer, in which a shaft assembly (5) transmits a torque from the electric motor (1) to at least one impeller (8) arranged in the pump housing (7) within housing parts (7, 10) in the form of a hermetically sealed pressure enclosure, and a flywheel (12) is arranged between the electric motor (1) and the pump housing (7). All of the rotating parts are arranged within a hermetically sealed motor/pump unit, and the motor/pump unit is filled with fluid. The flywheel (12) comprises a flywheel body (13) made from a high-strength material having a large number of cavities (16, 17) with inserts (16, 17) formed of or containing a heavy metal having a density greater than 11.0 kg/dm3arranged in the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Ralf Graber, Uwe Bruhns, Harald Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20100221127
    Abstract: An engine pump assembly (1), particularly a main coolant pump, composed of a housing (4) of a rotary pump with delivery means arranged therein, a heat barrier part (6), a motor part (5) which drives the delivery means, and force transmitting connecting elements (7) between a housing flange (8) of the housing (4) of the rotary pump and a flange (21) of the engine part (5). For faster and more reliable assembly and disassembly, the housing flange (8) is provided with receptacles (12) over at least half of its periphery for the arrangement of screw heads (13, 15) of the connecting elements (7), which screw heads (13, 15) are held in a bayonet-like manner in the receptacles (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald HARTMANN, Uwe BRUHNS, Ralf GRABER, Bernhard BRECHT, Juergen KAUFMANN
  • Publication number: 20070025865
    Abstract: An electric motor (1) having a coaxially associated pump (6) for a coolant circuit, in particular in a system with temperature transfer and/or heat transfer, in which a shaft assembly (5) transmits a torque from the electric motor (1) to at least one impeller (8) arranged in the pump housing (7) within housing parts (7, 10) in the form of a hermetically sealed pressure enclosure, and a flywheel (12) is arranged between the electric motor (1) and the pump housing (7). All of the rotating parts are arranged within a hermetically sealed motor/pump unit, and the motor/pump unit is filled with fluid. The flywheel (12) comprises a flywheel body (13) made from a high-strength material having a large number of cavities (16, 17) with inserts (16, 17) formed of or containing a heavy metal having a density greater than 11.0 kg/dm3 arranged in the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Ralf Graber, Uwe Bruhns, Harald Hartmann