Patents by Inventor Ralf Muehlhausen

Ralf Muehlhausen 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: 10797458
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a plug, having a plastic injection-molded encapsulation, for a fuel pump which arranged in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle. The plug has cables, stranded wires and a ground contact each protruding out of the encapsulation and each connected to encapsulated components. The plug elements and coils are inserted into a base plate. One core of a cable is soldered, welded or crimped to flat plug elements. The coils and stranded wires are each soldered, welded or crimped to a flat plug element. The base plate is inserted into a cavity of an injection mold, such that the cables and the stranded wires protrude out of the cavity through first passage openings and second passage openings, respectively, and cores are arranged in continuous openings of identical cross section in the wall of the injection mold. The cavity is then filled with a plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriel Simara Lima, Otto Korst, Ralf Muehlhausen
  • Publication number: 20190280446
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a plug, having a plastic injection-molded encapsulation, for a fuel pump which arranged in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle. The plug has cables, stranded wires and a ground contact each protruding out of the encapsulation and each connected to encapsulated components. The plug elements and coils are inserted into a base plate. One core of a cable is soldered, welded or crimped to flat plug elements. The coils and stranded wires are each soldered, welded or crimped to a flat plug element. The base plate is inserted into a cavity of an injection mold, such that the cables and the stranded wires protrude out of the cavity through first passage openings and second passage openings, respectively, and cores are arranged in continuous openings of identical cross section in the wall of the injection mold. The cavity is then filled with a plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Gabriel Simara LIMA, Otto KORST, Ralf MUEHLHAUSEN
  • Patent number: 10330108
    Abstract: A fuel delivery pump for delivering fuel, having an electric motor and having a pump impeller that is driven by means of the electric motor, wherein the pump impeller is connected by means of a shaft to a rotor of the electric motor such that a rotational movement of the rotor is transmitted via the shaft to the pump impeller, wherein the shaft is mounted by means of an axial bearing in an axial direction and/or by means of a radial bearing in a radial direction relative to a pump stage in which the pump impeller is arranged, wherein an electrical insulation element is arranged between the axial bearing and the pump stage, and/or an electrical insulation element is arranged between the radial bearing and the pump stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Völker, Gabriel Simara Lima, Ralf Muehlhausen
  • Publication number: 20180138775
    Abstract: A fuel delivery pump for delivering fuel, having an electric motor and having a pump impeller that is driven by means of the electric motor, wherein the pump impeller is connected by means of a shaft to a rotor of the electric motor such that a rotational movement of the rotor is transmitted via the shaft to the pump impeller, wherein the shaft is mounted by means of an axial bearing in an axial direction and/or by means of a radial bearing in a radial direction relative to a pump stage in which the pump impeller is arranged, wherein an electrical insulation element is arranged between the axial bearing and the pump stage, and/or an electrical insulation element is arranged between the radial bearing and the pump stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Völker, Gabriel Simara Lima, Ralf Muehlhausen
  • Patent number: 8102094
    Abstract: A device for connecting an electric motor intended for use in a fuel tank, in particular of a motor vehicle, with connection contacts carbon brushes sliding over an armature of a rotor, and electrical leads arranged between the connection contacts and the carbon brushes. The electrical leads have a sheath made of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Muehlhausen, Wolfgang Warnke
  • Publication number: 20090289510
    Abstract: A device for connecting an electric motor intended for use in a fuel tank, in particular of a motor vehicle, with connection contacts carbon brushes sliding over an armature of a rotor, and electrical leads arranged between the connection contacts and the carbon brushes. The electrical leads have a sheath made of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Muehlhausen, Wolfgang Warnke
  • Patent number: 7591637
    Abstract: Disclosed is a G-rotor pump in which a lid and a bottom of a pump housing are made of plastic. A spacer that supports the bottom is produced as a single piece with the lid, whereby the G-rotor pump can be embodied in a particularly inexpensive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Muehlhausen, Rolf Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 7579727
    Abstract: In the case of a fuel pump, a plug for fixing electric contacts is manufactured from a material which is capable of swelling with fuel, and is inserted into a receptacle of a connecting piece by being fitted therein. Furthermore, the plug and the connecting piece have latching means for simplifying the pre-assembly. The connecting piece requires a particularly low number of components and can be manufactured cost-effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Becker, Ralf Muehlhausen, Frank-William Ries, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20070075543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection (7) of a fuel supply device in a motor vehicle, which is characterized in that a corrugated hose (5) is held in a peripheral groove (10) of a connection piece (8) by means of a glue (12) and in that the groove (10) protrudes from an undulation of the corrugated hose (5). The corrugated hose (5) can thus be connected to the connection piece (8) with very little effort. The connection (7) is also inexpensive to produce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Marx, Ralf Muehlhausen
  • Publication number: 20060140790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a G-rotor pump in which a lid and a bottom of a pump housing are made of plastic. A spacer that supports the bottom is produced as a single piece with the lid, whereby the G-rotor pump can be embodied in a particularly inexpensive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Ralf Muehlhausen, Rolf Reinhardt
  • Publication number: 20050163636
    Abstract: In the case of a fuel pump, a plug for fixing electric contacts is manufactured from a material which is capable of swelling with fuel, and is inserted into a receptacle of a connecting piece by being fitted therein. Furthermore, the plug and the connecting piece have latching means for simplifying the pre-assembly. The connecting piece requires a particularly low number of components and can be manufactured cost-effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Dirk Becker, Ralf Muehlhausen, Frank-William Ries, Thomas Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6722346
    Abstract: A connection for a feed line at a feed pump pumping fuel out of a fuel tank, includes a nonreturn valve disposed in a horizontal portion of a connection stub. The connection stub is held on the feed pump by a latching device. The connection permits a particularly compact configuration of the feed pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ralf Mühlhausen
  • Patent number: 6478613
    Abstract: Connectors for fuel pumps in motor vehicles have fuel flowing around them. Apart from the connections for the electrical supply lines, such connectors make contact with further electrical components. Corrosive components in fuels attack the connecting points of the connector to the electrical components, so that this can lead to failure of the fuel pump. The new connector is intended to have connecting points which are no longer attacked by the fuel. By extrusion coating parts of the connector with plastic, the connecting points are effectively protected against attack by fuel. Recesses in the plastic extrusion coating allow fuel to still flow around parts of the connector for cooling, while the regions of the connector which are at risk are separated from the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann Vdo A.G.
    Inventors: Jürgen Zoell, Ralf Muehlhausen