Patents by Inventor Ralf Sprenger

Ralf Sprenger 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: 10598271
    Abstract: An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle includes an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, wherein the pump part is operatively connected to the electric pump motor. The pump part and/or the electric pump motor can be mounted to a housing which at least partially delimits an oil chamber. Sealing problems at the pump part are prevented and the required installation space is low because the pump part can be mounted inside the housing and the electric pump motor can be mounted from the outside to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Raimar Warnecke, Waldemar Knoll, Ralf Sprenger, Holger Tagge, Karsten Cornelsen, Thomas Birnbaum, Frank Müller, Bernd Morthorst, Henning Wöhl-Bruhn
  • Publication number: 20170299047
    Abstract: An oil pump configuration for a motor vehicle includes an oil pump having a pump part and an electric pump motor, wherein the pump part is operatively connected to the electric pump motor, The pump part and/or the electric pump motor can be mounted to a housing which at least partially delimits an oil chamber. Sealing problems at the pump part are prevented and the required installation space is low because the pump part can be mounted inside the housing and the electric pump motor can be mounted from the outside to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Raimar Warnecke, Waldemar Knoll, Ralf Sprenger, Holger Tagge, Karsten Cornelsen, Thomas Birnbaum, Frank Müller, Bernd Morthorst, Henning Wöhl-Bruhn
  • Patent number: 7298479
    Abstract: The sensitivity of scattered-light fire detectors for small particles can be increased substantially when blue light is introduced into the measuring volume in addition to an infrared radiation and the scattered radiation produced by the particles is measured and evaluated separately from each other in the infrared and blue region both in the forward scattering region as well as in the backward scattering region. This can be realized by a fire detector that includes two transmitter LEDs (2.1a, 2.1b) and two photodetectors (2.2a, 2.2b), with these components being arranged such that the photodetectors receive both the forward scattered radiations as well as the backward scattered radiations of the longer and shorter wavelengths separately from each other. A multi-channel evaluation circuit is provided downstream of the photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Novar GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Politze, Ralf Sprenger, Tido Krippendorf, Waldemar Ollik
  • Publication number: 20070229824
    Abstract: The sensitivity of scattered-light fire detectors for small particles can be increased substantially when blue light is introduced into the measuring volume in addition to an infrared radiation and the scattered radiation produced by the particles is measured and evaluated separately from each other in the infrared and blue region both in the forward scattering region as well as in the backward scattering region. This can be realized by a fire detector that includes two transmitter LEDs (2.1a, 2.1b) and two photodetectors (2.2a, 2.2b), with these components being arranged such that the photodetectors receive both the forward scattered radiations as well as the backward scattered radiations of the longer and shorter wavelengths separately from each other. A multi-channel evaluation circuit is provided downstream of the photodetectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Novar GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Politze, Ralf Sprenger, Tido Krippendorf, Waldemar Ollik
  • Patent number: 7239387
    Abstract: The sensitivity of scattered-light fire detectors for small particles can be increased substantially when blue light is introduced into the measuring volume in addition to an infrared radiation and the scattered radiation produced by the particles is measured and evaluated separately from each other in the infrared and blue region both in the forward scattering region as well as in the backward scattering region. This can be realized by a fire detector that includes two transmitter LEDs (2.1a, 2.1b) and two photodetectors (2.2a, 2.2b), with these components being arranged such that the photodetectors receive both the forward scattered radiations as well as the backward scattered radiations of the longer and shorter wavelengths separately from each other. A multi-channel evaluation circuit is provided downstream of the photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Novar GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Politze, Ralf Sprenger, Tido Krippendorf, Waldemar Ollik
  • Publication number: 20040066512
    Abstract: The sensitivity of scattered-light fire detectors for small particles can be increased substantially when blue light is introduced into the measuring volume in addition to an infrared radiation and the scattered radiation produced by the particles is measured and evaluated separately from each other in the infrared and blue region both in the forward scattering region as well as in the backward scattering region. This can be realized by a fire detector that includes two transmitter LEDs (2.1a, 2.1b) and two photodetectors (2.2a, 2.2b), with these components being arranged such that the photodetectors receive both the forward scattered radiations as well as the backward scattered radiations of the longer and shorter wavelengths separately from each other. A multi-channel evaluation circuit is provided downstream of the photodetectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Heiner Politze, Ralf Sprenger, Tido Krippendorf, Waldemar Ollik
  • Patent number: D997163
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NOVAR GMBH
    Inventors: Nikhil Banwaskar, Georg Werner Hoer, Martin Zalesak, Marcel de Veer, Ralf Sprenger, Stefan Dombert, Bernd Wegerhoff