Patents by Inventor Reiner Hartmann

Reiner Hartmann 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: 9374914
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guidance unit comprising an air guidance housing and a fan assembly that can be detachably connected thereto. In order to allow an efficient and time-saving maintenance of such an air guidance unit, it is provided according to the invention that the air guidance housing comprises one or more blocking studs, that the fan assembly comprises closure receptions each having a blocking section into which the blocking stud can be swiveled, and that a detachable locking piece immobilizes the fan assembly in the mounting position of the fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reiner Hartmann
  • Patent number: 9357672
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guidance system having an air guidance housing and an air passage grating fastened thereto, the air passage grating being held on the air guidance housing by means of a snap-lock connection. In order to simplify maintenance of such an air guidance system it is provided according to the invention that the air passage grating carries at least one latch having a snap-in shoulder that can be engaged in a snap-lock seat of the air passage grating and that the air passage grating pivotally accommodates a handle in a bearing seat, said handle disengaging the latch from the snap-lock seat when set from the locking position to the unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Stefan Schneider, Claudia Christine Ronzheimer
  • Patent number: 9237674
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter unit for a switchgear cabinet, comprising a filter housing having an air passage that can be covered by an air passage grating at least to some extent. To allow such a filter unit to be maintenanced easily, it provided according to the invention that the air passage grating is hinged indirectly or directly to the filter housing and can be adjusted between a closed position and an opened maintenance position. The filter housing has a retainer which positively blocks a catch of the air passage grating in the maintenance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Steffen Wagner, Stefan Schneider
  • Patent number: 8974585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan-and-filter unit to be mounted in the wall of a switch cabinet or housing, and includes a fan unit inserted in a fan housing, a filter mat arrangement mounted upstream of the fan unit and a fan cover immobilizing the filter mat. An embodiment advantageous for operation of the fan-and-filter unit may be provided where the fan-and-filter unit has a filter mat monitoring unit which is designed to detect the service life and/or a degree of soiling of the filter mat arrangement and which includes an insert integrated into the fan housing or the fan cover and having an illuminated display visible from the exterior of the fan cover facing away from the fan unit and being designed to display at least exceeding of a predetermined or predeterminable service life and/or a predetermined or predeterminable degree of soiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Bernd Lehnert, Stefan Schneider
  • Patent number: 8827778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for at least one air-conditioning device arranged on a cladding element, in particular of a switchgear cabinet. The cover has a cover housing having a front wall and side parts connected thereto. The side parts keep the front wall at a distance from the cladding element. At least one holder for the cover housing is fitted to the cladding element. According to the invention, the holder comprises vertical hook elements into which the cover housing can be suspended by hook receptacles in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reiner Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20130130608
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guidance unit comprising an air guidance housing and a fan assembly that can be detachably connected thereto. In order to allow an efficient and time-saving maintenance of such an air guidance unit, it is provided according to the invention that the air guidance housing comprises one or more blocking studs, that the fan assembly comprises closure receptions each having a blocking section into which the blocking stud can be swiveled, and that a detachable locking piece immobilizes the fan assembly in the mounting position of the fan assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Reiner Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20130068106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan-and-filter unit to be mounted in the wall off a switch cabinet or housing, comprising a fan unit inserted in a fan housing, a filter mat arrangement mounted upstream of the fan unit and a fan cover immobilizing the filter mat. An embodiment advantageous for operation of the fan-and-filter unit consists in that the fan-and-filter unit has a filter mat monitoring unit which is designed to detect the service life and/or a degree of soiling of the filter mat arrangement and which comprises an insert integrated into the fan housing or the fan cover and having an illuminated display visible from the exterior of the fan cover facing away from the fan unit and being designed to display at least exceeding of a predetermined or predeterminable service life and/or a predetermined or predeterminable degree of soiling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Bernd Lehnert, Stefan Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130067875
    Abstract: To allow such a filter unit to be maintenanced easily, it provided according to the invention that the air passage grating is hinged indirectly or directly to the filter housing and can be adjusted between a closed position and an opened maintenance position. The filter housing has a retainer which positively blocks a catch of the air passage grating in the maintenance position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Steffen Wagner, Stefan Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130040554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for at least one air-conditioning device arranged on a cladding element, in particular of a switchgear cabinet. The cover has a cover housing having a front wall and side parts connected thereto. The side parts keep the front wall at a distance from the cladding element. At least one holder for the cover housing is fitted to the cladding element. According to the invention, the holder comprises vertical hook elements into which the cover housing can be suspended by hook receptacles in the direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Reiner Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20130035032
    Abstract: The invention relates to a louvered grille for an air conduction housing, comprising a plurality of louvers which are spaced apart from one another to form air passage openings, wherein the louvers extend in the widthwise direction of the louvered grille and have an upper louver face that is directed to the exterior and inclined transversely with respect to the vertical direction of the louvered grille. For better IP protection of such a louvered grille, according to the invention the upper louver face of at least some of the louvers has a convex curvature in at least some areas of the louvers, both in the widthwise direction of the louvered grill and in the vertical direction of the louvered grille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Schneider, Steffen Wagner, Reiner Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20130029581
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air guidance system having an air guidance housing and an air passage grating fastened thereto, the air passage grating being held on the air guidance housing by means of a snap-lock connection. In order to simplify maintenance of such an air guidance system it is provided according to the invention that the air passage grating carries at least one latch having a snap-in shoulder that can be engaged in a snap-lock seat of the air passage grating and that the air passage grating pivotally accommodates a handle in a bearing seat, said handle disengaging the latch from the snap-lock seat when set from the locking position to the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Hartmann, Stefan Schneider, Claudia Christine Ronzheimer
  • Patent number: 6962191
    Abstract: A device for fixing and sealing a replaceable heat-exchanger cassette in an air/air heat exchanger, wherein two spatially separated conducting areas are formed by separating strips and the heat exchanger cassette. In this case a releasable and satisfactory sealing support of the heat exchanger cassette is achieved because in the area of its separating strips the air/air heat exchanger has sealing receivers. The heat exchanger cassette rests against the sealing receivers by sealing faces. The air/air heat exchanger has at least one movable slide which maintains the heat exchanger cassette in the sealing receivers under prestress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Immel, Reiner Hartmann, Joachim Maul
  • Publication number: 20040256084
    Abstract: A device for fixing and sealing a replaceable heat-exchanger cassette in an air/air heat exchanger, wherein two spatially separated conducting areas are formed by separating strips and the heat exchanger cassette. In this case a releasable and satisfactory sealing support of the heat exchanger cassette is achieved because in the area of its separating strips the air/air heat exchanger has sealing receivers. The heat exchanger cassette rests against the sealing receivers by sealing faces. The air/air heat exchanger has at least one movable slide which maintains the heat exchanger cassette in the sealing receivers under prestress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Immel, Reiner Hartmann, Joachim Maul