Patents by Inventor Reinhard Pippes

Reinhard Pippes 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).

  • Publication number: 20230287883
    Abstract: An internal gear fluid machine includes a first gearwheel having an external toothing and mounted rotatably about a first axis of rotation, and a second gearwheel having an internal toothing meshing in regions with the external toothing in an engagement region and mounted rotatably about a second axis of rotation different from the first axis of rotation. The internal gear fluid machine additionally includes a filler piece arranged between the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel away from the engagement region, which filler piece bears on one side against the external toothing and on the other side against the internal toothing, in order to divide a fluid space present between the first gearwheel and the second gearwheel into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander GOSS, Reinhard PIPPES
  • Patent number: 11624365
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device has a primary pump and a main pump fluidically connected to the primary pump. The primary pump can be driven by a primary pump input shaft, the main pump can be driven by a main pump input shaft, and the primary pump input shaft and the main pump input shaft are mechanically coupled to a common drive shaft of the fluid delivery device. The primary pump is in the form of a non-compensated gear pump or a centrifugal pump and the main pump is in the form of a compensated internal gear pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Artur Bohr
  • Patent number: 11248602
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device having a forepump and a main pump fluidically connected to the forepump, wherein the forepump can be driven via a forepump input shaft and the main pump can be driven via a main pump input shaft. According to the invention, the forepump has a forepump drive gear coupled to the forepump input shaft and a forepump delivery gear interacting with the forepump drive gear to deliver the fluid, wherein the forepump and the main pump are drivingly coupled to a common drive shaft, and wherein the forepump delivery gear and the main pump input shaft are connected to one another via a connecting shaft such that the forepump input shaft is coupled directly to the drive shaft and the main pump input shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via the connecting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhard Pippes
  • Publication number: 20210285448
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device has a primary pump and a main pump fluidically connected to the primary pump. The primary pump can be driven by a primary pump input shaft, the main pump can be driven by a main pump input shaft, and the primary pump input shaft and the main pump input shaft are mechanically coupled to a common drive shaft of the fluid delivery device. The primary pump is in the form of a non-compensated gear pump or a centrifugal pump and the main pump is in the form of a compensated internal gear pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard PIPPES, Artur BOHR
  • Publication number: 20200318635
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device having a forepump and a main pump fluidically connected to the forepump, wherein the forepump can be driven via a forepump input shaft and the main pump can be driven via a main pump input shaft. According to the invention, the forepump has a forepump drive gear coupled to the forepump input shaft and a forepump delivery gear interacting with the forepump drive gear to deliver the fluid, wherein the forepump and the main pump are drivingly coupled to a common drive shaft, and wherein the forepump delivery gear and the main pump input shaft are connected to one another via a connecting shaft such that the forepump input shaft is coupled directly to the drive shaft and the main pump input shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via the connecting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Reinhard PIPPES
  • Patent number: 10634136
    Abstract: A geared fluid machine has a machine housing and first and second intermeshing gearwheels that are rotatably mounted in the machine housing with respect to an axis of rotation and are arranged at least partially contacting by their end faces. At least one axial washer is arranged in the machine housing with axial play and has on a distal side a pressure field surrounded by a circumferential seal. The seal contacts and seals against a first bearing surface of the axial washer, and also contacts and seals against a second bearing surface of the machine housing. The seal is at least partially U-shaped in section and has a first seal limb contacting the first bearing surface, a second seal limb contacting the second bearing surface, and a connecting limb connecting the first and second seal limbs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ECKERLE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Artur Bohr
  • Patent number: 10060432
    Abstract: A motor pump unit with a multipart housing comprises a reversible internal gear machine and an electric motor with a rotor and a stator, which is coupled to the internal gear machine via a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing. One shaft end extends from the internal gear machine axially through the rotor that is carried by the shaft. First and second connecting channel ends in the working chamber of the internal gear machine are connected via check valves in the housing to a leakage channel loop, which is fluidically connected to a leakage channel that is fluidically connected to the working chamber, and which has a shaft leakage channel extending axially through the shaft and a rotor leakage channel that is fluidically connected thereto and extends axially through the rotor and/or a gap leakage channel between the rotor and stator, which is fluidically connected to the shaft leakage channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Eckerle Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Dominik Ketterer
  • Patent number: 9945377
    Abstract: A motor pump unit comprises an electric motor and a reversible internal gear machine. The latter has a multi-part housing in which an externally toothed pinion and an internally toothed hollow gear are arranged. A free space, in which a multi-part filler element is arranged, is configured between the gears. The filler element comprises radially movable sealing segments, between which a radial gap is configured. An axially movable sealing plate is arranged between axial faces of the gears and a housing part. This has a sealing plate control groove that is open to the faces of the gears and that can be pressurized, and which is open to the radial gap and located directly opposite thereto. The pinion segment and/or hollow gear segment has a radial sealing segment control channel that can be pressurized and extends transversely, is open to the radial gap, and ends directly in the radial gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Eckerle Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Dominik Ketterer
  • Publication number: 20180030982
    Abstract: A geared fluid machine has a machine housing and first and second intermeshing gearwheels that are rotatably mounted in the machine housing with respect to an axis of rotation and are arranged at least partially contacting by their end faces. At least one axial washer is arranged in the machine housing with axial play and has on a distal side a pressure field surrounded by a circumferential seal. The seal contacts and seals against a first bearing surface of the axial washer, and also contacts and seals against a second bearing surface of the machine housing. The seal is at least partially U-shaped in section and has a first seal limb contacting the first bearing surface, a second seal limb contacting the second bearing surface, and a connecting limb connecting the first and second seal limbs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Eckerle Industrie-Electronik GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard PIPPES, Artur BOHR
  • Publication number: 20150267699
    Abstract: A motor pump unit with a multipart housing comprises a reversible internal gear machine and an electric motor with a rotor and a stator, which is coupled to the internal gear machine via a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing. One shaft end extends from the internal gear machine axially through the rotor that is carried by the shaft. First and second connecting channel ends in the working chamber of the internal gear machine are connected via check valves in the housing to a leakage channel loop, which is fluidically connected to a leakage channel that is fluidically connected to the working chamber, and which has a shaft leakage channel extending axially through the shaft and a rotor leakage channel that is fluidically connected thereto and extends axially through the rotor and/or a gap leakage channel between the rotor and stator, which is fluidically connected to the shaft leakage channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhard PIPPES, Dominik KETTERER
  • Publication number: 20150267701
    Abstract: A motor pump unit comprises an electric motor and a reversible internal gear machine. The latter has a multi-part housing in which an externally toothed pinion and an internally toothed hollow gear are arranged. A free space, in which a multi-part filler element is arranged, is configured between the gears. The filler element comprises radially movable sealing segments, between which a radial gap is configured. An axially movable sealing plate is arranged between axial faces of the gears and a housing part. This has a sealing plate control groove that is open to the faces of the gears and that can be pressurized, and which is open to the radial gap and located directly opposite thereto. The pinion segment and/or hollow gear segment has a radial sealing segment control channel that can be pressurized and extends transversely, is open to the radial gap, and ends directly in the radial gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Reinhard PIPPES, Dominik KETTERER
  • Patent number: 6893239
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal geared wheel pump without a filler piece, comprising a housing, an internal geared wheel (3) which rotates in the housing and an external geared pinion (2) which is rotationally mounted in the housing and which meshes with the geared wheel. The teeth of the pinion define a suction area and a pressure area in the gearing, by complete engagement with the tooth spaces of the geared wheel and by sealing contact with tooth crowns of the geared wheel in an engagement-free geared wheel area which lies approximately diametrically opposite the tooth space engagement. The toothing of the geared wheel and the pinion is an involute or cycloid toothing, the tooth crowns having a rounded peripheral surface (23, 34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Eckerle Industrie-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Pippes
  • Publication number: 20040091379
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal geared wheel pump without a filler piece, comprising a housing, an internal geared wheel (3) which rotates in the housing and an external geared pinion (2) which is rotationally mounted in the housing and which meshes with the geared wheel. The teeth of the pinion define a suction area and a pressure area in the gearing, by complete engagement with the tooth spaces fo the geared wheel and by sealing contact with tooth crows of the geared wheel in an engagement-free geared wheel area which lies approximately diametrically opposite the tooth space engagement. The toothing of the geared wheel and the pinion is an involute or cycloid toothing, the tooth crowns having a rounded peripheral surface (23, 34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventor: Reinhard Pippes
  • Publication number: 20030161748
    Abstract: An internal gear pump that does not contain any filler elements comprises a housing (1) and a bearing ring (5), which is accommodated inside a recess (13) of the housing in a manner that permits it to transversally move in relation to its axis but not to rotate. The internal gear pump also comprises an internal-geared ring gear (3), which is mounted inside the bearing ring in a manner that permits it to revolve, and a pinion (2), which is mounted inside the housing in a manner that permits it to rotate and which meshes with said ring gear. The inner peripheral surface of the housing recess (13) coaxially extends in relation to the pinion (2), and the bearing ring, which is eccentrically arranged with regard to the pinion axis (15), can pivot in relation to the housing recess about a parallel pivotal axis (22, 23) that is parallel to the axis thereof. The bearing ring can pivot without the tight contact between the tooth tips of the pinion (2) and ring gear (3) being lost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Reinhard Pippes, Stefan Bellemann
  • Patent number: 6186757
    Abstract: An internal-gear machine has a casing and a running assembly accommodated in the casing and comprising a rotatably mounted pinion and an internally toothed annular gear meshing with the pinion. The annular gear is widened at its outer periphery to form a running ring which can be integral with the internally toothed part of the annular gear or a separately produced component which is non-rotatably connected to the internally toothed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Eckerle Industrie Elektronik GmbH
    Inventor: Reinhard Pippes
  • Patent number: 5674060
    Abstract: A hydraulic gear machine, in particular an internal gear machine having two gear wheels which mesh with each other in a chamber of a multipart housing, a sealing plate arranged on the side of the two gear wheels axially between them and a housing part, and a pressure field which is present in the housing part on the high-pressure side, is open towards the sealing plate, and is adapted to be acted on by high pressure. The order to provide embodiments of the gear machine which differ in their direction of rotation with the use of many of the same parts, a second pressure field is present in the housing part and the first pressure field is present only on the one side and the second pressure field only on the other side of a center plane which is defined by the axes of rotation of the two gear wheels so that a piece of the housing part is still present between the two pressure fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Eckerle-Rexroth GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Buchmuller, Reinhard Pippes
  • Patent number: 4934913
    Abstract: An internal-gear machine such as a pump comprises an internally toothed annular gear and an externally toothed pinion which meshes with the internal teeth of the annular gear over a portion of the periphery thereof, an arcuate filling member being disposed between the annular gear and the pinion. The annular gear has openings which connect the outside periphery of the annular gear with the inward side thereof in the region of the gaps between the teeth. Each opening is set into the non-bearing flank of the respective tooth which delimits on one side the gap between a pair of teeth, to such an extent that at the same time each opening forms a communication between the root of the respective tooth and the tip of the tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Otto Eckerle GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Pippes