Patents by Inventor Robert Hasenfratz

Robert Hasenfratz 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: 20230311029
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 11731067
    Abstract: A filter element for filtration and dehumidification of a gas has at least one filter medium body with an outflow side delimiting a clean-side flow chamber. A dehumidification unit is arranged downstream of the at least one filter medium body in a flow direction of the gas in the clean-side flow chamber. A carrier body accommodates the at least one filter medium body and the dehumidification unit. The dehumidification unit is connected flow-tightly to an outflow opening of the clean-side flow chamber. The dehumidification unit is arranged in the clean-side flow chamber at a spacing relative to the at least one filter medium body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Andreas Franz
  • Patent number: 11701602
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20220379255
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium annularly surrounding a longitudinal axis of the filter element. The filter medium can be flowed through radially from an exterior to an interior and has a plurality of folds. A first end disk is arranged at a first end face of the filter element. A primary air passage and a secondary air passage are provided. The filter medium has an axial recess at the first end face. The first end disk has a channel forming the secondary air passage and extending in the axial recess. The plurality of folds include first folds in a region of the recess and second folds away from the recess. An axial length of the first folds is reduced relative to an axial length of the second folds. An air filter with such filter element and an assembly method for the air filter are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Schmid, Matthias Krohlow, Martin Sonntag, Steffen Pfannkuch, Martin Schmid, Christoph Wittmers, Robert Hasenfratz
  • Publication number: 20220274039
    Abstract: An air filter has a filter housing having a raw air inlet and further has a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter element has a filter medium body and an end disk with a central primary air passage and a secondary air passage. The filter medium body annularly surrounds a longitudinal axis of the filter element and separates a raw side in the filter housing from a clean side inside the filter element. The filter housing has a primary air outlet communicating through the primary air passage with the clean side of the filter element. The filter housing has a secondary air outlet communicating through the secondary air passage with the clean side of the filter element. The secondary air outlet communicates with the secondary air passage through a channel arranged at the filter element, wherein the channel surrounds the primary air passage annularly and coaxially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Matthias KROHLOW, Daniel SCHMID, Martin SONNTAG, Steffen PFANNKUCH, Martin SCHMID, Christoph WITTMERS, Robert HASENFRATZ
  • Patent number: 11415089
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium folded in a star shape that surrounds annularly a longitudinal axis of the filter element and is flowed through radially from exterior to interior. The filter element has a primary air passage and a secondary air passage. In the filter medium, a cutout is formed that penetrates a plurality of folds of the filter medium. A passage socket at which the secondary air passage is formed extends through the cutout. An air filter provided with a filter housing having a raw air inlet, a primary air outlet, and a secondary air outlet, has such a filter element that separates in the filter housing a raw side communicating with the raw air inlet from a clean side. The primary air outlet communicates through the primary air passage and the secondary air outlet through the secondary air passage with the clean side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Schmid, Matthias Krohlow, Martin Sonntag, Steffen Pfannkuch, Martin Schmid, Christoph Wittmers, Robert Hasenfratz
  • Publication number: 20210362077
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Publication number: 20210246852
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter medium folded in a star shape that surrounds annularly a longitudinal axis of the filter element and is flowed through radially from exterior to interior. The filter element has a primary air passage and a secondary air passage. In the filter medium, a cutout is formed that penetrates a plurality of folds of the filter medium. A passage socket at which the secondary air passage is formed extends through the cutout. An air filter provided with a filter housing having a raw air inlet, a primary air outlet, and a secondary air outlet, has such a filter element that separates in the filter housing a raw side communicating with the raw air inlet from a clean side. The primary air outlet communicates through the primary air passage and the secondary air outlet through the secondary air passage with the clean side, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Schmid, Matthias Krohlow, Martin Sonntag, Steffen Pfannkuch, Martin Schmid, Christoph Wittmers, Robert Hasenfratz
  • Patent number: 11027227
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 10946324
    Abstract: A round filter element is provided with an elongate filter medium body with a wall structure flowed through by a fluid to be purified in a flow direction radially relative to a longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. A seal support for a sealing element is arranged adjacent to a radially outwardly positioned outer wall of the wall structure of the filter medium body and adjacent to an end face of the filter medium body. The seal support has across a major portion of its circumference a constant radial spacing relative to the outer wall of the wall structure of the filter medium body. The seal support has at least one radially inwardly oriented indentation located at a longitudinal side of the filter medium body and provided with a reduced radial spacing relative to the outer wall of the wall structure of the filter medium body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Fritzsching, Pascal Neef, Robert Hasenfratz, Christoph Wittmers
  • Patent number: 10898833
    Abstract: A filter device includes in a filter housing a hollow cylindrical filter element having frontal end plates, a flow opening being made in one of the end plates. In order to interlockingly secure a pipe connection piece that communicates with the flow opening, a cover has a radial collar which forms an axial stop for the pipe connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Schreckenberger, Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Frank Pflueger, André Roesgen
  • Patent number: 10883456
    Abstract: A filter element (10) is provided with open filter body (16) of a filter medium (18). The filter element (10) has at least one longitudinal mating surface (40) which is directed with at least one direction component axially to an element axis (14) of the filter element (10) and which is in contact with a corresponding longitudinal mating surface of the filter housing (11) for securing the filter element (10) axially to the element axis (14). The filter element (10) has at least one transverse retaining surface (52) which is directed with at least one direction component across the element axis (14). The transverse retaining surface (52) is separated from the at least one longitudinal retaining surface (40) and may be in contact with a corresponding transverse mating surface (56) of the filter housing (11) for securing the filter element (10) across the element axis (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Pascal Neef, Werner Blossey, Mario Rieger, Robert Hasenfratz, Nadine Donauer, Andreas Weber
  • Publication number: 20200282342
    Abstract: A filter device includes in a filter housing a hollow cylindrical filter element having frontal end plates. A port having a first sealing element is incorporated into a cover the filter housing, said sealing element being arranged coaxially relative to a second sealing element in a flow opening in the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Dieter Schreckenberger, Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Frank Pflueger, André Roesgen
  • Patent number: 10737201
    Abstract: A filter system (100) has at least one filter element (10), a filter housing (108) having at least one first housing part and one second housing part, in particular a lid (110), as well as a coupling device (50). The coupling device (50) thereby has at least one first coupling part (60) and at least one second coupling part (70) that corresponds to it for removable coupling of the at least one filter element (10) to the second housing part (110). The first coupling part (60) has one or a plurality of first latching means (62) and control surfaces (64). The second coupling part (70) has one or a plurality of second latching means (72) that can be brought into operative connection with the one or a plurality of first latching means (62) and control surfaces (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Petra Skorpíková, Markus Nefzer, Fabian Wagner, Frank Pflueger, Robert Hasenfratz, Christian Thalmann
  • Publication number: 20200222835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter element assembly for filtering a fluid, optionally including water separation. A filter element has at least one annular filter bellows which is flowed through in the radial direction, and at least one end plate arranged on the filter bellows on the end side. At least one circumferential sealing element is arranged on the end plate. The sealing element seals the clean side from the raw side of the filter element. The sealing element is compressed between a first housing part and a second housing part of the filter system, sealing a housing interior from the environment. The invention also relates to a filter system having the filter element assembly with the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Andre Roesgen, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Arndt-Udo Rolle
  • Patent number: 10702812
    Abstract: A filter device has a cup-shaped filter housing and a filter element disposed in the filter housing. A filter head is connectable to the filter housing and forms a cover for the filter housing. A spring element is provided that is acting on the filter element. The filter head has at least one first form-fit element. The filter housing has at least one second form-fit element for interacting with the at least one first form-fit element. The spring element is arranged such that the filter head and the filter housing for reaching a closed position, in which the at least one first form-fit element and the at least one second form-fit element engage each other, are movable relative to each other axially against the force of the spring element. The spring element clamps the filter element axially between filter head and filter housing in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: André Roesgen, Robert Hasenfratz, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Fabian Wagner
  • Patent number: 10610810
    Abstract: A filter device includes in a filter housing a hollow cylindrical filter element having frontal end plates. A port having a first sealing element is incorporated into a cover the filter housing, said sealing element being arranged coaxially relative to a second sealing element in a flow opening in the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Schreckenberger, Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, Frank Pflueger, André Roesgen
  • Publication number: 20200054971
    Abstract: A filter device for treating fluids, in particular for filtering fluids such as fuel, oil, or water, has a housing (56) with a housing pot (58), a housing cover (60), at least one inlet (88) for the fluid to be treated, and at least one outlet (82) for the treated fluid. A connecting head (12) has at least one feed (16) for the fluid to be treated and connectable to the at least one inlet (88), and/or at least one discharge (18). The connecting head (12) and the treatment element (14) can be connected to each other by means of a releasable bayonet-type connecting device (34) through the execution of a rotational/plug-in movement about a connecting axis (20) of the treatment device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Thalmann, Robert Hasenfratz, Fabian Wagner, André Roesgen, Frank Pflueger
  • Patent number: 10561969
    Abstract: A filter element is provided with a filter bellows that has an inflow side and an outflow side for a fluid to be filtered, wherein the filter bellows is made of a zigzag-folded filter medium with folds with fold edges. The inflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the inflow side and the outflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the outflow side. At least one filter element holding device is provided that holds the filter element in a filter housing. The at least one filter element holding device is connected directly or indirectly with the filter bellows. At least one supporting element supports the filter element in the filter housing; the at least one supporting element is separate from the at least one filter element holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Nadine Sorger, Pascal Neef, Mario Rieger, Werner Blossey, Markus Nefzer, Robert Hasenfratz, Andreas Weber
  • Publication number: 20200047103
    Abstract: A filter element for filtration and dehumidification of a gas has at least one filter medium body with an outflow side delimiting a clean-side flow chamber. A dehumidification unit is arranged downstream of the at least one filter medium body in a flow direction of the gas in the clean-side flow chamber. A carrier body accommodates the at least one filter medium body and the dehumidification unit. The dehumidification unit is connected flow-tightly to an outflow opening of the clean-side flow chamber. The dehumidification unit is arranged in the clean-side flow chamber at a spacing relative to the at least one filter medium body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Hasenfratz, Andreas Franz