Patents by Inventor Rudolf Loeffler

Rudolf Loeffler 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: 20220385120
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a media gap motor for a turbocharger. The proposed media gap motor contains a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator comprises multiple fins which extend from an inner portion radially towards the rotor in a flow chamber formed between the stator and the rotor. The fins do not extend by means of their inner portions as far as the rotor, and therefore a gap is formed between an inner end of the fins and the rotor, wherein in internal diameter of the fins is at least 1.2 times and at most 3 times an external diameter of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Rudolf Löffler, Holger Gödeke, Ralf Hrber, Bernhard Spleiss
  • Patent number: 8550793
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for compressing fresh air for internal combustion engines includes a compressor wheel and an electric motor having at least one stator and at least one rotor having a rotor magnet and a rotor gap between the rotor and stator. The rotor gap is designed such that when the compressor wheel rotates, at least 50%, of the air mass flow to be compressed is fed through the rotor gap. The compressor wheel is mounted on a shaft or contains the shaft and at least one rotor magnet or a carrier for holding the rotor magnet and is mountable as a separate part on said shaft and may be bolted, splinted, glued, shrunk, or secured by form-fit to said shaft to prevent rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignees: Lindenmaier AG, SycoTec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Goedecke, Rudolf Loeffler, Ralf Heber, Thomas Bischof, Sandra Maier, Oliver Kaempfer
  • Patent number: 8371121
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel, a compressor wheel connected thereto, an electric motor situated on the side of the compressor wheel which is distant to the turbine wheel, and a rotor connected to the compressor wheel in a rotationally fixed manner and designed in a freely projecting manner. A drive system for motor vehicles includes a turbocharger. The turbocharger is characterized by a very spontaneous response behavior, as well as the possibility for energy recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Lindenmaier AG, SycoTec GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Holger Gödeke, Rudolf Löffler, Ralf Heber, Thomas Bischof, Sandra Maier, Oliver Kämpfer
  • Publication number: 20110076167
    Abstract: An electric motor conveys media and includes a stator, a rotor with a rotor magnet, and a media throughput opening between the stator and rotor. An operationally reliable delivery of media at low cost and with low maintenance is achieved with the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: LINDENMAIER AG
    Inventors: Holger Gödeke, Rudolf Löffler, Ralf Heber, Thomas Bischof, Sandra Stehmer, Oliver Kämpfer
  • Publication number: 20110076166
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a compressor arrangement for compressing fresh air for internal combustion engines, containing a compressor wheel as well as an electric motor with a rotor and stator. A rotor magnet of the rotor is designed such that it is partially or completely integrated into the compressor wheel, and the smallest diameter of the stator is 1.5- to 8-times the size of the largest outer diameter of the rotor. The turbocharger has a very spontaneous response behaviour in the transient range, as well as the possibility of an exact real-time regulation of the mass flow. It furthermore renders possible the energy recovery and this contributes to increasing the total efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Holger Gödeke, Rudolf Löffler, Ralf Heber, Thomas Bischof, Sandra Stehmer, Oliver Kämpfer
  • Publication number: 20100212643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor arrangement for compressing fresh air for internal combustion engines, comprising a compressor wheel (3) and an electric motor (4) having at least one stator (4b) and at least one rotor (4a) having a rotor magnet (4c) and a rotor gap between the rotor (4a) and stator (4b), the rotor gap being designed such that when the compressor wheel rotates, at least 50%, preferably at least 90%, especially preferably 100% of the air mass flow to be compressed is fed through the rotor gap, wherein the compressor wheel (3) is mounted on a shaft (8) or contains said shaft (3a) and at least one rotor magnet (4c) or a carrier (20) for holding the rotor magnet is mountable as a separate part on said shaft and may be bolted, splinted, glued, shrunk, or secured by form-fit to said shaft to prevent rotation. Thus, an energy-saving and very fast-acting compressor for motor vehicles is provided that can particularly be produced on a large industrial scale, cost-effectively, and quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: LINDENMAIER A/G, SYCOTEC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Holger Goedecke, Rudolf Loeffler, Ralf Herber, Thomas Bischof, Sandra Maier, Oliver Kaempfer