Patents by Inventor Stefan Küchle

Stefan Küchle 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: 11773876
    Abstract: A control valve for a pump for delivering a fluid. The control valve includes: a valve housing which delineates a piston chamber; a piston which can be moved within the piston chamber; and a fluid channel which ports into the piston chamber via a port opening, wherein the port opening defines a port control edge. The valve housing includes a recess which extends into the fluid channel, wherein the recess defines a recess control edge which is axially offset with respect to the port control edge, and/or the piston includes a piston recess which defines a piston recess control edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Küchle, Thomas Tontsch, Simone Schilling
  • Publication number: 20220235801
    Abstract: A control valve for a pump for delivering a fluid. The control valve includes: a valve housing which delineates a piston chamber; a piston which can be moved within the piston chamber; and a fluid channel which ports into the piston chamber via a port opening, wherein the port opening defines a port control edge. The valve housing includes a recess which extends into the fluid channel, wherein the recess defines a recess control edge which is axially offset with respect to the port control edge, and/or the piston includes a piston recess which defines a piston recess control edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan Küchle, Thomas Tontsch, Simone Schilling
  • Patent number: 11286929
    Abstract: A rotary pump, preferably a vacuum pump, featuring: a delivery space including an inlet on a low-pressure side and an outlet on a high-pressure side of the pump; a rotor which is arranged in the delivery space and delivers a fluid from the inlet into the delivery space to the outlet from the delivery space; at least one housing part which delineates the delivery space at least axially; and a drive shaft which is connected in drive terms to the rotor; including at least one sealing element which is connected, secured against shifting and/or rotating, to the drive shaft and/or rotor and forms a radial sealing gap with the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Roman Ickert, Stefan Küchle, Volker Stöhr, Tobias Iser
  • Patent number: 10473100
    Abstract: A pump which exhibits an adjustable delivery volume, the pump including (a) a pump housing comprising a delivery chamber; (b) a delivery rotor which can be rotated about a rotary axis within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid; (c) an adjusting device, including: (c1) an adjusting member which can be adjusted in the pump housing in order to adjust the delivery volume of the pump; (c2) a first setting chamber for generating a first setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (c3) and a second setting chamber for generating a second setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (d) a fluidically operable valve for adjusting the setting pressure of the first setting chamber; (e) and an electromagnetic valve, comprising: a pressure port for a setting fluid which is diverted from the high-pressure side; and a relief port for the setting fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Stefan Küchle, Thomas Wahl, Fabian Eisele, Thomas Finsterle, Volker Stöhr
  • Publication number: 20190277282
    Abstract: A rotary pump, preferably a vacuum. pump, featuring: a delivery space including an inlet on a low-pressure side and an outlet on a high-pressure side of the pump; a rotor which is arranged in the delivery space and delivers a fluid from the inlet into the delivery space to the outlet from the delivery space; at least one housing part which delineates the delivery space at least axially; and a drive shaft which is connected in drive terms to the rotor; including at least one sealing element which is connected, secured against shifting and/or rotating, to the drive shaft and/or rotor and forms a radial sealing gap with the housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Roman Ickert, Stefan Küchle, Volker Stöhr, Tobias Iser
  • Publication number: 20170167484
    Abstract: A pump which exhibits an adjustable delivery volume, the pump including (a) a pump housing comprising a delivery chamber; (b) a delivery rotor which can be rotated about a rotary axis within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid; (c) an adjusting device, including: (c1) an adjusting member which can be adjusted in the pump housing in order to adjust the delivery volume of the pump; (c2) a first setting chamber for generating a first setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (c3) and a second setting chamber for generating a second setting pressure for adjusting the adjusting member; (d) a fluidically operable valve for adjusting the setting pressure of the first setting chamber; (e) and an electromagnetic valve, comprising: a pressure port for a setting fluid which is diverted from the high-pressure side; and a relief port for the setting fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Sven Peters, Stefan Küchle, Thomas Wahl, Fabian Eisele, Thomas Finsterle, Volker Stöhr
  • Patent number: 8814544
    Abstract: A rotary pump with an improved seal on a control pressure chamber, including: a housing having a delivery chamber; a feed wheel rotatable in the delivery chamber; an actuating member surrounding the feed wheel forming delivery cells and moveable in the housing relative to the feed wheel. The control pressure chamber is delineated by the actuating member together with axially facing axial co-operating surfaces, forming an axial sealing gap and a radial sealing gap. A control fluid can be introduced into the control pressure chamber for applying pressure to the actuating member to exert an actuating force in the actuating direction; a restoring device for generating a restoring force; and a sealing element arranged on the actuating member or the circumferential co-operating surface. To compensate for a change in gap width of one of the axial sealing gaps, a base leakage cross-section is provided on the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Ebinger, Michael Ehringer, Kim Boris Friedrich, Stefan Küchle, Boris Memel, Sven Peters, Lothar Preisler, Anton Schmid, Klaus Wiggenhauser