Patents by Inventor Stefan KOPP

Stefan KOPP 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: 10280845
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, and having a screw bore having a shoulder; a flap, fastened to the shaft, the flap influencing a flow cross section in the flow channel; a screw having a collar, the screw fixedly attaching the flap to the shaft; a drive driving the flap via the shaft; and a valve seat in the flow channel, the valve seating having a seal arranged on a radially circumferential edge of the flap, the seal being in contact with the valve seat in a closed position of the flap such that the shaft penetrates the flap at an angle. The collar contacts the shoulder such that, when the screw is tightened firmly, a transmission of force from the collar to the shaft takes place via the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Johannes Montigny, Stefan Kopp
  • Patent number: 10215104
    Abstract: A valve device for a fuel cell arrangement in a motor vehicle includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a flap configured to influence a flow cross-section in the flow channel; a shaft to which the flap is attached, the shaft being rotatably supported in the housing; a drive configured to drive the flap via the shaft; a valve seat arranged in the flow channel; and a seal including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arranged on a radially peripheral edge of the flap, the seal being configured to contact the valve seat with the flap in a closed position of the flap, so that the shaft passes through the flap at an angle. The seal includes a spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kohlen, Rainer Johannes Montigny, Stefan Kopp
  • Publication number: 20170370299
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a shaft mounted rotatably in the housing, and having a screw bore having a shoulder; a flap, fastened to the shaft, the flap influencing a flow cross section in the flow channel; a screw having a collar, the screw fixedly attaching the flap to the shalt a drive driving the flap via the shaft; and a valve seat in the flow channel, the valve seating having a seal arranged on a radially circumferential edge of the flap, the seal being in contact with the valve seat in a closed position of the flap such that the shaft penetrates the flap at an angle. The collar contacts the shoulder such that, when the screw is tightened firmly, a transmission of force from the collar to the shaft takes place via the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Johannes MONTIGNY, Stefan KOPP
  • Publication number: 20170370298
    Abstract: A valve device for a fuel cell arrangement in a motor vehicle includes: a housing; a flow channel extending in the housing; a flap configured to influence a flow cross-section in the flow channel; a shaft to which the flap is attached, the shaft being rotatably supported in the housing; a drive configured to drive the flap via the shaft; a valve seat arranged in the flow channel; and a seal including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arranged on a radially peripheral edge of the flap, the seal being configured to contact the valve seat with the flap In a closed position of the flap, so that the shaft passes through the flap at an angle. The seal includes a spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Peter KOHLEN, Rainer Johannes MONTIGNY, Stefan KOPP
  • Publication number: 20170363213
    Abstract: A valve device in a motor vehicle including a housing; a flow passage arranged in the housing; a flap arranged in the flow passage for closing the flow passage, wherein the flap is secured on an axle, and the axle is rotatably mounted in the housing, and can be driven by an electric motor via a gear unit; and a valve seat arranged in the flow passage, with which valve seat the flap is in contact in a closing position, wherein the axle penetrates the flap at an angle. The part of the axle located in the flow passage has a smaller diameter than in the area of the bearing on the side of the gear unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Johannes MONTIGNY, Stefan KOPP
  • Publication number: 20170363018
    Abstract: A valve device for a fuel cell arrangement in a motor vehicle includes: a housing; a flow channel that extends in the housing; a spindle mounted rotatably in the housing; a flap fastened to the spindle, the flap being arranged in the flow channel and configured to close off the flow channel, the flap having a bore via which bore the spindle penetrates the flap; a drive configured to drive the flap via the spindle; a valve seat arranged in the flow channel, the valve seat, in a closed position of the flap, being in contact with the flap, wherein the spindle penetrates the flap at an angle and openings of the bore each lead to one side of the flap; and a seal arranged In the bore between the flap and the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Rainer Johannes MONTIGNY, Peter KOHLEN, Stefan KOPP