Patents by Inventor Thomas Fallscheer

Thomas Fallscheer 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: 9932869
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a supercharging apparatus, and a crankcase ventilation apparatus having at least one oil-separating apparatus including at least one oil separator. An oil return line may communicate separated oil from the crankcase ventilation apparatus to the crankcase. An ejector pump may be driven via a compressed air flow of the supercharging apparatus and may be configured to generate an underpressure for driving a blow-by gas. The crankcase ventilation apparatus may include a pump control valve configured to at least one of regulate and control the compressed air flow through the ejector pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitri An, Steve Beez, Armando Coelho, Alfred Elsaesser, Thomas Fallscheer, Volker Kirschner, Thomas Riemay, Stefan Ruppel
  • Publication number: 20160138442
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a supercharging apparatus, and a crankcase ventilation apparatus having at least one oil-separating apparatus including at least one oil separator. An oil return line may communicate separated oil from the crankcase ventilation apparatus to the crankcase. An ejector pump may be driven via a compressed air flow of the supercharging apparatus and may be configured to generate an underpressure for driving a blow-by gas. The crankcase ventilation apparatus may include a pump control valve configured to at least one of regulate and control the compressed air flow through the ejector pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Dimitri An, Steve Beez, Armando Coelho, Alfred Elsaesser, Thomas Fallscheer, Volker Kirschner, Thomas Riemay, Stefan Ruppel
  • Patent number: 9255658
    Abstract: A connection device may include an insertion section having an annular outer groove. A housing may be configured to receive the insertion section and a blocking element may be configured to lock the insertion section in the housing. The blocking element may have a band-shaped core and a plurality of teeth arranged adjacent in the peripheral direction along the core. Each of the teeth may include an outer tooth section and an inner tooth section. A core profile may have a core principal direction determined by a maximum diameter. The teeth may have a tooth profile which has a tooth principal direction determined by an inner flank of the teeth lying radially on an interior of the outer tooth section and the core principal direction may be inclined with respect to the tooth principal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriel Bundy, Thomas Fallscheer, Thomas Pröttel
  • Patent number: 9121535
    Abstract: A coupling unit having at least one tubular section; a casing; at least one detent ring, which is arranged radially between the casing and the at least one tubular section when the at least one tubular section, is inserted in the casing, wherein the at least one detent ring, the casing, and the at least one tubular section are configured to adapt to one another such that the tubular section is inserted axially into the casing in a first relative rotational position of the tubular section and the casing, wherein the tubular section is secured by the detent ring against axial withdrawal, the casing and tubular section can be rotated relative to one another, and wherein for decoupling purposes, the tubular section can be withdrawn axially from the casing in a second relative rotational position of the casing and the tubular section that differs from the first rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Ammon, Thomas Fallscheer, Ralf Frommer, Annett Overheu, Thomas Pröttel, Jürgen Stehlig
  • Publication number: 20130127154
    Abstract: A connection device may include an insertion section having an annular outer groove. A housing may be configured to receive the insertion section and a blocking element may be configured to lock the insertion section in the housing. The blocking element may have a band-shaped core and a plurality of teeth arranged adjacent in the peripheral direction along the core. Each of the teeth may include an outer tooth section and an inner tooth section. A core profile may have a core principal direction determined by a maximum diameter. The teeth may have a tooth profile which has a tooth principal direction determined by an inner flank of the teeth lying radially on an interior of the outer tooth section and the core principal direction may be inclined with respect to the tooth principal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Gabriel Bundy, Thomas Fallscheer, Thomas Pröttel
  • Publication number: 20120038153
    Abstract: A coupling unit having at least one tubular section; a casing; at least one detent ring, which is arranged radially between the casing and the at least one tubular section when the at least one tubular section, is inserted in the casing, wherein the at least one detent ring, the casing, and the at least one tubular section are configured to adapt to one another such that the tubular section is inserted axially into the casing in a first relative rotational position of the tubular section and the casing, wherein the tubular section is secured by the detent ring against axial withdrawal, the casing and tubular section can be rotated relative to one another, and wherein for decoupling purposes, the tubular section can be withdrawn axially from the casing in a second relative rotational position of the casing and the tubular section that differs from the first rotational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Edgar Ammon, Thomas Fallscheer, Ralf Frommer, Annett Overheu, Thomas Pr+e,uml o+ee ttel, J+e,uml u+ee rgen Stehlig
  • Publication number: 20110148108
    Abstract: A coupling unit having at least one tubular section; a casing; at least one detent ring, which is arranged radially between the casing and the at least one tubular section when the at least one tubular section, is inserted in the casing, wherein the at least one detent ring, the casing, and the at least one tubular section are configured to adapt to one another such that the tubular section is inserted axially into the casing in a first relative rotational position of the tubular section and the casing, wherein the tubular section is secured by the detent ring against axial withdrawal, the casing and tubular section can be rotated relative to one another, and wherein for decoupling purposes, the tubular section can be withdrawn axially from the casing in a second relative rotational position of the casing and the tubular section that differs from the first rotational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Edgar Ammon, Thomas Fallscheer, Ralf Frommer, Annett Overheu, Thomas Pröttel, Jürgen Stehlig