Patents by Inventor Thomas Heli
Thomas Heli 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).
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Patent number: 11835062Abstract: A diagonal fan has an electric motor, a housing, and a diagonal impeller received in the housing. The diagonal fan is driven via the electric motor. The fan generates a diagonal flow during operation that is deflected in an axial flow direction by an inner wall of the housing. An outlet guide vane device is arranged adjacent to the diagonal impeller when viewed in the axial flow direction. The outlet guide vane device has a plurality of guide vanes that are distributed in a circumferential direction. The outlet guide vane device homogenizes an airflow generated by the diagonal impeller. The device has an air outlet with a specified outlet diameter B. The diagonal fan extends over a total axial length E. The ratio of the total axial length E to the outlet diameter B is configured such that 0.3?E/B?0.6.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Heli, Daniel Gebert
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Publication number: 20220106966Abstract: A diagonal fan has an electric motor, housing, and diagonal impeller, which is accommodated within the housing, can be driven via the electric motor, and generates a diagonal flow during operation that is deflected in an axial flow direction by an inner wall of the housing. Outlet guide vane device with a plurality of guide vanes distributed in the circumferential direction is arranged adjacently to the diagonal impeller when viewed in the axial flow direction, and homogenizes airflow generated by the diagonal impeller. vanes have a radial extension from a hub region of the outlet guide vane device to the housing. An imaginary extension in the outflow angle of the diagonal impeller strikes the inner wall of the housing at an axial distance K from the diagonal impeller. Outlet guide vane device is arranged at axial distance H to diagonal impeller where 0.75?K/H?1.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Thomas HELI, Joerg GUENTHER, Peter RIEGLER, Daniel GEBERT
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Patent number: 11136990Abstract: The impeller has a bottom disk, a top disk, and impeller blades sandwiched between the two. The top disk has an inner opening edge that defines an axial inlet opening. The impeller blades have a first radial inward section that extends radially inward beyond the opening edge. A blade contour on each impeller blade points toward the inlet side of the impeller. The blade contour first radial inward section extends from a transition portion near the opening edge under the top disk. The blade contour on the first radially inward section of the impeller blade extends radially inward yond the opening edge and forms a specified formula geometrical edge design. A second portion of the impeller blades extends radially outward from the transition portion, the transition portion and the second portion of the impeller blade are covered entirely by the top disk from the first formula impeller blade contour.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Denis Kraner, Thomas Heli
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Publication number: 20210277910Abstract: A diagonal fan has an electric motor, a housing, and a diagonal impeller received in the housing. The diagonal fan is driven via the electric motor. The fan generates a diagonal flow during operation that is deflected in an axial flow direction by an inner wall of the housing. An outlet guide vane device is arranged adjacent to the diagonal impeller when viewed in the axial flow direction. The outlet guide vane device has a plurality of guide vanes that are distributed in a circumferential direction. The outlet guide vane device homogenizes an airflow generated by the diagonal impeller. The device has an air outlet with a specified outlet diameter B. The diagonal fan extends over a total axial length E. The ratio of the total axial length E to the outlet diameter B is configured such that 0.3?E/B?0.6.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Thomas HELI, Daniel GEBERT
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Publication number: 20210231125Abstract: The invention relates to a fan (1) comprising an electronic system on a printed circuit board (2) and a cover (10) arranged above the electronic system, which is embodied both as an active cooling body and a passive cooling body, wherein the cover (10) is designed substantially as a flat covering element consisting of a thin-walled plastic and has a form with a surface (11) which is effective for the cooling of the electronic system arranged beneath the cover (10), said surface being larger than the projected base area of the cover (10) by a factor of at least 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Thomas HELI, Peter RIEGLER, Daniel GEBERT, Valerius SCHAAF
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Patent number: 11047394Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a current rectifier for being arranged on the suction area of a ventilator, with an axial initial flow side and an axial exit flow side, wherein the current rectifier comprises several crossing struts formed by at least one circumferential strut and by at least one radial strut, and a pressure measuring conduit is constructed at least in one of the struts and which comprises at least one opening facing the exit flow side, and wherein the pressure measuring conduit comprises a measuring opening for being connected to a measuring line for the connection to a pressure sensor or a pressure sensor is integrated in the pressure measuring conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Haaf, Thomas Heli, Daniel Gebert
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Publication number: 20210108954Abstract: The disclosure relates to a retaining device for an anemometer, designed for use on a fan housing of a fan, wherein the retaining device is designed as a flow conditioner having a plurality of axial flow channels divided into a honeycomb structure by an arrangement of bars, and wherein the retaining device has retaining means, by means of which the anemometer can be fastened to the retaining device such that the former axially adjoins the flow channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Daniel Gebert, Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Valerius Schaaf
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Patent number: 10927846Abstract: A radial fan has a housing with a motor-drivable fan wheel. The fan wheel generates an air volume flow during operation. The housing has a blow-out portion (4) with an impeller (5). The impeller (5) has a plurality of impeller blades (7) spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The impeller (5) is driven by the air volume flow generated by the fan wheel.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Haaf, Thomas Heli, Daniel Gebert, Peter Riegler, Valerius Schaaf
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Patent number: 10570918Abstract: A fan includes a fan housing and a motor accommodated therein. The motor has a stator and a rotor, which is connected to a fan wheel. The fan housing consists of at least a housing upper part and a housing lower part. The housing upper part has an axial opening on the axial inner face of which facing the housing lower part the stator is arranged. On the axial outer face of the axial opening at least electronics are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Malte Pils, Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Jörg Günther
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Patent number: 10550856Abstract: A suction nozzle is provided for a fan with a suction opening for suctioning a fan main flow. The suction nozzle has an opening edge section adjoining the suction opening and having a local outbreak. A flow insert is detachably provided in the local outbreak of the opening edge section. The flow insert forms a bypass leading to the suction opening for a bypass flow leading to the fan main flow. Measuring means are provided in the bypass for the volume flow determination of the fan main flow. A confusor is provided in the bypass. The confusor is formed by a first web and a second web. The first web and the second web circumferentially face one another to form a nozzle channel in the bypass. The nozzle channel has a radially narrowest section. The measuring means are arranged in the radially narrowest section.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Valerius Schaaf
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Patent number: 10428829Abstract: The invention relates to a fan having a fan wheel (2) comprising fan blades (3), which fan wheel extends radially outwards about a rotational axis of the fan (1) and whose outer radial circumference defines a fan wheel diameter (Dv), and a stator (4) with air deflecting webs (5) disposed in the axial direction of flow at a distance (A) from the fan wheel (1), which stator extends radially outwards and has a stator diameter (Dl) that is smaller than the fan wheel diameter (Dv), such that the stator (4) defines a partial cross sectional area of a fan wheel cross sectional area.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: EBM-PAPST MULFINGEN GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Daniel Gebert, Thomas Heli, Eugen Kleinhanss, Ann-Kathrin Löber
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Publication number: 20190186498Abstract: A radial fan has a housing with a motor-drivable fan wheel. The fan wheel generates an air volume flow during operation. The housing has a blow-out portion (4) with an impeller (5). The impeller (5) has a plurality of impeller blades (7) spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The impeller (5) is driven by the air volume flow generated by the fan wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Oliver HAAF, Thomas HELI, Daniel GEBERT, Peter RIEGLER, Valerius SCHAAF
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Patent number: 10270317Abstract: The disclosure relates to a temperature monitoring assembly for monitoring the windings of a motor, comprising at least one temperature sensor or thermal circuit breaker arranged outside of and spaced from the windings of the motor, and at least one heat conducting component, which extends from a first component section for heat coupling and heat transfer, which is in contact with or adjacent to the windings, to a second component section for heat coupling and heat transfer, on or adjacent to the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan Deubler, Thomas Heli, Walter Hofmann, Helmut Lipp
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Publication number: 20180335244Abstract: A ventilation unit (1) designed for installation and use at a refrigeration plant has a fan and a heat exchanger (3) arranged in series with the fan. The fan is designed and positioned with regard to the heat exchanger (3) so as it delivers, in operation, an air volume flow through the heat exchanger (3) and out from the ventilation unit. The fan is designed as a diagonal fan (2). The diagonal fan axially draws in the air volume flow during operation and blows it out diagonally at an angle relative to its axis of rotation (RA).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Oliver Haaf, Thomas Heli, Daniel Gebert
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Patent number: 10094394Abstract: A flow rectifier (1) for an axial fan (2), having a base body (3) which has rings (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e) delimited radially inside the outside by cylindrical surfaces (5, 6). Air guide vanes (7) which are distributed in the circumferential direction about a longitudinal axis (X-X) arranged in a generally radial manner and extend between the cylindrical surfaces (5, 6). The air guide vanes (7), in the circumferential direction, extend with a curvature (R1) relative to the axial direction (X-X) between an inflow-side vane edge (7a) and an outflow-side vane edge (7b). In order to minimize the divergence of airflow from the flow rectifier (1), two or more rings (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e) having air guide vanes (7) are provided in the base body (3).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Thomas Heli
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Patent number: 10060448Abstract: A fan, in particular an axial fan, comprising a support element with a wall ring and an electric fan motor which is mounted in the wall ring and comprises a fan rotor. The wall ring has on its outer periphery a hinge consisting of a first hinge part that is connected to the wall ring and a second hinge part that can be pivoted about a hinge axis relative to the first hinge part, wherein the second hinge part is designed as a terminal box for receiving electrical connectors. The invention further relates to a support element for such a fan.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG, Kelvion Refrigeration GmbHInventors: Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Joerg Guenther, Gheorghe-Mircea Seculi, Christoph Korinth
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Publication number: 20180128285Abstract: A fan includes a fan housing and a motor accommodated therein. The motor has a stator and a rotor, which is connected to a fan wheel. The fan housing consists of at least a housing upper part and a housing lower part. The housing upper part has an axial opening on the axial inner face of which facing the housing lower part the stator is arranged. On the axial outer face of the axial opening at least electronics are arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Malte PILS, Thomas HELI, Peter RIEGLER, Jörg GÜNTHER
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Patent number: D890328Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Daniel Gebert, Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Valerius Schaff
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Patent number: D894366Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Daniel Gebert, Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Valerius Schaff
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Patent number: D906510Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Heli, Peter Riegler, Daniel Gebert, Valerius Schaaf