Patents by Inventor Thomas Stolpe

Thomas Stolpe 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: 8920143
    Abstract: An electronically commutated DC motor for a liquid pump, comprising a pump housing, a suction connection and a pressure connection, a substantially disk-shaped pump rotor mounted rotatably in the pump housing, the rotor comprising an impeller having a plurality of pump vanes and a permanent magnet, a partition separating a pump space from a dry space, wherein the partition is disposed in an axial gap between the pump rotor and a plurality of axially parallel oriented stator poles of the DC motor, which are each provided with an insulating body and a stator winding, the stator poles adjoin a stator yoke, which is connected to a metallic heat-conducting body, and the stator containing the stator poles, the stator windings, the stator yoke and the heat-conducting body is disposed in a motor housing made of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Buhler Motor GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stolpe, Helmut Kellermann, Olai Ihle, Gerhard Walter, Klaus Weiske
  • Publication number: 20120045351
    Abstract: An electronically commutated DC motor for a liquid pump, comprising a pump housing, a suction connection and a pressure connection, a substantially disk-shaped pump rotor mounted rotatably in the pump housing, the rotor comprising an impeller having a plurality of pump vanes and a permanent magnet, a partition separating a pump space from a dry space, wherein the partition is disposed in an axial gap between the pump rotor and a plurality of axially parallel oriented stator poles of the DC motor, which are each provided with an insulating body and a stator winding, the stator poles adjoin a stator yoke, which is connected to a metallic heat-conducting body, and the stator containing the stator poles, the stator windings, the stator yoke and the heat-conducting body is disposed in a motor housing made of plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Stolpe, Helmut Kellermann, Olai Ihle, Gerhard Walter, Klaus Weiske
  • Publication number: 20020054439
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rearview mirror that is installed in a vehicle power system of significantly more than 12 volts, whereby the number of parts and the production cost of the motor vehicle rearview mirror are not or only insignificantly increased. A consuming device is connected electrically in series to the electric motor, the consuming device affecting a decrease in the voltage at the electric motor and fulfilling a meaningful additional function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Werner Seichter, Arno Schieweck, Thomas Stolpe
  • Patent number: 6022113
    Abstract: A rearview mirror device for a vehicle. The mirror device includes a mirror base adapted to be fastened to the vehicle. A mirror head which includes a mirror is pivotable relative to the mirror base around the pivot axis. First contact surfaces are formed on the mirror head. Second contact surfaces are formed on the mirror base for cooperating with the first contact surfaces for limiting the pivotal rotation of the mirror head relative to the mirror base from at least a drive position to a parking position. A gear wheel is connected to the mirror base and arranged coaxially to the pivot axis. The gear wheel engages with a drive motor. A folding-path limiter is positioned between the mirror head and the mirror base for limiting the movement of the mirror head relative to the mirror base and a compression spring and a latching structure are used to connect the gear wheel to the mirror base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Gebr Buhler Nachfolger GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stolpe, Ralf Buffleben