Patents by Inventor Thomas Wahl
Thomas Wahl 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: 12104595Abstract: A rotary pump includes a housing featuring a delivery space which the housing surrounds and axially delineates on the end sides; an inner rotor rotatable in the delivery space; an outer rotor rotatable about a pump rotational axis in the delivery space and forming delivery cells with the inner rotor; and a circumferential bearing wall which mounts and surrounds the outer rotor rotatably about the pump rotation axis in radial sliding contact. The circumferential bearing wall includes multiple blind pockets which are radially open towards the outer rotor and/or the outer rotor includes multiple blind pockets which are radially open towards the circumferential bearing wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SCHWÄBISCHE HÜTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Gerd Jäggle, Bernd Schobel, Holger Braasch, Thomas Wahl, Johannes Gnann, Michael Ehringer
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Publication number: 20240266808Abstract: A device for the ionization of gaseous media, comprising a feed channel (101) having a gas feed, a distribution channel (104) having at least one gas outlet, and at least one ionization unit (304), wherein the at least one ionization unit (304) is designed as a connecting channel from the feed channel (101) to the distribution channel (104) and is provided with an electrode (102) and an associated counter electrode (106). The electrode (102) is configured to ionize gas flowing through the ionization unit (304) from the feed channel (101) to the distribution channel (104), wherein the gas flows around the electrode (102), and the at least one gas outlet is designed in the form of one or more nozzles (107) or a plurality of openings (107).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: KIST + ESCHERICH GMBHInventors: Reiner WAHL, Stefan KIST, Thomas ECKARDT, Scott TRIMBLE, Alec SMITH, Philip ANTHONY
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Patent number: 11719240Abstract: A rotary pump, preferably a vane cell pump or a pendulum slider pump, includes a stator and a rotor which rotates about a rotational axis within the stator. The rotor includes multiple delivery elements which move radially in relation to the rotational axis, and two adjacent delivery elements limit a delivery cell together with the outer surface area of the rotor and the inner surface area of the stator. At least two delivery cells, preferably two adjacent delivery cells, exhibiting a first maximum cell volume form a first delivery cell group and at least two other delivery cells, preferably two other adjacent delivery cells, exhibiting a second maximum cell volume form a second delivery cell group. The first maximum cell volume of the delivery cells of the first delivery cell group is larger than the second maximum cell volume of the delivery cells of the second delivery cell group.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbHInventors: Fabian Eisele, Thomas Wahl, Sven Peters, Gerd Jäggle, Igor Pekrul
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Publication number: 20230141341Abstract: A rotary pump includes a housing featuring a delivery space which the housing surrounds and axially delineates on the end sides; an inner rotor rotatable in the delivery space; an outer rotor rotatable about a pump rotational axis in the delivery space and forming delivery cells with the inner rotor; and a circumferential bearing wall which mounts and surrounds the outer rotor rotatably about the pump rotation axis in radial sliding contact. The circumferential bearing wall includes multiple blind pockets which are radially open towards the outer rotor and/or the outer rotor includes multiple blind pockets which are radially open towards the circumferential bearing wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Gerd Jäggle, Bernd Schobel, Holger Braasch, Thomas Wahl, Johannes Gnann, Michael Ehringer
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Publication number: 20230032977Abstract: A rotary pump including: a pump housing including a delivery chamber, having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid; a delivery member which can be rotated about a rotational axis in the delivery chamber in order to deliver the fluid; a setting structure which can be moved translationally back and forth in the pump housing relative to the delivery member in and counter to a setting direction in order to adjust the delivery volume of the rotary pump; a setting device for generating a setting force which acts on the setting structure in the setting direction; a restoring spring for exerting a restoring force which acts on the setting structure counter to the setting direction; and an additional spring for exerting an additional force which acts on the setting structure in or counter to the setting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Sven Peters, Igor Pekrul, Thomas Wahl
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Patent number: 11486399Abstract: An internal gear pump for forward and reverse operations, including: a pump housing which includes a first fluid port and a second fluid port, wherein in a first rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet, and in a second rotational direction, the first fluid port is formed as a fluid inlet and the second fluid port is formed as a fluid outlet; an internal gear and an external gear which together form delivery cells in order to deliver a fluid; a first rotary bearing which mounts the internal gear; and a second rotary bearing which mounts the external gear; and includes a lubricant feed which sets a fluid flow between the fluid ports through the two rotary bearings in both rotational directions.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbHInventor: Thomas Wahl
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Publication number: 20210293238Abstract: A rotary pump, preferably a vane cell pump or a pendulum slider pump, includes a stator and a rotor which rotates about a rotational axis within the stator. The rotor includes multiple delivery elements which move radially in relation to the rotational axis, and two adjacent delivery elements limit a delivery cell together with the outer surface area of the rotor and the inner surface area of the stator. At least two delivery cells, preferably two adjacent delivery cells, exhibiting a first maximum cell volume form a first delivery cell group and at least two other delivery cells, preferably two other adjacent delivery cells, exhibiting a second maximum cell volume form a second delivery cell group. The first maximum cell volume of the delivery cells of the first delivery cell group is larger than the second maximum cell volume of the delivery cells of the second delivery cell group.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Fabian Eisele, Thomas Wahl, Sven Peters, Gerd Jäggle, Igor Pekrul
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Publication number: 20200248693Abstract: An internal gear pump for forward and reverse operations, comprising: a pump housing (2) which comprises a first fluid port (21) and a second fluid port (22), wherein in a first rotational direction, the first fluid port (21) is formed as a fluid outlet and the second fluid port (22) is formed as a fluid inlet, and in a second rotational direction, the first fluid port (21) is formed as a fluid inlet and the second fluid port (22) is formed as a fluid outlet; an internal gear (4) and an external gear (5) which together form delivery cells (3?) in order to deliver a fluid; a first rotary bearing (D1) which mounts the internal gear (4); and a second rotary bearing (D2) which mounts the external gear (5); and comprising a lubricant feed which sets a fluid flow between the fluid ports (21, 22) through the two rotary bearings (D1, D2) in both rotational directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventor: Thomas Wahl
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Patent number: 10578101Abstract: A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbHInventors: Michael Ehringer, Sven Peters, Gerd Jäggle, Thomas Wahl
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Patent number: 10473100Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbHInventors: Sven Peters, Stefan Küchle, Thomas Wahl, Fabian Eisele, Thomas Finsterle, Volker Stöhr
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Patent number: 9863559Abstract: An exhaust component assembly includes a first pipe that defines a center axis and has a first end, and a second pipe that has a second end inserted into the first end of the first pipe such that an outer surface of the second end is in contact with an inner surface of the first end. At least one axial weld connects the first and second ends together.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLCInventors: Kwin Abram, Thomas Wahl
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Publication number: 20170306950Abstract: A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Michael Ehringer, Sven Peters, Gerd Jäggle, Thomas Wahl
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Publication number: 20170167484Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Sven Peters, Stefan Küchle, Thomas Wahl, Fabian Eisele, Thomas Finsterle, Volker Stöhr
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Patent number: 9484400Abstract: A super junction semiconductor device is formed by forming at least a portion of a drift layer on a doped layer of a first conductivity type, implanting first dopants of a first conductivity type and second dopants of a second conductivity type into the drift layer using one or more implant masks with openings to form stripe-shaped first implant regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second implant regions of the second conductivity type in alternating order, and performing a heat treatment for controlling a diffusion of dopants from the implant regions to form stripe-shaped first regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second regions of the second conductivity type.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Armin Willmeroth, Franz Hirler, Hans Weber, Markus Schmitt, Thomas Wahls, Rolf Weis
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Publication number: 20160104768Abstract: A super junction semiconductor device is formed by forming at least a portion of a drift layer on a doped layer of a first conductivity type, implanting first dopants of a first conductivity type and second dopants of a second conductivity type into the drift layer using one or more implant masks with openings to form stripe-shaped first implant regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second implant regions of the second conductivity type in alternating order, and performing a heat treatment for controlling a diffusion of dopants from the implant regions to form stripe-shaped first regions of the first conductivity type and stripe-shaped second regions of the second conductivity type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 14, 2016Inventors: Armin Willmeroth, Franz Hirler, Hans Weber, Markus Schmitt, Thomas Wahls, Rolf Weis
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Patent number: 9184277Abstract: A super junction semiconductor device may include one or more doped zones in a cell area. A drift layer is provided between a doped layer of a first conductivity type and the one or more doped zones. The drift layer includes first regions of the first conductivity type and second regions of a second conductivity type, which is the opposite of the first conductivity type. In an edge area that surrounds the cell area, the first regions may include first portions separating the second regions in a first direction and second portions separating the second regions in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second portions are arranged such that a longest second region in the edge area is at most half as long as a dimension of the edge area parallel to the longest second region.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AGInventors: Armin Willmeroth, Franz Hirler, Hans Weber, Markus Schmitt, Thomas Wahls, Rolf Weis
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Publication number: 20150159787Abstract: An exhaust component assembly includes a first pipe that defines a center axis and has a first end, and a second pipe that has a second end inserted into the first end of the first pipe such that an outer surface of the second end is in contact with an inner surface of the first end. At least one axial weld connects the first and second ends together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLCInventors: Kwin Abram, Thomas Wahl
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Patent number: 8921738Abstract: A heating device for a sensor element of a gas sensor, in particular for use in exhaust gas analysis of internal combustion engines, has a heating element, which has an electrical resistor layer. The heating element is electrically insulated from at least one solid electrolyte layer by a layer containing barium and/or strontium and/or calcium. For this purpose, the heating element is embedded in a first insulator, which is adjoined by a second insulator. The first insulator has a higher barium and/or strontium and/or calcium content (expressed in weight percentage) than the second insulator.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Detlef Heimann, Thomas Wahl, Lothar Diehl, Thomas Moser, Stefan Rodewald
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Publication number: 20140261348Abstract: An exhaust gas sensor device for recording a concentration of at least one exhaust gas component in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes at least one exhaust gas sensor with intrinsic signal amplification. The at least one exhaust gas sensor records the concentration of at least one exhaust gas component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Wahl, Richard Fix, Denis Kunz, Alexander Martin
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Patent number: 8784625Abstract: A sensor element having a layered construction and configured to detect a physical property of a gas or a liquid includes a functional component situated in the interior, which functional component is connected electrically to a conductor element, which conductor element extends up to the outer surface or up into the surroundings of the sensor element. The sensor element has at least one sealing element which adjoins the functional component and/or the conductor element. The conductor element and the at least one sealing element are configured to be gas-tight at least regionally in the interior of the sensor element and are situated in such a way that the functional component is separated gas-tight from the surroundings of the sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Thomas Wahl, Georg Rixecker, Steffen Polster, Uwe Glanz, Gudrun Oehler, Ulrich Eisele, Benjamin Hagemann, Alexander Bluthard, Frank Schnell, Jochen Rager, Petra Kuschel