Patents by Inventor Timo Spengler

Timo Spengler 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).

  • Publication number: 20220280983
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high pressure cleaning system including a high pressure cleaning appliance operable with at least one variable operating parameter that has a pump assembly, at least one accessory that is in or is bringable into flow connection with a high pressure outlet of the pump assembly, an input unit, at least one control unit coupled to the input unit, and an output unit coupled to the at least one control unit, wherein an object to be cleaned is specifiable by the input unit and a cleaning recommendation is providable on the output unit by the at least one control unit in dependence on the specification, and wherein at least one interaction element is provided for the user, linked to the cleaning recommendation, on the output unit for transmitting interaction information to the at least one control unit, in particular in dependence on the cleaning recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Friederich, Michael Albiez, Tobias Masek, Timo Spengler, Angelika Mohr
  • Patent number: 10960440
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning apparatus including a high-pressure pump that includes a suction chamber, at least one pump chamber in which liquid is pressurized, and a pressure chamber arranged downstream of the pump chamber is disclosed. The high-pressure pump includes a return line via which the pressure chamber is in flow communication with the suction chamber, and a valve unit by which a free cross-sectional area of the return line is changeable. The high-pressure cleaning apparatus also includes a drive unit associated with the valve unit, a control unit coupled to the drive unit and a pressure sensor coupled to the control unit for detecting liquid pressure on the pressure side of the pump chamber. Depending on the signal of the pressure sensor, the liquid pressure can be controllable to a predetermined or predeterminable liquid pressure by changing of the free cross-sectional area of the return line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Kloepfer, Markus Fischer, Swen Munz, Timo Spengler
  • Patent number: 10047767
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, in which the cleaning liquid conveyed by the pump assembly is used for cooling the motor, comprising a motor housing which surrounds the motor, and a cooling channel which surrounds the motor and through which the cleaning liquid can flow for heat dissipation. To provide a motor pump unit having a level of electrical safety which is higher than that of a conventional motor pump unit, the cooling channel surround the motor housing, and the motor pump unit comprise at least one thermally conductive spacer element by way of which the cooling channel is spaced from the motor housing. A high-pressure cleaning appliance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Dirnberger, Timo Spengler, Rudi Bareiter, Markus Fischer, Juergen Kloepfer, Alexander Rubbe
  • Publication number: 20180071792
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning system with a high-pressure cleaning appliance including a pump, a motor, a pump inlet and a pump outlet, and a control device, and with at least one discharge unit adapted to be brought into fluid connection with the pump outlet for discharging pressurized cleaning liquid is disclosed. In order to further develop the high-pressure cleaning system in such a way that as good a cleaning result as possible is more easily achievable, the high-pressure cleaning system includes a detection unit by which the type of discharge unit presently in fluid connection with the pump outlet is detectable and which is connected in a signal-transmitting manner to the control device, at least one conveying parameter of the high-pressure cleaning appliance being automatically adaptable by the control device to the detected type of discharge unit. A discharge unit for such a high-pressure cleaning system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Timo Spengler, Sven Dirnberger, Gottfried Benzler, Manuel Berroth
  • Publication number: 20170282219
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning apparatus including a high-pressure pump that includes a suction chamber, at least one pump chamber in which liquid is pressurized, and a pressure chamber arranged downstream of the pump chamber is disclosed. The high-pressure pump includes a return line via which the pressure chamber is in flow communication with the suction chamber, and a valve unit by which a free cross-sectional area of the return line is changeable. The high-pressure cleaning apparatus also includes a drive unit associated with the valve unit, a control unit coupled to the drive unit and a pressure sensor coupled to the control unit for detecting liquid pressure on the pressure side of the pump chamber. Depending on the signal of the pressure sensor, the liquid pressure can be controllable to a predetermined or predeterminable liquid pressure by changing of the free cross-sectional area of the return line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Juergen Kloepfer, Markus Fischer, Swen Munz, Timo Spengler
  • Publication number: 20170225203
    Abstract: A high-pressure cleaning system is provided, including a high-pressure cleaning apparatus having a high-pressure pump for increasing the pressure of a cleaning liquid, and two or more discharge units for discharging the cleaning liquid, which are different and can be selectively brought into fluid communication with a pump outlet of the high-pressure pump, wherein the discharge units are connectable to an operating unit or wherein an operating unit is arranged on at least one discharge unit. The high-pressure cleaning system includes an input unit via which at least one output parameter is predeterminable by a user and is adjustable by way of a control unit coupled to the input unit. The high-pressure cleaning system includes an output unit coupled to the control unit and capable of providing an indication depending on the predetermination made by the user, said indication including a recommendation of at least one discharge unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Juergen Kloepfer, Markus Fischer, Swen Munz, Timo Spengler, Sven Dirnberger
  • Publication number: 20130263899
    Abstract: A motor pump unit for a high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, in which the cleaning liquid conveyed by the pump assembly is used for cooling the motor, comprising a motor housing which surrounds the motor, and a cooling channel which surrounds the motor and through which the cleaning liquid can flow for heat dissipation. To provide a motor pump unit having a level of electrical safety which is higher than that of a conventional motor pump unit, the cooling channel surround the motor housing, and the motor pump unit comprise at least one thermally conductive spacer element by way of which the cooling channel is spaced from the motor housing. A high-pressure cleaning appliance is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Sven Dirnberger, Timo Spengler, Rudi Bareiter, Markus Fischer, Juergen Kloepfer, Alexander Rubbe
  • Publication number: 20070039128
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum-cleaner nozzle for vacuuming an underlying surface, having a suction channel which opens out into a suction mouth. In order to form the vacuum-cleaner nozzle such that it has a relatively pronounced suction action for a sustained period of time, it is proposed according to the invention that the vacuum-cleaner nozzle comprises a lifting mechanism which interacts with the underlying surface and by means of which it is possible to change the distance of the suction mouth from the underlying surface on a periodic basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hendrik Rust, Timo Spengler, Christian Stewen, Erich Moritsch