Patents by Inventor Udo Willmes

Udo Willmes 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: 6832901
    Abstract: The unit includes an electric drive motor (12) and a pump section (24) that are situated next to each other in a common housing (10) designed at least nearly in the shape of a hollow cylinder. The pump section (24) comprises a delivery element (26) rotating in a pump chamber (30), and one wall (32, 34) each forms a boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the drive motor (12) and with the outside of the housing (10) in the direction of the axis of rotation (28) of the delivery element (26). The walls (34) forming the boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the outside of the housing (10) is formed as a single component with the housing (10), and the walls (32) forming the boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the drive motor (12) is inserted into the housing (10) as a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kuehn, Udo Willmes, Hans-Joerg Fees, Lorenz Drutu
  • Publication number: 20030021708
    Abstract: The unit comprises an electric drive motor (12) and a pump section (24) that are situated next to each other in a common housing (10) designed at least nearly in the shape of a hollow cylinder. The pump section (24) comprises a delivery element (26) rotating in a pump chamber (30), and one wall (32, 34) each forms a boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the drive motor (12) and with the outside of the housing (10) in the direction of the axis of rotation (28) of the delivery element (26). The wall (34) forming the boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the outside of the housing (10) is formed as a single component with the housing (10), and the wall (32) forming the boundary of the pump chamber (30) with the drive motor (12) is inserted into the housing (10) as a separate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Kuehn, Udo Willmes, Hans-Joerg Fees, Lorenz Drutu