Patents by Inventor Uwe Bruhns

Uwe Bruhns 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: 8870521
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for delivering hot fluids, having a contacting shaft seal, a seal housing (13) for the shaft seal (14), and a return line (8) for a partial flow of the delivered fluid, in which no delivered fluid is discharged out of the seal housing (13); a separate housing cover (9) is disposed between the seal housing (13) and the pump housing (1); there is a contact surface which minimizes heat transfer between the seal housing (13) and the housing cover (9); and the return line (8) is connected to the housing cover (9) and/or to the pump housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Frank Sehr
  • Patent number: 8657591
    Abstract: An engine pump assembly (1), particularly a main coolant pump, composed of a housing (4) of a rotary pump with delivery elements arranged therein, a heat barrier part (6), a motor part (5) which drives the delivery elements, and force transmitting connecting elements (7) between a housing flange (8) of the housing (4) of the rotary pump and a flange (21) of the engine part (5). For faster and more reliable assembly and disassembly, the housing flange (8) is provided with receptacles (12) over at least half of its periphery for the arrangement of screw heads (13, 15) of the connecting elements (7), which screw heads (13, 15) are held in a bayonet-like manner in the receptacles (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Hartmann, Uwe Bruhns, Ralf Graber, Bernhard Brecht, Juergen Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20120076643
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for delivering hot fluids, having a contacting shaft seal, a seal housing (13) for the shaft seal (14), and a return line (8) for a partial flow of the delivered fluid, in which no delivered fluid is discharged out of the seal housing (13); a separate housing cover (9) is disposed between the seal housing (13) and the pump housing (1); there is a contact surface which minimizes heat transfer between the seal housing (13) and the housing cover (9);, and the return line (8) is connected to the housing cover (9) and/or to the pump housing (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard BRECHT, Uwe Bruhns, Frank Sehr
  • Patent number: 8079833
    Abstract: An electric motor (1) having a coaxially associated pump (6) for a coolant circuit, in particular in a system with temperature transfer and/or heat transfer, in which a shaft assembly (5) transmits a torque from the electric motor (1) to at least one impeller (8) arranged in the pump housing (7) within housing parts (7, 10) in the form of a hermetically sealed pressure enclosure, and a flywheel (12) is arranged between the electric motor (1) and the pump housing (7). All of the rotating parts are arranged within a hermetically sealed motor/pump unit, and the motor/pump unit is filled with fluid. The flywheel (12) comprises a flywheel body (13) made from a high-strength material having a large number of cavities (16, 17) with inserts (16, 17) formed of or containing a heavy metal having a density greater than 11.0 kg/dm3arranged in the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Ralf Graber, Uwe Bruhns, Harald Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20100221127
    Abstract: An engine pump assembly (1), particularly a main coolant pump, composed of a housing (4) of a rotary pump with delivery means arranged therein, a heat barrier part (6), a motor part (5) which drives the delivery means, and force transmitting connecting elements (7) between a housing flange (8) of the housing (4) of the rotary pump and a flange (21) of the engine part (5). For faster and more reliable assembly and disassembly, the housing flange (8) is provided with receptacles (12) over at least half of its periphery for the arrangement of screw heads (13, 15) of the connecting elements (7), which screw heads (13, 15) are held in a bayonet-like manner in the receptacles (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald HARTMANN, Uwe BRUHNS, Ralf GRABER, Bernhard BRECHT, Juergen KAUFMANN
  • Patent number: 7600535
    Abstract: A valve for switching over liquid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular pressure exchanger chambers (3) through which an alternating flow occurs, in which a rotatable control element (10, 10.1) having a plurality of flow paths is mounted in a housing (11), which in turn comprises a plurality of connection opening (12, 16, 17, 46) connected to a first pipe system and to an end of at least one pressure exchanger. Another end of the pressure exchanger is connected to a second pipe system through a valve. A motorized drive shaft (50) rotates the control element so as to alternately connect the control element flow paths to openings inside housing (11). Oncoming flow to the control element may come from an axial direction or from a radial direction, and outgoing flow from the control element occurs in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Baumgarten, Stephan Bross, Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Stefan Flak, Christoph Jaeger, Wolfgang Kochanowski, Wiltrud Knoebl, Mogens Ellegaard
  • Publication number: 20070025865
    Abstract: An electric motor (1) having a coaxially associated pump (6) for a coolant circuit, in particular in a system with temperature transfer and/or heat transfer, in which a shaft assembly (5) transmits a torque from the electric motor (1) to at least one impeller (8) arranged in the pump housing (7) within housing parts (7, 10) in the form of a hermetically sealed pressure enclosure, and a flywheel (12) is arranged between the electric motor (1) and the pump housing (7). All of the rotating parts are arranged within a hermetically sealed motor/pump unit, and the motor/pump unit is filled with fluid. The flywheel (12) comprises a flywheel body (13) made from a high-strength material having a large number of cavities (16, 17) with inserts (16, 17) formed of or containing a heavy metal having a density greater than 11.0 kg/dm3 arranged in the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Ralf Graber, Uwe Bruhns, Harald Hartmann
  • Patent number: 7168927
    Abstract: A pressure exchanger system having at least two tubular chambers, in which a plurality of reversing valves reverse the flow paths of fluid flows through the at least two tubular chambers. At least one driven reversing valve alternately reverses the flow paths between a supply source, which supplies a high-energy high-pressure fluid, and the tubular chambers. In reversing the liquid flows and shutting off previously open flow paths, the driven reversing element in the reversing valve executes a discontinuous or variable movement sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fred Brueckmann, Wiltrud Knoebl, Uwe Bruhns, Wolfgang Kochanowski
  • Patent number: 7152620
    Abstract: A valve for switching fluid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular chambers through which fluid flows in an alternating manner, including a rotatable closing element (12, 13) provided with a motorized drive shaft (14) and arranged inside a housing (2) having a plurality of connections (3, 4) for connecting lines leading to a pipe system and to a respective end of at least one pressure exchanger. Another end of each pressure exchanger is connected through a valve arrangement to a second pipe system. A splitter (7) provided with a plurality of overflow paths (17, 18, 27) is arranged inside the housing (2); mouths of the overflow paths are located on two axial end faces (10, 11) and on the circumference of the splitter (7), and a rotatable, disk-shaped control element (12, 13) is arranged in a sealing manner at each end face of the splitter (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Baumgarten, Stephen Bross, Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Mogens Ellegaard, Stefan Flak, Christoph Jaeger, Wolfgang Kochanowski, Wiltrud Knoebl
  • Publication number: 20060060245
    Abstract: A valve for switching fluid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular chambers through which fluid flows in an alternating manner, including a rotatable closing element (12, 13) provided with a motorized drive shaft (14) and arranged inside a housing (2) having a plurality of connections (3, 4) for connecting lines leading to a pipe system and to a respective end of at least one pressure exchanger. Another end of each pressure exchanger is connected through a valve arrangement to a second pipe system. A splitter (7) provided with a plurality of overflow paths (17, 18, 27) is arranged inside the housing (2); mouths of the overflow paths are located on two axial end faces (10, 11) and on the circumference of the splitter (7), and a rotatable, disk-shaped control element (12, 13) is arranged in a sealing manner at each end face of the splitter (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicant: KSB AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sven Baumgarten, Stephan Bross, Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Mogens Ellegaard, Stefan Flak, Christoph Jaeger, Wolfgang Kochanowski, Wiltrud Knoebl
  • Publication number: 20060054223
    Abstract: A valve for switching over liquid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular pressure exchanger chambers (3) through which an alternating flow occurs, in which a rotatable control element (10, 10.1) having a plurality of flow paths is mounted in a housing (11), which in turn comprises a plurality of connection opening (12, 16, 17, 46) connected to a first pipe system and to an end of at least one pressure exchanger. Another end of the pressure exchanger is connected to a second pipe system through a valve. A motorized drive shaft (50) rotates the control element so as to alternately connect the control element flow paths to openings inside housing (11). Oncoming flow to the control element may come from an axial direction or from a radial direction, and outgoing flow from the control element occurs in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: KSB AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sven Baumgarten, Stephan Bross, Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Stefan Flak, Christoph Jaeger, Wolfgang Kochanowski, Wiltrud Knoebl, Mogens Ellegaard
  • Publication number: 20050166978
    Abstract: A pressure exchanger system having at least two tubular chambers, in which a plurality of reversing valves reverse the flow paths of fluid flows through the at least two tubular chambers. At least one driven reversing valve alternately reverses the flow paths between a supply source, which supplies a high-energy high-pressure fluid, and the tubular chambers. In reversing the liquid flows and shutting off previously open flow paths, the driven reversing element in the reversing valve executes a discontinuous or variable movement sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fred Brueckmann, Wiltrud Knoebl, Uwe Bruhns, Wolfgang Kochanowski