Patents by Inventor Uwe Meinig

Uwe Meinig 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: 20240110573
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly including: a housing including a housing enclosure structure which exhibits a housing opening; an electrical component part accommodated in the housing; an electrical connector including an outer connector contact, for electrically connecting to an electrical system of a vehicle, and an inner connector contact; a component part contact which is connected in an electrically conductive way to the electrical component part and connected to the inner connector contact in a connecting region; a closure body for closing the housing opening against the ingression of liquid; and a gas-permeable pressure equalization element which is a constituent part of the closure body, in order to enable pressure to be equalized with the environment of the housing via the closure body, wherein the housing opening, when it is not closed, enables the connecting region to be accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11719242
    Abstract: A pump is described, including: a drive shaft including a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which a pump chamber is formed, in which the rotor is arranged; a rotary bearing via which the drive shaft is mounted on the first housing part such that it can rotate about its rotational axis; and a passage including a first opening and a second opening, wherein the rotary bearing is arranged between the pump chamber and the first opening, and the second opening of the passage emerges onto the side of the second housing part which faces away from the pump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11603838
    Abstract: A vane cell pump, including: a rotor and a plurality of vanes rotatable with the rotor, wherein the rotor includes a sub-vane chamber for each vane, and each vane forms a shifting wall of the sub-vane chamber assigned to it; first and second end-facing walls adjoining the rotor on end-facing sides and which, in order to control pressure to the sub-vane chamber, include sub-vane cavities which extend in the circumferential direction of the rotor and include control edges as viewed in the circumferential direction; wherein the control edge of the sub-vane cavity of the first end-facing wall, and the control edge of the sub-vane cavity of the second end-facing wall which is similar to it, are arranged angularly offset about the rotational axis as the apex with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Robin Rene Rauscher, Lothar Preisler
  • Patent number: 11530701
    Abstract: A pump for applying fluid, the pump including: a pump housing, including: a fluid inlet on a low-pressure side; an fluid outlet on a high-pressure side; a circumferential wall surrounding the pump delivery chamber; and an end-facing wall featuring an outer end-facing surface facing axially away from the delivery chamber and at which the outlet emerges; a delivery member, moveable in the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; a gasket including a gasket loop which surrounds the outlet to seal it off on the outer end-facing surface of the end-facing wall; a female joining element featuring an axially extending hollow space; and a male joining element protruding through or from the pump housing or the gasket. The male joining element is in a joining engagement, which can be subjected to axial tensile stress, with the female joining element in the hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11506204
    Abstract: A gas pump including a delivery chamber with an inlet and an outlet for a gas. The delivery chamber is at least partially enclosed by a first housing part with a first sealing surface and a second housing part with a second sealing surface. A delivery device is moveable within the delivery chamber for delivering the gas. A pressing device presses one of the housing parts against the other with a pressing force such that the sealing surfaces abut each other and together form a sealing join which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber in order to seal off the delivery chamber. The second housing part can be moved relative to the first housing part, against the pressing force, in order to be able to widen the sealing join to form a relieving gap through which liquid situated in the delivery chamber can escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20220186834
    Abstract: A bead gasket for sealing off a gap between a first component and a second component, the bead gasket including: a first gasket layer including a holding element; a second gasket layer comprising a complementary holding element; and one or more folding portions which connect(s) the first gasket layer and the second gasket layer, wherein the first gasket layer, the second gasket layer and the respective folding portion are formed in one piece, and the gasket layers are or can be folded one onto the other by folding over the respective folding portion, such that they face each other in an axial direction, and wherein the holding element and the complementary holding element are in or can be moved into a holding engagement with each other based on a positive fit and/or frictional fit, in order to secure the gasket layers against diverging from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20210404470
    Abstract: A pump is described, including: a drive shaft including a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which a pump chamber is formed, in which the rotor is arranged; a rotary bearing via which the drive shaft is mounted on the first housing part such that it can rotate about its rotational axis; and a passage including a first opening and a second opening, wherein the rotary bearing is arranged between the pump chamber and the first opening, and the second opening of the passage emerges onto the side of the second housing part which faces away from the pump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20210404467
    Abstract: A pump for applying fluid, the pump including: a pump housing, including: a fluid inlet on a low-pressure side; an fluid outlet on a high-pressure side; a circumferential wall surrounding the pump delivery chamber; and an end-facing wall featuring an outer end-facing surface facing axially away from the delivery chamber and at which the outlet emerges; a delivery member, moveable in the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side; a gasket including a gasket loop which surrounds the outlet to seal it off on the outer end-facing surface of the end-facing wall; a female joining element featuring an axially extending hollow space; and a male joining element protruding through or from the pump housing or the gasket. The male joining element is in a joining engagement, which can be subjected to axial tensile stress, with the female joining element in the hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 11143181
    Abstract: A pump, wherein a first pressure space and a second pressure space are formed between an end-facing wall of an accommodating housing and a second housing part of a pump insert, wherein an annular sealing element which is arranged between the end-facing wall and the second housing part encloses the second pressure space and seals it off in relation to the first pressure space, wherein the first pressure space is connected via a first outlet channel to a first delivery chamber which is formed between a rotor and a stroke ring of the pump insert, and the second pressure space is connected via a second outlet channel to a second delivery chamber which is formed between the rotor and the stroke ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20210108634
    Abstract: A vane cell pump, including: a rotor, which can be rotated about a rotational axis, and a plurality of vanes which are guided by the rotor such that they can be shifted, wherein the rotor includes a sub-vane chamber for each vane, and each vane forms a shifting wall of the sub-vane chamber assigned to it; a first end-facing wall which adjoins the rotor on an end-facing side on a first side of the rotor and which, in order to control pressure to the sub-vane chamber, includes a sub-vane cavity which extends in the circumferential direction and includes a control edge as viewed in the circumferential direction; a second end-facing wall which adjoins the rotor on an end-facing side on a second side of the rotor and which, in order to control pressure to the sub-vane chamber, includes a sub-vane cavity which extends in the circumferential direction and lies opposite the sub-vane cavity of the first end-facing wall and includes a control edge, as viewed in the circumferential direction, which is similar to the con
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Robin Rene, Lothar Preisler
  • Patent number: 10975699
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for an internal combustion engine or a gearing system, the hydraulic device including a housing featuring a chamber wall structure which delineates a pressure chamber for a pressurised hydraulic fluid; an actuating member which can be adjusted in the housing relative to the chamber wall structure in an actuating direction and in an actuating counter direction opposite to the actuating direction in order to adjust the delivery volume or phase position; and a sealing element including a sealing structure and a spring structure which is supported or moulded on one of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member, preferably the actuating member, and presses the sealing structure into sealing contact with the other of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member with a spring force in order to seal off the pressure chamber. The sealing structure and the spring structure are moulded in one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Dominik Baur
  • Publication number: 20210033106
    Abstract: A delivery device for a medium to be delivered, for example for purging a filter for volatile fuel components, including a blower, which is embodied as a side channel blower or peripheral blower, and optionally an electric drive motor for the blower. The blower including: a housing, including: an inlet and an outlet for the medium to be delivered, for example purge air; a delivery channel which extends in the circumferential direction and has a side channel; and an interrupter channel which extends in the circumferential direction for separating the inlet and the outlet; and an impeller which can rotate in the housing about a rotational axis and includes paddles which, when the impeller is rotated, pass through the delivery channel and the interrupter channel. The delivery device is configured such that the delivery-pressure-over-delivery-flow characteristic curve of the delivery device or the blower flattens or drops towards minimum delivery flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dominik Baur, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10751730
    Abstract: A particle separating system for supplying a cam shaft phase adjuster with cleaned lubricating oil. The phase adjuster includes a stator, a rotor connectable to a cam shaft, and a control valve for hydraulically adjusting the rotational angular position of the rotor relative to the stator. The particle separating system includes an oil separator arranged in the flow of the lubricating oil, upstream of an oil gallery of an engine supplied with the lubricating oil, exhibiting a separation efficiency of at least 50% for particles having a size P1 and a separation efficiency of at least 90% at a size P2>P1; a particle separator arranged downstream of the oil separator and upstream of the phase adjuster or control valve, to clean the lubricating oil for the phase adjuster. The particle separator exhibits a separation efficiency of 50% at a size P3, where P1<P3<100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner
  • Patent number: 10704430
    Abstract: A phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The phase setter includes a stator; a rotor which together with the stator forms a first and second pressure chambers; a control valve featuring a pressure port, and first and second working ports; a feed for the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber to the first working port, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber to the second working port; and a reflux valve device acts in the feed and includes a valve structure extending annularly around the rotational axis and has one or more spring tongues or can be axially moved to restrict backflow of pressure fluid through the feed more significantly than the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10544784
    Abstract: A pump including a port connecting a suction of the pump to a reservoir of a fluid; region an adjusting device for adjusting the delivery volume of the pump; a control valve, including a relief port, a control piston, and a tensing device which acts on the control piston; and an additional control device for generating a control force which acts on the control piston, counter to the tensing device, wherein the relief port is connected to the suction region by bypassing the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20190162084
    Abstract: A phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The phase setter includes a stator; a rotor which together with the stator forms a first and second pressure chambers; a control valve featuring a pressure port, and first and second working ports; a feed for the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port, a first connecting channel connecting the first pressure chamber to the first working port, and a second connecting channel connecting the second pressure chamber to the second working port; and a reflux valve device acts in the feed and includes a valve structure extending annularly around the rotational axis and has one or more spring tongues or can be axially moved to restrict backflow of pressure fluid through the feed more significantly than the inflow of pressure fluid to the pressure port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: JÜRGEN BOHNER, UWE MEINIG
  • Publication number: 20180372097
    Abstract: A pump, comprising: an accommodating housing which forms a cup-shaped accommodating space comprising an end-facing wall and a circumferential wall; and a pump insert which is arranged in the accommodating space, wherein the pump insert comprises: a rotor; a first housing part and a second housing part, between which the rotor is arranged such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis and relative to the first and second housing part; and a stroke ring which surrounds the rotor, wherein an annular sealing element which is arranged between the end-facing wall and the second housing part encloses a pressure space which is formed between the end-facing wall and the second housing part, wherein the pressure space is connected via an outlet channel to a delivery chamber which is formed between the rotor and the stroke ring, and wherein the spring comprises a spring structure which is made of metal and which imbues the spring with its essential spring characteristics, wherein the sealing element is fastened to
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10082139
    Abstract: A pump, comprising a pump insert which is arranged in an accommodating space of a cup-shaped pump housing. The pump insert comprises a first housing part and a second housing part between which a rotor is rotatably arranged, and a stroke ring which surrounds the rotor and is arranged between the first housing part and the second housing part. A spring flexing along the rotational axis is arranged between the accommodating housing and the second housing part. The spring comprises a spring structure which is made of metal and which imbues the spring with its essential spring characteristics along the rotational axis. The spring is supported towards the second housing part in a region which is arranged in axial alignment with the stroke ring in the direction of the rotational axis, and thus presses the second housing part against the stroke ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 10072538
    Abstract: A cam shaft phase setter for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine by a hydraulic fluid, the cam shaft phase setter including: a stator connected to the crankshaft; a pressure chamber; a rotor connected to the cam shaft, the rotor being adjustable relative to the stator by introducing the fluid into the pressure chamber; a control valve including a valve housing and a valve piston; and an actuating unit for axially adjusting the valve piston; wherein the cam shaft phase setter is configured such that fluid flowing through the control valve flows back into an engine housing which rotatably mounts the cam shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Schwaebische Huettenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Publication number: 20180163542
    Abstract: A hydraulic device for an internal combustion engine or a gearing system, the hydraulic device including a housing featuring a chamber wall structure which delineates a pressure chamber for a pressurised hydraulic fluid; an actuating member which can be adjusted in the housing relative to the chamber wall structure in an actuating direction and in an actuating counter direction opposite to the actuating direction in order to adjust the delivery volume or phase position; and a sealing element including a sealing structure and a spring structure which is supported or moulded on one of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member, preferably the actuating member, and presses the sealing structure into sealing contact with the other of the chamber wall structure and the actuating member with a spring force in order to seal off the pressure chamber. The sealing structure and the spring structure are moulded in one piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Dominik Baur