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).

  • Patent number: 9970333
    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 means of a hydraulic fluid, the cam shaft phase setter including a stator which can be rotary-driven by the crankshaft; a pressure chamber for the fluid; a rotor which is connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft and coupled to the stator such that torque is transmitted and which can be adjusted in its rotational angle relative to the stator by introducing the fluid into the pressure chamber; a control valve including a valve housing and a valve piston; the valve housing including a housing inlet, an operating port to the pressure chamber and a reservoir port to a reservoir for the fluid and being connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft or being formed by the cam shaft; the valve piston being axially adjustable back and forth in the valve housing between a first position and a second position and including a piston feed which is connected to the housi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Publication number: 20180043374
    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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner
  • Publication number: 20160363120
    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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20160305428
    Abstract: A pump, comprising: an accommodating housing (20) which forms a cup-shaped accommodating space (25) comprising an end-facing wall (20c) and a circumferential wall (20d); and a pump insert (1) which is arranged in the accommodating space (25), wherein the pump insert (1) comprises: a rotor (4); a first housing part (2) and a second housing part (3), between which the rotor (4) is arranged such that it can be rotated about a rotational axis (R) and relative to the first and second housing part (2, 3); and a stroke ring (12) which surrounds the rotor (4) and is arranged between the first housing part (2) and the second housing part (3), wherein a spring (5) which flexes along or in the direction of the rotational axis (R) is arranged between the accommodating housing (20) and the second housing part (3), wherein the spring (5) comprises a spring structure (5b) which is made of metal, in particular steel, and which imbues the spring (5) with its essential spring characteristics along or in the direction of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 9416786
    Abstract: An adjustable delivery volume rotary pump, including: first and second housing structures; a delivery chamber comprising a first chamber wall formed by the first housing structure, a second chamber wall formed by the second housing structure, a fluid inlet in a low-pressure region and a fluid outlet in a high pressure region; a pump wheel rotatable about a rotational axis in the delivery chamber; and a pressing device for generating pressing force. The second housing structure can be moved relative to the first housing structure from a first to a second position, against the pressing force. In the second position, a gap exists between the first and the second chamber walls and fluid can escape from the delivery chamber by bypassing the inlet and the outlet, or a circulation of the fluid which reduces the delivery rate of the rotary pump arises in the gap within the delivery chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20160194985
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Patent number: 9200546
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of a combustion engine includes a supply branch for supplying pressure fluid to setting chambers to generate torque acting on a rotor; and a pressure storage device arranged in the supply branch and including a spring and a storage chamber which can be filled with the pressure fluid against a spring force of the spring, wherein the storage chamber begins to fill, against the spring force, at a start-of-filling pressure which is at most as large as a hot idling pressure which the pressure fluid exhibits when the combustion engine is idling in its hot operational state, and continues to be filled against the spring force if the hot idling pressure is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner, Franz Maucher
  • Publication number: 20150233269
    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 means of a hydraulic fluid, the cam shaft phase setter including a stator which can be rotary-driven by the crankshaft; a pressure chamber for the fluid; a rotor which is connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft and coupled to the stator such that torque is transmitted and which can be adjusted in its rotational angle relative to the stator by introducing the fluid into the pressure chamber; a control valve including a valve housing and a valve piston; the valve housing including a housing inlet, an operating port to the pressure chamber and a reservoir port to a reservoir for the fluid and being connected, rotationally fixed, to the cam shaft or being formed by the cam shaft; the valve piston being axially adjustable back and forth in the valve housing between a first position and a second position and including a piston feed which is connected to the housi
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Patent number: 9080573
    Abstract: A coolant pump for delivering a coolant in a coolant circuit of a combustion engine, including: a housing; a drive shaft, rotatably mounted by the housing and rotationally driven by the combustion engine; a radial feed wheel, rotationally driven by the drive shaft, for delivering coolant from a radially internal inflow region into a radially more external outflow region; a setting structure, adjustable into different positions relative to the housing by control fluid, for adjusting a flow geometry which influences the delivery volume of the pump at a given rotational speed; a control valve for setting a pressure or volume flow of the control fluid which determines the position of the setting structure; and a servo pump, which is a rotary pump including at least one servo pump wheel and can be rotationally driven by the drive shaft, for delivering the control fluid to the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 9021997
    Abstract: A cam shaft phase setter including a control valve for controlling the feeding and draining of a hydraulic fluid into and out of a pressure chamber which serves to adjust the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The control valve includes a valve housing with an operating port to the pressure chamber and a reservoir port to a reservoir for the fluid. A valve piston is axially adjustable back and forth in the valve housing between a first position and a second position and includes an axial hollow space, a piston inlet for introducing the fluid into the hollow space, and a piston outlet which leads out of the hollow space and is connected to the operating port in the first position of the valve piston and separated from the operating port in the second position of the valve piston. An actuating unit is coupled to the valve piston for axially adjusting the valve piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Schwaebische Huettenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Patent number: 8910602
    Abstract: A control valve for controlling a pressure fluid, said control valve comprising: a valve housing (10) comprising a valve inlet (P) for the pressure fluid, a control port (A, B) for connecting to an assembly which is to be operated using the pressure fluid, and a valve outlet (TA, TB); a valve piston (20) which can be moved in the valve housing (10) along an axis (R) and which comprises a hollow space (21) through which the pressure fluid can flow from the valve inlet (P) to the control port (A, B); and a filter device (30) which is arranged in the control valve and comprises a filter cross-section (35) which filters the pressure fluid as it passes through it, wherein at least a part of the filter cross-section (35) of the filter device (30) is situated in the hollow space (21) of the valve piston (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Bohner, Jens Krüger, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20140199199
    Abstract: A gas pump including a delivery chamber with an inlet and an outlet for a gas; a first housing part with a first sealing surface which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber; a second housing part with a second sealing surface which at least partially surrounds the delivery chamber, wherein the second housing part together with the first housing part at least partially encloses the delivery chamber; a delivery device which can be moved within the delivery chamber, for delivering the gas; and a pressing device which 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, wherein 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 e
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Schwäbische Hüttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20140050562
    Abstract: An adjustable delivery volume rotary pump, including: first and second housing structures; a delivery chamber comprising a first chamber wall formed by the first housing structure, a second chamber wall formed by the second housing structure, a fluid inlet in a low-pressure region and a fluid outlet in a high pressure region; a pump wheel rotatable about a rotational axis in the delivery chamber; and a pressing device for generating pressing force. The second housing structure can be moved relative to the first housing structure from a first to a second position, against the pressing force. In the second position, a gap exists between the first and the second chamber walls and fluid can escape from the delivery chamber by bypassing the inlet and the outlet, or a circulation of the fluid which reduces the delivery rate of the rotary pump arises in the gap within the delivery chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Patent number: 8256741
    Abstract: A pneumatic pressure regulating valve, the opening of which can be automatically changed in a pressure-related manner, including a control diaphragm that is subjected to a reference pressure, to the gas pressure as well as to a governor spring, wherein a change in the differential pressure causes an adjustment of the control diaphragm and the latter itself or a closing element actuated by it changes the opening through an outflow cross-section, and wherein a structure that is arranged adjacent to the outflow cross-section on the diaphragm side forms a stop for the control diaphragm or for the closing element in the closed position of said control diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Thomas May
  • Publication number: 20120204818
    Abstract: A coolant pump for delivering a coolant in a coolant circuit of a combustion engine, including: a housing; a drive shaft, rotatably mounted by the housing and rotationally driven by the combustion engine; a radial feed wheel, rotationally driven by the drive shaft, for delivering coolant from a radially internal inflow region into a radially more external outflow region; a setting structure, adjustable into different positions relative to the housing by control fluid, for adjusting a flow geometry which influences the delivery volume of the pump at a given rotational speed; a control valve for setting a pressure or volume flow of the control fluid which determines the position of the setting structure; and a servo pump, which is a rotary pump including at least one servo pump wheel and can be rotationally driven by the drive shaft, for delivering the control fluid to the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Welte, Uwe Meinig
  • Publication number: 20120145100
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of a combustion engine includes a supply branch for supplying pressure fluid to setting chambers to generate torque acting on a rotor; and a pressure storage device arranged in the supply branch and including a spring and a storage chamber which can be filled with the pressure fluid against a spring force of the spring, wherein the storage chamber begins to fill, against the spring force, at a start-of-filling pressure which is at most as large as a hot idling pressure which the pressure fluid exhibits when the combustion engine is idling in its hot operational state, and continues to be filled against the spring force if the hot idling pressure is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jürgen Bohner, Franz Maucher
  • Patent number: 8152133
    Abstract: A pneumatic pressure regulating valve, the opening of which can be automatically changed in a pressure-related manner, including a control diaphragm that is subjected to a reference pressure, to the gas pressure as well as to a governor spring, wherein a change in the differential pressure causes an adjustment of the control diaphragm and the latter itself or a closing element actuated by it changes the opening through an outflow cross-section, and wherein a structure that is arranged adjacent to the outflow cross-section on the diaphragm side forms a stop for the control diaphragm or for the closing element in the closed position of said control diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Thomas May
  • Patent number: 8042529
    Abstract: A device for eliminating oil particles from the crankcase ventilation gas of an internal combustion engine. The device is located in the flow duct of the gas that runs from the crankcase to an induction tract of the engine. The device includes an oil separator in the form of an outlet for the gas with a deflection of the flow, causing the oil particles to be deposited on a baffle surface and thus to be eliminated from the crankcase ventilation gas flow. The device has an infeed cross-section, which lies upstream of the baffle surface when viewed from the flow direction of the crankcase ventilation gas, and which is sub-divided into several infeed sub-sections. The baffle surface is a solid surface that is devoid of perforations. The baffle surface is configured on a valve body, which lies downstream of the infeed sub-sections when viewed in the flow direction of the gas, and which is pre-tensioned by a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Sieghard Pietschner
  • Publication number: 20110220046
    Abstract: A cam shaft phase setter including a control valve for controlling the feeding and draining of a hydraulic fluid into and out of a pressure chamber which serves to adjust the rotational angular position of a cam shaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The control valve includes a valve housing with an operating port to the pressure chamber and a reservoir port to a reservoir for the fluid. A valve piston is axially adjustable back and forth in the valve housing between a first position and a second position and includes an axial hollow space, a piston inlet for introducing the fluid into the hollow space, and a piston outlet which leads out of the hollow space and is connected to the operating port in the first position of the valve piston and separated from the operating port in the second position of the valve piston. An actuating unit is coupled to the valve piston for axially adjusting the valve piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Schwabische Huttenwerke Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: CLAUS WELTE, Uwe Meinig, Juergen Bohner
  • Patent number: 8002690
    Abstract: A rotor for a centrifuge (1), wherein the rotor is rotatably driven about a rotation axis and includes two parts, i.e., a central bearing part and a waste collecting part which is provided with a waste collecting area. The waste collecting part is separable from the bearing part for waste disposal or cleaning. The bearing part and waste collecting part are provided with torque transmitting surfaces which interact with each other in a form-fitting and/or adherence manner and are connectable by axially positioning the waste collecting part on the bearing part and disconnectable by axially removing the waste collecting part from the bearing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hengst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Grosse Wiesmann, Uwe Meinig