Patents by Inventor Volker Ernst
Volker Ernst 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).
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Patent number: 5622583Abstract: A filter insert and a method for producing the same in which the filter insert has an accordion-folded filter medium. In a first operating step, folded edges are impressed on the filter medium. Subsequently, by glue application devices which are provided with glue application nozzles, at least two glue beads are applied to the surface of the filter medium and the folding is carried out subsequently. At least one of the glue application devices is movable transversely to the transport direction of the filter medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1994Date of Patent: April 22, 1997Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Arthur Klotz, Michael Kolmeder, Bernhard Wimmer
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Patent number: 5560330Abstract: The proposal is for a suction pipe consisting of a number of individual suction pipes (10, 16, 17, 18) connected on the intake side to a manifold (11). According to the invention, the manifold is made in one piece with the suction pipes by the blow-molding method.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1994Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Heinz Andress, Volker Ernst, Rolf Fuesser, Arthur Klotz, Rudolf Leipelt
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Patent number: 5554205Abstract: An air filter, particularly for ventilating the interior of motor vehicles, is provided. The air filter includes a housing having an unfiltered-air inlet and a clean-air outlet, as well as a filter medium folded in an accordion-like shape. The filter medium is arranged in a filter insert which has a surrounding seal. An adapter is integrated in the housing and also includes a surrounding sealing device to provide an effective seal between the unfiltered-air and clean-air sides of the housing. The filter insert is arranged in the adapter and is fixed in position via a cover flap of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1994Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Arthur Klotz, Rudolf Leipelt
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Patent number: 5480197Abstract: A toggle catch for the closing of first and second housing parts of intake air filters for machines which take in air has a toggle lever which pivotally engages in a bearing opening of an abutment, and a hook part. This hook part is pivotally fixed on the toggle lever. The hook part reaches over a projection of the first housing part. A spring band element is provided that has an end-face ear forming the abutment. The spring band element has a hook-shaped end that is engageable in a form-locking manner in a recess of the second housing part.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1993Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Rudi Hainle, Volker Lehmann
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Patent number: 5391212Abstract: A filter system for filtering the air intake of an internal combustion engine including a housing having a bottom half and a cover half, at least two filter inserts each consisting of pleated filter paper or filter batting, and a circumferential gasket. The two filter inserts are connected by a junction strip which simultaneously seals the raw air chamber from the clean air chamber between the two filter inserts.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1993Date of Patent: February 21, 1995Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Arthur Klotz, Rudolf Leipelt
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Patent number: 5167683Abstract: An air intake filter for the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle in which a substantially cylindrical housing contains an annular filter insert through which the air flows radially from the outside to the inside. At one end of the housing an end opening of the filter insert sealingly engages a tubular projection which communicates with the clean air outlet so that the filter insert is centered within the housing. At its opposite end, the filter insert is closed by a cover and is provided with fastening elements which engage in the junction between the housing and the cover, so that the fastening of the cover to the housing simultaneously serves to axially and radially secure the filter insert in place. Alternatively, the cylindrical housing may be formed of two, semicylindrical half-shells, and the filter insert may be provided with an annular bead which mates with a corresponding indentation in the housing to assure proper installation of the filter insert.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1991Date of Patent: December 1, 1992Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Bernhard Behrendt, Heinz Benzler, Volker Ernst
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Patent number: 5137557Abstract: A suction air filter for a combustion engine includes a filter housing for receiving a filter insert and an attachment housing to which the filter housing is attached. The filter housing has a coupling end for coupling with a corresponding coupling end of the attachment housing. The suction air filter has an unfiltered air intake and a pure air outlet. A plurality of cam members are mounted on the outside of the filter housing near the coupling end thereof, and a plurality of cam elements are mounted on the outside of the attachment housing near the coupling end thereof. A rotatable coupling ring is mounted to receive the coupling ends of the filter housing and the attachment housing, and the coupling ring carries wedge members which are engagable with the cam members and the cam elements to releasably couple together the coupling ends of the housings.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 1991Date of Patent: August 11, 1992Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Bernhard Behrendt, Friedrich Benning, Volker Ernst, Herbert Gelb, Arthur Klotz, Rudolf Leipelt, Albert Scheuermann, Michael Teich
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Patent number: 5125941Abstract: An air intake filter for internal combustion engines has a flat, replaceable filter insert 20, through which the air flows transversely in operation, and which has a gasket 22 disposed on the periphery for sealing at the face side against a ledge 15 of the filter housing 11. The insert can be inserted into the filter housing through a narrow side, the sealing pressure being produced by a cover 50 which has two sliding wedges 51 and 53. To bring it about that, when the sealing pressure is applied, the gasket 22 will not be shifted laterally with respect to the ledge 15 of the filter housing 11, the cover, which is in the form of a substantially open frame, replaceably accommodates the filter insert. The cover is provided with cams 40 and 41 which serve to fix the frame 30 in an extended position during the replacement of the filter insert.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1991Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Herbert Hack, Guenther Scholz
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Patent number: 5120337Abstract: An intake air filter for an internal combustion engine is disclosed which includes a housing having a raw air inlet for unfiltered air and a clean air outlet for filtered air and first and second annular filter inserts disposed concentrically one inside the other within the housing through which air flows radially from the outside to the inside, the first filter insert being an outer filter insert, and the second filter insert being a safety cartridge disposed within the first filter insert, the second filter insert being closed at one end with a cover plate; the other end of the second filter insert facing the air outlet, and the second filter insert being secured to the housing by a screw thread adjacent the air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1991Date of Patent: June 9, 1992Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Heinz Benzler, Volker Ernst, Arthur Klotz
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Patent number: 5042999Abstract: An air intake filter containing a filter insert within a canister. The canister includes a raw air inlet and an opening for the introduction of the filter insert, the filter insert having a sealing surface parallel to the plane of the opening to seal the clean-air side. This sealing surface is applied to another sealing surface on an adapter with a sealing ring interposed therebetween, and the canister is fastened to the adapter. To prevent any shearing movement on the sealing ring when the canister is attached to the adapter, a guide is provided on the adapter and is engaged by a sliding shoe disposed on the canister. Furthermore, a spacer is situated on the canister and assures that the canister cannot be laid against the adapter unless the two sealing surfaces are correctly positioned with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Arthur Klotz, Rudolf Leipelt
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Patent number: 4744091Abstract: A gas laser has (1) a reflecting body with a reflecting surface, (2) excitation space structure cooperative with the reflecting body for defining an excitation space which is open opposite the reflecting surface of the reflecting body, (3) devices for lasingly exciting a gas in the excitation space and (4) a mirror assembly. The mirror assembly has a mirror having a reflecting surface facing the opening in the excitation space. A radial flange is about the mirror with the reflecting surface of the mirror on one axial side of the radial flange. At least one spacer and, preferably three, circumferentially-spaced bars project from the excitation space structure and engage the radial flange substantially axially for supporting it at least one of axially slidably and tiltably. Bellows sealingly connect the one axial side of the radial flange to the opening of the excitation space structure and its other axial side to a backplate immovably connected to the spacer bar on the other axial side of the radial flange.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 1986Date of Patent: May 10, 1988Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbHInventors: Wolfram Gorisch, Rainer Nitsche, Walter Skrlac, Dieter Wendt, Walter Wohlfart, Volker Ernst, Walter Kirchner, Volker Weyer
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Patent number: 4611329Abstract: Gas laser of circular cross section perpendicular to the direction of beam propagation, having an optical resonator. The laser has, for continuous or modulated continuous beam operation, a tube as the inner electrode (2), which is connected to a high-frequency voltage source. The outer electrode (4) likewise comprises a tube which is disposed coaxially with the inner electrode (2). Between the two electrodes (2, 4) is the annular excitation chamber (3). The tube wall serving as outer electrode (4) is provided with slot-like cavities (1) which are open toward the excitation chamber (3) and serve for the cooling of the gas therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1984Date of Patent: September 9, 1986Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbHInventors: Volker Ernst, Hans Opower
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Patent number: 4553242Abstract: A gas laser of circular cross section perpendicular to the direction of beam propagation and having an optical resonator is disclosed. The laser has, for continuous or modulated continuous beam operation, a metal tube as inside conductor, which is connected to a high-frequency voltage source. An outside conductor, which is coaxial with the inside conductor consists of a tube of metal of good electrical conductivity. The inside conductor is surrounded, leaving an intervening space, by a jacket tube of dielectric or metallic material. A dielectric cooling liquid of electrical insulating quality and low loss factor for high-frequency fields flows through the space between the inside conductor and the jacket tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1984Date of Patent: November 12, 1985Assignee: W.C. Heraeus GmbHInventors: Hans Opower, Volker Ernst
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Patent number: 4231343Abstract: A device for adjusting the intake air temperature of a carburetor-equipped internal combustion engine whose air intake system has a flapper valve in a duct junction admitting cold raw air and/or preheated raw air to the intake filter, depending on the raw air temperature, the flapper valve position being controlled by a pneumatic membrane actuator which receives negative pressure from the intake manifold, via a vacuum line with a thermostat-controlled relief valve responsive to the temperature of the air mixture. In the drive connection between the membrane actuator and the flapper is arranged a wax thermostat which increases or decreases the effective length of the connection in response to the ambient air temperature, thereby adding the thermostat displacements to the actuator displacements, the effective length of the drive connection being further adjustable by means of a threaded connection which is arranged between the membrane support body of the actuator and the wax thermostat.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1979Date of Patent: November 4, 1980Assignee: Filterwerke Mann & Hummel GmbHInventors: Herbert Alf, Volker Ernst, Rudi Hainle, Rudolf Leipelt
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Patent number: 3977528Abstract: The invention relates to a tubular type of display rack assembly having tubular support members joined by coupling means. The coupling means includes units thereof which have two or more tubular members rigidly attached together in parallel relation to each other. Each such coupling unit facilitates the joining of a plurality of support members at any juncture to facilitate great flexibility in design possibilities for a display rack assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1975Date of Patent: August 31, 1976Assignee: Orschler Produktion KGInventor: Volker Ernst Uwe Berger