Patents by Inventor Volker Kuemmerling

Volker Kuemmerling 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: 11859680
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a brake caliper of a disc brake assembly, wherein the brake caliper comprises a lining inspection opening, closes in a mounted state thereof the lining inspection opening at least partially with precise fit. The brake dust particle filter is provided with a filter medium support that supports a filter medium. A brake caliper provided with the brake dust particle filter in the lining inspection opening is arranged across the brake disc of the disc brake assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Coskun Evlekli, Benedikt Weller, Axel Kravanja, Eric Thébault, Andreas Beck
  • Patent number: 11828212
    Abstract: A valve has a valve housing with a valve seat and a valve body holder with a fluid-permeable flow opening. A valve body is arranged in the valve body holder and axially displaceable between an open state and a closed state of the valve. The valve body has an envelope surface with a sealing region for fluid-tightly contacting the valve seat in the closed state. It has a base region adjoining the sealing region in longitudinal direction. A cross section contour of the envelope surface increases monotonously from the sealing region to the base region. In the open state, an axial end of the base region contacts the valve body holder. The envelope surface has a weakened region connecting sealing region and base region to each other. The weakened region has a reduced stiffness along the longitudinal direction. The valve body is formed of a thermoplastic polyhalogen olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Gelase Mbadinga Mouanda, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Lukas Bock, Claus Fischer, Thomas Schleiden, Tobias Warth, Matthias Teschner
  • Publication number: 20230358284
    Abstract: A circular segment-shaped filter housing of a brake dust particle filter has first and second spaced-apart housing side walls delimiting between them a receiving space for a brake disc. The first housing side wall has a housing base wall and a support bridge adjoining the housing base wall in circumferential direction. The receiving space extends axially between the housing base wall of the first housing side wall and the second housing side wall. The second housing side wall extends only across an angle segment of the housing base wall of the first housing side wall. The support bridge has a circumferential end region facing away from the housing base wall and provided with at least one fastening point for connecting the support bridge to a brake caliper. The first housing side wall extends across a first housing side wall angle segment of at least 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Macario Francisco DOS SANTOS ASCENSAO, Volker KUEMMERLING, Andreas PANNI
  • Patent number: 11773929
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly is provided to catch particles generated during braking. The brake dust particle filter has a ring segment-shaped housing with two axially spaced apart housing side walls and a radially outwardly positioned housing peripheral wall. The housing peripheral wall is arranged between the housing side walls. The housing accommodates the brake disc in the housing interior. A tongue projects inwardly away from the housing peripheral wall in the housing interior. The tongue projects at least in sections with a radial component and has a flat cross section with a base surface facing the housing peripheral wall, an end face projecting into the housing interior, and a side face. The tongue is formed by a filter medium and has no supporting device components separate from the filter medium. The filter medium provides a satisfactory stiffness keeping the tongue structurally stiff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Coskun Evlekli, Eric Thébault, Jan Corba, Benedikt Weller, Andreas Beck
  • Patent number: 11725614
    Abstract: A filter housing has a first housing part with a first rim section and a second housing part with a second rim section. The housing parts can be joined and separated from each other in axial mounting direction and define a housing interior for a filter element provided with a circumferentially extending sealing element. The first and second rim sections form a receiving area in which the sealing element is seal-tightly clamped radially between the first and second rim sections when the housing parts are joined in the mounted state. A snap connecting device axially braces the first and second housing parts relative to each other. The snap connecting device is formed integrally on the first and second housing parts such that a clamping force applied by the first and second rim sections on the sealing element in radial direction is decoupled from the snap connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Andreas Weber, Michael Metzger, Bernhard Gau, Naihe Shen, Calogero Colletto, Achim Janner
  • Publication number: 20230003269
    Abstract: A circular segment-shaped filter housing of a brake dust particle filter for a brake disk arrangement has first and second spaced-apart housing side walls. A housing circumferential wall connects the first and second housing sidewalls. The first and second housing side walls and the housing circumferential wall delimit an opening for receiving a brake disk of the brake disk arrangement. Delimitation parts are arranged at an end face edge of at least one of the first and second housing side walls and at an end face edge of the housing circumferential wall. The delimitation parts are detachable and exchangeable independent of the first and second housing side walls and/or of the housing circumferential wall. The delimitation parts delimit a free cross section area of the opening. A brake dust particle filter is provided with such a filter housing. A kit for producing such a filter housing is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Lukas BOCK, Thomas JESSBERGER, Volker KUEMMERLING, Coskun EVLEKLI, Tobias WOERZ, Eric THEBAULT
  • Publication number: 20220397168
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly with brake disc and brake caliper has a filter housing with opposed first and second side walls, a circumferential wall section extending at least partially circumferentially, and an end wall. The first and second side walls are connected to each other by the circumferential wall section and/or by the end wall. A filter housing interior extends from a side of the filter housing facing the brake caliper along the first and second side walls and the circumferential wall section to the end wall. An air-permeable filter wall arranged in the filter housing interior has a filter wall circumferential section that is radially spaced from the circumferential wall section and divides the filter housing interior into a raw air side and a clean air side. The clean air side extends between filter wall circumferential section and first circumferential wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Woerz, Lukas Bock, Thomas Jessberger, Andreas Klinser, Benedikt Weller, Volker Kuemmerling, Coskun Evlekli, Soeren Jurgenson, Florian Keller
  • Publication number: 20220397169
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for an assembly with a brake disc is provided with a ring section-shaped housing that at least partially surrounds the brake disc in a mounted state. The housing has a housing interior. The housing is made of a metal material. The housing interior has a lowermost point and has at the lowermost point an axially embodied drainage cutout for drainage of a fluid out of the housing interior. The housing has an outwardly positioned, mostly axially expanding guide arranged at the drainage cutout for guiding the fluid. An assembly with a brake disc and a brake caliper arranged at the brake disc is provided with such a brake dust particle filter that is arranged at least partially in a bottom region of the brake disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Volker KUEMMERLING, Lukas BOCK, Thomas JESSBERGER, Coskun EVLEKLI, Michael GEIGER
  • Patent number: 11493101
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly of a vehicle has at least one housing structure engaging across a brake disc and/or a brake caliper of the disc brake assembly at least in sections in a mounted state of the brake dust particle filter at the disc brake assembly. The brake dust particle filter is designed to catch particles generated during braking. At least one light source, especially an LED light source, is provided at the brake dust particle filter. A lighting housing part is provided that is to be attached to the housing structure. A vehicle is provided with such a brake dust particle filter provided with a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Ferdinand Pflugfelder, Gunnar Blanck
  • Publication number: 20220341477
    Abstract: A ring segment-shaped filter housing of a brake dust particle filter of a disc brake has a first housing part with two or more first shell pieces connected to each other. The first shell pieces overlap in circumferential direction in an overlap region, respectively, and are connected to each other in the overlap region. At least one of the first shell pieces has circumferential end regions mirror-symmetrical to each other. A filter housing assembly set for producing such a filter housing has two or more shell pieces connectable to each other, wherein at least one of the shell pieces has circumferential end regions mirror-symmetrical to each other, wherein the shell pieces are designed to overlap in circumferential direction in an overlap region and to be connected to each other in the overlap region. A brake dust particle filter and a disc brake with such a filter housing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Woerz, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Volker Kuemmerling, Coskun Evlekli
  • Patent number: 11409310
    Abstract: A unit for the regulation for control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section and a switching film connected to the at least one housing section. A chemically inert, non-rubber-like PTFEswitching film switching film is disposed in the valve housing and switches at pressure differences of 1 mbar to 250 mbar for regulating, opening or blocking a flow of a fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The switching film is formed of a fluorine and carbon containing polymer material. The switching film has a plate-shaped flat body with a bending region and has a central closure region surrounded by the bending region. The bending region, when switching the switching film, moves the central closure region relative to a valve seat of the valve housing in an axial direction of the plate-shaped flat body toward or away from the valve seat by a stretch free or low-stretch bending movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Hoang-Minh Vu
  • Patent number: 11248669
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly with brake disc and brake caliper has a ring segment-shaped housing accommodating the brake disc in the interior. The housing has first and second axially spaced apart housing sidewalls and a housing peripheral wall extending radially outwardly in circumferential direction and arranged between the first and second housing sidewalls. A first housing part includes the first and/or second housing sidewall such that the first and/or second housing sidewall is positionable axially displaced to the brake disc. A second housing part includes at least the housing peripheral wall. First and second housing parts are connected by a pivot mechanism having a pivot axis extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the brake disc. Due to the pivot mechanism, the housing peripheral wall is pivotable relative to the first housing part while the first and/or second housing sidewall remains stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Robert Zbiral, Coskun Evlekli
  • Publication number: 20220042559
    Abstract: A brake disc arrangement has a brake disc and a brake caliper arranged at the brake disc. A brake caliper holder is provided. One or more bearing bolts hold the brake caliper at the brake caliper holder. A brake dust particle filter is provided with a filter housing. The filter housing of the brake dust particle filter is fixedly connected by the one or more bearing bolts to the brake caliper or to the brake caliper holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Coskun Evlekli, Jan Corba, Benedikt Weller
  • Publication number: 20210363902
    Abstract: A valve has a valve housing with a valve seat and a valve body holder with a fluid-permeable flow opening. A valve body is arranged in the valve body holder and axially displaceable between an open state and a closed state of the valve. The valve body has an envelope surface with a sealing region for fluid-tightly contacting the valve seat in the closed state. It has a base region adjoining the sealing region in longitudinal direction. A cross section contour of the envelope surface increases monotonously from the sealing region to the base region. In the open state, an axial end of the base region contacts the valve body holder. The envelope surface has a weakened region connecting sealing region and base region to each other. The weakened region has a reduced stiffness along the longitudinal direction. The valve body is formed of a thermoplastic polyhalogen olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gelase Mbadinga Mouanda, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Lukas Bock, Claus Fischer, Thomas Schleiden, Tobias Warth, Matthias Teschner
  • Patent number: 11169549
    Abstract: A unit (10) for the regulation or control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section (13, 14) and a switching film (22) connected to the at least one housing section (13, 14) for switching at pressure differentials relative to an ambient pressure acting on the switching film (22), and for the regulation, release or blocking of a flow of the fluid between an inlet (28) and a discharge (30) for the fluid. The switching film (22) is made out of a polymer material having fluorine and carbon, in particular a thermoplastic having fluorine and carbon. In this arrangement, a hole cross-section (40) of the at least one housing section (13, 14) is closed off by the switching film (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Hoang-Minh Vu
  • Publication number: 20210255647
    Abstract: A unit for the regulation for control of a fluid pressure, having at least one housing section and a switching film connected to the at least one housing section. A chemically inert, non-rubber-like PTFEswitching film switching film is disposed in the valve housing and switches at pressure differences of 1 mbar to 250 mbar for regulating, opening or blocking a flow of a fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The switching film is formed of a fluorine and carbon containing polymer material. The switching film has a plate-shaped flat body with a bending region and has a central closure region surrounded by the bending region. The bending region, when switching the switching film, moves the central closure region relative to a valve seat of the valve housing in an axial direction of the plate-shaped flat body toward or away from the valve seat by a stretch free or low-stretch bending movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Hoang-Minh Vu
  • Publication number: 20210246953
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a brake caliper of a disc brake assembly, wherein the brake caliper comprises a lining inspection opening, closes in a mounted state thereof the lining inspection opening at least partially with precise fit. The brake dust particle filter is provided with a filter medium support that supports a filter medium. A brake caliper provided with the brake dust particle filter in the lining inspection opening is arranged across the brake disc of the disc brake assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Lukas Bock, Thomas Jessberger, Volker Kuemmerling, Coskun Evlekli, Benedikt Weller, Axel Kravanja, Eric Thébault, Andreas Beck
  • Publication number: 20210140497
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly is provided to catch particles generated during braking. The brake dust particle filter has a ring segment-shaped housing with two axially spaced apart housing side walls and a radially outwardly positioned housing peripheral wall. The housing peripheral wall is arranged between the housing side walls. The housing accommodates the brake disc in the housing interior. A tongue projects inwardly away from the housing peripheral wall in the housing interior. The tongue projects at least in sections with a radial component and has a flat cross section with a base surface facing the housing peripheral wall, an end face projecting into the housing interior, and a side face. The tongue is formed by a filter medium and has no supporting device components separate from the filter medium. The filter medium provides a satisfactory stiffness keeping the tongue structurally stiff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Coskun Evlekli, Eric Thébault, Jan Corba, Benedikt Weller, Andreas Beck
  • Publication number: 20210140498
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly of a vehicle has at least one housing structure engaging across a brake disc and/or a brake caliper of the disc brake assembly at least in sections in a mounted state of the brake dust particle filter at the disc brake assembly. The brake dust particle filter is designed to catch particles generated during braking. At least one light source, especially an LED light source, is provided at the brake dust particle filter. A lighting housing part is provided that is to be attached to the housing structure. A vehicle is provided with such a brake dust particle filter provided with a light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Ferdinand Pflugfelder, Gunnar Blanck
  • Patent number: D947733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Benedikt Weller, Tobias Woerz, Klaus Gehwolf, Theodor Rockinger, Klaus Mack