Patents by Inventor Volker Zieris

Volker Zieris 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: 10865682
    Abstract: A line section for temperature-controlled guiding of a reductant for the exhaust gas post-treatment of an internal combustion engine, comprising a first line for guiding the reductant, a second line for guiding a temperature control agent, and a casing surrounding the first and second lines. The first and second lines are disposed extending adjacent to each other in the casing and guided in a coupling housing connected to the casing. Both the first and second lines are guided through the entire coupling housing while extending adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Volker Zieris, Sascha Rosenfeldt, Sebastian Hesselfeld, Alexander Bohl, Reiner Mitterer
  • Patent number: 10750578
    Abstract: An assembled media line including a media line, at least one first line connector and at least one first sheathing system, where the media line has a first end and a second end and where the at least one line connector is connected to one of the first and the second end of the media line and the at least one first sheathing system at least partially surrounds the media line, which media line is not dimensionally stable. A contour shaping cap device including at least two parts which together build, at least in sections, a media line surrounding sheath for contour shaping the media line, where the at least two parts are generally bending resistant and have elements for connecting them to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Hesselfeld, Sascha Rosenfeldt, Volker Zieris
  • Publication number: 20200088079
    Abstract: A line section for temperature-controlled guiding of a reductant for the exhaust gas post-treatment of an internal combustion engine, comprising a first line for guiding the reductant, a second line for guiding a temperature control agent, and a casing surrounding the first and second lines. The first and second lines are disposed extending adjacent to each other in the casing and guided in a coupling housing connected to the casing. Both the first and second lines are guided through the entire coupling housing while extending adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Volker ZIERIS, Sascha ROSENFELDT, Sebastian HESSELFELD, Alexander BOHL, Reiner MITTERER
  • Publication number: 20170223778
    Abstract: An assembled media line including a media line, at least one first line connector and at least one first sheathing system, where the media line has a first end and a second end and where the at least one line connector is connected to one of the first and the second end of the media line and the at least one first sheathing system at least partially surrounds the media line, which media line is not dimensionally stable. A contour shaping cap device including at least two parts which together build, at least in sections, a media line surrounding sheath for contour shaping the media line, where the at least two parts are generally bending resistant and have elements for connecting them to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian Hesselfeld, Sascha Rosenfeldt, Volker Zieris
  • Patent number: 9702492
    Abstract: A line connector for a urea-water solution in an SCR catalytic converter system. The line connector has two mutually separate flow paths for two fluid media, one for a functional medium and another for a temperature control medium for controlling the temperature of the functional medium. The line connector includes a connector body having a first connection for a first line conducting a functional medium, a second connection conducting a temperature control medium, and a third connection for a double line having an inner line and a coaxial outer line. The third connection has an inner connecting element with an inner passage and an outer connecting element with an outer passage. The connector body is formed in its interior such that the first and second connections merge separately from one another into the inner and outer passages, respectively, of the third connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Frank Peters, Michele Stelluto, Ulrich Hiltemann, Roland Klein, Sabine Schuster, Volker Zieris
  • Patent number: 8925573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically heatable media line (1), comprising a fluid line (2) and at least one fluid connector (4) connected to a line end (2a). The fluid line (2) and the fluid connector (4) respectively have electric heating means (6, 10), wherein the fluid line (2) and/or the fluid connector (4) including electric connections (16) of the heating means (6, 10) are/is enclosed by a plastic molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Marco Isenburg, Ulrich Erb, Volker Zieris, Josef Brandt, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Martin Lechner, Sascha Rosenfeldt
  • Publication number: 20110241333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a line connector (1) having two mutually separate flow paths for two fluid media, specifically one for a functional medium, in particular for a urea-water solution in an SCR catalytic converter system of a motor vehicle, and another for a temperature control medium for controlling the temperature of the functional medium. The line connector (1) is composed of a connector body (2) having at least three line connections, specifically at least a first connection (4) for a first line which conducts the functional medium, a second connection (6) for a second line which conducts the temperature control medium, and a third connection (8), which is designed as a double connection, for a double line (10) which is composed of an inner line (12) and an outer line (14) substantially coaxially surrounding said inner line (12). The third connection (8) has an inner connecting element (16) with an inner passage (24) and an outer connecting element (18) with an outer passage (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Frank Peters, Michele Stelluto, Ulrich Hiltemann, Roland Klein, Sabine Schuster, Volker Zieris
  • Publication number: 20100263740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrically heatable media line (1), comprising a fluid line (2) and at least one fluid connector (4) connected to a line end (2a). The fluid line (2) and the fluid connector (4) respectively have electric heating means (6, 10), wherein the fluid line (2) and/or the fluid connector (4) including electric connections (16) of the heating means (6, 10) are/is enclosed by a plastic molding compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Marco Isenburg, Ulrich Erb, Volker Zieris, Josef Brandt, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Martin Lechner, Sascha Rosenfeldt
  • Patent number: 5890861
    Abstract: A retaining element to hold together a multipart preassembled screw connection or the like until the assembly can be further processed or assembled in a later step. The retaining element includes a ring section to be installed on a free part of the multipart connection unit so as to hold together the individual parts of that section, and a handle that extends in an outward radial direction from the ring section. Once the free part of a multipart connection unit is assembled to a mating connection unit, the ring section can be removed by applying a tensile force to the handle in an upward radial direction. The ring section may have a predetermined breaking point so that the ring section becomes severed when sufficient tensile force is applied, whereby the retaining element can be removed without difficulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Armaturenfabrik Hermann Voss GmbH + Co.
    Inventors: Eberhard Kaiser, Volker Zieris