Patents by Inventor Walter Binder

Walter Binder 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: 6966981
    Abstract: A replaceable filter cartridge assembly for a liquid filter and a liquid filter in which such a filter cartridge is installed. The filter cartridge 10 is provided with a support element 15, and a seat 20 for a sealing membrane 19 is provided on the support element 15. The sealing membrane seals the inlet 22 of the housing via a sealing edge 21 that acts as a return flow barrier over the inlet. The sealing membrane 19 also has a radial sealing surface 23 to provide a seal between the support element 15 and the outlet port 24 of the filter. This permits the filter cartridge to be manufactured in a particularly cost-effective manner and assures simple mounting within the housing. Since only the filter cartridge, which can be pushed onto the support element 15, needs to be exchanged, very little material has to be disposed of when the filter is replaced, which further increases the cost-effectiveness of the filter in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Klaus Mack
  • Publication number: 20030196939
    Abstract: A replaceable filter cartridge assembly for a liquid filter and a liquid filter in which such a filter cartridge is installed. The filter cartridge 10 is provided with a support element 15, and a seat 20 for a sealing membrane 19 is provided on the support element 15. The sealing membrane seals the inlet 22 of the housing via a sealing edge 21 that acts as a return flow barrier over the inlet. The sealing membrane 19 also has a radial sealing surface 23 to provide a seal between the support element 15 and the outlet port 24 of the filter. This permits the filter cartridge to be manufactured in a particularly cost-effective manner and assures simple mounting within the housing. Since only the filter cartridge, which can be pushed onto the support element 15, needs to be exchanged, very little material has to be disposed of when the filter is replaced, which further increases the cost-effectiveness of the filter in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Klaus Mack
  • Publication number: 20030146149
    Abstract: A filter element including an annular support body, a filter medium, which is preferably a filter paper folded in a zigzag shape, positioned on the annular support body, and end disks, which are positioned on the axial end faces of the filter medium and glued or welded to the filter medium. The filter element is characterized in that a seal carrier is provided on the support body in the vicinity of one or both end disks, and a seal, particularly an elastomer seal, is affixed to the seal carrier in an interlocking manner. The seal carrier is designed to be radially elastic. The filter of the invention is particularly suitable for filtering liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Helmut Luka, Norbert Strassenberger, Gerhard Vilsmaier, Matthaeus Huber, Renate Gottwald-Grill
  • Patent number: 6471755
    Abstract: A gas conducting system, particularly a compressed air system for a motor vehicle, which includes a filter containing a desiccant for removing moisture from a gas passed therethrough. The housing structure of the filter is provided with a seal with a weakened area 18, which specifically causes any overpressure to be reduced through failure of the weakened area if the pressure inside exceeds a permissible maximum. This process can be repeated multiple times until the seal with the weakened area 18 must be replaced due to aging. The weakened area can be used as a substitute for a pressure relief valve or as supplemental protection in case the pressure control valve fails, e.g., due to ice. This can prevent, for instance, bursting of the filter housing which could present a safety risk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Markus Kolczyk, Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20020035926
    Abstract: A gas conducting system, particularly a compressed air system for a motor vehicle, which includes a filter containing a desiccant for removing moisture from a gas passed therethrough. The housing structure of the filter is provided with a seal with a weakened area 18, which specifically causes any overpressure to be reduced through failure of the weakened area if the pressure inside exceeds a permissible maximum. This process can be repeated multiple times until the seal with the weakened area 18 must be replaced due to aging. The weakened area can be used as a substitute for a pressure relief valve or as supplemental protection in case the pressure control valve fails, e.g., due to ice. This can prevent, for instance, bursting of the filter housing which could present a safety risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Markus Kolczyk, Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20020023863
    Abstract: A replaceable filter cartridge assembly for a liquid filter and a liquid filter in which such a filter cartridge is installed. The filter cartridge 10 is provided with a support element 15, and a seat 20 for a sealing membrane 19 is provided on the support element 15. The sealing membrane seals the inlet 22 of the housing via a sealing edge 21 that acts as a return flow barrier over the inlet. The sealing membrane 19 also has a radial sealing surface 23 to provide a seal between the support element 15 and the outlet port 24 of the filter. This permits the filter cartridge to be manufactured in a particularly cost-effective manner and assures simple mounting within the housing. Since only the filter cartridge, which can be pushed onto the support element 15, needs to be exchanged, very little material has to be disposed of when the filter is replaced, which further increases the cost-effectiveness of the filter in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Klaus Mack
  • Patent number: 6280492
    Abstract: A flange for a device for separating an oil aerosol from air. This flange consists of a rubber-coated sheet metal and has the purpose of providing a seal between a housing and a mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Lothar Keller, Michael Wolf
  • Patent number: 6159261
    Abstract: A filter cartridge, in particular for an intake air filter of an internal combustion engine, the cartridge including a hollow cylindrical filtering body (10) which is provided on at least one end face with an end disk. The end disk carries a sealing element (12) which is made up of a supporting medium and a sealing medium (15). The sealing medium is preferably composed of a silicone or a silicone foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Heinz Mueller
  • Patent number: 5071456
    Abstract: An air filter for an internal combustion engine having a housing 10 with an air inlet 11 on the raw air side and an air outlet 12 on the clean air side. The air outlet has a tubular projection 27 extending into the housing 10 on which a filter insert 15 can be removably fastened. Air passes through the filter insert 15 radially from the outside in. To seal the filter insert 15 on the tubular projection 27, a radial gasket 23 is provided which has an attachment portion clamped by an inwardly extended flange on an end plate 19 of the filter insert, and which has a seal portion with a sealing area arranged adjacent the attachment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Filterwerk Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Hans Erdmannsdoerfer, Gerhard Henning, Bruno Sommer
  • Patent number: 5028153
    Abstract: A bearing block for anchoring a self-contained bearing for a moving part of a robotic manipulator to such robotic manipulator is provided, wherein the self-contained bearing has a known outside diameter. In particular, the bearing block comprises a body portion having attachment means for attaching the bearing block to the robotic manipulator, with such body portion being split into a base piece and a clamp piece along a dividing axis. A bearing race or bore is formed through the body portion and centered therewithin on the dividing axis. The bore is formed after the body portion has been split along the dividing axis, and has an effective diameter slightly undersized relative the outside diameter of the self-contained bearing to be held therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Suica, Walter Binder, Edward J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4804170
    Abstract: There is provided a counterbalance assembly for use in combination with a rotatable robotic arm and the like in a robotic manipulator, where the robotic arm is rotated about an axis by a torque-producing device having a relatively stationary base. The assembly further includes a torsional spring comprising a pair of concentric tubes connected to each other by rubber, with one tube connected to the arm and the other tube connected to the base. In general, any torque created by the influence of gravity acting on the robotic arm, as it is rotated, is counterpoised by torsional wind-up in the spring due to proportional resistance of the rubber to torsional shear. This spring/arm combination thereby reduces the load on the torque-producing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick C. Young, Walter Binder
  • Patent number: 4754540
    Abstract: A bearing block for anchoring a self-contained bearing for a moving part of a robotic manipulator to such robotic manipulator is provided, wherein the self-contained bearing has a known outside diameter. In particular, the bearing block comprises a body portion having attachment means for attaching the bearing block to the robotic manipulator, with such body portion being split into a base piece and a clamp piece along a dividing axis. A bearing race or bore is formed through the body portion and centered therewithin on the dividing axis. The bore is formed after the body portion has been split along the dividing axis, and has an effective diameter slightly undersized relative the outside diameter of the self-contained bearing to be held therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Suica, Walter Binder, Edward J. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4040853
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of raw mix for the production of cement and sulphuric acid by the cement-sulphuric acid process, which mix comprises calcium sulphate, coke and other additives, by separate grinding of the materials used, which comprises grinding the coke alone to a degree of comminution corresponding to a grain size spectrum, by weight, of<60 .mu. 25 to 40%60 to 90 .mu. 8 to 15%>90 .mu. 45 to 70%and then mixing the ground coke with a finely ground mixture of calcium sulphate and the remaining additives, and the use of such raw mix in the production of cement and sulphuric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Chemie Linz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Binder, Josef Hutter, Heinrich Stich, Kurt Ruckensteiner, Josef Tines, deceased, by Antonie Tines, legal representative, by Heide Schwarz, legal representative
  • Patent number: D307282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Suica, Edward J. Bailey, Walter Binder