Patents by Inventor Winfrid Eckerskorn

Winfrid Eckerskorn 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: 6059019
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly is provided attachable to a frame of a vehicle. The heat exchanger assembly includes first and second support brackets attachable to a frame of a vehicle so as to define a mounting space therebetween having closed sides in two facing planes, the first and second support brackets each having a surface thereon transverse to the planes. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a first heat exchanger disposed within the mounting space, the first heat exchanger supported on the surfaces of the first and second brackets and releasably secured to the first and second support brackets. The heat exchanger further includes a second heat exchanger disposed within the mounting space, the second heat exchanger supported on the surfaces of the first and second brackets and releasably secured to the first and second support brackets separately from the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignees: Modine Manufacturing Company, Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventors: Viktor Brost, Klaus Kalbacher, Karl Schutterle, Winfrid Eckerskorn, Axel Temmesfeld, Manfred Schatz
  • Patent number: 5960872
    Abstract: In order to control the temperature of the transmission oil of a motor vehicle driven by a liquid-cooled engine, a coolant/transmission oil heat exchanger is provided. The coolant stream supplied to the heat exchanger is miscible in a thermostatic valve from recooled and non-recooled coolant in order to achieve a desired temperature. Preferably the thermostatic valve is controlled by the temperature of the transmission oil, but it is also possible to have two expanding material elements as control pistons of the thermostatic valve, with one control piston being provided in the oil chamber of the thermostatic valve and the other control piston being provided in the coolant mixing chamber of the thermostatic valve. It is also possible, for purposes of precontrol, to electrically heat at least one of the control pistons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Modine Laengerer & Reich GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhart Huemer, Heinz Lemberger, Winfrid Eckerskorn, Christian Absmeier, Axel Temmesfeld, Victor Brost, Karl Schuetterle, Klaus Kalbacher
  • Patent number: 5934552
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve assembly includes three housing components (16, 18, 20) containing two interconnected chambers (64, 78). A first thermally responsive valve unit (68) is disposed in the chamber (64) while a second thermally responsive valve element (98) is disposed in the chamber (78). Both the chambers (64) and (78) have inlets (60, 110) and the chamber (64) has an outlet (66). The valve may assume configurations allowing a minimal flow (FIG. 2), a large volume warm up flow (FIG. 3), a mixed flow regimen (FIG. 4) and a pure cooling flow regimen (FIG. 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignees: Modine Manufacturing Co., Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventors: Klaus Kalbacher, Karl Schutterle, Axel Temmesfeld, Winfrid Eckerskorn
  • Patent number: 5931228
    Abstract: According to a first aspect of the invention, a cooling module comprises a cooling system which comprises a radiator. A fan for generating air flow across the radiator also has a fan housing attached to the radiator in which the fan is located so that the fan is disposed relative to the radiator such that the fan may generate air flow across the radiator. A mounting plate is also attached to the radiator and has a first side facing the radiator and a second side. The mounting plate has attachment sites on the second side integral therewith on which other parts of the cooling system are mountable and channels integral therewith through which a coolant flowing through the cooling system may pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignees: Modine Mfg. Co., Bayerische Motoren Werke
    Inventors: Klaus Kalbacher, Karl Schutterle, Winfrid Eckerskorn, Axel Temmesfeld