Patents by Inventor Dieter Rothe

Dieter Rothe 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: 9976462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the operation of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system in an exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an SCR particle filter, a first reducing agent feed device for introducing the reducing agent into the exhaust tract upstream of the SCR particle filter, continuous regeneration of the SCR particle filter being possible using nitrogen dioxide as oxidizing agent, an SCR catalytic converter element arranged downstream of the SCR particle filter, and a second reducing agent feed device for introducing the reducing agent into the exhaust tract downstream of the SCR particle filter and upstream of the SCR catalytic converter element. A control unit regulates a quantity of reducing agent introduced into the exhaust tract by the first reducing agent feed device and/or by the second reducing agent feed device as a function of the temperature (TSCR-PF) of the SCR particle filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Florian Lutz, Dieter Rothe
  • Patent number: 9797284
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device for an internal combustion engine, for use in a motor vehicle, includes an exhaust tract with at least one exhaust pipe and at least one exhaust-gas aftertreatment element. The exhaust-pipe internal wall and/or the at least one exhaust-gas aftertreatment element have/has a vapor-sorbing material forming at least one exhaust-tract-side sorption element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Dieter Rothe, Florian Lutz
  • Patent number: 9797290
    Abstract: A method and an internal combustion engine for the regeneration of a particle filter includes periodic regeneration phases, where a regeneration is performed by virtue of the soot particles that have been deposited in the particle filter being burned off. During the operation of the internal combustion engine, the reactivity of the soot deposits is determined on the basis of a characteristic map previously established empirically for different engine operating ranges of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Markus Knauer, Dieter Rothe, Christian Pastoetter
  • Patent number: 9644578
    Abstract: A propulsion device for vehicles includes a device for the partial oxidation of fuel, a fuel tank and a diesel internal combustion engine. The device for the partial oxidation of fuel is in fluid connection with the fuel tank and the diesel internal combustion engine, with the result that at least some of the fuel carried in the vehicle is taken for partial oxidation before combustion in the diesel internal combustion engine. A method for operating such propulsion devices using partially oxidized fuel in the propulsion devices reduces soot emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Dieter Rothe
  • Publication number: 20170096921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the operation of an exhaust gas aftertreatment system in an exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes an SCR particle filter, a first reducing agent feed device for introducing the reducing agent into the exhaust tract upstream of the SCR particle filter, continuous regeneration of the SCR particle filter being possible using nitrogen dioxide as oxidizing agent, an SCR catalytic converter element arranged downstream of the SCR particle filter, and a second reducing agent feed device for introducing the reducing agent into the exhaust tract downstream of the SCR particle filter and upstream of the SCR catalytic converter element. A control unit regulates a quantity of reducing agent introduced into the exhaust tract by the first reducing agent feed device and/or by the second reducing agent feed device as a function of the temperature (TscR-PF) of the SCR particle filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Florian LUTZ, Dieter ROTHE
  • Publication number: 20170030242
    Abstract: A method and an internal combustion engine for the regeneration of a particle filter includes periodic regeneration phases, where a regeneration is performed by virtue of the soot particles that have been deposited in the particle filter being burned off. During the operation of the internal combustion engine, the reactivity of the soot deposits is determined on the basis of a characteristic map previously established empirically for different engine operating ranges of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Markus KNAUER, Dieter ROTHE, Christian PASTOETTER
  • Publication number: 20150132205
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device for an internal combustion engine, for use in a motor vehicle, includes an exhaust tract with at least one exhaust pipe and at least one exhaust-gas aftertreatment element. The exhaust-pipe internal wall and/or the at least one exhaust-gas aftertreatment element have/has a vapour-sorbing material forming at least one exhaust-tract-side sorption element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Dieter ROTHE, Florian LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20140338638
    Abstract: A propulsion device for vehicles includes a device for the partial oxidation of fuel, a fuel tank and a diesel internal combustion engine. The device for the partial oxidation of fuel is in fluid connection with the fuel tank and the diesel internal combustion engine, with the result that at least some of the fuel carried in the vehicle is taken for partial oxidation before combustion in the diesel internal combustion engine. A method for operating such propulsion devices using partially oxidized fuel in the propulsion devices reduces soot emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Man Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Dieter ROTHE
  • Patent number: 8771625
    Abstract: A method is described for reducing nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas flow of combustion engines, especially a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, wherein an air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber of the combustion engine is combusted in the presence of a fuel additive and, in the process, the fuel additive decomposes and the exhaust gas flow is guided through at least one catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber. This method is characterized in that a fuel additive is used, which decomposes in the combustion chamber releasing ammonia and the exhaust gas flow containing ammonia is guided through at least one SCR catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber to reduce the concentration of the nitrogen oxides contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Doering Andreas, Dieter Rothe
  • Publication number: 20110030345
    Abstract: A method is described for reducing nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas flow of combustion engines, especially a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, wherein an air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber of the combustion engine is combusted in the presence of a fuel additive and, in the process, the fuel additive decomposes and the exhaust gas flow is guided through at least one catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber. This method is characterised in that a fuel additive is used, which decomposes in the combustion chamber releasing ammonia and the exhaust gas flow containing ammonia is guided through at least one SCR catalyst arranged downstream of the combustion chamber to reduce the concentration of the nitrogen oxides contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Man Nutzfahrzeuge Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Doering Andreas, Dieter Rothe