Patents by Inventor Guenter Muench

Guenter Muench 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: 11111819
    Abstract: Bearing bushings which are exposed to highly elevated temperatures during operation, corresponding high-temperature-resistant bearing bushings and exhaust-gas turbochargers having at least one such bearing bushing, include an iron material having a material composition which, apart from iron, has at least carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten alloy constituents in certain amounts. This material composition ensures sufficient temperature resistance and self-lubricating properties with simultaneously good machining properties and a moderate price.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CPT Group GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Thomas, Guenter Muench, Alexander Waas
  • Publication number: 20190218935
    Abstract: Bearing bushings which are exposed to highly elevated temperatures during operation, corresponding high-temperature-resistant bearing bushings and exhaust-gas turbochargers having at least one such bearing bushing, include an iron material having a material composition which, apart from iron, has at least carbon, silicon, manganese, nickel, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten alloy constituents in certain amounts. This material composition ensures sufficient temperature resistance and self-lubricating properties with simultaneously good machining properties and a moderate price.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: MARTIN THOMAS, GUENTER MUENCH, ALEXANDER WAAS
  • Patent number: 9885278
    Abstract: A wastegate valve includes a wastegate flap and a wastegate spindle, in which the wastegate flap and the wastegate spindle are constituent parts of a single, unipartite molded body. The molded body furthermore has a connecting arm which is disposed between the wastegate flap and the wastegate spindle and which has a plasticization region. A method for installing an exhaust-gas turbocharger wastegate valve of this type into a turbine housing which has a wastegate duct, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Uemit Dilalan, Christian Roemer, Guenter Muench
  • Patent number: 9869182
    Abstract: A turbine rotor for an exhaust gas turbine has a turbine rotor wheel made of a highly heat-resistant metal alloy and a rotor shaft made of steel. A rotor wheel hub and a rotor shaft end are connected to each other in a metallurgical bond by way of a solder connection. The rotor shaft end and/or the rotor wheel hub is formed with a central recess, which acts as a thermal choke. A closing plug is arranged in the respective recess, forming a closed cavity with the recess and closing off the recess toward the respective end face. The solder connection is formed between the end faces of the rotor wheel hub and the rotor shaft, between the closing plug and the rotor wheel hub, and between the closing plug and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrike Albuzat, Guenter Muench
  • Publication number: 20150292395
    Abstract: A wastegate valve includes a wastegate flap and a wastegate spindle, in which the wastegate flap and the wastegate spindle are constituent parts of a single, unipartite molded body. The molded body furthermore has a connecting arm which is disposed between the wastegate flap and the wastegate spindle and which has a plasticization region. A method for installing an exhaust-gas turbocharger wastegate valve of this type into a turbine housing which has a wastegate duct, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Uemit Dilalan, Christian Roemer, Guenter Muench
  • Publication number: 20150104318
    Abstract: A turbine rotor as a turbine impeller made of a high-temperature-resistant metal alloy and a rotor shaft made of steel. The impeller hub and the rotor shaft end are connected together in a metallurgically bonded manner by way of a brazed connection. Between the end faces of the impeller hub and of the rotor shaft end, a brazing gap filled with brazing alloy is arranged concentrically with the rotation axis of the turbine rotor. A width of the soldering gap is previously determined by circularly peripheral removal of material on the end face of the impeller hub or the end face of the rotor shaft end, and the brazing connection is produced by an electron beam soldering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Koch, Timo Merenda, Philipp Mehne, Martin Thomas, Guenter Muench
  • Publication number: 20150078905
    Abstract: A turbine rotor for an exhaust gas turbine has a turbine rotor wheel made of a highly heat-resistant metal alloy and a rotor shaft made of steel. A rotor wheel hub and a rotor shaft end are connected to each other in a metallurgical bond by way of a solder connection. The rotor shaft end and/or the rotor wheel hub is formed with a central recess, which acts as a thermal choke. A closing plug is arranged in the respective recess, forming a closed cavity with the recess and closing off the recess toward the respective end face. The solder connection is formed between the end faces of the rotor wheel hub and the rotor shaft, between the closing plug and the rotor wheel hub, and between the closing plug and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrike Albuzat, Günter Münch
  • Publication number: 20120121397
    Abstract: A turbine rotor for a turbocharger, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a turbine wheel which is formed in one piece and which has a turbine blade arrangement and a solid turbine wheel shoulder with a first end surface without cavities or depressions. A rotor shaft is formed in one piece and has a second end surface with a depression arranged coaxially with respect to the rotational axis. The first end surface of the turbine wheel shoulder is connected to a second end surface of the rotor shaft in a cohesive fashion by way of a friction weld. There is also provided a turbocharger and a method for producing a corresponding turbine rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrike Albuzat, Bruno Ferling, Guenter Muench