Patents by Inventor Istvan Geiger
Istvan Geiger 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).
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Patent number: 5950420Abstract: An internal combustion engine has a particle filter in an exhaust gas line for filtering solid particles contained in the exhaust gas, and includes a supplementary burner to which the solid particles are supplied from the filter and in which the particles are burned. The combustion gases from the supplementary burner are introduced into the air intake line for the engine, permitting a reduction in solid particles emitted into the environment when the NO.sub.x. content of the exhaust gases is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Istvan Geiger
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Patent number: 5544636Abstract: Trigger signals are obtained from fuel injection parameters to regulate the energy conversion of an internal combustion engine which has individual injection valves for each of the combustion chambers. The fuel injection parameters are detected by sensors, from which fuel flow rate as a function of time, fuel injection time and other operating characteristics are determined and used to provide trigger signals for controlling fuel injection in a subsequent operation cycle. In this way, the influence of variations resulting from manufacturing tolerance and wear of components of the injection valves can be eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1994Date of Patent: August 13, 1996Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventors: Istvan Geiger, Winfried Oppermann
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Patent number: 5250268Abstract: In the typical embodiment described in the specification, the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine has two exhaust lines with corresponding catalyst assemblies, each assigned to one group of combustion chambers. During the cold start of the engine, an electric heater included in one of the exhaust lines heats exhaust gases flowing to a first catalyst assembly and the catalyst assemblies are connected in series so that the exhaust gases supplied to the second catalyst assembly are received from the first catalyst assembly. In addition, the ignition point of the engine is retarded after idling speed is reached. To avoid overheating of the catalyst assemblies, the catalyst assemblies receive exhaust gases only after their start-up temperatures are reached from the groups of combustion chambers associated with them and an exhaust cooling line is provided to cool exhaust gases flowing to the first catalyst assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1992Date of Patent: October 5, 1993Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Istvan Geiger
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Patent number: 5133184Abstract: To provide assured monitoring of the conversion ratio of an exhaust gas catalytic converter in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, at least one ignition suppression is generated and a preset quantity of fuel-air mixture is supplied during a deceleration phase of the engine and the difference in the temperatures at locations downstream and upstream with respect to the flow of exhaust gas through the catalytic converter is detected and evaluated.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1991Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Istvan Geiger
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Patent number: 4895125Abstract: An internal combustion engine has an intake gas conduit; an output setting member disposed in the intake gas conduit and arranged for controlling therein the flow of intake gas; an exhaust gas conduit; a throttle member disposed in the intake gas conduit upstream of the output setting member; a bypass conduit having an inlet end coupled to the intake gas conduit upstream of the throttle member and an outlet end coupled to the intake gas conduit downstream of the throttle member; an exhaust gas feedback conduit having an inlet end coupled to the exhaust gas conduit and an outlet end coupled to the bypass conduit; and a control arrangement for setting positions of the throttle member as a function of an operational parameter of the internal combustion engine for directing a quantity of intake air into the bypass conduit as a function of the operational parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1988Date of Patent: January 23, 1990Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventor: Istvan Geiger
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Patent number: 4616617Abstract: For the purpose of identification of a combustion chamber producing undesirable hunting in a fuel injection combustion engine, the duration of injection of a defined injection valve is changed in such a manner that additional hunting is caused, and from the crank angle interval (KW) between the additional and the undesirable hunting, is derived, taking into account the rotational speed n of the engine, an identification signal for the combustion chamber to be identified. The identification signal is utilized to change the fuel injection time for the combustion chamber causing the uneveness to eliminate the latter.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1985Date of Patent: October 14, 1986Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Uwe Waschatz
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Patent number: 4351281Abstract: A method and device for adjusting the timing of an internal combustion engine in response to knocking are provided. In the method, knocking signals are generated when the engine knocks and the timing is too far advanced. First correctional signals are generated in response to the knocking signals and adjust at one speed range one of several control curves. Second correctional signals are generated from the first correctional signals to adjust the control curves at the remaining speed ranges. The timing of the engine is retarded in response to the adjusted control curves until the knocking disappears.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1981Date of Patent: September 28, 1982Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Heinz Theuerkauf, Klaus Stamm
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Patent number: 4344397Abstract: Engine idle speed is stabilized by a successive three stage control system which sequentially regulates ignition timing, fuel quantity and air throughput volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1980Date of Patent: August 17, 1982Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Heinz Theuerkauf
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Patent number: 4338899Abstract: The ignition timing of a spark-ignited internal combustion engine is controlled to have a stabilized idle speed which is approximately equal to a desired idle speed. In accordance with the invention the engine is supplied with a fuel-air mixture which has a high air ratio, exceeding the air ratio corresponding to maximum mean indicated pressure and hence maximum torque. The air ratio is in a range wherein an increased air ratio corresponds to decreased mean indicated pressure and consequently decreased torque. According to the invention, the ignition timing of the engine is controlled to linearly advance the timing from a nominal retarded condition in proposition to change in engine speed below the desired speed. The timing advance has the same ratio to engine speed change as the ratio of nominal ignition pulse spacing to the desired engine idle speed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1979Date of Patent: July 13, 1982Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Klaus Stamm, Reinhard Bruning, Manfred Meyer
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Patent number: 4261315Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine under varying load conditions includes different controls which are used in first, second and third load ranges of the engine. In the first, lowest load range, including idle operation, a constant lean fuel-air ratio and constant mixture volume are supplied to the engine while the ignition timing is varied to provide a more advanced timing with increased engine load. In the second, intermediate load range, the lean fuel-air ratio is again maintained constant, the ignition timing corresponding to the most advanced ignition timing of the first range is maintained constant, and the mixture volume is varied from the volume corresponding to the first range to a higher volume with increased engine load. In the third, highest range of engine load, the mixture volume is maintained constant, the ignition timing is varied only as required to prevent knocking of the engine, and the fuel-air ratio is varied to supply a richer mixture with increased engine load.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1979Date of Patent: April 14, 1981Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Klaus Stamm
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Patent number: 4155339Abstract: A device is provided for controlling the flow of the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine. Exhaust gases flowing from the exhaust manifold are routed either directly to the muffler or to a heat exchanger for preheating the intake air/fuel mixture. The device includes an aeromechanical element having a nozzle-like constriction opening into an enlarged passage. A pair of outlets, connected to the muffler and heat exchanger, branch off from the passage following the constriction. The flow of gases is selectively directed through one of the two outlets by means of control line connections in the enlarged passage, which are supplied with either pressure, negative pressure, or both as the means for deflecting the flow.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1978Date of Patent: May 22, 1979Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Rudolf Krapf
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Patent number: 4155338Abstract: A device is provided for controlling the flow of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine in accordance with the operating conditions of the engine. Exhaust gases flowing from the exhaust manifold are routed either directly to the muffler or to a heat exchanger for heating the intake air/fuel mixture. The device includes a housing having ceramic valve which is rotatable in the housing and which has two parallel gas passages separated by a web-like wall. In a first rotational position of the valve, the flow of gases is directed from the manifold through both passages and directly out to the muffler. When the valve is in a second rotational position, the flow of gases is directed through one of the two passages and into the heat exchanger. From the heat exchanger, the flow is directed back through a return line into the second passage of the valve and thereafter to the muffler.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1978Date of Patent: May 22, 1979Assignee: Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftInventors: Istvan Geiger, Rudolf Krapf