Patents by Inventor Josef Astner

Josef Astner 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: 11352914
    Abstract: A valve train of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a rocker arm assigned to a first combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the rocker arm a gas exchange valve assigned to the first combustion chamber is actuatable. An actuating device is assigned to a second combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the actuating device, by supplying the actuating device with a hydraulic fluid, the second combustion chamber is switchable between a firing mode for fired operation and a braking mode for an engine braking operation of the internal combustion engine. A supply of the hydraulic fluid to the actuating device assigned to the second combustion chamber is adjustable by the rocker arm assigned to the first combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Wagner, Josef Astner
  • Publication number: 20210381400
    Abstract: A valve train of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a rocker arm assigned to a first combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the rocker arm a gas exchange valve assigned to the first combustion chamber is actuatable. An actuating device is assigned to a second combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the actuating device, by supplying the actuating device with a hydraulic fluid, the second combustion chamber is switchable between a firing mode for fired operation and a braking mode for an engine braking operation of the internal combustion engine. A supply of the hydraulic fluid to the actuating device assigned to the second combustion chamber is adjustable by the rocker arm assigned to the first combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Oliver WAGNER, Josef ASTNER
  • Patent number: 8555833
    Abstract: In a clearance compensating device for an internal combustion engine with an internal part movably arranged within a guide duct of an external part for adjusting a clearance of an associated valve of the internal combustion engine, a pressure chamber, and a storage chamber which is hydraulically connected to the pressure chamber for receiving hydraulic fluid are associated with the interior part. Between the two chambers a one-way valve is disposed for applying an actuating force to the interior part relative to the external part. A feeding device is hydraulically connected to a blocking chamber for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the blocking chamber in order to exert a blocking force to the internal part acting in a direction opposite the actuating force under the control of a timing device the blocking force being modified depending on a cycle of the timing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Daniel Böhme, Marc Oliver Wagner, Harry Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110056447
    Abstract: In a clearance compensating device for an internal combustion engine with an internal part movably arranged within a guide duct of an external part for adjusting a clearance of an associated valve of the internal combustion engine, a pressure chamber, and a storage chamber which is hydraulically connected to the pressure chamber for receiving hydraulic fluid are associated with the interior part. Between the two chambers a one-way valve is disposed for applying an actuating force to the interior part relative to the external part. A feeding device is hydraulically connected to a blocking chamber for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the blocking chamber in order to exert a blocking force to the internal part acting in a direction opposite the actuating force under the control of a timing device the blocking force being modified depending on a cycle of the timing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: JOSEF ASTNER, DANIEL BÖHME, MARC OLIVER WAGNER, HARRY WOLF
  • Publication number: 20060219205
    Abstract: In an air compression internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, a combustion chamber formed in the cylinder and delimited at its longitudinal ends by a piston and a cylinder head which covers the cylinder, two intake valves and two exhaust valves per cylinder are installed in the cylinder head so as to be inclined at a valve angle ? and ?, respectively, in the range of 2° to 9° relative to a cylinder head longitudinal central plane (10), the valves each have a valve diameter Dintake and Dexhaust which is 30% to 40% of the cylinder diameter Dcylinder, the valve heads are disposed at a distance from the cylinder wall which delimits the combustion chamber, and webs of a predefined width are provided between adjacent valves of a cylinder, and the valve heads have sections which protrude into the combustion by a predetermined limited amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Ulrich Engel, Bernhard Jutz, Edwin Zink
  • Patent number: 6907660
    Abstract: In an arrangement and method for mounting a camshaft onto a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine by camshaft bearings disposed on the cylinder head of the engine camshaft bearing by support seats which are formed integrally with the cylinder head and bearing caps which are formed integrally with a cylinder head cover mounted onto the cylinder head, at least one of the bearings is an assembly bearing with a separate assembly bearing cap that has a bearing opening of a diameter greater than that of the camshaft so that the camshaft when placed onto the bearing seats is not fully moved into the bearing seat openings but is fully engaged with the bearing seats only when the cylinder head cover is mounted onto the cylinder head whereby the camshaft in the assembly bearing is moved out of contact with the assembly bearing cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler A.G.
    Inventor: Josef Astner
  • Publication number: 20030072508
    Abstract: In an arrangement and method for mounting a camshaft onto a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine by camshaft bearings disposed on the cylinder head of the engine camshaft bearing by support seats which are formed integrally with the cylinder head and bearing caps which are formed integrally with a cylinder head cover mounted onto the cylinder head, at least one of the bearings is an assembly bearing with a separate assembly bearing cap that has a bearing opening of a diameter greater than that of the camshaft so that the camshaft when placed onto the bearing seats is not fully moved into the bearing seat openings but is fully engaged with the bearing seats only when the cylinder head cover is mounted onto the cylinder head whereby the camshaft in the assembly bearing is moved out of contact with the assembly bearing cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Josef Astner
  • Patent number: 5988148
    Abstract: In a mounting arrangement for an exhaust gas recirculation pipe in an internal combustion engine wherein the exhaust gas recirculation pipe extends from an exhaust gas pipe adjacent the engine to an intake duct and is supported on the engine in an intermediate area by a bracket, at least a part of the exhaust gas recirculation pipe and the bracket are formed as an integral building component so as to form a rigid support structure for the intake duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AG
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Reinhard Krosche, Karl-Heinz Metzger
  • Patent number: 5934235
    Abstract: In a camshaft support arrangement for supporting a camshaft in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine by bearing structures, one end bearing adjacent one end of the cylinder head is formed integrally with a removable cover mounted onto the one end of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Frank Schneider, Manfred Wamser
  • Patent number: 5711266
    Abstract: In a cylinder head for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders in an in-line arrangement and including two intake and two exhaust valves for each cylinder wherein one intake and one exhaust valve are disposed at opposite sides of a longitudinal center line of the cylinder head and arranged around an injection nozzle disposed in the center of a combustion chamber, the cylinder head includes an injector trough extending centrally along the cylinder head top with spaced bores extending from the injector trough into the combustion chambers and receiving the injectors, and intake and exhaust valve rocker arms and camshafts are disposed on opposite sides of the injector troughs for operating the intake and exhaust valve at the opposite sides of the injector trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Lucian Betke
  • Patent number: 5690068
    Abstract: In an arrangement for mounting an air intake module on an internal combustion engine including a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover wherein the air intake module comprises an air collector and air induction pipes mounted on the cylinder head and extending therefrom to the air collector, an oil filler pipe having one end mounted on the cylinder head cover extends to the air intake module and is firmly connected thereto so as to form a bracing structure for the air intake module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Josef Astner, Lucian Betke, Angela Breymayer, Manfred Wamser