Patents by Inventor Marcel Womann

Marcel Womann 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: 10316726
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas module A for an internal combustion engine, which exhaust-gas module has a base housing having a first side wall, at least one second side wall, an inlet for connection to the internal combustion engine and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet is arranged in the first side wall, and having multiple exhaust-gas purification components which are arranged in the base housing, wherein at least one SCR and/or one DOC are/is provided, wherein the at least one outlet is arranged in the second side wall and serves for the connection of an exhaust tailpipe of the internal combustion engine and/or alternatively for the coupling of an attachment housing, wherein the rest of the base housing, with the exception of the second side wall, is formed without outlets, wherein a connection contour with a circumferential contour U1 which has a basic shape G1 is provided for the connection of the attachment housing, wherein the connection contour delimits the second side wall at the edge, wherein at least one of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Jerges, Tobias Pfeffer, Vladislav Levun, Pierre Tipner, Bertram Stelzer, Marcel Womann
  • Patent number: 10041419
    Abstract: A valve flap device having at least one valve housing having a shaft comprising a bearing surface and a valve axis, the shaft being rotationally supported about the valve axis by means of the bearing surface in the valve housing. A bearing element having a sliding bearing surface, wherein the bearing surface of the shaft contacts the sliding bearing surface. A bearing housing provided on the valve housing, in which the bearing element is supported at least in the radial direction to the valve axis, wherein the bearing element has an outer surface contacting the bearing housing. The support of the shaft is intended to be sufficiently tightly sealed, even for gaseous media, while simultaneously ensuring precise and statically determinate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Weidner, Rico Weinert, Alexander Schinko, Marcel Womann, Karlheinz Reichling
  • Publication number: 20170114698
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas module A for an internal combustion engine, which exhaust-gas module has a base housing having a first side wall, at least one second side wall, an inlet for connection to the internal combustion engine and at least one outlet, wherein the inlet is arranged in the first side wall, and having multiple exhaust-gas purification components which are arranged in the base housing, wherein at least one SCR and/or one DOC are/is provided, wherein the at least one outlet is arranged in the second side wall and serves for the connection of an exhaust tailpipe of the internal combustion engine and/or alternatively for the coupling of an attachment housing, wherein the rest of the base housing, with the exception of the second side wall, is formed without outlets, wherein a connection contour with a circumferential contour U1 which has a basic shape G1 is provided for the connection of the attachment housing, wherein the connection contour delimits the second side wall at the edge, wherein at least one of
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael JERGES, Tobias PFEFFER, Vladislav LEVUN, Pierre TIPNER, Bertram STELZER, Marcel WOMANN
  • Patent number: 9394813
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Patent number: 9163565
    Abstract: A valve flap device for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, having at least one tubular valve housing with a flow cross section running perpendicular to a central axis and being formed by the inner geometry and a shaft which can turn about a valve axis with a valve flap mounted on the shaft, being mounted in the valve housing to close the flow cross section. The valve flap device can be made with low material input and at the same time with low fabrication expense at low costs. For this, the valve housing is made from a tubular blank of sheet metal with a tube diameter that is calibrated to the flow cross section at least partially by mechanical, plastic forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Marcel Womann, Marc Sommerfeld, Rico Weinert, Alexander Schinko, Christoph Schneider
  • Publication number: 20150152762
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Publication number: 20120280161
    Abstract: A valve flap device having at least one valve housing having a shaft comprising a bearing surface and a valve axis, the shaft being rotationally supported about the valve axis by means of the bearing surface in the valve housing. A bearing element having a sliding bearing surface, wherein the bearing surface of the shaft contacts the sliding bearing surface. A bearing housing provided on the valve housing, in which the bearing element is supported at least in the radial direction to the valve axis, wherein the bearing element has an outer surface contacting the bearing housing. The support of the shaft is intended to be sufficiently tightly sealed, even for gaseous media, while simultaneously ensuring precise and statically determinate support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Weidner, Rico Weinert, Alexander Schinko, Marcel Womann, Karlheinz Reichling
  • Publication number: 20110297862
    Abstract: A valve flap device for an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, having at least one tubular valve housing with a flow cross section running perpendicular to a central axis and being formed by the inner geometry and a shaft which can turn about a valve axis with a valve flap mounted on the shaft, being mounted in the valve housing to close the flow cross section. The valve flap device can be made with low material input and at the same time with low fabrication expense at low costs. For this, the valve housing is made from a tubular blank of sheet metal with a tube diameter that is calibrated to the flow cross section at least partially by mechanical, plastic forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBH - TENNECO
    Inventors: Marcel Womann, Marc Sommerfeld, Rico Weinert, Alexander Schinko, Christoph Schneider