Patents by Inventor MARK BANZER

MARK BANZER 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).

  • Drive device for a motor vehicle and method of operating such a drive device
    Patent number: 10577993
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes an exhaust pipe and a secondary air device having a first secondary air path which feeds into the exhaust gas pipe. Disposed in the first secondary air path is a secondary air pump and a secondary air valve. To compensate, for example, fluctuations in the supply voltage of the secondary air pump, provision is made for arrangement in the secondary air path of a Laval nozzle which can be placed downstream of the secondary air valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Marcus Schiele, Siegfried Meixner, Mark Banzer, Gerold Berthold
  • DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH A DRIVE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170058736
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes an exhaust pipe and a secondary air device having a first secondary air path which feeds into the exhaust gas pip. Disposed in the first secondary air path is a secondary air pump and a secondary air valve. To compensate, for example, fluctuations in the supply voltage of the secondary air pump, provision is made for arrangement in the secondary air path of a Laval nozzle which can be placed downstream of the secondary air valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MARCUS SCHIELE, SIEGFRIED MEIXNER, MARK BANZER, GEROLD BERTHOLD