Patents by Inventor Martin Nödl

Martin Nödl 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).

  • Piston for use in internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 8955488
    Abstract: Piston for use in internal combustion engines, having a piston skirt composed of skirt walls and box walls, said walls enclosing a recess wherein the at least one skirt wall is provided for use on the pressure side of the piston in the installed state. Said piston is in particular characterized in that, in at least one partial region of at least one skirt wall provided for use on the pressure side of the piston, the recess is in substantially the shape of a parabola, a section of an ellipse or a catenoid, wherein said parabola, said section of an ellipse or said catenoid lies in a plane substantially parallel to the piston crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Nödl
  • PISTON FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    Publication number: 20130333657
    Abstract: Piston for use in internal combustion engines, having a piston skirt composed of skirt walls and box walls, said walls enclosing a recess wherein the at least one skirt wall is provided for use on the pressure side of the piston in the installed state. Said piston is in particular characterized in that, in at least one partial region of at least one skirt wall provided for use on the pressure side of the piston, the recess is in substantially the shape of a parabola, a section of an ellipse or a catenoid, wherein said parabola, said section of an ellipse or said catenoid lies in a plane substantially parallel to the piston crown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventor: Martin Nödl