Patents by Inventor Michael Greil

Michael Greil 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).

  • Lubricating oil dosing arrangement
    Patent number: 7918317
    Abstract: In a lubricant dosing arrangement for the lubrication of valve shafts on the cylinder heads of piston engine wherein the valve shafts are axially movably supported in housing bores formed in the cylinder heads and the housing bores include spaced lubricant seals so as to form between the seals around the valve shaft lubricant reservoirs, means are provided for supplying lubricant to the lubricant reservoirs and the valves shafts include means for permitting passage of lubricant out of the reservoir at a rate depending on the lift movement of the valve shafts so as to dose the lubricant volume permitted to flow out of the lubricant reservoir for the lubrication of the valve shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichs Hafen GmbH
    Inventors: Ingobert Adolf, Michael Greil, Ludwig Kläser-Jenewein
  • Lubricating oil dosing arrangement
    Publication number: 20070175705
    Abstract: In a lubricant dosing arrangement for the lubrication of valve shafts on the cylinder heads of piston engine wherein the valve shafts are axially movably supported in housing bores formed in the cylinder heads and the housing bores include spaced lubricant seals so as to form between the seals around the valve shaft lubricant reservoirs, means are provided for supplying lubricant to the lubricant reservoirs and the valves shafts include means for permitting passage of lubricant out of the reservoir at a rate depending on the lift movement of the valve shafts so as to dose the lubricant volume permitted to flow out of the lubricant reservoir for the lubrication of the valve shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Ingobert Adolf, Michael Greil, Ludwig Klaser-Jenewein