Patents by Inventor Michael Renett

Michael Renett 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: 9528389
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger with a bearing housing which receives a static bearing bush for a rotor shaft. A lug supported in the bearing housing engages the bearing bush and prevents the bearing bush from rotating but avoids a restriction of the freedom of movement of the bearing bush in the axial and radial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Michael Renett, Johannes Hornbach
  • Publication number: 20130236336
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor wheel (3) in a compressor housing (4); a turbine (5) which has a turbine wheel (6) in a turbine housing (7); a bearing housing (8) which receives a static bearing bush (9) for a rotor shaft (10) and which has, at the compressor side, a bearing housing cover (11), and a bearing bush rotation prevention means (12) which has at least one lug (13, 14, 15) supported in the bearing housing (8) and which engages into at least one of two grooves (16, 17) of the bearing bush (9). The grooves (16, 17) are arranged diametrically oppositely on an outer circumferential region (18) of the bearing bush (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Michael Renett, Johannes Hornbach
  • Patent number: 8241006
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine wheel arrangement (20), comprising: a turbine wheel (4) and a shaft (21), which can be connected to the turbine wheel (4) by means of a connecting section (22), wherein the connecting section (22) has a trunnion (23) with a diameter (DZ) that is smaller than the largest diameter (DWA) of the shaft (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Renett
  • Publication number: 20100040473
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine wheel arrangement (20), comprising: a turbine wheel (4) and a shaft (21), which can be connected to the turbine wheel (4) by means of a connecting section (22), wherein the connecting section (22) has a trunnion (23) with a diameter (DZ) that is smaller than the largest diameter (DWA) of the shaft (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Michael Renett