Patents by Inventor Michael-Stefan Staneff

Michael-Stefan Staneff 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: 9243549
    Abstract: An actuating device includes an exhaust flap of a supercharging pressure control of turbocharged internal combustion engines. The exhaust flap is arranged pivotably in an exhaust pipe, in particular in the housing of a turbine of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, and controls in dependence on the compressor-side supercharging pressure the opening cross section of a bypass line which circumvents the turbine. The exhaust flap is arranged on an actuator arm which is fastened on a shaft mounted rotatably in the exhaust pipe and adjustable from outside the exhaust pipe via an adjustment lever and a control rod which is articulated thereto and via a linear control motor. In order to avoid vibration-induced buzzing noise in the actuating device, a friction damper is connected into the force flow between the shaft and the control rod, in particular for system damping in the region of the exhaust flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: AUDI AG, SCHERDEL INNOTEC FORSCHUNGS—UND ENTWICKLUNGS GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Hans Hinkelmann, Michael-Stefan Staneff, Rüdiger Seidel
  • Publication number: 20130333379
    Abstract: An actuating device includes an exhaust flap of a supercharging pressure control of turbocharged internal combustion engines. The exhaust flap is arranged pivotably in an exhaust pipe, in particular in the housing of a turbine of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, and controls in dependence on the compressor-side supercharging pressure the opening cross section of a bypass line which circumvents the turbine. The exhaust flap is arranged on an actuator arm which is fastened on a shaft mounted rotatably in the exhaust pipe and adjustable from outside the exhaust pipe via an adjustment lever and a control rod which is articulated thereto and via a linear control motor. In order to avoid vibration-induced buzzing noise in the actuating device, a friction damper is connected into the force flow between the shaft and the control rod, in particular for system damping in the region of the exhaust flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Achim Hans Hinkelmann, Michael-Stefan Staneff, Rüdiger Seidel