Patents by Inventor Patrick James Hertrich

Patrick James Hertrich 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).

  • Wastegate assembly in a turbine
    Patent number: 9657636
    Abstract: A wastegate assembly in a turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided. The wastegate assembly includes a wastegate conduit bypassing a turbine rotor, a valve sealing plate configured to seat and seal on a wastegate conduit outlet in a closed position, and a flow diverting tab coupled to the valve sealing plate, extending upstream of the wastegate conduit outlet, and separating a wastegate conduit outflow and a turbine rotor outflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Matthews, Patrick James Hertrich, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester
  • WASTEGATE ASSEMBLY IN A TURBINE
    Publication number: 20160123222
    Abstract: A wastegate assembly in a turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided. The wastegate assembly includes a wastegate conduit bypassing a turbine rotor, a valve sealing plate configured to seat and seal on a wastegate conduit outlet in a closed position, and a flow diverting tab coupled to the valve sealing plate, extending upstream of the wastegate conduit outlet, and separating a wastegate conduit outflow and a turbine rotor outflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Patrick Matthews, Patrick James Hertrich, Daniel Lawerence Sylvester