Patents by Inventor Peter ILLHARDT

Peter ILLHARDT 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).

  • Apparatus for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases
    Patent number: 11339699
    Abstract: An apparatus for aftertreatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the exhaust gas can flow from an inlet to an outlet, a flow path spatially delimited in a radial direction and through which gases can flow in an axial direction arranged inside the housing, a catalytic converter in the flow path, and a heating element arranged in the flow path for electrically heating the exhaust gas. An annular gap through which gases can flow is formed between the flow path and the inner wall of the housing. The distribution of the exhaust gas mass flow between the flow path and the annular gap is influenced by a control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Oswald Holz, Peter Illhardt
  • APPARATUS FOR THE AFTERTREATMENT OF EXHAUST GASES
    Publication number: 20210025309
    Abstract: An apparatus for aftertreatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, with a housing through which the exhaust gas can flow from an inlet to an outlet, a flow path spatially delimited in a radial direction and through which gases can flow in an axial direction arranged inside the housing, a catalytic converter in the flow path, and a heating element arranged in the flow path for electrically heating the exhaust gas. An annular gap through which gases can flow is formed between the flow path and the inner wall of the housing. The distribution of the exhaust gas mass flow between the flow path and the annular gap is influenced by a control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Oswald HOLZ, Peter ILLHARDT