Patents by Inventor Reiner Weingartner

Reiner Weingartner 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: 5713322
    Abstract: On an intake pipe (1) developed for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle which leads to an air filter housing (3), there is arranged on the outside on the intake pipe (1) a housing (11) containing an engine-control electronics. The housing (11) has a bottom (13) which is cooled by the stream of air in the intake pipe (1). In this way, despite the great closeness of the internal combustion engine, sufficient cooling is obtained of the electronic structural parts of the engine-control electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Eberhard Mausner, Reiner Weingartner, Manfred Pfalzgraf, Matthias Zentgraf
  • Patent number: 4932384
    Abstract: A method of regulating the fuel/air ratio of an internal combustion engine, in which the output voltage of an oxygen measurement probe, located in the exhaust pipe of the engine, is used to regulate the fuel/air ratio in the manner that, upon a sudden change of the output voltage of the oxygen measurement probe, a signal jump takes place which is dependent on the direction of the sudden change, followed then by a change, which is substantilly continuous in time, of a correcting variable for the fuel/air ratio. Under substantially steady-state operating conditions the times of the jumps are controlled independently of the sudden changes in the output voltage of the oxygen measurement probe in the manner that the times between the jumps are smaller than the times between previous sudden changes in the output voltage of the oxygen measurement probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventor: Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4926821
    Abstract: In a system having an electronic controller for internal combustion engines, particularly injection engines in which the controller is functionally connected to a plurality of sensors and at least one actuator, the controller is part of an assembly which furthermore comprises a throttle-valve arrangement, an air-mass sensor and a throttle-valve position sensor. In systems with central injection, the injection valve can also be arranged within the assembly. By the compact structural unit thus obtained, cable connections are reduced to a minimum, so that, in their turn, reliability is increased and expense is saved. Furthermore, the arrangement facilitates maintenance and repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porth, Wolfgang Weibler, Eckhart Kern, Thomas Hannewald, Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4759213
    Abstract: In an arrangement having an air-mass meter for an internal combustion engine, a measurement tube passes through a division wall which separates the interior of an air filter from a pulsation-damping space. In this way, a compact structural shape is obtained which takes into account the conditions of flow of the intake port of an internal combustion engine, particularly of an automotive vehicle. The structure is economical to manufacture, and operates dependably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porth, Wolfgang Weibler, Eckhardt Kern, Thomas Hannewald, Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4742711
    Abstract: In an arrangement having an air-mass meter for an internal combustion engine, the measurement place of the air-mass meter is arranged within a flow channel which has at least one curved section and one straight section and connects the interior of an air filter with a hollow space connected to the intake opening of the internal combustion engine; the measurement place is arranged in the straight portion of the flow channel. The arrangement of the invention permits a compact construction and, due to its long flow channel, a high degree of precision of the measurement of the mass of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porth, Wolfgang Weibler, Eckhardt Kern, Thomas Hannewald, Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4742710
    Abstract: In an arrangement having an air-mass meter for an internal combustion engine, the measurement place of the air-mass meter is arranged within a flow channel which substantially circularly surrounds a hollow space connected with an intake opening of the internal combustion engine, said hollow space adjoining the interior of an air filter. The hollow space and the interior are separated from each other by a division wall. The arrangement of the invention permits a compact structural shape and, due to its long flow channel, a high degree of precision of the measurement of the mass of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porth, Wolfgang Weibler, Eckhardt Kern, Thomas Hannewald, Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4719891
    Abstract: In a system having an electronic controller for internal combustion engines, particularly injection engines in which the controller is functionally connected to a plurality of sensors and at least one actuator, the controller is part of an assembly which furthermore comprises a throttle-valve arrangement, an air-mass sensor and a throttle-valve position sensor. In systems with central injection, the injection valve can also be arranged within the assembly. By the compact structural unit thus obtained, cable connections are reduced to a minimum, so that, in their turn, reliability is increased and expense is saved. Furthermore, the arrangement facilitates maintenance and repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porth, Wolfgang Weibler, Eckhart Kern, Thomas Hannewald, Reiner Weingartner
  • Patent number: 4688723
    Abstract: In a fuel-injection valve, a holding member which bears a plug as atomizing and metering element is inserted in a valve bore. A replaceable diaphragm makes it possible to adjust the precise discharge quantity of the fuel-injection valve by replacement of said diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventors: Eckhart Kern, Reiner Weingartner, Gerhard Ruschek, Arnold Mann, Horst Schlick