Patents by Inventor Robert SOLBECK

Robert SOLBECK 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).

  • Compressor arrangement for an internal combustion engine and method for operating a compressor arrangement
    Patent number: 11255254
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for an internal combustion engine, having a compressor which is arranged in a compressor housing and has a low pressure side and a high pressure side, and having a negative pressure provision unit, which has a propellant channel that is fluidically connected, on the one hand, via a propellant inlet fitting to the high pressure side of the compressor and, on the other hand, via a propellant outlet fitting to the low pressure side of the compressor and has a nozzle, and which has a negative pressure channel opening into the propellant channel fluidically between the propellant inlet fitting and the propellant outlet fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Köhnlein, Robert Solbeck
  • Compressor arrangement for an infernal combustion engine and method for operating a compressor arrangement
    Patent number: 11230966
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including a compressor which is located in a compressor housing and has a low pressure side and a high pressure side, and includes a vacuum supply device which has: a propellant channel which has a nozzle and is fluidically connected on one side via a propellant inlet connection to the high pressure side of the compressor and on the other side via a propellant outlet connection to the low pressure side of the compressor; and a vacuum channel opening into the propellant channel fluidically between the propellant inlet connection and the propellant outlet connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian Köhnlein, Robert Solbeck
  • COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210017899
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for an internal combustion engine, including a compressor which is located in a compressor housing and has a low pressure side and a high pressure side, and includes a vacuum supply device which has: a propellant channel which has a nozzle and is fluidically connected on one side via a propellant inlet connection to the high pressure side of the compressor and on the other side via a propellant outlet connection to the low pressure side of the compressor; and a vacuum channel opening into the propellant channel fluidically between the propellant inlet connection and the propellant outlet connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Maximilian KÖHNLEIN, Robert SOLBECK
  • COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200347777
    Abstract: A compressor arrangement for an internal combustion engine, having a compressor which is arranged in a compressor housing and has a low pressure side and a high pressure side, and having a negative pressure provision unit, which has a propellant channel that is fluidically connected, on the one hand, via a propellant inlet fitting to the high pressure side of the compressor and, on the other hand, via a propellant outlet fitting to the low pressure side of the compressor and has a nozzle, and which has a negative pressure channel opening into the propellant channel fluidically between the propellant inlet fitting and the propellant outlet fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Maximilian KÖHNLEIN, Robert SOLBECK