Patents by Inventor Thomas Grossner

Thomas Grossner 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: 10669928
    Abstract: A cooling device for a motor vehicle may include: a liquid-cooled turbocharger arranged on an internal combustion engine; a coolant feed line; a coolant discharge line; and a heat exchanger arranged at least partially within an oil container. The coolant discharge line is connected by an oil preheating line to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Sven-Eric Wiegemann, Lena Ebner, Tobias Dausch, Thomas Grossner
  • Publication number: 20180347454
    Abstract: A cooling device for a motor vehicle may include: a liquid-cooled turbocharger arranged on an internal combustion engine; a coolant feed line; a coolant discharge line; and a heat exchanger arranged at least partially within an oil container. The coolant discharge line is connected by an oil preheating line to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven-Eric Wiegemann, Lena Ebner, Tobias Dausch, Thomas Grossner
  • Patent number: 8312864
    Abstract: In a method and a device for the volume flow control of an injection system, a seat valve (3) is used for the volume flow control. For this purpose, the influence of the pressure present upstream of the seat valve (3) is taken into consideration in the volume flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Grossner, Christoph Klesse
  • Patent number: 7861693
    Abstract: An injection system for an internal combustion engine has at least one injector (18) which is coupled hydraulically to a fuel accumulator (16), a prefeed pump (12) for feeding fuel from a fuel tank (10), a high pressure pump (14) which is arranged downstream behind the prefeed pump (12) for feeding the fuel into the fuel accumulator (16), and a line (42) which branches off downstream of the prefeed pump (12) and upstream of the high pressure pump (14) and is coupled hydraulically to an exhaust section injector (47), by way of which fuel can be injected into an exhaust section of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Adolf Einberger, Thomas Grossner, Klaus Husslein, Christoph Klesse, Thomas Riedel
  • Publication number: 20100019069
    Abstract: In a method and a device for the volume flow control of an injection system, a seat valve (3) is used for the volume flow control. For this purpose, the influence of the pressure present upstream of the seat valve (3) is taken into consideration in the volume flow control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Grossner, Christoph Klesse
  • Publication number: 20090200865
    Abstract: In a device for generating electrical energy in a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle with such a device, a microturbine 30; 60; 80 is connected to energy-conducting systems of the motor vehicle 1, for example the high-pressure injection system 20, the hydraulic system 70 or the compressed air system 50, in order to utilize the energy which is to be output to the surroundings and to convert it into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: CONTINENTIAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Grossner, Christoph Klesse, Christian Taudt, Lorand de Ouvenou
  • Publication number: 20090025685
    Abstract: An injection system for an internal combustion engine has at least one injector (18) which is coupled hydraulically to a fuel accumulator (16), a prefeed pump (12) for feeding fuel from a fuel tank (10), a high pressure pump (14) which is arranged downstream behind the prefeed pump (12) for feeding the fuel into the fuel accumulator (16), and a line (42) which branches off downstream of the prefeed pump (12) and upstream of the high pressure pump (14) and is coupled hydraulically to an exhaust section injector (47), by way of which fuel can be injected into an exhaust section of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Adolf Einberger, Thomas Grossner, Klaus Husslein, Christoph Klesse, Thomas Riedel
  • Publication number: 20040177752
    Abstract: A connecting element (1) connects a piston (2) with a restoring element (6) for a radial piston pump. The piston (2) is displaceably mounted in a cylinder (4) and can be restored from an upper dead-centre position by means of the restoring element (6). The connecting element (1) is connected to the piston (2) in a positive fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfgang Buchhauser, Adolf Einberger, Thomas Grossner, Christoph Klesse, Martin Werner
  • Patent number: 6748923
    Abstract: An injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises a valve arrangement (26), connected to an inlet (24) to a high pressure pump (8), which regulates the flow of fuel for lubricating and cooling the high pressure pump (8) and bleeds the injection system. The valve arrangement 926) comprises at least one displaceable actuator and a first and second throttle device (30, 32). The actuator (36) is regulated according to a pressure of the fuel flow between a feed supply pump (6) and the high pressure pump (8), such that a first connection to, the high pressure pump (8) is opened, by means of the first throttle device (30), or the feed (24) to the high pressure pump (8) is interrupted, or a second connection to the high pressure pump (8) is opened, by means of the second throttle device (32). The invention further relates to a method of bleeding and/or regulating said injection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Grossner, Klaus Husslein, Christoph Klesse, Martin Werner, Eckbert Zander
  • Publication number: 20030188716
    Abstract: An injection system for an internal combustion engine comprises a valve arrangement (26), connected to an inlet (24) to a high pressure pump (8), which regulates the flow of fuel for lubricating and cooling the high pressure pump (8) and bleeds the injection system. The valve arrangement 926) comprises at least one displaceable actuator and a first and second throttle device (30, 32). The actuator (36) is regulated according to a pressure of the fuel flow between a feed supply pump (6) and the high pressure pump (8), such that a first connection to, the high pressure pump (8) is opened, by means of the first throttle device (30), or the feed (24) to the high pressure pump (8) is interrupted, or a second connection to the high pressure pump (8) is opened, by means of the second throttle device (32). The invention further relates to a method of bleeding and/or regulating said injection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Grossner, Klaus Husslein, Christoph Klesse, Martin Werner, Eckbert Zander