Patents by Inventor Thomas Koerner

Thomas Koerner 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat shield (100) for a supercharging device (1), comprising a first ring portion (110), which is situated at the outside in a radial direction (24) and which is designed to bear the heat shield (100), and a second ring portion (120), which is situated at the inside in a radial direction (24) and which extends from the first ring portion (110). The second ring portion (120) has at least one structure-stiffening feature (200), the at least one structure-stiffening feature (200) being of bead-like form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Geisweid, Patrick Weber, Thomas Koerner
  • Patent number: 11473447
    Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, comprises a housing (2) with a compressor blade (3) on the air side, a shaft (1) driving the compressor blade (3), and at least one radially acting rotary bearing (5) for mounting the shaft (3), wherein the rotary bearing (5) is designed as a hydrodynamic sliding bearing, wherein a stationary bearing element (6) is penetrated by the shaft (1) and a first mounting is formed on one first side of the bearing element (6) and acts axially against a bearing collar (7) rotating with the shaft, wherein an oil supply (9) for supplying the mountings is designed in the bearing element (6), wherein a plurality of flow surfaces (10) with a height (h) varying in the circumferential direction is formed on one surface of the bearing element (6) facing the bearing collar (7) in the axial direction, wherein an individually dimensioned throttle element (11, 12) is designed in the oil supply (9) for each of the two mountings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Davide Peduto, Thomas Körner, Ivo Daniel, Thomas Dücker-Schulz
  • Publication number: 20210087945
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing (2) with a compressor blade (3) on the air side, a shaft (1) driving the blade (3), and at least one radially acting rotary bearing (5) for mounting the shaft (1). The bearing (5) is designed as a hydrodynamic sliding bearing, and a stationary bearing element (6) is penetrated by the shaft (1) and a first mounting is formed on one first side of the bearing element (6) and acts axially against a bearing collar (7) rotating with the shaft (1). The bearing element (6) forms a second mounting on an opposite second side which acts axially against a sealing bushing (8) rotating with the shaft (1). An oil supply (9) is designed in the bearing element (6), a plurality of flow surfaces (10) is formed on one surface of the bearing element (6) facing the collar (7) in the axial direction, and an individually dimensioned throttle element (11, 12) is designed in the oil supply (9) for each of the two mountings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Davide Peduto, Thomas Körner, Ivo Daniel, Thomas Dücker-Schulz
  • Patent number: 10041157
    Abstract: A low-alloyed steel, comprising about 0.3 to about 0.50 wt. % carbon, about 2.0 to about 5.0 wt. % silicon, and a remainder of iron, optionally containing low amounts of molybdenum, titanium and/or boron, with up to about 0.5 wt. % impurities. The low-alloyed steel is useful for making structural components having a tensile strength of greater than about 1000 to about 2000 MPa, a yield strength of greater than about 700 to approximately 950 MPa; a break elongation of greater than about 17% and a scaling resistance of greater than about 650° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Gesenkschmiede Schneider GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kolbe, Ernst-Peter Schmitz, Thomas Körner, Ottmar Schwarz
  • Patent number: 9850912
    Abstract: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger 2, having an oil guide to at least one bearing point (5) in the bearing housing (1). The oil guide is formed by at least one of bores and cutouts in the bearing housing (1). There is formed in the oil guide a siphon (10) which is integrated into the bearing housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar Koenig, Thomas Koerner
  • Patent number: 9638244
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic axial bearing is provided with segments arranged on a circular ring on axial bearings, wherein a plurality of pressure fields are built up. The length of the individual segments is defined in the circumferential direction, between a first edge and a second edge. The first edge delimits the wedge surface of the segments. In fast-rotating bearings, the ratio of segment width to segment length has a decisive influence on the attainable load-bearing capacity and resulting friction losses. The load-bearing capacity and friction losses are improved by increasing the segment length more intensely with increasing radius. The first edge does not run straight but rather has steps, is arcuate or has linear portions with different gradients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Duecker-Schulz, Thomas Koerner
  • Patent number: 9528389
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger with a bearing housing which receives a static bearing bush for a rotor shaft. A lug supported in the bearing housing engages the bearing bush and prevents the bearing bush from rotating but avoids a restriction of the freedom of movement of the bearing bush in the axial and radial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Michael Renett, Johannes Hornbach
  • Patent number: 9222366
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), having a shaft (2) on which a compressor wheel (3) and a turbine wheel (4) are arranged, and a bearing housing (5) which has a turbine-side radial bearing bush (6) and which has an oil collecting chamber (7) arranged between the turbine-side radial bearing bush (6) and a turbine-side bearing housing end region (8). The shaft (2) has a shoulder (9) which extends outward in the radial direction (R) into the oil collecting chamber (7) and, together with a radial-bearing-side first delimiting wall (10) of the oil collecting chamber (7), delimits a gap (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hornbach, Martin Becker, Thomas Koerner
  • Publication number: 20150131931
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic axial bearing is provided with segments arranged on a circular ring on axial bearings, wherein a plurality of pressure fields are built up. The length of the individual segments is defined in the circumferential direction, between a first edge and a second edge. The first edge delimits the wedge surface of the segments. In fast-rotating bearings, the ratio of segment width to segment length has a decisive influence on the attainable load-bearing capacity and resulting friction losses. The load-bearing capacity and friction losses are improved by increasing the segment length more intensely with increasing radius. The first edge does not run straight but rather has steps, is arcuate or has linear portions with different gradients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Duecker-Schulz, Thomas Koerner
  • Publication number: 20140314551
    Abstract: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (7), having an oil guide to at least one bearing point (5) in the bearing housing (1), wherein the oil guide is formed by bores and/or cutouts in the bearing housing (2), and wherein there is formed in the oil guide a siphon (10) which is integrated into the bearing housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar Koenig, Thomas Koerner
  • Publication number: 20140193244
    Abstract: A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (2) having an oil inlet (3) which is connected to a connecting region (4) of an oil supply line (5), The connecting region (4) of the oil supply line (5) is in the form of a siphon (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Lothar Koenig, William Passemard
  • Publication number: 20130236336
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor wheel (3) in a compressor housing (4); a turbine (5) which has a turbine wheel (6) in a turbine housing (7); a bearing housing (8) which receives a static bearing bush (9) for a rotor shaft (10) and which has, at the compressor side, a bearing housing cover (11), and a bearing bush rotation prevention means (12) which has at least one lug (13, 14, 15) supported in the bearing housing (8) and which engages into at least one of two grooves (16, 17) of the bearing bush (9). The grooves (16, 17) are arranged diametrically oppositely on an outer circumferential region (18) of the bearing bush (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Michael Renett, Johannes Hornbach
  • Publication number: 20130142679
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), having a shaft (2) on which a compressor wheel (3) and a turbine wheel (4) are arranged, and a bearing housing (5) which has a turbine-side radial bearing bush (6) and which has an oil collecting chamber (7) arranged between the turbine-side radial bearing bush (6) and a turbine-side bearing housing end region (8). The shaft (2) has a shoulder (9) which extends outward in the radial direction (R) into the oil collecting chamber (7) and, together with a radial-bearing-side first delimiting wall (10) of the oil collecting chamber (7), delimits a gap (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Hornbach, Martin Becker, Thomas Koerner
  • Patent number: 8312750
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotationally symmetrical hollow metal part, particularly a shaft. According to the method, bar-shaped ductile solid material is provided, the solid material is heated from about 300° C. below the forging temperature to the forging temperature, the solid material is transversally spline-rolled until weakenings are created in the core zone (3) of the solid material and the sold material is torn open. Two mandrels (5,6) are forcibly introduced into the center of the bar-shaped solid material during the rolling process, and then one mandrel is retracted while the other mandrel continues advancing so as to produce a tubular part. A transversally spline-rolled rotationally symmetrical hollow part, especially a shaft, which is produced according to noted method can be embodied as a transmission shaft, camshaft, drive shaft, output shaft, starter shaft, hollow shaft, or can be a preform for molded parts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Gesenkschmiede Schneider GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Ernst-Peter Schmitz, Peter Kolbe
  • Patent number: 8205448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) comprising a compressor (2), a turbine connected to the compressor (2) by means of a shaft (3) and provided with an exhaust inlet (5) and an exhaust outlet (7), and a bypass line (6) which branches off from the exhaust inlet (5), bypassing the turbine, and leads to the exhaust outlet in which a boost-pressure regulating flap is arranged, said regulating flap comprising a flap plate (13) which is connected to a flap shaft (14) by means of a connecting device (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Silvio Koch, Thomas Koerner, Rainer Wickert
  • Publication number: 20100122916
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring concentration of a constituent in a gas may include an ionically conductive layer and a sensing electrode coupled to the ionically conductive layer. The sensing electrode may be exposed to a gas. The sensor may also include a reference electrode that is exposed to the gas and made of substantially a same material as the sensing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Balakrishnan G. Nair, Brett Tamatea Henderson, Thomas Koerner Pace, Gangqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20100083654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) comprising a compressor (2), a turbine connected to the compressor (2) by means of a shaft (3) and provided with an exhaust inlet (5) and an exhaust outlet (7), and a bypass line (6) which branches off from the exhaust inlet (5), bypassing the turbine, and leads to the exhaust outlet in which a boost-pressure regulating flap is arranged, said regulating flap comprising a flap plate (13) which is connected to a flap shaft (14) by means of a connecting device (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Silvio Koch, Thomas Koerner, Rainer Wickert
  • Publication number: 20100050739
    Abstract: A gas sensor may include a sintered heating component which includes a ceramic insulating material, and a separately sintered sensing component which includes an ionically conductive material. The sensor may also include a bond attaching the sensing component to the heating component. The bond may be made of bonding material which is different from the insulating material and the ionically conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jesse Nachlas, Balakrishnan G. Nair, Raymond Ashton Cutler, Thomas Koerner Pace, Gangqiang Wang, Troy A. Small
  • Publication number: 20090312110
    Abstract: A method for producing a rotationally symmetrical hollow metal part, particularly a shaft. According to the method, bar-shaped ductile solid matrial is provided, the solid material is heated from about 300° C. below the forging temperature to the forging temperature, the solid material is transversally spline-rolled until weakenings are created in the core zone (3) of the solid material and the sold material is torn open. Two mandrels (5,6) are forcibly introduced into the center of the bar-shaped solid material during the rolling process, and then one mandrel is retracted while the other mandrel continues advancing so as to produce a tubular part. A transversally spline-rolled rotationally symmetrical hollow part, especially a shaft, which is produced accoridng to noted method can be embodied as a transmission shaft, camshaft, drive shaft, output shaft, starter shaft, hollow shaft, or can bea preform for molded parts and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: GESENKSCHMIEDE SCHNEIDER GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Koerner, Ernst-Peter Schmitz, Peter Kolbe
  • Patent number: D585339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Ohlins Racing AB
    Inventors: Thomas Körner, Christer Lööw