Patents by Inventor Tim Franken

Tim Franken 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).

  • Two-stage supercharging internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas aftertreatment arrangement, and method for operating a two-stage supercharged internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10107180
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine includes at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers arranged in series, wherein a first exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a low-pressure stage and a second exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a high-pressure stage. A second turbine of the second exhaust-gas turbocharger may be present upstream of a first turbine of the first exhaust-gas turbocharger, and a second compressor of the second exhaust-gas turbocharger may be arranged in an intake system downstream of a first compressor of the first exhaust-gas turbocharger and a first bypass line may branch off upstream of the second turbine and join back at a junction point between the first turbine and the second turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Werner Willems, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Claudia Conee, Tim Franken, Michael Forsting
  • Auto-ignition internal combustion engine with exhaust-gas turbocharging and exhaust-gas recirculation
    Patent number: 9989020
    Abstract: Embodiments of an internal combustion engine are provided. In one example, an engine includes at least one cylinder, an intake system for supplying charge air to the at least one cylinder, an exhaust-gas discharge system for discharging exhaust gas from the at least one cylinder, a first exhaust-gas turbocharger including a first turbine arranged in the exhaust-gas discharge system and a first compressor arranged in the intake system; and an exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) system. The EGR system includes a line which branches off from the exhaust-gas discharge system and opens into the intake system, a second exhaust-gas turbocharger comprising an EGR turbine arranged in the line on a shaft and an EGR compressor arranged in the line on the shaft upstream of said EGR turbine, and an EGR cooler positioned between the EGR turbine and the EGR compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Franz J. Brinkmann, Werner Willems, Claudia Conee, Michael Forsting, Claudia Katharina Herudek, Tim Franken
  • AUTO-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGING AND EXHAUST-GAS RECIRCULATION
    Publication number: 20160333827
    Abstract: Embodiments of an internal combustion engine are provided. In one example, an engine includes at least one cylinder, an intake system for supplying charge air to the at least one cylinder, an exhaust-gas discharge system for discharging exhaust gas from the at least one cylinder, a first exhaust-gas turbocharger including a first turbine arranged in the exhaust-gas discharge system and a first compressor arranged in the intake system; and an exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) system. The EGR system includes a line which branches off from the exhaust-gas discharge system and opens into the intake system, a second exhaust-gas turbocharger comprising an EGR turbine arranged in the line on a shaft and an EGR compressor arranged in the line on the shaft upstream of said EGR turbine, and an EGR cooler positioned between the EGR turbine and the EGR compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Franz J. Brinkmann, Werner Willems, Claudia Conee, Michael Forsting, Claudia Katharina Herudek, Tim Franken
  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TWO-STAGE SUPERCHARGING CAPABILITY AND WITH EXHAUST-GAS AFTERTREATMENT ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SAID TYPE
    Publication number: 20160312687
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine includes at least two exhaust-gas turbochargers arranged in series, wherein a first exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a low-pressure stage and a second exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a high-pressure stage. A second turbine of the second exhaust-gas turbocharger may be present upstream of a first turbine of the first exhaust-gas turbocharger, and a second compressor of the second exhaust-gas turbocharger may be arranged in an intake system downstream of a first compressor of the first exhaust-gas turbocharger and a first bypass line may branch off upstream of the second turbine and join back at a junction point between the first turbine and the second turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Werner Willems, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Claudia Conee, Tim Franken, Michael Forsting