Patents by Inventor Viorel Braic

Viorel Braic 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: 9605586
    Abstract: An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer housing of the intake pipe, wherein a feed line for charge air opens into an inlet section of the housing, a heat exchanger that is integrated in the intake pipe and cooled by a coolant and that comprises a plurality of exchanger tubes, in particular flat tubes, and an engine flange for connecting the intake tube to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein charge air flows through the exchanger tubes and at least a section of the outer housing is designed as a water jacket surrounding the exchanger tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Saumweber, Viorel Braic, Mark Schienemann
  • Patent number: 9097466
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, particularly for charge air or exhaust gas, performs heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, and includes heat exchanging guides for the first and second fluids, the guides being separated from each other in a core, the core having a plurality of flow channels through which the first fluid flows, and a housing that receives the flow channels and through which the second fluid flows. The heat exchanger also includes at least one compartment lid, which is flow-connected to the flow channels, and a base that is attached to the compartment lid and that is equipped with one or more passage openings for flow channels. The compartment lid is attached to the base via one or more connections which connections are bolted connections and/or a slotted crimping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Roland Hemminger, Daniel Hendrix, Mark Schienemann, Erwin Skiba, Danijel Budimir, Jochen Kaeser
  • Patent number: 8499748
    Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas recirculation for an internal combustion engine is provided that includes a flange for attaching to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. Combustion air flows from a passage region of the flange directly into at least one intake duct of a cylinder, and an inlet for an inflow of recirculated exhaust gas into the combustion air is provided. The inlet for the inflow of the recirculated exhaust gas is arranged on the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Georg Feldhaus, Tobias Fetzer, Chi-Duc Nguyen, Mark Schienemann
  • Publication number: 20130042840
    Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas recirculation for an internal combustion engine is provided that includes a flange for attaching to a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. Combustion air flows from a passage region of the flange directly into at least one intake duct of a cylinder, and an inlet for an inflow of recirculated exhaust gas into the combustion air is provided. The inlet for the inflow of the recirculated exhaust gas is arranged on the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Georg Feldhaus, Tobias Fetzer, Chi-Duc Nguyen, Mark Schienemann
  • Publication number: 20120292002
    Abstract: An intake pipe for an internal combustion engine, comprising an outer housing of the intake pipe, wherein a feed line for charge air opens into an inlet section of the housing, a heat exchanger that is integrated in the intake pipe and cooled by a coolant and that comprises a plurality of exchanger tubes, in particular flat tubes, and an engine flange for connecting the intake tube to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, wherein charge air flows through the exchanger tubes and at least a section of the outer housing is designed as a water jacket surrounding the exchanger tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Saumweber, Viorel Braic, Mark Schienemann
  • Publication number: 20100089548
    Abstract: A heat exchanger, particularly a charge air heat exchanger or exhaust gas heat exchanger, is provided for the heat exchange between a first fluid, particularly a charge air, or an exhaust gas, and a second fluid, particularly a coolant, comprising the following: heat exchanging guides for the first and second fluids, the guides being separated from each other in the core, the core having a plurality of flow channels through which the first fluid flows, and a housing that receives the flow channels and through which the second fluid flows at least one compartment lid, which is flow-connected to the flow channels, and a base that is attached to the compartment lid and that is equipped with one or more passage openings for flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Roland Hemminger, Daniel Hendrix, Mark Schienemann, Erwin Skiba, Danijel Korrigieren, Jochen Kaeser
  • Publication number: 20080223562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular a charge-air cooler or exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a first tank (2), having a second tank which is arranged at a distance from said first tank (2), and having a plurality of tubes (10) which serve to flow-connect the first (2) and the second tank, and having a chamber (38) which can be traversed by a coolant, which chamber (38) is provided between the two tanks (2) and through which chamber (38) run a plurality or all of the tubes (10) which serve to flow-connect the two tanks (2), wherein at least one of said two tanks (2) has a cover (12) and a base (14) which is connected to said cover (12) and is provided with one or more first passage openings (16) for receiving the tubes (10), wherein said base (14) has at least one first groove (58) into which a wall section (66) of the cover (12) of said same tank (2) extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Daniel Hendrix, Florian Moldovan
  • Publication number: 20070051493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1) comprising fixing elements which are provided with points of fracture, in particular in a vehicle. The aim of said invention is to provide said heat exchanger with restorable points of fracture and to make it possible to easily reassemble them after the separation thereof. For this purpose, the inventive heat exchanger (1) is characterised in that at least one fixing element is provided with a first and second area (6, 7; 12, 14) and with a quick release coupling therebetween; two areas (6, 12) form an inseparable component of the heat exchanger (1); the two areas (6, 7; 12, 14) are fixable to each other by a positive connection when the quick release coupling is closed; the coupling systems of one of the areas (6, 7; 12, 14) are provided with at least one point of fracture and in that the coupling systems provided with at least one point of fracture are arranged on the area (7, 14) which a detachable from said heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Viorel Braic, Adolf Schembera, Dirk Becker, Stephan Bittner, Ralf Zimmermann