Patents Assigned to AVL Emissions Test Systems GmbH
  • Patent number: 11703419
    Abstract: A condensate discharge system for an exhaust gas measuring device. The condensate discharge system includes a condensate separator in which a positive pressure prevails, an outflow line in which atmospheric pressure prevails, a connecting line, and an intermediate reservoir in which the positive pressure prevails. The intermediate reservoir is arranged between the condensate separator and the outflow line and is directly connected to the condensate separator via the connecting line. The intermediate reservoir includes a float valve via which a condensate is dischargeable into the outflow line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Woiki, Torsten Bornemann
  • Patent number: 11402302
    Abstract: An exhaust gas sampling system includes a main conveying line, a main throughput pump which conveys a sample gas in the main conveying line, a first Venturi nozzle, a second Venturi nozzle, a first control valve, and a second control valve. The first Venturi nozzle and the second Venturi nozzle are connected in parallel and are arranged in the main conveying line upstream of the main throughput pump. The first Venturi nozzle is assigned the first control valve. The second Venturi nozzle is assigned the second control valve. Each of the first control valve and the second control valve are provided as a pinch valve. Each pinch valve has a flexible, hose-like control element and a pressure chamber which is filled with a fluid and which is arranged to surround the flexible, hose-like control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Willich, Marcus Wolff
  • Patent number: 11305211
    Abstract: A condensate separator for an exhaust gas measuring system. The condensate separator includes a housing with condensate discharge opening, an inlet opening arranged in the housing, a cooled inlet line which introduces a fluid into the housing, and a gas outlet port with a gas entrance and a gas exit. The cooled inlet line opens into the inlet opening. The gas outlet port opens into a gas outlet line. A cross-sectional area of the gas entrance of the gas outlet port is larger than a cross-sectional area of the gas exit of the gas outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Kreft, Christopher Garthe, Torsten Bornemann, Dirk Woiki
  • Publication number: 20220050022
    Abstract: A method for providing a visual aid to guide a driver when executing a test cycle includes controlling an electronic display to display a graph including a target trace indicating a target speed of a vehicle during the test cycle and a first visual indicator of an actual speed of the vehicle during the test cycle, scroll the target trace from a first side of the graph to a second side of the graph during a time-based portion of the test cycle to indicate the target vehicle speed with respect to an amount of time elapsed since a start of the test cycle, and scroll the target trace from the first side of the graph to the second side of the graph during a distance-based portion of the test cycle to indicate the target vehicle speed with respect to a distance travelled by the vehicle during the test cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicants: AVL Test Systems, Inc., AVL Emissions Test Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Eugene Mondrusov, Mark T. Oliver, Dmitry Romanovich, Dzmitry Markavets, Alexander Abramov
  • Patent number: 11193863
    Abstract: A control cabinet arrangement for an exhaust gas measurement device. The control cabinet arrangement includes a first control cabinet which delimits a first interior space and a second control cabinet which delimits a second interior space. A first heat-generating component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the first interior space. A second component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the second interior space. At least one fluidic connection connects the first interior space and the second interior space. The second component is heatable by an air flow flowing between the first interior space and the second interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Willich, Achim Dickow, Sonja Opitz, Murat Oeztuerk
  • Publication number: 20210190636
    Abstract: A control cabinet for an exhaust gas measuring system includes a cabinet body with a component having an inlet and an outlet arranged therein. The outlet is connected via a first connection element to an outlet tube, and the inlet is connected via a second connection element to an inlet tube. The first or second connection element is selectively mounted in a first connection position or in a second connection position so that the outlet tube connecting to the first connection element or the inlet tube connecting to the second connection element is aligned horizontally in the first connection position and vertically in the second connection position. The first connection element or the second connection element are adapted to be mounted in the first connection position and in the second connection position via a 180° rotation in the outlet connection plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: SASCHA WILLICH, CHRISTOPHER GARTHE, SONJA OPITZ
  • Patent number: 10986749
    Abstract: A switch cabinet for an exhaust-gas measurement installation includes a cabinet body with two side walls, a ceiling, a floor, a front side and a back wall, a door to close the front side, a measurement gas distributor arranged in the cabinet body with an outlet, a coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor to form the outlet, at least one measuring device arranged in the cabinet body with an inlet, and a coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device to form the inlet. The inlet is connected to the outlet to provide a gas-tight connection. The measurement gas distributor moves relative to the cabinet body so that the coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor and forming the outlet can be connected by insertion to the coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device and forming the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Dickow, Norbert Kreft
  • Patent number: 10962447
    Abstract: A gas feed unit for an exhaust gas analysis unit includes a measurement unit for analysing a sample gas, a connection line arranged so that a calibration gas line, a purge gas line, and a sample gas line opens thereinto and which fluidically connects to the measurement unit, a shut-off valve arranged in each of the calibration gas line, the purge gas line, and the sample gas line, a pump which delivers the sample gas from an exhaust gas source, an outflow line with an outflow nozzle and a shut-off valve, and an outflow nozzle arranged at an end of the connection line opposite to the measurement unit. The outflow line branches off from the connection line. The sample gas line is arranged to open into the connection line between the measurement unit, the calibration gas line, and the purge gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Achim Dickow
  • Patent number: 10935530
    Abstract: An analysis unit includes a frontal plane to access the analysis unit, a mounting plane perpendicular to the frontal plane, and a gas measurement device. The gas measurement device includes a connection housing part and a main housing part. The connection housing part includes an inlet channel and an outlet channel which extend from the mounting plane to a first connection plane. The main housing part includes a second connection plane which corresponds to the first connection plane. The main housing part rests on the first connection plane. The main housing part further includes an inflow channel which fluidically communicates with the inlet channel via the first connection plane, and a recirculation channel which fluidically communicates with the outlet channel via the first connection plane. The first and second connection planes are tilted at an angle of 45° from the mounting plane in a direction of the frontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Georg Martinewski
  • Publication number: 20210041408
    Abstract: A control cabinet for exhaust gas measuring facilities. The control cabinet includes a first cabinet body with first measuring appliances arranged therein for analyzing at least one sample gas, a door which opens and closes an open front side of the first cabinet body, the door being rotatably attached to the first cabinet body, an operating unit arranged on the door, and a second cabinet body with second measuring appliances arranged therein. The second cabinet body includes a second front side that can be closed and opened via a guided relative movement of the first cabinet body in relation to the second cabinet body. The first cabinet body is movable in a guided manner relative to the second cabinet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: ACHIM DICKOW
  • Patent number: 10800603
    Abstract: A control cabinet for an exhaust gas measuring facility. The control cabinet includes a cabinet body with measuring appliances for analyzing at least one sample gas. The cabinet body includes two side walls, a bottom, a cover, a first rear wall, a second rear wall, a front side, and a channel which is arranged between the first rear wall and the second rear wall. The channel is dissipates heat. A door opens and closes the front side of the cabinet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Achim Dickow
  • Publication number: 20200323099
    Abstract: A switch cabinet for an exhaust-gas measurement installation includes a cabinet body with two side walls, a ceiling, a floor, a front side and a back wall, a door to close the front side, a measurement gas distributor arranged in the cabinet body with an outlet, a coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor to form the outlet, at least one measuring device arranged in the cabinet body with an inlet, and a coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device to form the inlet. The inlet is connected to the outlet to provide a gas-tight connection. The measurement gas distributor moves relative to the cabinet body so that the coupling element fastened to the measurement gas distributor and forming the outlet can be connected by insertion to the coupling element fastened to the at least one measuring device and forming the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: ACHIM DICKOW, NORBERT KREFT
  • Publication number: 20200319063
    Abstract: A switch cabinet for an exhaust gas measurement installation includes a cabinet body with a rear wall and four laterally bounding walls which include a ceiling, a floor, a first side wall and a second side wall. A door is arranged on the cabinet body to close a front side thereof. At least one valve, measuring devices, and gas connections are arranged in the cabinet body. The gas connections extend through the walls and interact with the at least one valve. The gas connections comprise at least one first gas connection arranged in a first horizontal plane and in a first vertical plane, and at least one second gas connection arranged in a second horizontal plane in a second vertical plane. The second horizontal plane is offset with respect to the first horizontal plane. The second vertical plane is offset with respect to the first vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: ACHIM DICKOW
  • Publication number: 20200319064
    Abstract: An exhaust gas sampling system includes a main conveying line, a main throughput pump which conveys a sample gas in the main conveying line, a first Venturi nozzle, a second Venturi nozzle, a first control valve, and a second control valve. The first Venturi nozzle and the second Venturi nozzle are connected in parallel and are arranged in the main conveying line upstream of the main throughput pump. The first Venturi nozzle is assigned the first control valve. The second Venturi nozzle is assigned the second control valve. Each of the first control valve and the second control valve are provided as a pinch valve. Each pinch valve has a flexible, hose-like control element and a pressure chamber which is filled with a fluid and which is arranged to surround the flexible, hose-like control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: SASCHA WILLICH, MARCUS WOLFF
  • Publication number: 20200292427
    Abstract: A control cabinet arrangement for an exhaust gas measurement device. The control cabinet arrangement includes a first control cabinet which delimits a first interior space and a second control cabinet which delimits a second interior space. A first heat-generating component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the first interior space. A second component of the exhaust emission measurement device is arranged in the second interior space. At least one fluidic connection connects the first interior space and the second interior space. The second component is heatable by an air flow flowing between the first interior space and the second interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: SASCHA WILLICH, ACHIM DICKOW, SONJA OPITZ, MURAT OEZTUERK
  • Publication number: 20200064320
    Abstract: An analysis unit includes a frontal plane to access the analysis unit, a mounting plane perpendicular to the frontal plane, and a gas measurement device. The gas measurement device includes a connection housing part and a main housing part. The connection housing part includes an inlet channel and an outlet channel which extend from the mounting plane to a first connection plane. The main housing part includes a second connection plane which corresponds to the first connection plane. The main housing part rests on the first connection plane. The main housing part further includes an inflow channel which fluidically communicates with the inlet channel via the first connection plane, and a recirculation channel which fluidically communicates with the outlet channel via the first connection plane. The first and second connection planes are tilted at an angle of 45° from the mounting plane in a direction of the frontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: GEORG MARTINEWSKI
  • Publication number: 20190344197
    Abstract: A condensate separator for an exhaust gas measuring system. The condensate separator includes a housing with condensate discharge opening, an inlet opening arranged in the housing, a cooled inlet line which introduces a fluid into the housing, and a gas outlet port with a gas entrance and a gas exit. The cooled inlet line opens into the inlet opening. The gas outlet port opens into a gas outlet line. A cross-sectional area of the gas entrance of the gas outlet port is larger than a cross-sectional area of the gas exit of the gas outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: NORBERT KREFT, CHRISTOPHER GARTHE, TORSTEN BORNEMANN, DIRK WOIKI
  • Publication number: 20190310165
    Abstract: A condensate discharge system for an exhaust gas measuring device. The condensate discharge system includes a condensate separator in which a positive pressure prevails, an outflow line in which atmospheric pressure prevails, a connecting line, and an intermediate reservoir in which the positive pressure prevails. The intermediate reservoir is arranged between the condensate separator and the outflow line and is directly connected to the condensate separator via the connecting line. The intermediate reservoir includes a float valve via which a condensate is dischargeable into the outflow line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK WOIKI, TORSTEN BORNEMANN
  • Publication number: 20190242786
    Abstract: A gas feed unit for an exhaust gas analysis unit includes a measurement unit for analysing a sample gas, a connection line arranged so that a calibration gas line, a purge gas line, and a sample gas line opens thereinto and which fluidically connects to the measurement unit, a shut-off valve arranged in each of the calibration gas line, the purge gas line, and the sample gas line, a pump which delivers the sample gas from an exhaust gas source, an outflow line with an outflow nozzle and a shut-off valve, and an outflow nozzle arranged at an end of the connection line opposite to the measurement unit. The outflow line branches off from the connection line. The sample gas line is arranged to open into the connection line between the measurement unit, the calibration gas line, and the purge gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: ACHIM DICKOW
  • Patent number: 10317318
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas sampling system includes a main conveying line, a main throughput pump which conveys a sample gas in the main conveying line, a sample gas bag, a sample gas withdrawal line which fluidically connects the main conveying line to the sample gas bag, a throughflow control element arranged in the sample gas withdrawal line, an analyzer, a sample gas analysis line which connects the analyzer to the sample gas bag, an evacuation line which establishes a fluidic connection between the main throughput pump and the sample gas bag, and a first valve arranged in the evacuation line. The first valve opens and closes the evacuation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: AVL EMISSION TEST SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Willich, Norbert Kreft, Christopher Garthe