Patents Assigned to Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20110302919
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a turbocharged internal combustion engine with exhaust gas recycling, comprising an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, a fresh air turbocharger and an exhaust supercharger, wherein the intake manifold is divided by a separating wall into a fresh air passage and an exhaust passage, one of the passages being connected to inlet openings of cylinders of the engine, the fresh air passage being connected to the outlet of the compressor of the fresh air turbocharger, the exhaust passage being connected to the outlet of the compressor of the exhaust supercharger and the separating wall being formed with orifices connecting the two passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Udo Schlemmer-Kelling
  • Publication number: 20110023830
    Abstract: A fuel injection system supplies fuel at high pressure to an internal combustion engine via at least two high-pressure fuel pumps and a high-pressure fuel distribution line. The high-pressure fuel pumps can operate in a first pump mode and a second pump mode, which differ in the amount of fuel that is pumped. A control unit alternately operates the high-pressure fuel pumps such that, during a first time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps is operated in the first pump mode and all other high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode and such that, during a second time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps, which was operated in the second pump mode during the first time period, is operated in the first pump mode and the remaining high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG, L'Orange GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Haas, Bert Ritscher, Bodo Gneist, Horst Ressel, Wolfgang Scheibe, Jürgen Schick
  • Publication number: 20100263612
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling valve displacement of an internal combustion engine comprises a rocker arm having a first arm portion and a second arm portion, said rocker arm being pivotable about a pivot interposed between said first and second arm portions. The apparatus further comprises an actuation arrangement adapted to actuate said first arm portion of said rocker arm and a valve arrangement adapted to be actuated by said second arm portion of said rocker arm. A damper arrangement is pivotably connected to said first arm portion and adapted for damping movement of said rocker arm around said pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Burkhard, Udo Schlemmer-Kelling, Jurgen Nagel
  • Patent number: 7591258
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control strategy for balancing injector-to-injector fueling variations for a combustion engine having multiple combustion chambers (and cylinders), with multiple individually actuated injectors for injecting fuel into the combustion chambers, wherein at least one injector is assigned to each combustion chamber and a common rail supplies fuel to the multiple injectors. The method includes changing the actuation waveform of an injector assigned to a combustion chamber having an exhaust gas temperature deviating by more than the predetermined value from the average exhaust gas temperature, in order to change the amount of fuel injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Nagel, Bert Ritscher, Alan R. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 6431134
    Abstract: A plurality of modular camshaft follower assemblies of substantially identical construction and configuration are positively connected to a camshaft supporting structure of an internal combustion engine and adjustable to position a plurality of camshaft following lever arms at a proper timing location relative to a camshaft. Conduits in sealed serial communication with shafts pivotally supporting the camshaft following lever arms of the modular camshaft following assemblies deliver fluid flow from an engine block of the internal combustion engine to the camshaft following lever arms. The plurality of modular camshaft follower assemblies are each mounted on the engine through access openings in a side wall of the engine block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ruediger Hass