Patents Assigned to ECO Holdings 1 GmbH
  • Patent number: 10287973
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve for shifting a control piston in a connecting rod of an internal combustion engine with variable compression, the hydraulic valve including a valve housing including a first operating connection and a second operating connection and a supply connection that is loadable with a hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic fluid; a step piston that is arranged in the valve housing and displaceable against a force of a preloaded spring. A first check valve is associated with the first operating connection and a second check valve is associated with the second operating connection wherein the first check valve and the second check valve open or close a connection of the first operating connection or the second operating connection with the supply connection as a function of a position of the step piston, wherein the first check valve and the second check valve is integrated into the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Stefanie Hutzelmann, Alexander Mudra, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10240493
    Abstract: A cam phaser including a rotation phaser and a hydraulic valve hydraulically loading the rotation phaser, wherein the hydraulic valve is connectable torque proof with a cam shaft so that the cam shaft is rotatable, wherein the rotation phaser includes a stator and a rotor configured coaxial with the stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator, wherein the hydraulic valve is configured so that it protrudes at least partially into the rotation phaser, wherein an adapter is provided for a relative axial positioning of the rotor and the stator. According to the invention the adapter is configured for loose mounting in the rotation phaser so that a fixated connection of the adapter in the rotation phaser is provided when the cam shaft is mounted at the hydraulic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Steve Nance, John Snyder
  • Patent number: 10221760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a check valve for a connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine including at least one hydraulic chamber, the check valve including a valve body with a fluid path that is openable and closable by at least one closure element, wherein the at least one closure element is provided as an annular band. The invention also relates to a connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine including a least one hydraulic chamber that is connectable by the at least one check valve with a bearing shell or a supply connection of the connecting rod or another hydraulic chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Bastian Eckrich, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10119624
    Abstract: A clip filter for a hydraulic valve, the clip filter comprising a carrier frame; and filter elements received in the carrier frame, wherein the carrier frame is configured annular and includes a clip filter lock, wherein a first end of the carrier frame and a second end of the carrier frame are engageable with each other for closing the clip filter, wherein the first end of the carrier frame includes a lug shaped clip element and the second end of the carrier frame includes a recess that is complementary to the lug shaped clip element, and wherein a clip filter lock is configured for a maximized opening force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Hoch, Christian Hugel, Thomas Jacob, Oliver Senst, Detlev Schack
  • Patent number: 10113451
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve for a cam phaser and including a housing; a hollow cylindrical piston which is supported axially movable in a central opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing; a supply connection feeding a hydraulic fluid; and at least a first operating connection, a second operating connection and a tank connection, wherein one of the first operating connection or the second operating connection is connectable through an interior space of the piston with the supply connection and another of the first operating connection or the second operating connection is connectable with the tank connection as a function of a position of a position of the piston along the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the piston includes a first flow through opening and a second flow through opening connecting the interior space of the piston with the first operating connection and the second operating connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 10100725
    Abstract: A connecting rod for an internal combustion engine with variable compression with an eccentrical element adjustment device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, the connecting rod including a connecting rod body; and a connecting rod cover arranged at the connecting rod body, wherein the connecting rod body and the connecting rod cover envelop a crank bearing eye, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment device includes two cylinders with a respective piston that is displaceably supported in a respective cylinder bore hole and connected with a respective support rod, wherein a respective inlet is provided for supplying hydraulic fluid to each of the two cylinders, wherein a respective outlet is provided for draining the hydraulic fluid from each of the two cylinders, wherein the connecting rod body includes at least two connecting rod body grooves for connecting each respective inlet with a hydraulic fluid loop, wherein the at least two connecting rod body grooves are arranged so that a highly l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jung, Alexander Mudra, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10041385
    Abstract: A piston for a hydraulic valve of a rotation phaser, wherein the piston is configured hollow cylindrical, wherein the piston is axially movable in a central opening extending along a first longitudinal axis of a housing of the hydraulic valve, wherein operating connections of the housing are opened and closed according to a position of the piston, wherein the piston includes check valves which prevent an unintentional outflow of a hydraulic fluid flowing through the piston from an inner cavity of the piston in flow through openings of the piston associated with the operating connections, wherein the piston is configured with check valves in its inner cavity that open towards its interior cavity, wherein the check valves are fixated by a spacer element that is arranged between the two check valves. The invention also relates to a hydraulic valve for a rotation phaser of a cam shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Brent Brower, Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 10024205
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic valve for phaser. In the hydraulic valve according to the invention a seal element is arranged so that a risk of a transition of oil from an oil cycle or a lubricant cycle of an internal combustion engine or a risk of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic valve entering a coil of an actuator is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Knecht
  • Patent number: 10018124
    Abstract: A ball bearing including a ball head arranged at a support rod and supported in a ball head receiver, characterized in that the ball head is secured at an outer surface of the ball head in the ball head receiver by a retaining ring against sliding out of the ball head receiver. The invention also relates to a piston rod with the ball bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Kaufmann