Patents Assigned to iHi Charging Systems International GmbH
  • Publication number: 20150000127
    Abstract: A method for mounting and setting an actuator of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a suitable electric actuating device are provided. The actuating device has an axially movable actuating rod which is connected to a coupling element which for its part is connected via a pivot pin to an actuation section of a bypass valve, the actuation section being configured as a lever arm. In order to set the desired closed position of the bypass valve during a predefined actuation of the actuating device, the coupling element is first connected to the actuating rod while still being displaceable. Before the fixing, the position of the actuating device which corresponds to the closed position is set by application of the corresponding voltage to the electric actuating device. Subsequently, a prestressing force is applied to the coupling element coaxially with respect to the actuating rod via a pneumatic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: Volkswagen AG, Mahle International GmbH, IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Eike Werstat, Martijn de Graaff, Torsten Jäckel, Tim Lowak, Alexander Schäffner, Daniel Dobernig, Reinhold Gracner, Jaroslav Kierat
  • Patent number: 8869527
    Abstract: A method for mounting and setting an actuator of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a suitable electric actuating device are provided. The actuating device has an axially movable actuating rod which is connected to a coupling element which for its part is connected via a pivot pin to an actuation section of a bypass valve, the actuation section being configured as a lever arm. In order to set the desired closed position of the bypass valve during a predefined actuation of the actuating device, the coupling element is first connected to the actuating rod while still being displaceable. Before the fixing, the position of the actuating device which corresponds to the closed position is set by application of the corresponding voltage to the electric actuating device. Subsequently, a prestressing force is applied to the coupling element coaxially with respect to the actuating rod via a pneumatic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, IHI Charging Systems International GmbH, Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Eike Werstat, Martijn de Graaff, Torsten Jäckel, Tim Lowak, Alexander Schäffner, Daniel Dobernig, Reinhold Gracner, Jaroslav Kierat
  • Publication number: 20140286759
    Abstract: In a turbine for an exhaust gas turbocharger with a turbine casing comprising a housing space for the turbine wheel of a turbine with guide vanes arranged upstream of the turbine wheel in a radial direction of the turbine wheel so as to be stationary relative to the turbine casing for guiding exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, and with an actuating element by which an inlet flow cross-section of the turbine through which the exhaust gas flows is variably adjustable and which is movable in the axial direction of the turbine between a blocking position restricting the flow cross-section and an open position clearing the flow cross-section relative to the turbine casing, the actuating elements extend through conforming openings formed in the guide walls between the guide vanes into the spaces defined between the guide vanes for controlling the turbine inlet flow cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas IHLI
  • Patent number: 8827638
    Abstract: In a connection assembly of a turbine housing to a bearing housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger and to an exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the turbine housing and the bearing housing are centered relative to each other and connected to each other in the region of a connection joint including a sealing assembly with a heat shield disposed between the turbine housing and the bearing housing, at least one cutout is provided in the heat shield for accommodating a centering means by way of which the turbine housing and the bearing housing are directly centered relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: iHi Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventor: Joachim Delitz
  • Publication number: 20140248134
    Abstract: In a fluid energy machine, such as an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine of an automobile, with a casing accommodating a rotor wheel that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation extending in the axial direction of the casing, an inlet flow passage which extends generally in a flow direction at an angle relative to the axial and the radial directions to the housing, the flow passage is formed by spaced insertion elements with spherical sections that have a common center of curvature disposed on the first axis of rotation and guide vanes are supported between the spaced spherical wall sections of the insertion elements so as to be rotatable about a second axis of rotation which extends through the common center of curvature, and have opposite axial end walls also curved spherically with a center of curvature coinciding with the center of curvature of the insertion elements thereby to be pivotable between the two spaced spherical wall sections of the insertion elements with minimal cle
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Tino STRAUSS, Jan EHRHARD
  • Publication number: 20140099191
    Abstract: In a turbine for exhaust gas turbocharger of a combustion engine with a turbine casing forming an installation space in which a turbine wheel is arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation and into which exhaust gas of the combustion engine may be supplied via at least one flow duct in which a guide vane structure is arranged, the guide vane structure includes vanes, which are pivotably supported relative to the turbine casing and form an axial inlet nozzle structure adjacent a wall portion of the turbine which extends along the guide vane structure, the wall portion comprising at least a first guide wall area which overlaps the guide vane structure, and which is set back relative to a second guide wall area in which the vanes are pivotably supported and which adjoins the first wall area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Thorben KOTZBACHER
  • Publication number: 20130305712
    Abstract: In an actuating device for an exhaust gas turbocharger for adjusting the charging pressure of the exhaust gas turbocharger, including a valve element which is coupled with an actuating element of the actuating device via at least one intermediate element and which is adjustable via the actuating element between a first position in which a duct of the exhaust gas turbocharger through which exhaust gas may flow is at least partially opened and another position in which the duct is at least partially blocked, the intermediate element which comprises a first end region and a second end region is coupled with the valve element and the actuating element, the intermediate element at its second end region being rotatable about a third axis of rotation relative to the valve element and is coupled with it and at its first end region is rotatable about a second axis of rotation which extends essentially perpendicular to the third axis of rotation relative to the actuating element with which it is also coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Marc Langohr
  • Publication number: 20130305711
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas charger bleed valve with a valve disk by which the flow cross-section of a bypass duct, via which exhaust gas flow volume bypassing an impeller of the exhaust gas turbocharger is adjustable, the valve includes a valve disk with the exhaust gas turbocharger is adjustable, the valve includes a valve disk with a front end valve face which is formed so as to be asymmetric with respect to the valve disk attachment to a lever arm on which the valve disk is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: AUDI AG, IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhardt Lueddecke, Hermann Burmester, Jan Ehrhard, Dietmar Filsinger, Nobuguki Ikeya, Christian Winter, Achim-Hans Hinkelmann
  • Patent number: 8418460
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, comprising a turbine rotor, which is rotatably housed in a rotor chamber through which exhaust gas coming from the internal combustion engine is conducted and wherein the flow around the turbine rotor is conditioned by means of a guide apparatus comprising a support ring with rotatably mounted guide vanes. For fixing a first distance (A) between the support ring and the contour sleeve, at least one spacer element with a longitudinal axis, an outer surface and a cross-sectional area is provided so as to have a streamlined shape forming in the exhaust gas flow only a relatively narrow wake line and the spacer element is so arranged that the wake line formed thereby extends essentially through a flow space between two adjacent guide vanes without disturbing the exhaust gas flow around these guide vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: IHI Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Ehrhard
  • Publication number: 20120216534
    Abstract: A method for mounting and setting an actuator of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a suitable electric actuating device are provided. The actuating device has an axially movable actuating rod which is connected to a coupling element which for its part is connected via a pivot pin to an actuation section of a bypass valve, the actuation section being configured as a lever arm. In order to set the desired closed position of the bypass valve during a predefined actuation of the actuating device, the coupling element is first connected to the actuating rod while still being displaceable. Before the fixing, the position of the actuating device which corresponds to the closed position is set by application of the corresponding voltage to the electric actuating device. Subsequently, a prestressing force is applied to the coupling element coaxially with respect to the actuating rod via a pneumatic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicants: VOLKSWAGEN AG, MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH, IHI CHARGING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Eike Werstat, Martijn De Graaff, Torsten Jäckel, Tim Lowak, Alexander Schäffner, Daniel Dobernig, Reinhold Gracner
  • Patent number: 7371047
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbine for a turbocharger with a spiral housing consisting of sheet metal surrounding a guide vane structure and having a tangential inlet funnel and an outer shell which also consists of sheet metal and surrounds the spiral housing with an air gap, the spiral housing and the outer shell are pot-shaped and the ends adjacent the guide vane structure are delimited by parts of the guide vane structure, the spiral housing being connected to these parts by means of at least one axially flexible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: iHi Charging Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Burmester, Akihiro Ohkita