Patents Assigned to J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 8001770
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising an exhaust line that carries the exhaust gas, an SCR catalyst system arranged in the exhaust line and an injection device arranged on the exhaust line upstream from the SCR catalyst system for injecting an aqueous urea solution into the exhaust line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Georg Wirth, Felix Neumann
  • Patent number: 7975472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust system (1) for an internal combustion engine (3) having at least one exhaust gas line (2) that carries exhaust gas and having an injection device (4) for spraying a liquid into the exhaust gas line (2). Downstream from the injection device (4) a vaporizer device (7) which has at least one tubular sheet metal body (8) downstream from the injection device (4), said sheet metal body extending in the longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas line (2) and causing an improved vaporization of the liquid sprayed into the exhaust gas line. In addition, at least one clamp device (12) which is designed like a spring is provided, securing the vaporizer device (7) in the exhaust gas line (2) and/or bracing it elastically against the exhaust gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignees: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Julia Halbei, Josef Rudelt, Felix Neumann, Sabine Meiser, Matthias Horn, Thomas Christian Hofmann
  • Patent number: 7913811
    Abstract: A muffler (1) for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle, with a housing (2), which has a jacket (3) and an end bottom each at two mutually spaced longitudinal ends of the jacket (3). At least one jacket opening (7) is provided, which passes through the jacket (3) and through which an inner tube (8) arranged in the interior of housing (2) can be connected to a tube of the exhaust system. The manufacture of the muffler (1) can be simplified if the jacket (3) is segmented in the circumferential direction (5) and has a jacket segment (11), which is manufactured as a separate component in relation to the remaining jacket (12). The separate component jacket segment (11) is rigidly connected to the remaining jacket (12) and has the at least one jacket opening (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Andre, Norbert Schug
  • Patent number: 7891463
    Abstract: The present invention to an active muffler for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, includes a multi-shell housing having a pot-shaped top shell and a pot-shaped bottom shell, a funnel-shaped sound conducting body, which is inserted into the bottom shell and has a connection passing through the bottom shell and out of the housing, a loudspeaker, which is situated in the top shell and is attached to a flange section of the sound conducting body at a distance from the connection, such that a free inside cross section of the sound conducting body surrounded by the flange section is closed with an airtight seal, and a bypass through which an interior space of the top shell is connected to an interior space of the bottom shell so they communicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Krüger, Frank Castor, Manfred Müller, Georg Wirth
  • Publication number: 20110016847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a latent heat storage device for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, more preferably of a motor vehicle, with at least one hollow space having a storage volume which contains a phase-changing material. The material loading of the latent heat storage device can be reduced if the storage volume is so dimensioned that it comprises a basic volume which the phase-changing material assumes in the solidified state, and an expansion volume, which the phase-changing material additionally assumes in the molten state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerd Gaiser
  • Publication number: 20110016858
    Abstract: The invention relates to a latent heat storage device for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, more preferably of a motor vehicle, with a storage body having a plurality of channels running parallel to one another, of which at least some contain a phase-changing material. Cost-effective producibility is realised if the storage body is formed through a layer structure with at least two plates of which at least one is corrugated and which contact each other and are fastened to each other in such a manner that the corrugations of the at least one plate form the channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerd Gaiser
  • Patent number: 7874401
    Abstract: An exhaust muffler (1) is provided for an at least partly dual-flow exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, especially of a motor vehicle. The exhaust muffler has a housing (2), which encloses an interior space (3), with two exhaust pipes (6), through which exhaust gas can flow in parallel, and which are each led through the interior space (3), and which have a side opening (8) each within the housing (2). A neck body (9) connects the two side openings (8) of the exhaust pipes (6) in a communicating manner to form a Helmholtz resonator with the interior space (3) of the housing (2), which interior space (3) acts as a resonance volume (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Uhlemann, Peter Gorke
  • Patent number: 7866709
    Abstract: A crosstalk device for coupling of two exhaust lines of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine through which exhaust can flow in parallel has a housing having two inlets and two outlets that are connected so they communicate through an interior space of the housing and by which the two exhaust lines can be connected to the crosstalk device. The crosstalk device has an inexpensive design and high stability because its housing is assembled from two half-shells whose parting plane extends across the main direction of flow of the crosstalk device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Arnulf Spieth, Markus Tuech, Michael Krause
  • Patent number: 7866143
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes a basic housing and an add-on housing mounted thereon so it is at least partially detachable. The basic housing contains at least one inlet pipe which can be connected to the exhaust system and leads into the basic housing, at least one outlet pipe which can be connected to the exhaust system and leads out of the basic housing, at least one SCR catalyst and at least one oxidizing catalytic converter. The add-on housing contains at least one particle separation device and at least one reducing agent feed mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Buhmann, Rainer Lehnen, Arthur Wieland
  • Patent number: 7849960
    Abstract: The invention relates to a silencer for an airborne sound conducting pipe system, including a housing enclosing an interior space, an inlet pipe having an outlet within the interior space, a bypass pipe branching off from inlet pipe within the housing and having an outlet, a control element actuated by the gas flow and arranged downstream of bypass pipe on or in the inlet pipe, and at least one outlet pipe having an inlet within the interior space. Furthermore, the interior space is acoustically unseparated in such a manner that the volume of the interior space loaded with the airborne sound is equal with opened and with closed control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Manfred Nicolai, Frank Castor, Jan Krüger
  • Patent number: 7837463
    Abstract: A wall structure for bordering a combustion chamber of a burner has a top plate that is exposed to the combustion chamber and a bottom plate in contact with the top plate in contact zones on a side facing away from the combustion chamber. The top plate and/or the bottom plate are shaped so that a channel system is created between the top plate and the bottom plate. The top plate contains first openings which communicate with the channel system. In addition, the top plate and the bottom plate have joint second openings in the contact zones communicating with a feed space which is arranged on a side of the bottom plate facing away from the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Kaupert, Markus Muenzer, Karl-Heinz Sachs
  • Patent number: 7836688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having an SCR module containing at least one SCR catalyst element in an SCR housing connected to an exhaust line and having a PF module containing at least one particulate filter element in a PF housing connected to the exhaust line upstream from the SCR housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Woerner, Rudolf Buhmann, Rainer Lehnen
  • Patent number: 7805933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a throttle arrangement for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve for throttling a stream of exhaust gas flowing through a pipe and having a restoring spring which prestresses the throttle valve into a closed position. The throttle valve is pivotable about a pivot axis in the pipe between the closed position [and the open position] and the restoring spring is supported on the valve end on a lever fixedly connected to the throttle valve and is supported at the pipe end on a bearing for accommodating a shaft extending coaxially with the pivot axis. The restoring spring is adapted to support the spring forces on the pipe end in an essentially symmetrical manner with respect to a plane of symmetry that extends perpendicular to the pivot axis and is in the area of the support on the valve end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Hanitzsch, Bjoern Damson
  • Patent number: 7803327
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, includes a housing and at least one exhaust gas treatment insert arranged in the housing and sheathed by bearing material on the circumference. To improve the axial fixation of the position of the exhaust gas treatment insert in the housing, at least one frictional structure is provided between the bearing material and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Wirth, Marco Wenz, Peter Zacke
  • Patent number: 7793494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a static mixer for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The mixer has a wall structure that is arranged across the directional of flow in a pipe and has several layers of a corrugated sheeting material laying across one another in the direction of flow. The cells through which the flow can pass in the direction of flow are provided between the sheeting material of neighboring layers. The sheeting material has baffles for all or several of the cells. The baffles are arranged on the sheeting material so that they are arranged on their outgoing flow side in the case of said cells and extend in the direction of flow and across it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Georg Wirth, Felix Neumann
  • Patent number: 7788912
    Abstract: This invention relates to an exhaust treatment device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, particularly in a motor vehicle. The device comprises a housing in which at least one exhaust treatment insert is arranged, and which is composed of at least two housing sections at least one of which consists of a ferritic material and at least another of which consists of an austenitic material. In order to increase the thermal resistance of the device at least one ferritic housing section is secured to at least one austenitic housing section by means of a connection, wherein this connection consists of a material whose coefficient of thermal expansion lies between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the ferritic material and of the austenitic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sylvia Hartmann
  • Patent number: 7784839
    Abstract: A joint (1), especially of an exhaust system is provided for two axially adjacent ends (2, 3) of a tubular body (4, 5), respectively. Each tube end (2, 3) has a ring collar (8, 9) projecting radially outwards. A centering ring (6) is arranged axially between the tube ends (2, 3) and which has a plurality of collar segments (17) in the radial outward direction. Some of the collar segments (17a) project axially on one side of the centering ring (6) and axially overlap the ring collar (8) of one tube end (2), while the other collar segments (17b) project axially on the other side of the centering ring (6) and axially overlap the ring collar (9) of the other tube end (3) in the radial outward direction. A clamp (7) axially and radially overlaps the ring collar (8, 9) and the centering ring (6) in the radial outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Krause, Arthur Wieland
  • Patent number: 7771678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytic converter element having a plurality of essentially parallel channels through which gas flows during operation of the catalytic converter element. The channels are bordered by channel walls which have a catalytically active coating arranged thereon in at least some areas where it is exposed to the gas. In some channels the coating thus begins with an axial offset from the admission end. This allows an improved temperature management within the catalytic converter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Guenter Eberspach
  • Patent number: 7743500
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an exhaust gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine comprises axially inserting an exhaust gas treatment cartridge into a casing, wherein the casing has an initial inside cross-section that is larger than an outside cross-section of the exhaust gas treatment cartridge. A funnel is axially inserted into an end region of the casing, wherein an outside cross-section of the funnel is smaller than the initial inside cross-section of the casing. The cross-section of the casing is subsequently reduced such that the casing ultimately has a first ultimate inside cross-section that is equal to the outside cross-section of the exhaust gas treatment cartridge in a region, in which the at least one exhaust gas treatment cartridge is arranged, and a second ultimate inside cross-section that is equal to the outside cross-section of the funnel in the respective end region, in which the respective funnel is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Kontz
  • Publication number: 20100101222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for introducing a liquid into a gas flow, more preferably for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a chamber, an injection device and a channel. The channel with a circumferential region of an inlet section protrudes into the chamber and there on an inner side facing the gas flow has a surface. Said surface is arranged offset to the inside with respect to a channel profile. The proposed design results in improved evaporation of the liquid introduced into the gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Oesterle, Joachim Braun