Patents Assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH
  • Patent number: 11181025
    Abstract: An SCR dosing pump assembly for conveying and providing a liquid exhaust gas purification additive includes: a plastic housing; a multi-part aluminum frame having first part and a second part; and at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating element configured as an electrically conductive contact between the first part and the second part of the aluminum frame. No further electrically conductive contacts exist between the first part and the second part of the aluminum frame. The multi-part aluminum frame is molded into the plastic housing of the SCR dosing pump assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Sandro Mulazzani
  • Patent number: 11181204
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a pot-shaped piston connected to the pin, and a first seal arranged between the housing and the pot-shaped piston. The pot-shaped piston has, at least in the region of its open end, a radially peripheral second seal that bears against a second housing part when the valve is closed, the second housing part being connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Rosario Bonanno, Johannes Preuner, Alexander Vasilico
  • Publication number: 20210355899
    Abstract: Various embodiments include an adjusting filter for a fluid injector valve comprising: an elongate filter sleeve having an inlet and an outlet; and a filter insert. The filter sleeve includes a filter accepting section at the inlet, a press-fit section, a centring section at the outlet, and a spring engaging surface surrounding the outlet. The press-fit section is arranged between the filter accepting section and the centring section. The filter insert is arranged in the filter accepting section. The filter accepting section has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the press-fit section. The centring section has an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the press-fit section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Ivano Izzo, Fabio Pacchini, Filippo Falaschi
  • Patent number: 11174775
    Abstract: A device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, having at least one catalytic converter, through which exhaust gas can flow, and at least one muffler formed by a closed volume and through which exhaust gas can flow along an inflow section to an outflow section. The catalytic converter is formed by a honeycomb body that has a plurality of flow channels through which exhaust gas can flow. The honeycomb body is accommodated in a casing tube, which surrounds the honeycomb body, and is connected to the casing tube in a materially bonded manner. The catalytic converter is arranged in the interior of the muffler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Katrin Konieczny, Thomas Nagel, Holger Stock
  • Publication number: 20210347271
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a charging circuit for a vehicle-side electrical energy store comprising: an alternating current terminal; at least two smoothing capacitors; a configuration device; and a rectifier connecting the alternating current terminal to the configuration device. The configuration device connects the rectifier to the smoothing capacitors, and the configuration device is programmed to connect the smoothing capacitors to one another in a first parallel connection and a second series connection. The alternating current terminal comprises a neutral conductor terminal connected to the configuration device via a diode circuit. The configuration device comprises a first switch connecting the smoothing capacitors to one another in parallel when closed. The configuration device comprises a diode connecting the smoothing capacitors to one another in series when closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Pfeilschifter, Martin Götzenberger, Manuel Brunner
  • Publication number: 20210347352
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a control system for the regeneration of a particle filter in an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle including an electric machine comprising: a particle filter; a temperature sensor measuring an actual temperature of the filter; a first heat source upstream of the filter; and a controller. The controller is programmed to: determine a temperature difference between a setpoint temperature for regeneration of the particle filter and the actual temperature of the particle filter; calculate a power output difference to be applied based at least in part on the temperature difference; and control the first heat source using the power output difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Ellmer
  • Publication number: 20210348532
    Abstract: A method and a device for checking the functionality of a crankcase ventilation system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system has a low-load vent line and a high-load vent line between a crankcase outlet of a crankcase and a respectively associated introduction point into an air path of the internal combustion engine, in which method and device the pressure prevailing in the crankcase is measured by a crankcase pressure sensor and is compared with a crankcase pressure modeled on the assumption of a fault-free crankcase ventilation system, and in which method and device information items regarding the presence of a fault and of an associated fault location in the crankcase ventilation system are determined from the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Holzeder, Thomas Burkhardt
  • Publication number: 20210348529
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a device for checking the functionality of a crankcase ventilation system of an internal combustion engine. The crankcase ventilation system includes two crankcase ventilation lines arranged between a crankcase outlet of a crankcase and an associated introduction point into an air path of the internal combustion engine, via which crankcase ventilation lines gas can be introduced from the crankcase into the air path. The method includes measuring a pressure in the crankcase, supplying the measured pressure values to a control unit, and calculating the gradient of the measured pressure. The method also includes performing a gradient check, checking whether the gradient satisfies a specified criterion, and returning to the measurement of the pressure if the gradient satisfies the specified criterion. The method also includes recording an entry in a fault memory if the gradient does not satisfy the specified criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Gruenbeck
  • Patent number: 11168807
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, and a seal. The piston is made of metal, has two regions oriented concentrically and parallel with respect to the pin axis and the seal is made of a different material than the piston. The seal is arranged in the crown region of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Rosario Bonanno
  • Patent number: 11168802
    Abstract: A valve having a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, a second housing part that bears against the housing and which partially accommodates the piston, and a seal arranged between the second housing part and piston. The seal is connected to the second housing part. The seal surrounds a region of the second housing part such that the region forms at least one undercut for the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Rosario Bonanno
  • Patent number: 11168803
    Abstract: A valve having a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, a second housing part that bears against the housing and which partially surrounds the piston, and a seal for sealing off the valve. The second housing part is composed of metal, and the seal, which seals off the valve, is arranged on that side of the second housing which faces toward the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Rosario Bonanno
  • Patent number: 11168579
    Abstract: A turbocharger device includes an annular spring element for axially clamping a guide device of a variable turbine geometry against a turbine housing. The annular spring element rests radially outwardly on the bearing housing and radially inwardly on a component of the guide device. The spring element has an annular radial outer flange in contact with the bearing housing, and a plurality of tabs which extend from the outer flange radially inwardly in the direction of the guide device and come into contact with a component thereof. An annular spring element for such a turbocharger is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Ehrhard, Holger Faeth, Daniel Kraus, Lukasz Przada, Benjamin Adler, Hildegard Lang, Simon Pflaum
  • Patent number: 11168806
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, and a seal arranged between the housing and the piston. The seal is an axially acting seal which, in the closed state of the valve, interacts with a sealing surface of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Rosario Bonanno
  • Patent number: 11156493
    Abstract: A filling level indicator for determining a filling level in a tank, having a resistor network, a contact element, and a magnetic element. The contact element is arranged spaced apart from the resistor network, and the magnetic element can be moved relative to the resistor network and the contact element. An electrically conductive connection can be established between the contact element and the resistor network by deflecting the contact element. A plastic spacer element is arranged between the resistor network and the contact element and is hot-swaged to the resistor network and/or to the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Guenter Benner, Matthias Kadler
  • Patent number: 11149863
    Abstract: A valve for mixing two gas streams, having a housing, a first gas inlet, a second gas inlet, and a gas outlet. The gas inlets are fluidically connected to the gas outlet. Downstream of the first gas inlet there is a guide element mounted displaceably inside the housing. By displacing the guide element, it is possible to control a flow cross section of a flow transfer opening for the transfer flow of the gas volume flowing in through the first gas inlet to the gas outlet through the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Silviu Soptica
  • Patent number: 11149612
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust gas post-treatment system of a diesel engine and associated exhaust gas post-treatment system are described. The system has two NOx sensors upstream and downstream of an SCR catalytic converter. The NOx sensor downstream of the SCR catalytic converter is used to divide the NOx information measured by the sensor upstream of the SCR catalytic converter into an NOx value and an NH3 value. Using this simple method, the SCR catalyst control and diagnosis can be carried out precisely and robustly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Hong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210309207
    Abstract: A power supply network for installation in a vehicle, wherein the power supply network is arranged to provide a first supply voltage so as to power electrical loads electrically connected to the power supply network with the first supply voltage. The power supply network is arranged to power an electric load which is configured to be powered with a second supply voltage smaller than the first supply voltage. A vehicle includes the power supply network operationally connected to the vehicle. The power supply network allows a more environmental-friendly operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Finn Frederiksen, Thomas-Tarp Hansen, Brian Skjold Bertelsen
  • Patent number: 11140774
    Abstract: A printed circuit board has first, second, and third printed circuit board sections extending along a longitudinal direction between two transverse edge outer sides of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has at each of its two longitudinal ends a respective transverse edge strip, which has regions of the first, second, and third printed circuit board sections and extends continuously transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction along a transverse edge outer side. A depression is formed in the third printed circuit board section on the first printed circuit board side between the two transverse edge strips. The first and/or second printed circuit board sections has a first metallic conductor track section that extends electrically conductively right into one or both of the two transverse edge strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Lammel, Guenther Ruppaner, Robert Bushnell, Detlev Bagung
  • Patent number: 11136911
    Abstract: Determining the presence of a particle filter in the exhaust gas tract of an engine, with the steps of determining a first exhaust gas temperature curve which occurs in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the particle filter; measuring a second exhaust gas temperature curve by a first temperature sensor arranged downstream of the particle filter; determining a first heat quantity by integration over a specific time of a first heat flow curve determined by a first exhaust gas mass flow, a first specific heat capacity and the first exhaust gas temperature curve; determining a second heat quantity by integration over the specific time of a second heat flow curve determined by a second exhaust gas mass flow, a second specific heat capacity and the second exhaust gas temperature curve, evaluating the first heat quantity and the second heat quantity to determine the presence of the correct particle filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Nienhoff, Hao Chen, Paul Rodatz
  • Patent number: 11135661
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a balancing mark into the compressor wheel of a turbocharger. According to the method, a milling tool is firstly moved in a first direction in order to introduce a recess into the compressor wheel, and the milling tool located in the recess then runs out in a second direction in order to convert the recess into a pear segment-shaped balancing mark. The invention furthermore relates to a turbocharger which comprises a compressor wheel that has one or more pear segment-shaped balancing marks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Lehmayr, Markus Graf