Patents Assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH
  • Patent number: 10533511
    Abstract: A device and a method are provided for controlling a magnetic valve which has a coil and an armature which is displaceable by magnetic force, by means of which armature a closure element is displaceable for the purposes of injecting fuel into a combustion chamber, the method includes the steps of: energizing the coil with a voltage in accordance with a first voltage profile in order to generate a first electrical current through the coil; determining a first profile as a function of a first magnetic flux and the first current; identifying, in the first profile, a first characteristic of at least one first start of displacement at which the armature begins to displace the closure element, generating a second voltage profile and energizing the coil in accordance with the second voltage profile, such that, in a second profile, as a function of a second magnetic flux and a second current, a second characteristic of a second start of displacement is more similar to a reference characteristic than the first charact
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Hauser, Gerd Rösel, Markus Stutika
  • Patent number: 10526955
    Abstract: A supercharging device is disclosed for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas turbocharger and a fresh-air compressor. The supercharging device includes a recuperation charger which has a compressor-turbine with a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side and which has an electromechanical motor-generator coupled to the compressor-turbine. The compressor-turbine is operable at least firstly when the supercharging device is configured in a booster operating mode in a manner driven by the motor-generator as a compressor for increasing the pressure of charge-air mass flow to the intake tract of the engine, and secondly when the supercharging device is configured in a recuperation operating mode in a manner driven by the charge-air mass flow as a turbine for energy recovery by the motor-generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Ehrhard, Nisar Al-Hasan, Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10523084
    Abstract: A cooling system for an electric machine is disclosed. The cooling system includes at least one bearing bracket and at least one coolant distributor plate. The bearing bracket and the coolant distributor plate are designed to jointly form a cooling channel. The cooling channel includes multiple horizontal cooling channel sections which run parallel to an axis of rotation of the electric machine, multiple vertical cooling channel sections which run perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the electric machine, and multiple radial cooling channel sections which run around the axis of rotation of the electric machine. The three different cooling channel sections adjoin one another such that the cooling channel has a three-dimensional meandering profile at least in regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Fröhlich, Robert Krause
  • Patent number: 10523544
    Abstract: A control system is disclosed, including a first control device, a second control device and a driver component for driving signals on a data bus. The first control device includes a data output which is connected to a data input of the driver component, and a monitoring device for deactivating the data output in the event of a fault. A deactivation signal of the second control device for the driver component is fed to a data input of the first control device, and the first control device is configured to deactivate the data output in the event of an error signal at the data input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Komanek
  • Patent number: 10513972
    Abstract: A supercharger device for an internal combustion engine, including an exhaust gas turbocharger and a recuperation charger having a compressor turbine and an electromechanical motor-generator coupled thereto. The compressor turbine is connectable on the low-pressure side thereof to a charge air supply line and on the high-pressure side of the compressor turbine to both the charge air supply line and an exhaust gas tract of the engine. The recuperation charger is able to be switched at least between a booster operative mode and a recuperation operative mode. The recuperation charger may be operated as a compressor driven by the motor-generator for increasing pressure in the charge air supply line in the booster operative mode, or driven by at least a portion of a charge air mass flow, the exhaust gas mass flow, or both, and operated as a turbine so as to recover energy by the motor-generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Ehrhard, Nisar Al-Hasan, Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10487786
    Abstract: A fuel injection assembly for an internal combustion engine has a fuel injector, an injector cup and a holding element for securing the fuel injector in the injector cup, wherein the fuel injector has an annular groove defined in part by an annular flange having a profiled peripheral surface engageable by a profiled surface on the arms of a holding element when the fuel injector is secured to the injector cup, to provide a line or point contact between the fuel injector and the holding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Daniele Carli, Filippo Falaschi, Marco Pasquali, Andrea Puccini
  • Patent number: 10477714
    Abstract: A pressure compensation element for casings includes a connecting body in the form of a hollow body, a membrane seat having a contact surface for a membrane and an impact protection device. The membrane seat is arranged on the connecting body wherein the impact protection device is coupled to the connecting body. The membrane is arranged on the contact surface between the impact protection means and the membrane seat. The connecting body has a first opening arranged on a first free end, and a second opening leading to the contact surface of the membrane seat, wherein a spring element is arranged inside the second opening abutting the contact surface. The spring element provides a support contour for the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Edward Kotowicz