Patents by Inventor Alexander Kronich

Alexander Kronich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8528520
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, has an internal combustion engine and an engine control unit. In order to avoid insufficient lubrication, the engine control unit is configured and/or programmed in such a way that it reduces a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine if a predetermined maximum lateral acceleration of the vehicle is present for longer than a predetermined maximum time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Alexander Kronich
  • Patent number: 8302577
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a crankcase upper part and a crankcase lower part, wherein an oil windage tray is provided, which is flanged onto the crankcase upper part from below, projects into the crankcase lower part, forms a wall for an oil mist roller initiated by the rotation of a crankshaft, and includes at least one carpenter's plane-like slot for separating oil droplets. At least two slots are provided in the rotational direction of the crankshaft and thus in the rotational direction of the oil mist roller, wherein a return opening, through which oil mist-free gases or gases with at least a reduced oil mist content flow back, is provided in the wall of the oil windage tray after each slot, as a result of which friction is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Wunsch, Alexander Kronich
  • Publication number: 20100186712
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, has an internal combustion engine and an engine control unit. In order to avoid insufficient lubrication, the engine control unit is configured and/or programmed in such a way that it reduces a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine if a predetermined maximum lateral acceleration of the vehicle is present for longer than a predetermined maximum time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Alexander Kronich
  • Publication number: 20100132655
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a crankcase upper part and a crankcase lower part, wherein an oil windage tray is provided, which is flanged onto the crankcase upper part from below, projects into the crankcase lower part, forms a wall for an oil mist roller initiated by the rotation of a crankshaft, and includes at least one carpenter's plane-like slot for separating oil droplets. At least two slots are provided in the rotational direction of the crankshaft and thus in the rotational direction of the oil mist roller, wherein a return opening, through which oil mist-free gases or gases with at least a reduced oil mist content flow back, is provided in the wall of the oil windage tray after each slot, as a result of which friction is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: THORSTEN WUNSCH, Alexander Kronich