Patents by Inventor André Prager

André Prager 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: 7364138
    Abstract: A membrane carburetor (1) has a control chamber (13) which is connected via at least one fuel opening (9, 10) to an intake channel (3). The control chamber (13) is delimited by a control membrane (14). A fuel line (54) opens into the control chamber (13) via an inlet valve (15). The inlet valve (15) opens in dependence upon the deflection of the control membrane (14). The membrane carburetor (1) has an acceleration pump (30) which is actuated in dependence upon the position of a throttle element held in the intake channel (3). A good acceleration enrichment and a stable running of the internal combustion engine are achieved when the acceleration pump (30) operates hydraulically on at least one actuating member in the control chamber (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: André Prager
  • Patent number: 7258327
    Abstract: A carburetor (18) has a carburetor housing (17) wherein an intake channel (19) is guided having a flow cross section of less than 3 cm2. The carburetor (18) includes a partition wall (11) which partitions the intake channel (19) into a mixture channel (21) and an air channel (8). The partition wall (11) runs in the longitudinal direction of the intake channel (19). The carburetor (18) has a throttle flap (24, 64) pivotally journalled on a throttle shaft (25, 45, 55, 65, 75). A venturi (23) is formed upstream of the throttle shaft (25, 45, 55, 65, 75) in the mixture channel (21). A fuel opening (28) opens into the mixture channel (21) at the venturi (23). A device for dethrottling the mixture channel (21) and/or for dethrottling the air channel (8) is provided in order to compensate or equalize the nonuniform throttling of the air channel (8) and the mixture channel (21) by the throttle flap (24, 64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: André Prager
  • Patent number: 7228825
    Abstract: A two-stroke engine includes an air channel for supplying substantially fuel-free combustion air and a mixture channel for supplying an air/fuel mixture. The air channel and the mixture channel connect the cylinder of the two-stroke engine to an air filter. A section of the mixture channel and a section of the air channel are guided in a common component. In order to prevent induction of mixture into the air channel, the length (a) of the mixture channel and the length (b) of the air channel are so matched to each other that the pressure wave in the air channel, which forms during operation, oscillates in phase with the pressure wave formed in the mixture channel. The length (a) of the mixture channel is matched to an optimal fuel induction via the fuel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Hoche, Niels Kunert, Horst Denner, André Prager
  • Patent number: 7013851
    Abstract: An intake arrangement (1) for a two-stroke engine includes an intake channel (2) in which a throttle flap (3) is pivotally journalled with a throttle shaft (4). Downstream of the throttle flap (3), a partition wall (8) is mounted on the intake channel (2) and this partition wall partitions the intake channel (2) into an air channel (6) and a mixture channel (7). In the idle position (5) of the throttle flap (3), at least one fuel opening (14) opens into the mixture channel (7) downstream of the throttle flap (3). A connecting opening (16) between the air channel (6) and the mixture channel (7) is provided between the partition wall (8) and the throttle shaft (4) in the idle position (5) of the throttle flap (3). A shield (20, 30) is mounted in the mixture channel (7) between the fuel opening (14) and the connecting opening (16) in order to achieve a good swing performance of the two-stroke engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: André Prager