Patents by Inventor Andreas Birkigt

Andreas Birkigt 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).

  • Method for preventing a premature ignition in an internal combustion engine and internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 10018085
    Abstract: Methods for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point in an internal combustion engine are provided. In one method, a pressure in a crankcase of the internal combustion engine is adjusted so as to prevent lubricating oil constituents from being transported from the crankcase to a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine due to a pressure ratio between the crankcase and the combustion chamber. In another method, an ignition point for a cylinder of the internal combustion engine is adjusted in a given operating range of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the adjusted ignition point brings about a knocking combustion in the cylinder. Internal combustion engines having a device for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Andreas Birkigt
  • Cylinder of a combustion engine for a vehicle and corresponding manufacturing method, means for manufacturing the cylinder, spark plug, combustion engine and vehicle
    Patent number: 9556820
    Abstract: A cylinder of a combustion engine for a vehicle includes at least one intake duct and a spark plug which in turn includes a ground electrode. The spark plug is mounted in the cylinder such that during an operation of the combustion engine the ground electrode is cooled in as optimum a manner as possible by an airflow generated by the at least one intake duct. A spark plug and a method for manufacturing a cylinder of a combustion engine are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Birkigt, Lars Hentschel, Martin Stolle, Claudio-Sebastian Sonder
  • METHOD FOR PREVENTING A PREMATURE IGNITION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150114349
    Abstract: Methods for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point in an internal combustion engine are provided. In one method, a pressure in a crankcase of the internal combustion engine is adjusted so as to prevent lubricating oil constituents from being transported from the crankcase to a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine due to a pressure ratio between the crankcase and the combustion chamber. In another method, an ignition point for a cylinder of the internal combustion engine is adjusted in a given operating range of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the adjusted ignition point brings about a knocking combustion in the cylinder. Internal combustion engines having a device for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Andreas Birkigt
  • CYLINDER OF A COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR A VEHICLE AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD, MEANS FOR MANUFACTURING THE CYLINDER, SPARK PLUG, COMBUSTION ENGINE AND VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140076261
    Abstract: A cylinder of a combustion engine for a vehicle includes at least one intake duct and a spark plug which in turn includes a ground electrode. The spark plug is mounted in the cylinder such that during an operation of the combustion engine the ground electrode is cooled in as optimum a manner as possible by an airflow generated by the at least one intake duct. A spark plug and a method for manufacturing a cylinder of a combustion engine are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Birkigt, Lars Hentschel, Martin Stolle, Claudio-Sebastian Sonder