Patents by Inventor Andreas Eichenberg

Andreas Eichenberg 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: 8215271
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit (5) is provided for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine with a hydraulically variable valve train (1). In the hydraulic unit, a high-pressure chamber (11), a medium-pressure chamber (12), and a low-pressure chamber (16) used as the hydraulic medium reservoir are formed. The low-pressure chamber communicates via a throttle point (17, 17?, 17?, 17??) with the medium-pressure chamber, and the throttle point is formed by a displaceable valve body (19, 19?, 19?, 19??) and has through-flow cross sections of different sizes according to a position of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mario Kuhl, Lothar von Schimonsky, Thomas Kremer, Calin Petru Itoafa, Jens Lang, Andreas Eichenberg
  • Patent number: 8210140
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit (5) is provided for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine with a hydraulically variable gas-exchange valve train (1). In the hydraulic unit, a high-pressure chamber (11), a medium-pressure chamber (12), and a low-pressure chamber (16) used as the hydraulic medium reservoir are formed. The low-pressure chamber communicates via a throttle opening (17, 17?, 17?, 17??) with the medium-pressure chamber, and the throttle opening extends through a housing seal (23) produced as a separate component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mario Kuhl, Andreas Eichenberg
  • Publication number: 20100224152
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit (5) is provided for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine with a hydraulically variable gas-exchange valve train (1). In the hydraulic unit, a high-pressure chamber (11), a medium-pressure chamber (12), and a low-pressure chamber (16) used as the hydraulic medium reservoir are formed. The low-pressure chamber communicates via a throttle opening (17, 17?, 17?, 17??) with the medium-pressure chamber, and the throttle opening extends through a housing seal (23) produced as a separate component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mario Kuhl, Andreas Eichenberg
  • Publication number: 20100224148
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit (5) is provided for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine with a hydraulically variable valve train (1). In the hydraulic unit, a high-pressure chamber (11), a medium-pressure chamber (12), and a low-pressure chamber (16) used as the hydraulic medium reservoir are formed. The low-pressure chamber communicates via a throttle point (17, 17?, 17?, 17??) with the medium-pressure chamber, and the throttle point is formed by a displaceable valve body (19, 19?, 19?, 19??) and has through-flow cross sections of different sizes according to a position of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mario Kuhl, Lothar von Schimonsky, Thomas Kremer, Calin Petru Itoafa, Jens Lang, Andreas Eichenberg
  • Patent number: 7687955
    Abstract: In a braking device for a camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine wherein the camshaft adjuster includes at least two adjustment inputs, a respective braking element is provided for each adjustment input to brake the respective adjustment input, the braking elements being operable by an excitation coil arrangement, which, depending on the direction of energization of an excitation coil arrangement, subjects either the one or the other braking element to magnetic flux for initiating braking of the respective adjustment input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG.
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel
  • Patent number: 7451731
    Abstract: In a camshaft adjusting device for adjusting a phase position of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine with a gear mechanism including at least three drive connections, a locking element is provided, with which at least two of the at least three drive connections, can be locked to one another in a rotationally fixed manner depending on operating conditions for retaining a particular phase position of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel
  • Publication number: 20070144476
    Abstract: In a camshaft adjusting device for adjusting a phase position of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine with a gear mechanism including at least three drive connections, a locking element is provided, with which at least two of the at least three drive connections, can be locked to one another in a rotationally fixed manner depending on operating conditions for retaining a particular phase position of the camshaft relative to the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel
  • Publication number: 20070095319
    Abstract: In a braking device for a camshaft adjuster of an internal combustion engine wherein the camshaft adjuster includes at least two adjustment inputs, a respective braking element is provided for each adjustment input to brake the respective adjustment input, the braking elements being operable by an excitation coil arrangement, which, depending on the direction of energization of an excitation coil arrangement, subjects either the one or the other braking element to magnetic flux for initiating braking of the respective adjustment input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel
  • Publication number: 20070056813
    Abstract: In a valve operating control device hysteresis brake particularly for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, including a hysteresis device rotatable about an axis of rotation so as to be movable along a pole structure of an electromagnet forming a magnetic field effect region in the hysteresis device along the pole structure, a compact and high-performance arrangement is provided for the hysteresis device by an offset in the axial and/or radial direction providing at least two magnetic field effect regions in which the hysteresis device is movably supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Eichenberg, Matthias Gregor, Jens Meintschel