Patents by Inventor Andreas Kistner

Andreas Kistner 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: 8726640
    Abstract: A device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases in an exhaust gas system of internal combustion engines, having at least one reductant decomposition catalyst. Arranged in the exhaust gas flow, and a metering device arranged upstream of the latter in an exhaust gas line for supplying reductant. Preferably at least one other catalyst device is provided downstream of the reductant decomposition catalyst. An inlet section for the exhaust gas having at least one flow deflection area is arranged upstream of the reductant decomposition catalyst and constructed for the exhaust gas to be fed into a housing radially outside an inlet pipe adjoining the reductant decomposition catalyst that encloses the inlet pipe, and is guided in counterflow through a front inlet opening of the inlet pipe to the reductant decomposition catalyst. The reductant is fed into the flow deflection area associated with the inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Marco Tilinski, Andreas Klingsporn, Andreas Döring, Andreas Kistner, Petra Seidel
  • Patent number: 8261538
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for converting exhaust gas constituents of an internal combustion engine by means of at least one catalyzer and/or particle filter and/or particle separator and for compensating relative movements between the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas train and/or relative movements between different parts of the exhaust gas train by means of at least one compensator permitting relative movements. The at least one catalyzer for converting exhaust gas constituents and/or the at least one particle filter and/or the at least one particle separator are/is arranged inside the compensator and or inside the part of the exhaust gas train that is permanently connected to the compensator. The outer diameter of the catalyzer and/or of the particle filter and/or of the particle separator is less than or equal to the inner diameter of the compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kistner, Andreas Döring
  • Publication number: 20110113759
    Abstract: A device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases in an exhaust gas system of internal combustion engines, having at least one reductant decomposition catalyst. Arranged in the exhaust gas flow, and a metering device arranged upstream of the latter in an exhaust gas line for supplying reductant. Preferably at least one other catalyst device is provided downstream of the reductant decomposition catalyst. An inlet section for the exhaust gas having at least one flow deflection area is arranged upstream of the reductant decomposition catalyst and constructed for the exhaust gas to be fed into a housing radially outside an inlet pipe adjoining the reductant decomposition catalyst that encloses the inlet pipe, and is guided in counterflow through a front inlet opening of the inlet pipe to the reductant decomposition catalyst. The reductant is fed into the flow deflection area associated with the inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
    Inventors: Marco Tilinski, Andreas Klingsporn, Andreas Döring, Andreas Kistner, Petra Seidel
  • Publication number: 20090205325
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for converting exhaust gas constituents of an internal combustion engine by means of at least one catalyzer and/or particle filter and/or particle separator and for compensating relative movements between the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas train and/or relative movements between different parts of the exhaust gas train by means of at least one compensator permitting relative movements. The at least one catalyzer for converting exhaust gas constituents and/or the at least one particle filter and/or the at least one particle separator are/is arranged inside the compensator and or inside the part of the exhaust gas train that is permanently connected to the compensator. The outer diameter of the catalyzer and/or of the particle filter and/or of the particle separator is less than or equal to the inner diameter of the compensator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kistner, Andreas Doring
  • Patent number: 7017559
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel system for an internal combustion engine operated with fuel gas. The fuel system has at least one electrically actuated shutoff valve (4) and at least one electrically operated heating device (14, 16). The operating method includes: generating a signal to turn on the heating device (14, 16) when the internal combustion engine is turned on; determining a heating demand (?reference) of the fuel system when the heating device (14, 16) is turned on; and depending on the heating demand (?reference) of the fuel system, determining a delay time between the time the heating device (14, 16) is turned on and the time the shutoff valve (4) is opened. The heating demand (?reference) can be a function of a temperature (Tengine coolant) of the engine and/or a temperature (Thydraulic fluid) independent of the engine and/or the current (Iheating) flowing through the heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignees: Linde AG, Still GmbH, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jörn Mey, Andreas Kistner, Andreas Firsching, Frank Wucherpfenning, Joachim Seydell
  • Patent number: 6976455
    Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine (12) operated with fuel gas includes an evaporator (1) in which the liquid fuel gas is transformed by the addition of heat into a gaseous state. The evaporator (1) has a first heating device (13) configured to transmit a portion of the waste heat of the internal combustion engine (12) to the fuel gas in the evaporator (1). The evaporator (1) has a second heating device, by means of which the fuel gas in the evaporator (1) can be heated regardless of the condition of the internal combustion engine (12). The second heating device (14) can include an electrical heating element, e.g., a PTC heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignees: Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Jörn Mey, Andreas Kistner, Andreas Firsching, Frank Wucherpfenning, Joachim Seydell, Iraklis Avramopoulos
  • Publication number: 20040231647
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel system for an internal combustion engine operated with fuel gas. The fuel system has at least one electrically actuated shutoff valve (4) and at least one electrically operated heating device (14, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Jorn Mey, Andreas Kistner, Andreas Firsching, Frank Wucherpfenning, Joachim Seydell
  • Publication number: 20040144370
    Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine (12) operated with fuel gas includes an evaporator (1) in which the liquid fuel gas is transformed by the addition of heat into a gaseous state. The evaporator (1) has a first heating device (13) configured to transmit a portion of the waste heat of the internal combustion engine (12) to the fuel gas in the evaporator (1). The evaporator (1) has a second heating device, by means of which the fuel gas in the evaporator (1) can be heated regardless of the condition of the internal combustion engine (12). The second heating device (14) can include an electrical heating element, e.g., a PTC heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jorn Mey, Andreas Kistner, Andreas Firsching, Frank Wucherpfenning, Joachim Seydell, Iraklis Avramopoulos
  • Patent number: 6553609
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for floor cleaning, with several wheels 4, 5, 6 being attached to a frame R in such a way that a curve movement about a momentary center MP, MP1, MP2 can be performed and all momentary centers MP, MP1, MP2 form a momentary center axis MA extending substantially transversally to the frame R, and with a cleaning device 24a, 24b being received in the frame R, which cleaning device forms a cleaning surface area RF which is delimited by a circumferential edge. In order to reduce uncleaned residual surfaces when moving along contours it is provided in accordance with the invention that the momentary center axis MA forms at least one point of intersection S1, S2 in a section of the circumferential edge disposed in the zone of the longitudinal side of the frame R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Dieter Tremmel, Peter Belkhofer, Andreas Kistner, Michael Kotz, Christian Neumann, Markus Merkl, Holger Sandner
  • Publication number: 20010032372
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for floor cleaning, with several wheels 4, 5, 6 being attached to a frame R in such a way that a curve movement about a momentary center MP, MP1, MP2 can be performed and all momentary centers MP, MP1, MP2 form a momentary center axis MA extending substantially transversally to the frame R, and with a cleaning device 24a, 24b being received in the frame R, which cleaning device forms a cleaning surface area RF which is delimited by a circumferential edge. In order to reduce uncleaned residual surfaces when moving along contours it is provided in accordance with the invention that the momentary center axis MA forms at least one point of intersection S1, S2 in a section of the circumferential edge disposed in the zone of the longitudinal side of the frame R.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Dieter Tremmel, Peter Belkhofer, Andreas Kistner, Michael Kotz, Christian Neumann, Markus Merkl, Holger Sandner