Patents by Inventor Andreas Kuske

Andreas Kuske 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).

  • Publication number: 20120291760
    Abstract: Embodiments for an engine system are provided. One example internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder head and at least two cylinders, in which each cylinder has at least one inlet opening for the supply of combustion air into the cylinder, comprises an intake line leading to each inlet opening, an overall intake line where the intake lines of at least two cylinders merge, such that a distributor junction point is formed, and a heating device arranged in the overall intake line which has at least one strip-like heating element, a first narrow side of a cross section of which faces toward intake combustion air flow, wherein the heating device is arranged adjacent to the distributor junction point at which the intake lines merge to form the overall intake line, a spacing between the heating device and the distributor junction point being smaller than the diameter of a cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Wilbert Hemink, Daniel Roettger, Andreas Kuske
  • Publication number: 20120186564
    Abstract: Embodiments for determining oxygen concentration using an oxygen sensor are provided. In one example, a method for determining oxygen concentration O2 in a gas flow of an internal combustion engine which is equipped with an engine controller and an oxygen sensor comprises determining the oxygen concentration O2,sens of the gas flow in a ceramic measurement cell of the sensor by current ISens which is detected by measurement and which flows when a constant voltage USens is applied and maintained, and correcting the oxygen concentration based on a pressure pSens at the measurement cell. In this way, the measured oxygen concentration may be corrected based on the pressure of the air at the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Daniel Roettger, Andreas Kuske
  • Publication number: 20120174576
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises a cylinder; an intake line in an intake system, for supplying charge air to the cylinder via an inlet manifold on an inlet side of the internal combustion engine into an inlet opening on the cylinder; an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gases; an exhaust-gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the exhaust line and a compressor arranged in the intake line; an exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement including a recirculation line which branches off from the exhaust line downstream of the turbine and opens into the intake line upstream of the compressor; and a charge-air cooler in the intake line downstream of the compressor, the charge-air cooler arranged above the inlet opening of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Juergen Karl Stief, Daniel Roettger
  • Publication number: 20120174578
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine is provided. The engine comprises a cylinder, an intake line in an intake system, for supplying charge air to the cylinder, an exhaust line for discharging exhaust gases, an exhaust-gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the exhaust line and a compressor arranged in the intake line, an exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement including a recirculation line which branches off from the exhaust line downstream of the turbine and opens into the intake line upstream of the compressor, and a sensor for detecting the concentration Ci,intake of a component i of the charge air in the intake system provided downstream of the opening of the recirculation line into the intake line. In this way, the exhaust-gas recirculation may be regulated based on feedback from the sensor to control emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Winge Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Daniel Roettger, Juergen Karl Stief
  • Patent number: 5907979
    Abstract: In a flywheel (1) for an internal combustion engine which is provided on a side face with bore holes (4, 6) with bridges (7) between them and a sensor located above them to determine the position of the flywheel, and thus of the crankshaft, to avoid siren-like whistling noises from the flywheel an annular groove (5) is formed in such a way that it intersects the bore holes (4, 6) so that there is a connection between the bore holes (4, 6) and the groove (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Matthias Kastenholz