Patents by Inventor Andreas Prang

Andreas Prang 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: 9939350
    Abstract: A device for exposing sample bodies to a fluid. The sample bodies have an active surface section that defines a measuring plane. The device includes a container, a sample body holder, and an agitating element. The container, which extends along a longitudinal axis, has an inlet, an outlet, a closed side wall, which extends along the longitudinal axis, and first and second end faces that extend transverse to the longitudinal axis. The sample body holder extends transverse to the longitudinal axis and holds at least one sample body so that its measuring plane extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in a first sample plane its active surface section faces away from the first end face. The agitating element driven in a rotating manner in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is arranged on the side facing away from the first end face of the first sample plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum Für Material-und Küstenforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Jördis Petersen, Daniel Pröfrock, Volker Langhans, Andreas Prange
  • Patent number: 9803482
    Abstract: A rotor for at least one of a turbine and a compressor of a supercharging device may include a shaft defining an axis of rotation and at least one impeller. The at least one impeller may have a thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft may include a complementary thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be secured together via the respective threads. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be fixed with respect to one another via at least one of a soldered connection, a welded connection, an adhesive bond, a clamped connection and a crystallization connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Striedelmeyer, Jochen Schray, Andreas Prang, Christian Holzschuh
  • Publication number: 20150362409
    Abstract: A device for exposing sample bodies to a fluid. The sample bodies have an active surface section that defines a measuring plane. The device includes a container, a sample body holder, and an agitating element. The container, which extends along a longitudinal axis, has an inlet, an outlet, a closed side wall, which extends along the longitudinal axis, and first and second end faces that extend transverse to the longitudinal axis. The sample body holder extends transverse to the longitudinal axis and holds at least one sample body so that its measuring plane extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in a first sample plane its active surface section faces away from the first end face. The agitating element driven in a rotating manner in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is arranged on the side facing away from the first end face of the first sample plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Jördis Petersen, Daniel Pröfrock, Volker Langhans, Andreas Prange
  • Publication number: 20150198043
    Abstract: A rotor for at least one of a turbine and a compressor of a supercharging device may include a shaft defining an axis of rotation and at least one impeller. The at least one impeller may have a thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft may include a complementary thread which is arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be secured together via the respective threads. The shaft and the at least one impeller may be fixed with respect to one another via at least one of a soldered connection, a welded connection, an adhesive bond, a clamped connection and a crystallization connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Striedelmeyer, Jochen Schray, Andreas Prang, Christian Holzschuh
  • Patent number: 8747058
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging device, more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle with a variable turbine/compressor geometry (1) with a plurality of adjustable guide blades, which are each engaged with an adjusting ring (2) via a corresponding lever (3, 3?) and which are preferentially jointly adjustable through said adjusting ring. Through a reinforcement (10) of a plurality of engagement regions (7, 7?) of the adjusting ring (2) which are in contact with an adjusting lever (3, 3?) each, higher force transmission from the adjusting ring (2) to the adjusting levers (3, 3?) is made possible without disadvantageous plastic deformation of the adjusting ring (2) or of the adjusting levers (3, 3?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Prang, Florian Rentz
  • Publication number: 20100215482
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging device, more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle with a variable turbine/compressor geometry (1) with a plurality of adjustable guide blades, which are each engaged with an adjusting ring (2) via a corresponding lever (3, 3?) and which are preferentially jointly adjustable through said adjusting ring. Through a reinforcement (10) of a plurality of engagement regions (7, 7?) of the adjusting ring (2) which are in contact with an adjusting lever (3, 3?) each, higher force transmission from the adjusting ring (2) to the adjusting levers (3, 3?) is made possible without disadvantageous plastic deformation of the adjusting ring (2) or of the adjusting levers (3, 3?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Prang, Florian Rentz