Patents by Inventor Andreas SCHORN

Andreas SCHORN 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: 20120240572
    Abstract: Embodiments for a turbocharged engine including two turbochargers are provided. In one example, a turbocharger engine includes two turbochargers arranged in parallel, each coupled to a separate exhaust manifold. Bypass of exhaust around both turbochargers may be provided via a single wastegate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Norbert Andreas Schorn, Rainer Friedfeldt, Guenter Bartsch, Kai Sebastian Kuhlbach
  • Patent number: 7908860
    Abstract: For an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks forming a V-shaped cylinder block, a turbocharger system including a high pressure turbocharger disposed in a valley between the cylinder banks, a first low-pressure turbocharger disposed adjacent an outer side of one of the cylinder banks, and a second low-pressure turbocharger disposed adjacent an outer side of the second cylinder bank. Intake and exhaust ducts connect the components of the engine and turbocharger system to and electronically controlled valves associated with the ducts permit the system to operate either in a split series mode or a low-pressure-only mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Bernard Trombetta, Michael Leon Briggs, Norbert Andreas Schorn, Daniel Joseph Styles
  • Publication number: 20090183506
    Abstract: For an internal combustion engine having two cylinder banks forming a V-shaped cylinder block, a turbocharger system including a high pressure turbocharger disposed in a valley between the cylinder banks, a first low-pressure turbocharger disposed adjacent an outer side of one of the cylinder banks, and a second low-pressure turbocharger disposed adjacent an outer side of the second cylinder bank. Intake and exhaust ducts connect the components of the engine and turbocharger system to and electronically controlled valves associated with the ducts permit the system to operate either in a split series mode or a low-pressure-only mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Bernard Trombetta, Michael Leon Briggs, Norbert Andreas Schorn, Daniel Joseph Styles
  • Patent number: 7426830
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supercharged internal combustion engine having at least two cylinder groups of at least one cylinder each, both cylinder groups being equipped with an exhaust pipe, and the two exhaust pipes being in communication with one another, and having two exhaust gas turbochargers, the turbines of which are connected in parallel, with their compressors connected in series, and having an exhaust gas recirculation line which upstream of one of the two turbines branches off from the exhaust pipe assigned to this turbine and opens out into the common intake line. An advantage of this invention is that it provides a supercharged internal combustion engine which overcomes the drawbacks which are known from the prior art and can be used to realize high exhaust gas recirculation rates and high boost pressures, in particular simultaneously, in all the load ranges of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Norbert Andreas Schorn, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Uwe Spaeder, Rob Stalman