Patents by Inventor Andreas Steigert

Andreas Steigert 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: 10584627
    Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, having a housing, which is designed as a collecting manifold and which has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for the flow connection of two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust system and at most two connection openings provided on the housing for connecting a double-shell inner air-gap-insulated manifold. An exhaust system is developed in such a way that, at the same time, the tone of the exhaust gas noise and thus of the exhaust system is optimized over a plurality of important rotational speed ranges of the internal combustion engine by a modular assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Kauffmann, Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Patent number: 10202885
    Abstract: A flange plate for a manifold of an exhaust-gas system for internal combustion engines, which flange plate can be fixed via at least one holding device to an exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece of the internal combustion engine by a first outer layer, formed as a mounting layer, which can be placed at least partially directly or indirectly against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece via a seal, and the flange plate can be applied to the holding device by a second outer layer, formed as a holding layer, in order to generate a holding force F, acting at a right angle to the mounting layer, for sealingly placing the mounting layer against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece, and the flange plate having at least a first intermediate layer which is arranged, relative to the holding force F, between the mounting layer and the holding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Bernd Fuhrmann, Rolf Engel, Adrien Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20180334946
    Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, having a housing, which is designed as a collecting manifold and which has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for the flow connection of two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust system and at most two connection openings provided on the housing for connecting a double-shell inner air-gap-insulated manifold. An exhaust system is developed in such a way that, at the same time, the tone of the exhaust gas noise and thus of the exhaust system is optimized over a plurality of important rotational speed ranges of the internal combustion engine by a modular assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Margit ROTH
  • Publication number: 20180223720
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gas-carrying exhaust gas housing of an internal combustion engine comprising: a manifold section, having a central axis and multiple manifold pipe connectors, for securing on a flange plate for connecting to a cylinder of an internal combustion engine; a catalyst housing section having a central axis; and an exhaust pipe connector section provided downstream of the catalyst housing section, for connecting to an onward-conveying exhaust system. In addition, together with catalyst housing section and exhaust pipe connector section, the manifold section forms a two-shell exhaust housing having a first half shell and a second half shell, wherein the two half shells have a separation plane (T) running parallel to the central axis at least in sections, wherein the manifold section has multiple integral manifold pipe connectors which can be attached directly to a flange plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander HORNUNG, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Adam KARCH
  • Patent number: 10041389
    Abstract: A housing for fluidically connecting an exhaust gas line to an exhaust gas heat exchanger, wherein the main flow channel of the housing extends in the direction of a central axis (X), from an inlet opening to an outlet opening, with an average flow cross section (SQ). In the main flow channel, at least one opening is provided in the housing for a valve shaft, and on the housing, at least one bypass opening formed by a connecting piece is provided between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The housing is formed by a maximum of two deep-drawn sub-shells made of sheet metal, wherein the connecting piece is formed circumferentially around the bypass axis (Y) for connecting an exhaust gas heat exchanger via the upper shell and/or via the lower shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Daniel König
  • Patent number: 9771852
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe flange with an exhaust gas pipe and with a flange plate fastened to the exhaust gas pipe, wherein the flange plate has an inner side which can be turned toward a cylinder head with a sealing surface which can be placed directly or indirectly against a cylinder head, and a seat in which the exhaust gas pipe is received. The exhaust gas pipe is joined to the flange plate and sealed in the region of the seat on the inner side by a welded connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Steigert, Markus Geminn
  • Patent number: 9745885
    Abstract: A modular exhaust manifold 1 for a motor vehicle, with multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules, having: at least one engine flange, via which an inlet connection pipe of the manifold pipe modules can be connected to a cylinder head of the motor vehicle; at least one manifold pipe module, configured as a collector pipe module and having a contact flange, via which the exhaust manifold can be connected to an exhaust system of the motor vehicle, the respective manifold pipe modules having an overlap contour of a length a that permits the telescoping of two manifold pipe modules to an insertion depth t for coupling purposes, at least two manifold pipe modules being identical in shape, and a variation of the insertion depth t of at least 5 mm to 30 mm or 10 mm or 15 mm or 20 mm or 25 mm being obtained by the formation of length a of the overlap contour. A method for producing a manifold formed from multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20170191391
    Abstract: A housing for fluidically connecting an exhaust gas line to an exhaust gas heat exchanger, wherein the main flow channel of the housing extends in the direction of a central axis (X), from an inlet opening to an outlet opening, with an average flow cross section (SQ). In the main flow channel, at least one opening is provided in the housing for a valve shaft, and on the housing, at least one bypass opening formed by a connecting piece is provided between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The housing is formed by a maximum of two deep-drawn sub-shells made of sheet metal, wherein the connecting piece is formed circumferentially around the bypass axis (Y) for connecting an exhaust gas heat exchanger via the upper shell and/or via the lower shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael WEIDNER, Andreas STEIGERT, Daniel KÖNIG
  • Publication number: 20170051655
    Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing designed as a collecting manifold, which housing has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for connecting two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust gas system in regard to flow and at least one connection opening provided on the housing for connecting to an outer shell of a double-shell air-gap-insulated manifold, and comprising at least one air-gap-insulated manifold connected to the connection opening, which air-gap-insulated manifold has an inner shell having an inlet opening for connecting to an outlet of the internal combustion engine in regard to flow and having an outer shell, wherein all air-gap-insulated manifolds are completely formed from sheet metal and are structurally or geometrically identical and, on the housing, the size of a distance A2 between one of the two inlet openings and the outlet opening is between 30 mm and 300 mm or between 50 mm and 120 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Tenneco GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT
  • Patent number: 9394813
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Publication number: 20160138458
    Abstract: A flange plate for a manifold of an exhaust-gas system for internal combustion engines, which flange plate can be fixed via at least one holding device to an exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece of the internal combustion engine by a first outer layer, formed as a mounting layer, which can be placed at least partially directly or indirectly against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece via a seal, and the flange plate can be applied to the holding device by a second outer layer, formed as a holding layer, in order to generate a holding force F, acting at a right angle to the mounting layer, for sealingly placing the mounting layer against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece, and the flange plate having at least a first intermediate layer which is arranged, relative to the holding force F, between the mounting layer and the holding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Michael WEIDNER, Andreas STEIGERT, Bernd FUHRMANN, Rolf ENGEL, Adrien LEHMANN
  • Patent number: 9291087
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system 1 for an internal combustion piston engine, having an exhaust manifold 2 having a plurality of manifold tubes Z1-Z4 and an exhaust gas fitting 2.1, and an exhaust gas line element 3 having an exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 that can be connected to the exhaust gas fitting 2.1 by the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1. The exhaust gas manifold 2 and at least the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 of the exhaust gas line element 3 each have a partition 2.2, 3.2, each forming two separate exhaust gas channels A2a, A2b, A3a, A3b each having a flow axis S2, S3, and comprising an end face 2.2s, 3.2s running transverse to the flow axis S2 in the area of the fitting 2.1, 3.1, wherein the edge segment R1, the edge segment R2, and/or the core segment K of the exhaust manifold 2 at least partially contact the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 in the axial direction when the internal combustion piston engine is in the warm state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
  • Publication number: 20150260077
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe flange with an exhaust gas pipe and with a flange plate fastened to the exhaust gas pipe, wherein the flange plate has an inner side which can be turned toward a cylinder head with a sealing surface which can be placed directly or indirectly against a cylinder head, and a seat in which the exhaust gas pipe is received. The exhaust gas pipe is joined to the flange plate and sealed in the region of the seat on the inner side by a welded connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas STEIGERT, Markus GEMINN
  • Publication number: 20150152762
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Publication number: 20140319830
    Abstract: A multipart gas pipe flange for connecting to a counter-flange of an internal combustion engine, having at least one flange plate designed as an outer flange, and having a flange inner part that can be received in said flange plate and is used for attaching a gas pipe which is connected downstream of the inner part in the flow direction and which is fluidically connected. The flange plate has at least one recess for the flange inner part, said recess having at least one inner surface and an inner diameter Di, and a mounting surface which can be placed at least indirectly on the counter-flange. The flange inner part has an outer surface which corresponds to the inner surface and which has an outer diameter Da.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Bernd Fuhrmann, Rolf Engel, Adrien Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8850705
    Abstract: A process for producing exhaust gas manifolds is provided, which have a flange for fastening to the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, manifold pipes for leading off the exhaust gases flowing from the cylinders, and a pipe connector, wherein the pipe connector has openings for the manifold pipes. In accordance with the invention, the pipe connector is designed with reinforced openings. Then the ends of the manifold pipes are introduced into the openings and expanded. In this process, the pipe ends undergo plastic deformation, and the pipes are connected gas-tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Georg Reuther, Lan Huynh, Juergen Rickertsen
  • Publication number: 20140165544
    Abstract: A modular exhaust manifold 1 for a motor vehicle, with multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules, having: at least one engine flange, via which an inlet connection pipe of the manifold pipe modules can be connected to a cylinder head of the motor vehicle; at least one manifold pipe module, configured as a collector pipe module and having a contact flange, via which the exhaust manifold can be connected to an exhaust system of the motor vehicle, the respective manifold pipe modules having an overlap contour of a length a that permits the telescoping of two manifold pipe modules to an insertion depth t for coupling purposes, at least two manifold pipe modules being identical in shape, and a variation of the insertion depth t of at least 5 mm to 30 mm or 10 mm or 15 mm or 20 mm or 25 mm being obtained by the formation of length a of the overlap contour. A method for producing a manifold formed from multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20120198825
    Abstract: An exhaust gas system 1 for an internal combustion piston engine, having an exhaust manifold 2 having a plurality of manifold tubes Z1-Z4 and an exhaust gas fitting 2.1, and an exhaust gas line element 3 having an exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 that can be connected to the exhaust gas fitting 2.1 by the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1. The exhaust gas manifold 2 and at least the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 of the exhaust gas line element 3 each have a partition 2.2, 3.2, each forming two separate exhaust gas channels A2a, A2b, A3a, A3b each having a flow axis S2, S3, and comprising an end face 2.2s, 3.2s running transverse to the flow axis S2 in the area of the fitting 2.1, 3.1, wherein the edge segment R1, the edge segment R2, and/or the core segment K of the exhaust manifold 2 at least partially contact the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 in the axial direction when the internal combustion piston engine is in the warm state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
  • Patent number: 7624956
    Abstract: A device for fastening an exhaust manifold to an internal combustion engine is provided. The device includes two parts. A first part that has first elongated holes for a screw fastening to the engine and openings for a screw fastening of a second bracket part. The second bracket part is fork-shaped, angular, and has on the angle branch facing the first bracket part second elongated holes and on the other angle branch, third elongated holes. The longitudinal axes of at least two of the elongated holes are oriented perpendicular to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Steigert, Lan Huynh, Steffen Kauffmann
  • Patent number: 7404748
    Abstract: An exhaust system is disclosed that has pipes and a housing, through which exhaust fumes of an internal combustion engine flow. The exhaust fumes generate a condensate, at least in part and/or in certain areas. To prevent the corrosion of sheet metal by the condensate, a sacrificial anode, which can be made of zinc and/or magnesium, is provided at least in one of the areas where the condensate collects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Steigert, Joerg Tillmann, Thomas Weidner