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).
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Patent number: 10584627Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Steffen Kauffmann, Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Patent number: 10202885Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Bernd Fuhrmann, Rolf Engel, Adrien Lehmann
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Publication number: 20180334946Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Margit ROTH
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Publication number: 20180223720Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Alexander HORNUNG, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Adam KARCH
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Patent number: 10041389Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Daniel König
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Patent number: 9771852Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Andreas Steigert, Markus Geminn
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Patent number: 9745885Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20170191391Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Michael WEIDNER, Andreas STEIGERT, Daniel KÖNIG
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Publication number: 20170051655Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Tenneco GMBHInventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT
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Patent number: 9394813Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
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Publication number: 20160138458Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Michael WEIDNER, Andreas STEIGERT, Bernd FUHRMANN, Rolf ENGEL, Adrien LEHMANN
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Patent number: 9291087Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
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Publication number: 20150260077Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Andreas STEIGERT, Markus GEMINN
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Publication number: 20150152762Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
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Publication number: 20140319830Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Michael Weidner, Andreas Steigert, Bernd Fuhrmann, Rolf Engel, Adrien Lehmann
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Patent number: 8850705Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbHInventors: Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Georg Reuther, Lan Huynh, Juergen Rickertsen
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Publication number: 20140165544Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20120198825Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
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Patent number: 7624956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbHInventors: Andreas Steigert, Lan Huynh, Steffen Kauffmann
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Patent number: 7404748Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbHInventors: Andreas Steigert, Joerg Tillmann, Thomas Weidner