Patents by Inventor Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel

Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel 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).

  • Applied-ignition internal combustion engine with variable valve drive
    Patent number: 9752470
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for an at least partially variable valve drive in an internal combustion engine. In one example, the at least partially variable valve drive comprises a hydraulically adjustable actuating device which may be charged with pressurized oil via an oil pressure line which branches off from an oil circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Richard Fritsche, Claudia Conee, Werner Willems, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Christian Hans
  • Methods for turbocharged engine with cylinder deactivation and variable valve timing
    Patent number: 9739213
    Abstract: A system and methods are described for a turbocharged engine, comprising powering the engine using a first operating cylinder, supplementing the power using a second switchable cylinder, deactivating the second switchable cylinder responsive to a load below a first threshold, and closing a first shut-off valve downstream of a compressor during the partial deactivation to prevent a first turbocharger from imparting a delivery action into a second compressor during the partial deactivation. Embodiments are further described wherein a bypass line in a second exhaust line further serves as a short-circuit line to prevent the second compressor from imparting a delivery action against the closed first shut-off valve. A variable valve timing is then included to further optimize the combustion process during the partial deactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Werner Willems, Claudia Katharina Herudek, Michael Forsting, Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Claudia Conee, Richard Fritsche
  • METHODS FOR TURBOCHARGED ENGINE WITH CYLINDER DEACTIVATION AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING
    Publication number: 20150285163
    Abstract: A system and methods are described for a turbocharged engine, comprising powering the engine using a first operating cylinder, supplementing the power using a second switchable cylinder, deactivating the second switchable cylinder responsive to a load below a first threshold, and closing a first shut-off element downstream of a compressor during the partial deactivation to prevent a first turbocharger from imparting a delivery action into a second compressor during the partial deactivation. Embodiments are further described wherein a bypass line in a second exhaust line further serves as a short-circuit line to prevent the second compressor from imparting a delivery action against the closed first shut-off element. A variable valve timing is then included to further optimize the combustion process during the partial deactivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Werner Willems, Claudia Katharina Herudek, Michael Forsting, Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Claudia Conee, Richard Fritsche
  • APPLIED-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH VARIABLE VALVE DRIVE
    Publication number: 20150267573
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for an at least partially variable valve drive in an internal combustion engine. In one example, the at least partially variable valve drive comprises a hydraulically adjustable actuating device which may be charged with pressurized oil via an oil pressure line which branches off from an oil circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wilbert Hemink, Richard Fritsche, Claudia Conee, Werner Willems, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Christian Hans