Patents by Inventor Benedikt Fuchs

Benedikt Fuchs 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: 10578035
    Abstract: A gas flow control system is provided for at least one cylinder of an internal combustion of a motor vehicle. The gas flow control system includes a supply passage configured to supply gas to the cylinder and an exhaust gas passage configured to remove gas from the cylinder. A bypass passage is configured to connect the supply passage and exhaust gas passage, and a fluid control switch is selectively operable to supply gas out of the exhaust gas passage through the bypass passage into the supply passage in an exhaust gas return operating mode, and to supply gas out of the supply passage through the bypass passage into the exhaust gas passage in a post-air operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Stephan-Johannes Schnorpfeil, Benedikt Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20180283297
    Abstract: A gas flow control system is provided for at least one cylinder of an internal combustion of a motor vehicle. The gas flow control system includes a supply passage configured to supply gas to the cylinder and an exhaust gas passage configured to remove gas from the cylinder. A bypass passage is configured to connect the supply passage and exhaust gas passage, and a fluid control switch is selectively operable to supply gas out of the exhaust gas passage through the bypass passage into the supply passage in an exhaust gas return operating mode, and to supply gas out of the supply passage through the bypass passage into the exhaust gas passage in a post-air operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Stephan-Johannes Schnorpfeil, Benedikt Fuchs