Patents by Inventor Benjamin BIERBAUMER

Benjamin BIERBAUMER 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).

  • Variable valve control device for internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 10385738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable valve control device (1) for internal combustion engines of the reciprocating-piston design having at least one gas exchange valve (32), which can be actuated by a camshaft (3) by means of a cam device (4) that is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8), which camshaft is supported in such a way that the camshaft can be rotated about a camshaft axis (2), wherein, selectively, one of the cam tracks (7, 8) can be activated and at least one other cam track (8, 7) can be deactivated by means of a control device (10), and wherein the control device (10) has at least one control lever (12), which can be pivoted about a pivot axis (11), and has at least one first control body (13), which is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and in the surface of which at least one first control groove (17) and at least one second control groove (18) are formed, wherein, selectively, a first control stud (19) of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Rieger, Thomas Moser, Benjamin Bierbaumer
  • VARIABLE VALVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    Publication number: 20180266280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a variable valve control device (1) for internal combustion engines of the reciprocating-piston design having at least one gas exchange valve (32), which can be actuated by a camshaft (3) by means of a cam device (4) that is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8), which camshaft is supported in such a way that the camshaft can be rotated about a camshaft axis (2), wherein, selectively, one of the cam tracks (7, 8) can be activated and at least one other cam track (8, 7) can be deactivated by means of a control device (10), and wherein the control device (10) has at least one control lever (12), which can be pivoted about a pivot axis (11), and has at least one first control body (13), which is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and in the surface of which at least one first control groove (17) and at least one second control groove (18) are formed, wherein, selectively, a first control stud (19) of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes RIEGER, Thomas MOSER, Benjamin BIERBAUMER