Patents by Inventor Bernd Van Eickels

Bernd Van Eickels 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: 10421225
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly with a housing part and at least two conductors of shape sheet metal parts may include providing at least one first conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part and at least one second conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part. The method may then include arranging the first and second conductors in an injection mold in such a way that the first conductor may come into mechanical contact with the second conductor in a common contact zone to produce an electrical connection. The method may then include at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors with a plastic to form a joint housing part. The method may further include bonding the first and second conductors in a region of the common contact zone after at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Van Eickels, Peer Niekamp
  • Publication number: 20170312957
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly with a housing part and at least two conductors of shape sheet metal parts may include providing at least one first conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part and at least one second conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part. The method may then include arranging the first and second conductors in an injection mould in such a way that the first conductor may come into mechanical contact with the second conductor in a common contact zone to produce an electrical connection. The method may then include at least partially overmoulding the first and second conductors with a plastic to form a joint housing part. The method may further include bonding the first and second conductors in a region of the common contact zone after at least partially overmoulding the first and second conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd Van Eickels, Peer Niekamp
  • Patent number: 9371772
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine may include an exhaust gas turbocharger which is integrated into an exhaust section on the turbine side and into an intake section on the compressor side. An exhaust gas recirculation line may connect the exhaust section and the intake section. The exhaust gas recirculation line may branch off from the exhaust section downstream of a turbine of the exhaust gas turbocharger and opens into the intake section upstream of a compressor. A valve device for performing at least one of open-loop and closed-loop control of an exhaust gas recirculation rate may be arranged in the region of the exhaust gas recirculation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Behr Thermot-Tronik GmbH
    Inventors: Swen-Juri Bauer, Andreas Gruener, Martin Janssen, Hans-Peter Klein, Mandy Noack, Joerg Rueckauf, Bernd Van Eickels, Eike Willers
  • Publication number: 20140283796
    Abstract: A supercharged internal combustion engine may include an exhaust gas turbocharger which is integrated into an exhaust section on the turbine side and into an intake section on the compressor side. An exhaust gas recirculation line may connect the exhaust section and the intake section. The exhaust gas recirculation line may branch off from the exhaust section downstream of a turbine of the exhaust gas turbocharger and opens into the intake section upstream of a compressor. A valve device for performing at least one of open-loop and closed-loop control of an exhaust gas recirculation rate may be arranged in the region of the exhaust gas recirculation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: Behr Thermot-Tronik Gmbh, Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Swen-Juri Bauer, Andreas Gruener, Martin Jenssen, Hans-Peter Klein, Mandy Noack, Joerg Rueckauf, Bernd Van Eickels, Eike Willers