Patents by Inventor CHRISTIAN SCHORN

CHRISTIAN SCHORN 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: 11802501
    Abstract: A device for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a heating disk arranged in a housing; and a main catalytic converter arranged downstream of the heating disk in the flow direction in the housing. The flow can pass through the heating disk and the main catalytic converter in the flow direction along a plurality of flow channels. The heating disk is formed from a metallic honeycomb body and the main catalytic converter is formed from a ceramic honeycomb body fixed in relation to the housing by a fixing structure. The heating disk is electrically contacted by an electrical feedthrough guided through the housing from the outside to the inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Christian Schmidt, Christian Schorn
  • Publication number: 20220412242
    Abstract: A device for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a heating disk arranged in a housing; and a main catalytic converter arranged downstream of the heating disk in the flow direction in the housing. The flow can pass through the heating disk and the main catalytic converter in the flow direction along a plurality of flow channels. The heating disk is formed from a metallic honeycomb body and the main catalytic converter is formed from a ceramic honeycomb body fixed in relation to the housing by a fixing structure. The heating disk is electrically contacted by an electrical feedthrough guided through the housing from the outside to the inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Peter HIRTH, Christian SCHMIDT, Christian SCHORN
  • Patent number: 10837337
    Abstract: A component of an exhaust gas system and a method for exhaust gas after-treatment having a housing with an inlet and an outlet for an exhaust gas, an annular heat exchanger through which the exhaust gas can flow from the inlet in an axial direction and along a first flow path. Downstream of the heat exchanger, an annular catalyst body is arranged inside the heat exchanger and through which the exhaust gas can flow in a radial direction, such that, downstream of the catalyst body, the exhaust gas flows through the heat exchanger in the radial direction and along a second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Christoph Pabst, Christian Schorn, Egbert Zienicke
  • Patent number: 10605140
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment and a method for producing the honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, the honeycomb body having a housing and a honeycomb structure with a multiplicity of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed with a partially structured layer and a smooth layer the smooth layer provides that, in at least one axial portion of the honeycomb structure, a first cell density in an inner radial zone is increased in relation to a second cell density in an outer radial zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Kruse, Peter Hirth, Frank Bohne, Christian Schorn
  • Publication number: 20190211730
    Abstract: A method for producing a honeycomb body having a housing and a honeycomb structure with a multiplicity of channels includes: providing a smooth metal sheet, forming a structure into regions of the smooth metal sheet, the structure in one longitudinal portion is formed differently than a structure in a second longitudinal portion of the metal sheet, forming the honeycomb structure by arranging and winding the structured metal sheet, such that a first cell density in an inner radial zone is increased in relation to a second cell density in an outer radial zone, inserting the honeycomb structure into the housing and, connecting the honeycomb structure to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten KRUSE, Peter HIRTH, Frank BOHNE, Christian SCHORN
  • Publication number: 20190186317
    Abstract: A component of an exhaust gas system and a method for exhaust gas after-treatment having a housing with an inlet and an outlet for an exhaust gas, an annular heat exchanger through which the exhaust gas can flow from the inlet in an axial direction and along a first flow path. Downstream of the heat exchanger, an annular catalyst body is arranged inside the heat exchanger and through which the exhaust gas can flow in a radial direction, such that, downstream of the catalyst body, the exhaust gas flows through the heat exchanger in the radial direction and along a second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Peter HIRTH, Christoph PABST, Christian SCHORN, Egbert ZIENICKE
  • Publication number: 20190178138
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment and a method for producing the honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, the honeycomb body having a housing and a honeycomb structure with a multiplicity of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed with a partially structured layer and a smooth layer the smooth layer provides that, in at least one axial portion of the honeycomb structure, a first cell density in an inner radial zone is increased in relation to a second cell density in an outer radial zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten KRUSE, Peter HIRTH, Frank BOHNE, Christian SCHORN
  • Patent number: 9816419
    Abstract: A honeycomb body includes wound and/or stacked layers having a geometric center axis, a cavity rotationally symmetrically around the center axis and an outer lateral surface. Each layer extends approximately concentrically around the axis. At least one of the layers is at least partially structured forming channels through which a fluid can flow. The channels extend from the cavity outward to the outer lateral surface at a non-right cone angle to the axis. The channels have a cross-section changing along the channels from inside to outside. At least one structured layer and at least one intermediate layer are alternatingly disposed and helically layered. The structure height of the structured sheet-metal layer forming the channels is substantially constant and channel cross-sectional areas increase from inside to outside. The intermediate layer can be made of simple wires or of specially cut or folded smooth sheet-metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Christian Schorn, Sigrid Limbeck
  • Publication number: 20150086804
    Abstract: A honeycomb body includes wound and/or stacked layers having a geometric center axis, a cavity rotationally symmetrically around the center axis and an outer lateral surface. Each layer extends approximately concentrically around the axis. At least one of the layers is at least partially structured forming channels through which a fluid can flow. The channels extend from the cavity outward to the outer lateral surface at a non-right cone angle to the axis. The channels have a cross-section changing along the channels from inside to outside. At least one structured layer and at least one intermediate layer are alternatingly disposed and helically layered. The structure height of the structured sheet-metal layer forming the channels is substantially constant and channel cross-sectional areas increase from inside to outside. The intermediate layer can be made of simple wires or of specially cut or folded smooth sheet-metal layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN SCHORN, SIGRID LIMBECK