Patents by Inventor Dirk Blümmel

Dirk Blümmel 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: 9163557
    Abstract: A turbocharger, comprising: at least one of a turbine housing, a bearing housing and a turbine wheel, wherein the turbine wheel is rotatably mounted about an axis and includes a guide apparatus with a plurality of guide vanes rotatably mounted in pivot bearings on a guide vane support, wherein the guide vanes influence the flow in a flow channel of the turbine housing; and a spring element, which moveably loads the guide apparatus in an axial direction against a wall of the turbine housing, and wherein the disc springs seal a displacement chamber provided with a displacement mechanism of the guide apparatus against the flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Blümmel, Claus Fleig, Matthias Stein, Andreas Wengert
  • Patent number: 8641372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging device (1), more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle, which turbine geometry comprises guide blades (5) rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring (4), wherein the blade bearing ring (4) with a side is directly exposed to a hot gas flow (12) while the side of the blade bearing ring (4) facing away from this is only indirectly exposed to the hot gas flow (12). It is substantial to the invention that the blade bearing ring (4) on its side directly exposed to the hot gas flow (12) is produced of a different material than on its side only indirectly exposed to the hot gas flow (12) wherein the two materials with regard to their heat expansion coefficients are selected in such a manner that the blade bearing ring (4) at preferentially all occurring operating temperatures expands evenly without warping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Dirk Blümmel
  • Publication number: 20110014034
    Abstract: A turbocharger, comprising: at least one of a turbine housing, a bearing housing and a turbine wheel, wherein the turbine wheel is rotatably mounted about an axis and includes a guide apparatus with a plurality of guide vanes rotatably mounted in pivot bearings on a guide vane support, wherein the guide vanes influence the flow in a flow channel of the turbine housing; and a spring element, which moveably loads the guide apparatus in an axial direction against a wall of the turbine housing, and wherein the disc springs seal a displacement chamber provided with a displacement mechanism of the guide apparatus against the flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Dirk Blümmel, Claus Fleig, Matthias Stein, Andreas Wengert
  • Publication number: 20100209232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a charging device (1), more preferably an exhaust gas turbocharger for a motor vehicle, which turbine geometry comprises guide blades (5) rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring (4), wherein the blade bearing ring (4) with a side is directly exposed to a hot gas flow (12) while the side of the blade bearing ring (4) facing away from this is only indirectly exposed to the hot gas flow (12). It is substantial to the invention that the blade bearing ring (4) on its side directly exposed to the hot gas flow (12) is produced of a different material than on its side only indirectly exposed to the hot gas flow (12) wherein the two materials with regard to their heat expansion coefficients are selected in such a manner that the blade bearing ring (4) at preferentially all occurring operating temperatures expands evenly without warping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Matthias Stein, Dirk Blümmel
  • Patent number: 7191640
    Abstract: Electrical connecting lines of a sensor element are anchored by friction locking, specifically using an annularly closed spring element which clamps the connecting lines against contact surfaces on the sensor element using pressure bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosh GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Juergen Wilde, Dirk Bluemmel, Andreas Pesch
  • Publication number: 20040025565
    Abstract: Electrical connecting lines of a sensor element are anchored by friction locking, specifically using an annularly closed spring element which clamps the connecting lines against contact surfaces on the sensor element using pressure bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Helmut Weyl, Juergen Wilde, Dirk Bluemmel, Andreas Pesch