Patents by Inventor DIRK VIERKOTTEN

DIRK VIERKOTTEN 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: 10871111
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake channel with an inlet and an outlet, a control element, an exhaust gas recirculation channel with an opening, a recirculation channel, and a shaft having the control element eccentrically mounted thereon. The exhaust gas recirculation channel enters the intake channel. The opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel is a valve seat for the control element. The shaft acts as an axis of rotation for the control element. A rotation of the shaft moves the control element between a first end position where the control element throttles the intake channel and a second end position where the control element contacts the valve seat at the opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel. The axis of rotation is arranged in a plane which passes through the valve seat at the opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vierkotten, Patrick Sutty, Christian Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Kindl, Hanno Friederichs
  • Patent number: 10851739
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake channel, an exhaust gas recirculation channel which enters into the intake channel, a control element, a mixing housing which forms the intake channel, a connection element, a compressor, and a shaft. The mixing housing has a mouth of the exhaust gas recirculation channel in a lower area, an outlet, a mixing housing section, and a bowl-shaped recess. The cross-sectional extension is formed via the mixing housing to provide an axial stop face. The connection element abuts against the axial stop face and is radially limited by an axially opposite inner wall surface on the stop face. The mixing housing section has a recess arranged at the lowest point of the mixing housing section and below the axially opposite inner wall surface. The recess enters into the bowl-shaped recess of the mixing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vierkotten, Maximilian Flender, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Christian Vigild
  • Patent number: 10808654
    Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine includes a suction duct with a lateral bulge, an exhaust gas recirculation duct with a port into the suction duct, and a crankcase breather duct which extends into the lateral bulge in the suction duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vierkotten, Maximilian Flender, Christian Vigild, Andreas Kuske
  • Patent number: 10767570
    Abstract: A regulating device for an internal combustion engine includes a housing in which is formed an exhaust gas recirculation pipe which opens into an intake pipe, and a regulating element eccentrically mounted on a shaft. The regulating element includes a first surface, a second surface, and guide ribs arranged on the second surface so that an exhaust gas flow flows into the intake pipe when the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is opened. In a first end position of the regulating element, where the intake pipe is at throttled upstream of an opening of the exhaust gas recirculation pipe, a normal vector of the first surface points to an upstream side of the intake pipe. In a second end position of the regulating element, where the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is closed, a normal vector of the second surface points to the exhaust gas recirculation pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vierkotten, Maximilian Flender, Christian Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs
  • Publication number: 20200141365
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake channel, an exhaust gas recirculation channel which enters into the intake channel, a control element, a mixing housing which forms the intake channel, a connection element, a compressor, and a shaft. The mixing housing has a mouth of the exhaust gas recirculation channel in a lower area, an outlet, a mixing housing section, and a bowl-shaped recess. The cross-sectional extension is formed via the mixing housing to provide an axial stop face. The connection element abuts against the axial stop face and is radially limited by an axially opposite inner wall surface on the stop face. The mixing housing section has a recess arranged at the lowest point of the mixing housing section and below the axially opposite inner wall surface. The recess enters into the bowl-shaped recess of the mixing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK VIERKOTTEN, MAXIMILIAN FLENDER, ANDREAS KUSKE, FRANZ ARND SOMMERHOFF, JOERG KEMMERLING, VANCO SMILJANOVSKI, HELMUT KINDL, HANNO FRIEDERICHS, CHRISTIAN VIGILD
  • Publication number: 20200131998
    Abstract: A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an intake channel with an inlet and an outlet, a control element, an exhaust gas recirculation channel with an opening, a recirculation channel, and a shaft having the control element eccentrically mounted thereon. The exhaust gas recirculation channel enters the intake channel. The opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel is a valve seat for the control element. The shaft acts as an axis of rotation for the control element. A rotation of the shaft moves the control element between a first end position where the control element throttles the intake channel and a second end position where the control element contacts the valve seat at the opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel. The axis of rotation is arranged in a plane which passes through the valve seat at the opening of the exhaust gas recirculation channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK VIERKOTTEN, PATRICK SUTTY, CHRISTIAN VIGILD, ANDREAS KUSKE, FRANZ ARND SOMMERHOFF, JOERG KEMMERLING, VANCO SMILJANOVSKI, HELMUT KINDL, HANNO FRIEDERICHS
  • Patent number: 10590863
    Abstract: A regulating device for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation pipe which opens into an intake pipe which are both formed in a housing, and a regulating element eccentrically mounted on a shaft. The shaft is arranged perpendicular to a center line of the intake pipe and the exhaust gas recirculation pipe. The regulating element includes a first surface, a second surface, and guide ribs arranged on the first surface. In a first end position of the regulating element, in which the intake pipe is at least throttled upstream of an opening of the exhaust gas recirculation pipe, a normal vector of the first surface points to an upstream side of the intake pipe. In a second end position of the regulating element, in which the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is closed, a normal vector of the second surface points to the exhaust gas recirculation pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Vierkotten, Maximilian Flender, Christian Vigild, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Helmut Kindl, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs
  • Publication number: 20190003401
    Abstract: A regulating device for an internal combustion engine includes a housing in which is formed an exhaust gas recirculation pipe which opens into an intake pipe, and a regulating element eccentrically mounted on a shaft. The regulating element includes a first surface, a second surface, and guide ribs arranged on the second surface so that an exhaust gas flow flows into the intake pipe when the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is opened. In a first end position of the regulating element, where the intake pipe is at throttled upstream of an opening of the exhaust gas recirculation pipe, a normal vector of the first surface points to an upstream side of the intake pipe. In a second end position of the regulating element, where the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is closed, a normal vector of the second surface points to the exhaust gas recirculation pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK VIERKOTTEN, MAXIMILIAN FLENDER, CHRISTIAN VIGILD, ANDREAS KUSKE, FRANZ ARND SOMMERHOFF, JOERG KEMMERLING, HELMUT KINDL, VANCO SMILJANOVSKI, HANNO FRIEDERICHS
  • Publication number: 20190003402
    Abstract: A regulating device for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation pipe which opens into an intake pipe which are both formed in a housing, and a regulating element eccentrically mounted on a shaft. The shaft is arranged perpendicular to a center line of the intake pipe and the exhaust gas recirculation pipe. The regulating element includes a first surface, a second surface, and guide ribs arranged on the first surface. In a first end position of the regulating element, in which the intake pipe is at least throttled upstream of an opening of the exhaust gas recirculation pipe, a normal vector of the first surface points to an upstream side of the intake pipe. In a second end position of the regulating element, in which the exhaust gas recirculation pipe is closed, a normal vector of the second surface points to the exhaust gas recirculation pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK VIERKOTTEN, MAXIMILIAN FLENDER, CHRISTIAN VIGILD, ANDREAS KUSKE, FRANZ ARND SOMMERHOFF, HELMUT KINDL, JOERG KEMMERLING, VANCO SMILJANOVSKI, HANNO FRIEDERICHS
  • Publication number: 20180347519
    Abstract: An intake system for an internal combustion engine includes a suction duct with a lateral bulge, an exhaust gas recirculation duct with a port into the suction duct, and a crankcase breather duct which extends into the lateral bulge in the suction duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: PIERBURG GMBH, FORD-WERKE GMBH
    Inventors: DIRK VIERKOTTEN, MAXIMILIAN FLENDER, CHRISTIAN VIGILD, ANDREAS KUSKE