Patents by Inventor Eduard Heinz

Eduard Heinz 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).

  • Exhaust-gas turbocharger
    Patent number: 7010916
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger including a compressor wheel, the compressor wheel is cooled by at least one nozzle which is arranged in close axial proximity to the axis of rotation of the compressor wheel for spraying the backside of the compressor wheel near the center thereof with coolant whereby the coolant, utilizing the centrifugal forces of the rotating compressor wheel, is completely distributed over the entire wheel back surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: DaimleChrysler AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Helmut Finger, Eduard Heinz, Lionel Le Clech, Wolfram Schmid
  • Exhaust-gas turbocharger
    Publication number: 20040255582
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger including a compressor wheel, the compressor wheel is cooled by at least one nozzle which is arranged in close axial proximity to the axis of rotation of the compressor wheel for spraying the backside of the compressor wheel near the center thereof with coolant whereby the coolant, utilizing the centrifugal forces of the rotating compressor wheel, is completely distributed over the entire wheel back surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Helmut Finger, Eduard Heinz, Lionel Le Clech, Wolfram Schmid