Patents by Inventor Elmar Grussmann

Elmar Grussmann 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: 11795850
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device for arranging in an exhaust gas section of a motor vehicle that includes a heating disk which is assigned to an exhaust gas aftertreatment component. The heating disk is configured by way of a flat heating element and a holder which is coupled to the former. The holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder itself is of disk-shaped configuration. The inner face of the heating disk is configured by way of arcuate spokes which are coupled irregularly to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Grussmann, Ulrich Rusche
  • Patent number: 11633796
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILETECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Max Boehnke, Ulrich Huschen, Elmar Grussmann, Ulrich Rusche, Jochem Grewe
  • Patent number: 11566550
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas treatment device for arrangement in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, having a heating element, which is assigned to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment component, for example, a catalytic converter. The heating element is formed by a heating conductor and by a holder coupled to said heating conductor, wherein the holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder is formed by a lattice-like structure, wherein the lattice-like structure is formed by arcuate spokes which are coupled to one another in an irregular manner, wherein the heating conductor and the holder have a basin-like configuration as viewed in longitudinal section in an exhaust-gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Grussmann, Ulrich Rusche
  • Publication number: 20220251991
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment device for arranging in an exhaust gas section of a motor vehicle that includes a heating disk which is assigned to an exhaust gas aftertreatment component. The heating disk is configured by way of a flat heating element and a holder which is coupled to the former. The holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder itself is of disk-shaped configuration. The inner face of the heating disk is configured by way of arcuate spokes which are coupled irregularly to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Elmar GRUSSMANN, Ulrich RUSCHE
  • Publication number: 20220251990
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas treatment device for arrangement in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle, having a heating element, which is assigned to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment component, for example, a catalytic converter. The heating element is formed by a heating conductor and by a holder coupled to said heating conductor, wherein the holder extends over the cross-sectional area of the heating element, and the holder is formed by a lattice-like structure, wherein the lattice-like structure is formed by arcuate spokes which are coupled to one another in an irregular manner, wherein the heating conductor and the holder have a basin-like configuration as viewed in longitudinal section in an exhaust-gas flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Elmar GRUSSMANN, Ulrich RUSCHE
  • Patent number: 11400532
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Max Boehnke, Ulrich Huschen, Elmar Grussmann, Ulrich Rusche, Jochem Grewe
  • Publication number: 20220088693
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abuted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Max BOEHNKE, Ulrich HUSCHEN, Elmar GRUSSMANN, Ulrich RUSCHE, Jochem GREWE
  • Publication number: 20210031288
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates brought into abutment, with a solder material between the plates. The plates are heated up to a first temperature. The plates are placed into a mold, the mold surfaces of which have cavities for envisaged channel structures. Channel structures are formed by local internal pressure forming of at least one plate under pressurization by the tool. The plates are heated up to a second temperature. The plates are solder bonded at the abutted surfaces. A plate heat exchanger has two metal plates, wherein channel structures have been formed in at least one plate and the plates are bonded to one another by soldering away from the channel structures. Eutectic microstructures having a longest extent of less than 50 micrometers are formed in the solder layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Max BOEHNKE, Ulrich HUSCHEN, Elmar GRUSSMANN, Ulrich RUSCHE, Jochem GREWE
  • Patent number: 10240485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine housing (2) for an exhaust gas turbocharger. The turbine housing (2) comprises an outer housing (3) and an inner housing (4) as well as a bearing flange (5). The outer housing (3) is joined to the bearing flange (5). The inner housing (4) comprises a first shell component (7) and a second shell component (8), wherein said first shell component and said second shell component are made of different cast steel materials and are placed side by side in a transverse plane (QE), which is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis (LA) of the turbine housing (2), and are joined to each other. The bearing flange (5) is a one-piece part, made of uniform material, of the first shell component (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Elmar Grussmann
  • Patent number: 10215074
    Abstract: An SCR exhaust aftertreatment device of an internal combustion engine, containing an injector for injecting a reductant, a mixing unit and an SCR catalytic converter disposed immediately downstream in the direction of exhaust flow, wherein the mixing unit exhibits a swirl element and an impact element positioned upstream of the swirl element in the direction of exhaust flow, whereby the swirl element is configured of two guide elements disposed inside one another and swirl vanes for creating a swirling motion are disposed in an inner guide element and swirl vanes, which create a counterswirling motion, are disposed between the inner guide element and the outer guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Koenig, Eugen Lewin, Elmar Grussmann, Frank Grumbrecht, Tobias Roemer, Anne Franzke
  • Patent number: 10094243
    Abstract: A turbine housing for a turbocharger is provided. The turbine housing includes an exterior housing and an interior housing as well as a bearing flange. The exterior housing is connected to the bearing flange. The interior housing includes a flange socket on which the bearing flange is positioned. A fastening ring is inserted inside in the bearing flange and connected to the flange socket, with the bearing flange being fixed in the axial direction (AR) by the fastening ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Elmar Grussmann
  • Publication number: 20170211449
    Abstract: An SCR exhaust aftertreatment device of an internal combustion engine, containing an injector for injecting a reductant, a mixing unit and an SCR catalytic converter disposed immediately downstream in the direction of exhaust flow, wherein the mixing unit exhibits a swirl element and an impact element positioned upstream of the swirl element in the direction of exhaust flow, whereby the swirl element is configured of two guide elements disposed inside one another and swirl vanes for creating a swirling motion are disposed in an inner guide element and swirl vanes, which create a counterswirling motion, are disposed between the inner guide element and the outer guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: BENTELER AUTOMOBIL TECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias GOCKEL, Eugen LEWIN, Elmar GRUSSMANN, Frank GRUMBRECHT, Tobias ROEMER, Anna FRANZKE
  • Patent number: 9689302
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed having a housing, an inlet flange which can be fixed to the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine and has a plurality of inlet openings, and an exhaust outlet. The housing comprises an inner shell and an outer shell, an insulating material being incorporated between the outer shell and the inner shell. A guide plate is provided on the inlet flange side of the inner shell and the outer shell. The guide plate has inflow openings which correspond with the inlet openings of the inlet flange and is joined to the inlet flange. The outer shell engages with its inlet flange-side edge around the guide plate and is joined to the inlet flange and the guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Elmar Grussmann, Tobias Gockel
  • Patent number: 9677453
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of a combustion engine includes an outer shell, an inner shell arranged in the outlet shell, and an inlet flange which is configured for attachment to a cylinder head of the combustion engine and has a receptacle. The inner shell is floatingly supported in the outer shell and has an inlet-flange-side edge which is formed with an outwardly bent flange positioned in the receptacle of the inlet flange. The outer shell has an inlet-flange-side edge which has at least one area which rests in the receptacle upon the outwardly bent flange and is joined with the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Wegener, Elmar Grussmann, Uwe Fischer, Tobias Gockel
  • Patent number: 9518501
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for an exhaust system of a combustion engine includes an internal pipe system having a plurality of pipe sections and an outer shell which is disposed in spaced-apart surrounding relationship to the internal pipe system and joined to an outlet flange. The outlet flange includes a neck portion, an outer flange portion adjacent to the neck portion, and an inwardly directed shoulder portion which extends from the neck portion outwards, with the outer shell being joined at the shoulder portion to the outlet flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Tobias Gockel, Ali Asgar Kharwawala, Elmar Grussmann
  • Patent number: 9447698
    Abstract: A double-walled turbocharger housing made of sheet metal includes an inner sheet metal shell which conducts hot exhaust gases and a relatively cold outer sheet metal shell which is spaced apart from the inner sheet metal shell via an air gap. The double-walled turbocharger housing is connected to a bearing flange with a circumferential collar via a common welding seam. The bearing flange is provided with a collar on an outside which faces away from the hot exhaust gas. An outer end of the inner sheet metal shell is provided with a collar with which it embraces the outer sheet metal shell. Both sheet metal shells are connected with the collar of the bearing flange via a common welding seam, wherein an air gap is present between the inner sheet metal shell and the outer sheet metal shell up to the outer end of the inner sheet metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBIL TECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Grussmann, Arthur Lesch
  • Patent number: 9416719
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a two-shell construction comprised of an outer system and an inner system. A flange is positioned at a side proximal to a cylinder head of the combustion engine for installation to the combustion engine, and an insulation sleeve connects the inner system with the flange and the outer system. The insulation sleeve is sized to extend through an opening of the flange and to project beyond the flange into the cylinder head of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Elmar Grussmann
  • Patent number: 9410470
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold for installation onto a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a housing having plural inlet openings and an outlet opening. The housing includes an inner shell and an outer shell in surrounding relationship to the inner shell to define a gap there between. The inner shell is floatingly arranged in the outer shell and rests at a side of the cylinder head upon a guide plate which is formed with the plural inlet openings and includes guide members respectively arranged about a circumference of the inlet openings. The outer shell has a cylinder-head-proximal marginal region formed with an outwardly bent flange that rests upon the guide plate and is joined in gastight manner to the guide plate by a material joint. The flange has an outer side in opposition to the guide plate, with a collar being arranged on the outer side of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Mario Wegener, Elmar Grussmann, Uwe Fischer, Tobias Gockel
  • Publication number: 20160201513
    Abstract: A turbine housing for a turbocharger is provided. The turbine housing includes an exterior housing and an interior housing as well as a bearing flange. The exterior housing is connected to the bearing flange. The interior housing includes a flange socket on which the bearing flange is positioned. A fastening ring is inserted inside in the bearing flange and connected to the flange socket, with the hearing flange being fixed in the axial direction (AR) by the fastening ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: BENTELER Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar GRUSSMANN
  • Patent number: 9376936
    Abstract: A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger, includes an outer housing in which an inner housing with a tubular nozzle and an outlet duct for connection to an exhaust gas system is arranged. The outlet duct is coupled with the tubular nozzle for movement relative to the nozzle via a seal ring. The seal ring is inwardly everted and pushed onto the nozzle and embraced by an inner-housing support ring, so that a fluid tight fit on the inner housing nozzle is ensured. The seal ring is further pushed onto the outlet duct and there also coupled onto the outlet duct with an outlet duct support ring in a fluid tight manner so that an especially durable connection is created. Both support rings are additionally coupled in a materially bonded manner with the seal ring and the outlet duct nozzle or with the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Smatloch, Elmar Grussmann