Patents by Inventor Erwin Loeffler

Erwin Loeffler 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).

  • Fuel conditioning process
    Patent number: 7118605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel conditioning process for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. According to the present invention, on board a motor vehicle at a temperature of from 20° C. to 150° C. and at atmospheric pressure, nitrous gases essentially including nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, or dinitrogen monoxide, or gaseous mixtures thereof are passed through the liquid fuel of the motor vehicle, nitro compounds being formed in the fuel as a result of the passing through of the nitrous gases through the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Winfried Degen, Erwin Loeffler, Carsten Plog, Melanie Schnell, Thomas Stengel
  • Internal combustion engine exhaust gas conveying device with internal lining, as well as process for production thereof
    Publication number: 20060168938
    Abstract: Exhaust gas conveying apparatus of an internal combustion engine with internal liner in which the liner features capillary bores which are open at least towards the exhaust gas conveying side of the liner as well as process for the fabrication of said apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Baur, Erwin Loeffler, Johanna Musiol
  • Fuel conditioning process
    Publication number: 20020144456
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel conditioning process for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. According to the present invention, on board a motor vehicle at a temperature of from 20° C. to 150° C. and at atmospheric pressure, nitrous gases essentially including nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, or dinitrogen monoxide, or gaseous mixtures thereof are passed through the liquid fuel of the motor vehicle, nitro compounds being formed in the fuel as a result of the passing through of the nitrous gases through the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Inventors: Winfried Degen, Erwin Loeffler, Carsten Plog, Melanie Schnell, Thomas Stengel