Patents by Inventor Erwin Schulz

Erwin Schulz 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: 4057037
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with charge stratification and spark ignition comprises a cylinder head having a main combustion chamber and a cavity defined by surrounding walls of the cylinder head and opening toward the main combustion chamber. An auxiliary combustion chamber is formed within a cup-shaped insert frictionally maintained in the cavity and opening away from the main combustion chamber. The cup-shaped insert is thin-walled and has an opening providing a passage connecting the main combustion chamber and the auxiliary combustion chamber and a pair of openings for receiving a fuel delivery device and an ignition device, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kurt Reichel, Gerd Decker, Alfred Kuck, Erwin Schulz
  • Patent number: 4043513
    Abstract: Refuse, particularly of the household type, is sorted according to density by the following consecutive operations: Sifting the refuse; comminuting the oversize obtained; separating the comminuted material by a gas stream into light and heavy material fractions; separating the heavy material fraction by a liquid stream into two fractions of different density; and separating the two fractions of different density into basic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1977
    Inventors: Heinz Hoberg, Erwin Schulz