Patents by Inventor Franziska NIEDERDRAENK

Franziska NIEDERDRAENK 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).

  • Vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a waste-heat collecting housing
    Patent number: 10427492
    Abstract: A waste-heat collection system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an exhaust manifold via which exhaust manifold hot exhaust gas coming from the internal combustion engine is introduced into an engine-side segment of an exhaust system. The exhaust manifold and/or the engine-side segment of the exhaust system, an exhaust gas turbocharger and/or a catalytic converter are at least partially surrounded by a waste-heat collecting housing. Air contained in the waste-heat collecting housing is heated by waste heat of these components and the heated air is used to charge a latent heat accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franziska Niederdraenk, Juergen Von Wild, Carsten Spengler, Ivo Weese
  • Vehicle Having an Internal Combustion Engine and a Waste-Heat Collecting Housing
    Publication number: 20170036510
    Abstract: A waste-heat collection system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an exhaust manifold via which exhaust manifold hot exhaust gas coming from the internal combustion engine is introduced into an engine-side segment of an exhaust system. The exhaust manifold and/or the engine-side segment of the exhaust system, an exhaust gas turbocharger and/or a catalytic converter are at least partially surrounded by a waste-heat collecting housing. Air contained in the waste-heat collecting housing is heated by waste heat of these components and the heated air is used to charge a latent heat accumulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Franziska NIEDERDRAENK, Juergen VON WILD, Carsten SPENGLER, Ivo WEESE