Patents by Inventor Georg Festag
Georg Festag 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).
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Patent number: 9677433Abstract: A phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine is described herein. The phase control apparatus includes a locking pin coupled to a vane, the locking pin extending into a locking pin recess in a cover plate in a locked configuration, the locking pin and locking pin recess having a backlash and a housing at least partially enclosing the vane and spaced away from the vane forming a gap in the locked configuration.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammad Ali Moetakef, Jamie Charles Hanshaw, Wesley Kridner, Georg Festag, Steve Poe
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Publication number: 20150176441Abstract: A phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine is described herein. The phase control apparatus includes a locking pin coupled to a vane, the locking pin extending into a locking pin recess in a cover plate in a locked configuration, the locking pin and locking pin recess having a backlash and a housing at least partially enclosing the vane and spaced away from the vane forming a gap in the locked configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Mohammad Ali Moetakef, Jamie Charles Hanshaw, Wesley Kridner, Georg Festag, Steve Poe
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Patent number: 9021998Abstract: A phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine is described herein. The phase control apparatus includes a locking pin coupled to a vane, the locking pin extending into a locking pin recess in a cover plate in a locked configuration, the locking pin and locking pin recess having a backlash and a housing at least partially enclosing the vane and spaced away from the vane forming a gap in the locked configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammad Ali Moetakef, Jamie Charles Hanshaw, Wesley Kridner, Georg Festag, Steve Poe
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Patent number: 8820302Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle that may have a generally planar body with a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The first face may be coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to the second face.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Publication number: 20140130754Abstract: A phase control apparatus in a variable cam timing (VCT) system of an engine is described herein. The phase control apparatus includes a locking pin coupled to a vane, the locking pin extending into a locking pin recess in a cover plate in a locked configuration, the locking pin and locking pin recess having a backlash and a housing at least partially enclosing the vane and spaced away from the vane forming a gap in the locked configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammad Ali Moetakef, Jamie Charles Hanshaw, Wesley Kridner, Georg Festag, Steve Poe
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Publication number: 20130239922Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle that may have a generally planar body with a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The first face may be coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to the second face.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Patent number: 8474442Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle including a first face coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to an opposite face in order to reduce noise.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Patent number: 8416401Abstract: An area dosimeter for measuring the ambient equivalent dose of photon radiation with a diffuser, and a detector card with at least one pair of detection elements, preferably LiF-chips. A first of the two detection elements is positioned between two filters in order to spectrally filter the photon radiation. A second of the two detection elements is not positioned between such filters in order that the photon radiation arriving at the second detection element will have a different spectral distribution from the spectrally filtered photon radiation arriving at the first detection element. The two measurement values are used to obtain a weighted sum in order to achieve an optimized response characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung GmbHInventors: Georg Fehrenbacher, Johannes Georg Festag, Sebastian Grosam, Karsten Vogt
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Publication number: 20120060780Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle including a first face coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to an opposite face in order to reduce noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Patent number: 8065993Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle including a first face coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to an opposite face in order to reduce noise.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi
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Publication number: 20100302533Abstract: The invention consists of an area dosimeter for measuring the ambient equivalent dose (H*(10)) of photon radiation with a diffuser, a detector card with at least one pair of detection elements, preferably LiF-chips, whereby the first of the two detection elements is positioned between two filters in order to spectrally filter the photon radiation, whereby the second of the two detection elements is not positioned between such filters as those of the first detection element, in order that the photon radiation arriving at the second detection element have a different spectral distribution as the spectrally filtered photon radiation arriving at the first detection element. The two measurement values are used to obtain a weighted sum in order to achieve an optimized response characteristic, in particular in the range below 30 keV and if applicable in the range above 1.3 MeV.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2008Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Georg Fehrenbacher, Johannes Georg Festag, Sebastian Grosam, Karsten Vogt
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Publication number: 20100147235Abstract: An oil baffle, a system, and a method are disclosed for separating a gaseous component from oil in a blow-by vapor for an internal combustion engine. An example system may include a cam cover configured to be mounted on a cylinder head. The system may also include an oil baffle that may have a generally planar body with a first face and a second face opposite the first face. The first face may be coupled to the cam cover and may define an oil separation chamber between the cam cover and the first face. The oil baffle may include one or more stiffening members coupled to and extending from and substantially normal to the second face.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Georg Festag, Philip Damian Cierpial, Abdelhakim Baghdadi