Patents by Inventor Gunter Rzychon

Gunter Rzychon 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: 10859061
    Abstract: An axial piston machine may include a housing, a guide, a shaft, at least two cylinders each delimited by an associated cylinder wall, at least two pistons, a feed configured to supply a working fluid, an exhaust configured to discharge the working fluid, and at least one actuator configured to open and close a plurality of secondary outlets. Each associated cylinder wall may include a primary outlet and a secondary outlet of the plurality of secondary outlets. Each primary outlet and each secondary outlet may be fluidically connected to an outlet chamber that is fluidically connected to the exhaust. Each primary outlet may open into an associated primary outlet channel that opens into the outlet chamber. Each secondary outlet may be fluidically connected to an associated secondary outlet channel that opens into the outlet chamber and is separate from the plurality of primary outlet channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Fiala, Michael Hoetger, Gunter Rzychon
  • Patent number: 10451027
    Abstract: An axial piston machine may include a shaft and a housing surrounding at least a portion of the shaft. A cylinder arrangement may be disposed within the housing in a circular manner. The cylinder arrangement may include a plurality of cylinders and a plurality of pistons each extending within each of the plurality of cylinders and may be constructed and arranged to drive the shaft. The plurality of cylinders may each include an expansion volume with an inlet and at least one outlet opening for a working medium. A cylinder head may be provided on the housing and may be constructed and arranged to close the plurality of cylinders of the cylinder arrangement. A cavity may be defined around the shaft in a central region of the cylinder arrangement and may be in operative communication with a plurality of auxiliary outlet openings of the expansion volume of each of the plurality of cylinders via a temporary connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bucher, Christoph Fiala, Mirko Guenther, Michael Hoetger, Gunter Rzychon
  • Publication number: 20180258907
    Abstract: An axial piston machine may include a housing, a guide, a shaft, at least two cylinders each delimited by an associated cylinder wall, at least two pistons, a feed configured to supply a working fluid, an exhaust configured to discharge the working fluid, and at least one actuator configured to open and close a plurality of secondary outlets. Each associated cylinder wall may include a primary outlet and a secondary outlet of the plurality of secondary outlets. Each primary outlet and each secondary outlet may be fluidically connected to an outlet chamber that is fluidically connected to the exhaust. Each primary outlet may open into an associated primary outlet channel that opens into the outlet chamber. Each secondary outlet may be fluidically connected to an associated secondary outlet channel that opens into the outlet chamber and is separate from the plurality of primary outlet channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Christoph Fiala, Michael Hoetger, Gunter Rzychon
  • Publication number: 20180058421
    Abstract: An axial piston machine may include a shaft and a housing surrounding at least a portion of the shaft. A cylinder arrangement may be disposed within the housing in a circular manner. The cylinder arrangement may include a plurality of cylinders and a plurality of pistons each extending within each of the plurality of cylinders and may be constructed and arranged to drive the shaft. The plurality of cylinders may each include an expansion volume with an inlet and at least one outlet opening for a working medium. A cylinder head may be provided on the housing and may be constructed and arranged to close the plurality of cylinders of the cylinder arrangement. A cavity may be defined around the shaft in a central region of the cylinder arrangement and may be in operative communication with a plurality of auxiliary outlet openings of the expansion volume of each of the plurality of cylinders via a temporary connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bucher, Christoph Fiala, Mirko Guenther, Michael Hoetger, Gunter Rzychon