Patents by Inventor Heico Stegmann

Heico Stegmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20220143633
    Abstract: An injector is provided, comprising: a valve seat having a needle opening extending from an upper surface along a longitudinal axis and terminating at a seating surface configured to mate with a valve needle to control flow of fluid through the injector, and a nozzle plate. The valve seat further comprises a plurality of drillings and a corresponding plurality of swirl channels, each of the plurality of drillings being in flow communication with the needle opening and a swirl channel. Each of the swirl channels directs flow of fluid from one of the drillings toward the longitudinal axis into a central swirl chamber. The nozzle plate includes a substantially flat upper surface that engages the valve seat lower surface and includes an opening in flow communication with a metering orifice, the opening being aligned with the central swirl chamber when the nozzle plate is attached to the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Heico Stegmann, Mathew J. Lloyd, Lukas Kaufmann, Robert L. Holroyd
  • Patent number: 8959895
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device is provided, comprising a control unit for controlling a diaphragm pump that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter, to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream. The metering unit may also comprise a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Heico Stegmann, Andreas Lannig, Klaus Lang, Christian Schmidt, Alexandre Branco
  • Patent number: 8938949
    Abstract: The invention relates to an SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device, particularly for diesel motor internal combustion engines having a very large exhaust gas volume and/or divided exhaust gas trains. In order to be able to manufacture this SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device in a cost-efficient manner, also for a high mixing degree of exhaust gas and AUS, it is proposed that a plurality of metering units (D1, D2, Dn) is provided, each of which has an atomizing nozzle, which nozzle-injects the aqueous urea solution into the exhaust gas train. In this case, the pressure existing in a common line for all metering units (D1, D2, Dn) can be determined by means of a pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
    Inventors: Alexandre Branco, Heico Stegmann, Friedrich Zapf
  • Patent number: 8875491
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system and method are provided. The system comprises a controller, a pump, and a volume quantity dispensing unit. The volume quantity dispensing unit comprises a pressure transducer comprising an electric pressure sensor, at least one fine atomizing nozzle for apportioning the aqueous solution directly into an exhaust gas flow, and at least one means for changing a pressure value. The means changes the pressure value in such a way that a pressure output signal from the pressure transducer to the controller is modified from an actual pressure value sensed by the pressure sensor. A first signal provided by the controller to the pump and a second signal provided by the controller to the volume quantity dispensing unit are adapted based on the output signal from the pressure transducer and a further signal indicative of an operating state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Thorsten Pelz, Heico Stegmann
  • Publication number: 20120312892
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system and method are provided. The system comprises a controller, a pump, and a volume quantity dispensing unit. The volume quantity dispensing unit comprises a pressure transducer comprising an electric pressure sensor, at least one fine atomizing nozzle for apportioning the aqueous solution directly into an exhaust gas flow, and at least one means for changing a pressure value. The means changes the pressure value in such a way that a pressure output signal from the pressure transducer to the controller is modified from an actual pressure value sensed by the pressure sensor. A first signal provided by the controller to the pump and a second signal provided by the controller to the volume quantity dispensing unit are adapted based on the output signal from the pressure transducer and a further signal indicative of an operating state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Thorsten Pelz, Heico Stegmann
  • Patent number: 8266892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a volume quantity dispensing unit, in particular as a unit for metering an aqueous solution such as a urea/water solution, which can be used in an exhaust gas aftertreatment unit (17), comprising a pressure transducer (1), in particular comprising an electric pressure sensor, the volume quantity dispensing of the volume quantity dispensing unit following an electric signal (2) and the volume quantity dispensing unit being calibrated. There is provided at least one means (3) for changing a pressure value (4), which means changes the pressure value (4) in such a way that the pressure value (4), which is intended to correspond to the pressure in the volume quantity dispensing unit, is an input signal for a volume quantity (5) to be dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Thorsten Pelz, Heico Stegmann
  • Publication number: 20120180460
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device is provided, comprising a control unit for controlling a diaphragm pump that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter, to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream. The metering unit may also comprise a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Hilite Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Heico Stegmann, Andreas Lannig, Klaus Lang, Christian Schmidt, Alexandre Branco
  • Patent number: 8201393
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, comprising a control unit (4) for controlling a diaphragm pump (2) that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter (3), to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream. In advantageous developments, the metering unit comprises a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hilite Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Heico Stegmann, Andreas Lannig, Klaus Lang, Christian Schmidt, Alexandre Branco
  • Publication number: 20110023466
    Abstract: The invention relates to an SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device, particularly for diesel motor internal combustion engines having a very large exhaust gas volume and/or divided exhaust gas trains. In order to be able to manufacture this SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device in a cost-efficient manner, also for a high mixing degree of exhaust gas and AUS, it is proposed that a plurality of metering units (D1, D2, Dn) is provided, each of which has an atomizing nozzle, which nozzle-injects the aqueous urea solution into the exhaust gas train. In this case, the pressure existing in a common line for all metering units (D1, D2, Dn) can be determined by means of a pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: Hydraulik-Ring GmbH
    Inventors: Alexandre Branco, Heico Stegmann, Friedrich Zapf
  • Publication number: 20090229258
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-gas aftertreatment device, comprising a control unit (4) for controlling a diaphragm pump (2) that draws a urea/water solution out of a circuit and pumps it, via a pressure filter (3), to a metering unit comprising an atomizing nozzle for atomizing the urea/water solution into an exhaust-gas stream. In advantageous developments, the metering unit comprises a metering valve, including an atomizing nozzle, a pressure and temperature sensor, a heating means and a return baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Hydraulik-Ring GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Heico Stegmann, Andreas Lannig, Klaus Lang, Christian Schmidt, Alexandre Branco
  • Publication number: 20080178580
    Abstract: The invention relates to a volume quantity dispensing unit, in particular as a unit for metering an aqueous solution such as a urea/water solution, which can be used in an exhaust gas aftertreatment unit (17), comprising a pressure transducer (1), in particular comprising an electric pressure sensor, the volume quantity dispensing of the volume quantity dispensing unit following an electric signal (2) and the volume quantity dispensing unit being calibrated. There is provided at least one means (3) for changing a pressure value (4), which means changes the pressure value (4) in such a way that the pressure value (4), which is intended to correspond to the pressure in the volume quantity dispensing unit, is an input signal for a volume quantity (5) to be dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Hydraulik-Ring GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Zapf, Thorsten Pelz, Heico Stegmann