Patents by Inventor Heiko Beil

Heiko Beil 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: 20240410306
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust gas post-treatment device for an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas post-treatment device has an oxidation catalyst having a catalytic coating, a heating element upstream of the oxidation catalyst or a heating element provided with the catalytic coating with which heat energy can be introduced actively into the exhaust system at a heating point. The exhaust gas post-treatment device further has a dosing element with which a reducing agent can be introduced into the exhaust gas at an introduction point arranged downstream of the oxidation catalyst and has an SCR system arranged downstream of the introduction point. The method provides checking whether target temperatures have been reached in the exhaust gas system. If the target temperatures are fallen short of, the target temperatures can be reached within a defined period of time by using the heating element and by carrying out a post-injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Siegfried MUELLER, Michael HEINRICHSMEYER, Heiko BEIL, Christian Dominik LADWIG
  • Patent number: 12129780
    Abstract: A combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes an output shaft, an intake tract, an exhaust gas tract, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust gas tract, a heating element disposed in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element which is fluidically connected to the exhaust gas tract at a first connection point disposed downstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and at a second connection point disposed upstream of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Heiko Beil, Rene Ernst, Siegfried Mueller, Michael Heinrichsmeyer
  • Patent number: 12025042
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes an output shaft, an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust manifold, a heating element disposed in the exhaust manifold upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element that extends inside the exhaust gas turbocharger and through which a heating medium is flowable. Via the conduit element at least a part of the heating medium is guidable through the exhaust gas turbocharger from the intake manifold into the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Heiko Beil, Rene Ernst, Siegfried Mueller, Michael Heinrichsmeyer
  • Patent number: 11867107
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a drive shaft, an intake tract, an exhaust gas tract, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust gas tract, a heating element disposed in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element which is fluidically connected to the exhaust gas tract at a first connection point disposed downstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and at a second connection point disposed upstream of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Heiko Beil, Rene Ernst, Siegfried Mueller, Michael Heinrichsmeyer
  • Publication number: 20230287817
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes an output shaft, an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust manifold, a heating element disposed in the exhaust manifold upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element that extends inside the exhaust gas turbocharger and through which a heating medium is flowable. Via the conduit element at least a part of the heating medium is guidable through the exhaust gas turbocharger from the intake manifold into the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko BEIL, Rene ERNST, Siegfried MUELLER, Michael HEINRICHSMEYER
  • Publication number: 20230287818
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a drive shaft, an intake tract, an exhaust gas tract, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust gas tract, a heating element disposed in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element which is fluidically connected to the exhaust gas tract at a first connection point disposed downstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and at a second connection point disposed upstream of the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko BEIL, Rene ERNST, Siegfried MUELLER, Michael HEINRICHSMEYER
  • Publication number: 20230287819
    Abstract: A combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes an output shaft, an intake tract, an exhaust gas tract, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device disposed in the exhaust gas tract, a heating element disposed in the exhaust gas tract upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device, an electrically assisted exhaust gas turbocharger, and a conduit element which is fluidically connected to the exhaust gas tract at a first connection point disposed downstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device and at a second connection point disposed upstream of the heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Heiko BEIL, Rene ERNST, Siegfried MUELLER, Michael HEINRICHSMEYER
  • Patent number: 8793997
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine and a method of operation the internal combustion engine which includes a high pressure and a low pressure turbocharger having exhaust gas turbines arranged in series in an engine exhaust line provided with a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation line and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation line via which exhaust gas can be conducted to an inlet line of the engine, the arrangement is switchable depending on the engine speed between an exhaust gas recirculation by way of the high pressure line and an exhaust gas recirculation by way of both, the high pressure and the low pressure line, to achieve low emissions and low fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler, AG
    Inventors: Heiko Beil, Florian Wegenast
  • Publication number: 20120180479
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine and a method of operation the internal combustion engine which includes a high pressure and a low pressure turbocharger having exhaust gas turbines arranged in series in an engine exhaust line provided with a high pressure exhaust gas recirculation line and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation line via which exhaust gas can be conducted to an inlet line of the engine, the arrangement is switchable depending on the engine speed between an exhaust gas recirculation by way of the high pressure line and an exhaust gas recirculation by way of both, the high pressure and the low pressure line, to achieve low emissions and low fuel consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Heiko Beil, Florian Wegenast