Patents by Inventor Helmut Matthias Kindl

Helmut Matthias Kindl 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: 11428131
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a resonator of an exhaust system. In one example, the resonator is a quarter wave resonator with a diaphragm configured to provide pulsations during low-end engine torque conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Frank Wunderlich, Michael Forsting, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Andreas Kuske, Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Patent number: 11391229
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating an engine with an electrically heated catalyst and an electrically driven compressor are described. In one example, the electrically driven compressor and the electrically heated catalyst are activated before an engine start so that vehicle emissions may be reduced more efficiently at engine starting and thereafter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Cox, Themi Petridis, David Hesketh, Mario Balenovic, Helmut Matthias Kindl
  • Patent number: 11333109
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a heating device. In one example, a system comprises a heat exchanger and an air filter arranged in a common housing, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to receive coolant from a heating device. In one example, the heating device is an electric heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Helmut Matthias Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Andreas Kuske, Hanno Friederichs, Guenter Hans Grosch, Michael Forsting, Frank Wunderlich, Hans Guenter Quix, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Publication number: 20220010742
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating an engine with an electrically heated catalyst and an electrically driven compressor are described. In one example, the electrically driven compressor and the electrically heated catalyst are activated before an engine start so that vehicle emissions may be reduced more efficiently at engine starting and thereafter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: David Cox, Themi Petridis, David Hesketh, Mario Balenovic, Helmut Matthias Kindl
  • Patent number: 11220941
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an aftertreatment system. In one example, a method comprises regenerating a NOx trap during an engine shut-down event. The method further comprises reversing a direction of flow of a gas through a HP-EGR passage during the regenerating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Christoph Boerensen, Frank Wunderlich, Michael Forsting, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Vanco Smiljanovski, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Patent number: 11208971
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a condensation mitigation device. In one example, a system may include a vortex generator arranged in a flow channel of a compressor along with a condensate collection device configured to direct condensate away from compressor blades of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Frank Wunderlich, Frank Kraemer, Lutz Henkelmann
  • Patent number: 11111834
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a mixing chamber in a turbine. In one example, a system comprises a mixing chamber integrally formed within a turbine with an injector positioned to inject reductant directly into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Frank Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 11060435
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas system. In one example, a system comprises a conical passage fluidly coupling a turbine outlet to an aftertreatment device. The conical passage may further comprise a scavenge valve to adjust exhaust gas flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Andreas Kuske, Frank Wunderlich, Frank Kraemer, Franz J. Brinkmann, Lutz Henkelmann, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Publication number: 20210199033
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a resonator of an exhaust system. In one example, the resonator is a quarter wave resonator with a diaphragm configured to provide pulsations during low-end engine torque conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Frank Wunderlich, Michael Forsting, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Andreas Kuske, Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Patent number: 11047348
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust-gas arrangement. In one example, a system may include a barrier dividing an intake passage into first and second portions to mitigate exhaust-gas recirculate mixing with charge air upstream of a compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Andreas Kuske, Hanno Friederichs, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Frank Kraemer, Frank Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 10934945
    Abstract: Methods and system are provided for a flap valve having a sealing element. In one example, a system include a front side of the flap valve having a first sealing element and a back side of the flap valve having a second sealing element, where the first sealing element and the second sealing element are located along a circumferential edge of the flap valve and spaced away from its geometric center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Christian Winge Vigild, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs
  • Publication number: 20200340431
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a heating device. In one example, a system comprises a heat exchanger and an air filter arranged in a common housing, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to receive coolant from a heating device. In one example, the heating device is an electric heating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Helmut Matthias Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Andreas Kuske, Hanno Friederichs, Guenter Hans Grosch, Michael Forsting, Frank Wunderlich, Hans Guenter Quix, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Patent number: 10815873
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a supercharged, direct-injection internal combustion engine having an intake system for the supply of charge air and having an exhaust-gas discharge system for the discharge of exhaust gas and having at least two series-connected exhaust-gas turbochargers which each comprise a turbine arranged in the exhaust-gas discharge system and a compressor arranged in the intake system and of which a first exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a low-pressure stage and a second exhaust-gas turbocharger serves as a high-pressure stage, a first bypass line being provided which branches off from the exhaust-gas discharge system between the first turbine and the second turbine so as to form a first junction point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Michael Forsting, Hanno Friederichs, Vanco Smiljanovski, Andreas Kuske
  • Patent number: 10794336
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an EGR cooler having first and second coolant jackets fluidly coupled to first and second coolant systems, respectively. In one example, the first and second coolant jackets are hermetically sealed from one another. Furthermore, the second coolant jacket protrudes into a portion of an exhaust gas passage directly downstream of an exhaust aftertreatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Hans Guenter Quix, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Joerg Kemmerling, Vanco Smiljanovski, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs
  • Publication number: 20200284176
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an aftertreatment system. In one example, a method comprises regenerating a NOx trap during an engine shut-down event. The method further comprises reversing a direction of flow of a gas through a HP-EGR passage during the regenerating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Christoph Boerensen, Frank Wunderlich, Michael Forsting, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Vanco Smiljanovski, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Publication number: 20200224613
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a condensation mitigation device. In one example, a system may include a vortex generator arranged in a flow channel of a compressor along with a condensate collection device configured to direct condensate away from compressor blades of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Kuske, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Frank Wunderlich, Frank Kraemer, Lutz Henkelmann
  • Publication number: 20200149456
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas system. In one example, a system comprises a conical passage fluidly coupling a turbine outlet to an aftertreatment device. The conical passage may further comprise a scavenge valve to adjust exhaust gas flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Hanno Friederichs, Andreas Kuske, Frank Wunderlich, Frank Kraemer, Franz J. Brinkmann, Lutz Henkelmann, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff
  • Publication number: 20200123950
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a mixing chamber in a turbine. In one example, a system comprises a mixing chamber integrally formed within a turbine with an injector positioned to inject reductant directly into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg Kemmerling, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Hanno Friederichs, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Andreas Kuske, Frank Wunderlich
  • Patent number: 10612562
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a swirl generating device upstream of a compressor including a method, a system, and an apparatus for actuating the swirl generating device, which is located in a ring-shaped duct, adjust a swirl of air flowing through the ring-shaped duct to the compressor in response to engine operating conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Helmut Matthias Kindl, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Andreas Kuske, Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Franz J. Brinkmann, Frank Kraemer, Hanno Friederichs
  • Patent number: 10563566
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a coolant system. In one example, a method may include flowing coolant to an active cylinder during a cold-start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Franz J. Brinkmann, Vanco Smiljanovski, Joerg Kemmerling, Hans Guenter Quix, Volker Haupts, Helmut Matthias Kindl, Werner Willems