Patents by Inventor Hubert Vollmer

Hubert Vollmer 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: 11490557
    Abstract: A sowing coulter for direct and/or mulch sowing includes a coulter body, a tear-open chisel fastened by a fastening device, and coulter blades laterally projecting from the tear-open chisel and provided with front cutting edges, which are arranged in order to create a sowing furrow in the ground. In order to change the penetration depth of the sowing coulter into the ground, the coulter blades are adjustable about a horizontal axis that extends transversely to the direction of travel, and that is fixable in different positions by way of an adjustment device arranged between the tear-open chisel and the coulter body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Victor Schwamm, Michael Troebner, Hubert Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20200045874
    Abstract: A chisel sowing coulter, for direct and/or mulch sowing, includes: a coulter body, a tear-open chisel fastened by a fastening device, and coulter blades laterally projecting from the tear-open chisel and provided with a front cutting edge, which are arranged in order to create a sowing furrow in the ground. In order to change the penetration depth of the sowing coulter into the ground, the coulter blades are adjustable about a horizontal axis that extends transversely to the direction of travel, and that is fixable in different positions by way of an adjustment device arranged between the tear-open chisel and the coulter body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Schwamm, Michael Troebner, Hubert Vollmer
  • Patent number: 8733329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system, which comprises an exhaust gas line by means of which the exhaust gas can be removed from the internal combustion engine, as well as an exhaust gas recirculation line by means of which the exhaust gas can be recirculated into the internal combustion engine from the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas recirculation line has an exhaust gas cooler and a condensate line for removing the condensate from the recirculated exhaust gas, wherein the condensate line is connected with a first end to the exhaust gas recirculation line downstream of the exhaust gas cooler in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas and with a second end to the exhaust gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Uwe Sailer, Hubert Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20110302918
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle with a combustion engine (10), from which exhaust gas is conducted to a turbine (16) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (18), wherein exhaust gas can be diverted in flow direction of the exhaust gas upstream and downstream of the turbine (16) at respective withdrawal points (30, 32) and routed via a respective pipe system (34, 36) to an intake tract (38) for the combustion engine (10). It is hereby possible to cool exhaust gas routed into the intake tract (38) in a particularly simple manner and/or to adjust an amount of exhaust gas routed into the intake tract (38) in a particularly simple manner. The invention also relates to a method of operating a combustion engine (10) of such a motor vehicle, which method also allows to cool exhaust gas routed into the intake tract (38) in a simple manner and/or to adjust an amount of exhaust gas routed into the intake tract (38) in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Hubert Vollmer, Jörg Riegner, Thomas Hentschel, Dirk Schlösser
  • Publication number: 20110232613
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system with an exhaust gas line by means of which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine can be discharged, and an exhaust gas recirculation line by means of which exhaust gas from the exhaust gas line can be recirculated to an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine. In the exhaust gas recirculation line, there is an exhaust gas cooler which can move relative to the internal combustion engine. Due to the relative mobility, the exhaust gas cooler can be located at a distance from the internal combustion engine so that direct delivery of heat from the internal combustion engine into the exhaust gas cooler is avoided. This improves the cooling performance of the exhaust gas cooler and enables the use of less heat-resistant materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Uwe Sailer, Hubert Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20110225959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas system, which comprises an exhaust gas line by means of which the exhaust gas can be removed from the internal combustion engine, as well as an exhaust gas recirculation line by means of which the exhaust gas can be recirculated into the internal combustion engine from the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas recirculation line has an exhaust gas cooler and a condensate line for removing the condensate from the recirculated exhaust gas, wherein the condensate line is connected with a first end to the exhaust gas recirculation line downstream of the exhaust gas cooler in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas and with a second end to the exhaust gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Uwe Sailer, Hubert Vollmer
  • Patent number: 6916357
    Abstract: Granular ore or ore concentrate is charged into a furnace for calcining the ore at temperatures of 400 to 1050° C., the ore forming a stationary fluidized bed in the furnace. The ore is thrown onto the fluidized bed through an opening in the furnace housing disposed above the fluidized bed, the ore being accelerated by blades of a rotating impeller. The impeller is disposed outside the furnace in the vicinity of the opening of the housing. Preferably, the rotational speed of the impeller is variable, and the impeller is movable and/or pivotable with respect to the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Ströder, Horst Zingrebe, Hubert Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20040060392
    Abstract: Granular ore or ore concentrate is charged into a furnace for calcining the ore at temperatures of 400 to 1050° C., the ore forming a stationary fluidized bed in the furnace. The ore is thrown onto the fluidized bed through an opening in the furnace housing disposed above the fluidized bed, the ore being accelerated by blades of a rotating impeller. The impeller is disposed outside the furnace in the vicinity of the opening of the housing. Preferably, the rotational speed of the impeller is variable, and the impeller is movable and/or pivotable with respect to the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Stroder, Horst Zingrebe, Hubert Vollmer
  • Patent number: 3988428
    Abstract: Sulfur dioxide is formed by the combustion of elemental sulfur in two distinct stages wherein oxygen-containing gas in a quantity which is initially less than that stoichiometrically required for total combustion of the sulfur to sulfur dioxide and the sulfur-dioxide gases and residual elemental sulfur are thereupon passed through a heat exchanger and subjected to an afterburning with additional quantities of oxygen-containing gas. 70% to 95% of the total oxygen required for combustion of sulfur is supplied in the initial or combustion stage and the remainder (i.e. 30 to 5%) is supplied in the afterburning stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Dorr, Siegfried Bielz, Dan Constantinescu, Hubert Vollmer, Rudolf Beuchelt, Hans Guth, Peter Reher, Herman Wieschen