Patents by Inventor Ingo Bitzer

Ingo Bitzer 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).

  • Valve element for charge-pressure regulation in an exhaust-gas turbocharger
    Patent number: 10302010
    Abstract: Valve element for an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a spindle which has a longitudinal extent, a lever which extends from the spindle laterally in relation to the longitudinal extent of said spindle and which has a through opening, a valve flap plate, a substantially disc-shaped fastening element, and a shank which extends through the through opening and which connects the valve flap plate to the fastening element, wherein the valve flap plate and the fastening element are connected to one another by way of a shank extending through the through opening of the lever, and wherein a spring element is provided for generating a preload between shank and lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FEINGUSS BLANK GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Diemer, Ingo Bitzer
  • VALVE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170248071
    Abstract: Valve element for an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a spindle which has a longitudinal extent, a lever which extends from the spindle laterally in relation to the longitudinal extent of said spindle and which has a through opening, a valve flap plate, a substantially disc-shaped fastening element, and a shank which extends through the through opening and which connects the valve flap plate to the fastening element, wherein the valve flap plate and the fastening element are connected to one another by way of a shank extending through the through opening of the lever, and wherein a spring element is provided for generating a preload between shank and lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Reinhard Diemer, Ingo Bitzer
  • Tufting gripper with spring-biased support of an insert
    Patent number: 8302546
    Abstract: A tufting gripper (16) comprises a pocket (26) with an insert (25) that is associated with a spring means (34) in order to at least temporarily clamp and secure said insert in place in the pocket in a prespecified position. The spring means (34) pushes the insert (25) preferably in the direction of the tip of the gripper and creates a particularly smooth transition at this location between the base body (19) of the tufting gripper (16) and the insert (25), in particular the tip (33) of said insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Ingo Bitzer, Andreas Englmeier
  • TUFTING GRIPPER WITH SPRING-BIASED SUPPORT OF AN INSERT
    Publication number: 20120024209
    Abstract: A tufting gripper (16) comprises a pocket (26) with an insert (25) that is associated with a spring means (34) in order to at least temporarily clamp and secure said insert in place in the pocket in a prespecified position. The spring means (34) pushes the insert (25) preferably in the direction of the tip of the gripper and creates a particularly smooth transition at this location between the base body (19) of the tufting gripper (16) and the insert (25), in particular the tip (33) of said insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Ingo Bitzer, Andreas Englmeier