Patents by Inventor Jan Velthuis

Jan Velthuis 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: 11333276
    Abstract: A clamp element, in particular a band clamp, has a first end portion and a second end portion which are arranged at a distance with respect to one another. A first element engages on the first end portion and a second element engages on the second end portion. The elements are or can be brought into engagement with one another by an engagement portion, and the engagement portion is formed between the end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Velthuis
  • Patent number: 11193498
    Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger includes at least three connections for respective lines. The at least three connections are arranged on the same side of the turbocharger. The turbocharger is designed in such a manner that the lines can be mounted with a common screw to the at least three connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Sailer, Jan Velthuis
  • Patent number: 10808604
    Abstract: A drive system for driving a motor vehicle is provided. The drive system includes a first turbocharger, a second turbocharger, and an internal combustion engine. The first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are, for the drive of the motor vehicle, operatively connected to the internal combustion engine. The first turbocharger and the second turbocharger are, in a height direction of a crankcase of the internal combustion engine, arranged one above the other in a defined corridor adjacent to the crankcase. The invention also provides a motor vehicle including the drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Sailer, Jan Velthuis
  • Patent number: 9963983
    Abstract: A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having a housing, an impeller arranged in the housing interior having an impeller shaft and being mounted in a bearing block, and an intermediate element between the impeller and the bearing block. The housing includes at least one flow channel for feeding or discharging a fluid to or from the impeller, and the intermediate element includes a wall section that delimits a least a section of at least one of the flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Jan Velthuis
  • Patent number: 8869525
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2) and having a manifold section (3) which is connected to the turbine housing (2), wherein the turbine housing (2) and the manifold section (3) are formed as a single-piece cast part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Lingenauber, Patrick Steingass, Jan Velthuis
  • Publication number: 20110171017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine housing (2) and having a mani-fold section (3) which is connected to the turbine housing (2), wherein the turbine housing (2) and the manifold section (3) are formed as a single-piece cast part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: BorgWarner Inc., Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Lingenauber, Patrick Steingass, Jan Velthuis
  • Publication number: 20100232955
    Abstract: A housing for a radial compressor is comprised of at least two housing parts manufactured of plastic material for receiving a compressor wheel and for forming a spiral-shaped compressor passage, wherein into the housing between compressor wheel receptacle and compressor passage an annular space is introduced that annularly surrounds the compressor wheel and into which a stabilization element is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Hedwig Schick, Stephan Wild, Jan Velthuis
  • Patent number: 7540151
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and at least two exhaust gas turbocharger devices. At least one outlet valve is assigned to an exhaust gas turbocharger device of each cylinder of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that the exhaust gas duct assigned to this outlet valve is connected to the turbine wheel of the exhaust gas turbocharger device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Boehm, Jan Velthuis, Jan Tribulowski, Werner Verdoorn
  • Publication number: 20070130948
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine and at least two exhaust gas turbocharger devices. At least one outlet valve is assigned to an exhaust gas turbocharger device of each cylinder of the internal combustion engine in such a manner that the exhaust gas duct assigned to this outlet valve is connected to the turbine wheel of the exhaust gas turbocharger device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Boehm, Jan Velthuis, Jan Tribulowski, Werner Verdoorn