Patents by Inventor Johannes Alber

Johannes Alber 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: 11813569
    Abstract: An exhaust muffler has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, as well as a catalytic converter which, in the flow direction, is disposed between the exhaust inlet and the exhaust outlet. The catalytic converter has at least one throughflow body which includes at least one wire body. At least one first component region of the throughflow body is coated with a catalytically functioning coating. The throughflow body moreover has a second component region which in terms of volume has a smaller quantity of catalytically functioning coating than the first component region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Niels Kunert, Dietmar Widmann, Martin Christoph Arenz, Michael Dietenberger, Johannes Alber, Jan-Eilert Kueper, Marcus Bonifer, Hans Hildenbrand
  • Patent number: 11713738
    Abstract: A fuel feed unit has a base body with an intake channel section, into which a fuel opening opens. A partition wall section divides the intake channel section into a mixture channel and an air channel. The wall section has a recess in which the throttle flap at least partially lies in an end position. The wall section has, upstream of the recess, a continuous surface facing the mixture channel and which has lateral sections adjacent to the channel wall and a middle section running between the lateral sections. The lateral sections have, upstream of the throttle flap, a separation edge for the flow. In the end position, the side of the throttle flap facing the mixture channel defines a reference plane which divides the unit into a first region and a second region. The lateral sections extend, at least directly upstream of the recess, into the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Grether, Johannes Alber, Michael Raffenberg, Hannes Frank
  • Publication number: 20230013645
    Abstract: A fuel feed unit has a base body with an intake channel section, into which a fuel opening opens. A partition wall section divides the intake channel section into a mixture channel and an air channel. The wall section has a recess in which the throttle flap at least partially lies in an end position. The wall section has, upstream of the recess, a continuous surface facing the mixture channel and which has lateral sections adjacent to the channel wall and a middle section running between the lateral sections. The lateral sections have, upstream of the throttle flap, a separation edge for the flow. In the end position, the side of the throttle flap facing the mixture channel defines a reference plane which divides the unit into a first region and a second region. The lateral sections extend, at least directly upstream of the recess, into the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Grether, Johannes Alber, Michael Raffenberg, Hannes Frank
  • Patent number: 11549458
    Abstract: A method for operating the two stroke engine provides that the fuel valve is controlled after the starting process in at least a quasi-steady state such that, on the basis of uninterruptedly successive blocks of successive revolutions of the crankshaft, the fuel valve is opened and closed exactly once within each block. Each block includes from two to twenty revolutions of the crankshaft. The fuel valve is opened over a crankshaft angle (?) of more than 360° within one block in at least one operating state. A control device is provided for controlling the fuel valve. A quasi-steady state of the two stroke engine is a state in which the throttle element is adjusted by less than 10% of the maximum adjustment of the throttle element over a crankshaft angle (?) of 360°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Geyer, Johannes Alber, Johann-Sebastian Renz
  • Publication number: 20220305440
    Abstract: An exhaust muffler has an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, as well as a catalytic converter which, in the flow direction, is disposed between the exhaust inlet and the exhaust outlet. The catalytic converter has at least one throughflow body which includes at least one wire body. At least one first component region of the throughflow body is coated with a catalytically functioning coating. The throughflow body moreover has a second component region which in terms of volume has a smaller quantity of catalytically functioning coating than the first component region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Niels Kunert, Dietmar Widmann, Martin Christoph Arenz, Michael Dietenberger, Johannes Alber, Jan-Eilert Kueper, Marcus Bonifer, Hans Hildenbrand
  • Publication number: 20220136453
    Abstract: A method for operating the two stroke engine provides that the fuel valve is controlled after the starting process in at least a quasi-steady state such that, on the basis of uninterruptedly successive blocks of successive revolutions of the crankshaft, the fuel valve is opened and closed exactly once within each block. Each block includes from two to twenty revolutions of the crankshaft. The fuel valve is opened over a crankshaft angle (?) of more than 360° within one block in at least one operating state. A control device is provided for controlling the fuel valve. A quasi-steady state of the two stroke engine is a state in which the throttle element is adjusted by less than 10% of the maximum adjustment of the throttle element over a crankshaft angle (?) of 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Klaus Geyer, Johannes Alber, Johann-Sebastian Renz