Patents by Inventor Josef GEROLD

Josef GEROLD 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).

  • Publication number: 20200063648
    Abstract: A supercharging device for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes: an exhaust-gas turbocharger having a turbine wheel that can be driven by exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and a first compressor wheel that can be driven by the turbine wheel, by which first compressor wheel air being supplied to the internal combustion engine is compressed; an electric compressor having an electric machine and a second compressor wheel that can be driven by the electric machine, by which second compressor wheel air being supplied to the internal combustion engine is compressed; and an overrun air recirculation device associated with the first compressor wheel, by which, when there is a reduction in load on the internal combustion engine, a portion of the air compressed by the first compressor wheel can be branched off at a first point arranged downstream of the first compressor wheel and can be fed back from the first point to a second point arranged upstream of the first compressor wheel, wh
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Josef GEROLD