Patents by Inventor Josef THALHAUSER
Josef THALHAUSER 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).
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Patent number: 11959431Abstract: An internal combustion engine with an open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein at least one combustion chamber (3) of the internal combustion engine (1) is designed to burn a fuel-air mixture using at least one combustion parameters that can be influenced by the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2) has an emission control loop that is configured to actuate the at least one actuator that influences the at least one combustion parameter as a substitute parameter for NOx emissions by means of a functional relationship in such way that at last one combustion parameter can be set for each target or actual power rating of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein the functional relationship takes account of an influence of a change of the exhaust backpressure (p3?) affecting at least one combustion chamber (3).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Douglas Keith, Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra
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Publication number: 20230313753Abstract: An internal combustion engine with an open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein at least one combustion chamber (3) of the internal combustion engine (1) is designed to burn a fuel-air mixture using at least one combustion parameters that can be influenced by the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2) has an emission control loop that is configured to actuate the at least one actuator that influences the at least one combustion parameter as a substitute parameter for NOx emissions by means of a functional relationship in such way that at last one combustion parameter can be set for each target or actual power rating of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein the functional relationship takes account of an influence of a change of the exhaust backpressure (p3’) affecting at least one combustion chamber (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Douglas Keith, Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra
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Patent number: 11767801Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) operating in cycles, having: a plurality of piston-cylinder units (2), wherein each piston-cylinder unit (2) of the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) is assigned an ignition device (3) which can be controlled regarding activation and selection of an ignition timing by an engine control (4), wherein a piston-cylinder unit (2), when the ignition device (3) is activated, produces a power by combustion of a gas-air mixture, which can be transmitted as a torque to a crankshaft (5) of the internal combustion engine (1) an intake stroke (6) and an exhaust stroke (7), each coupled to the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) a supply device (8) for supplying a gas-air mixture under a boost pressure to the intake stroke (6) a signal detection device (9) for acquiring at least one signal which represents a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) or from which a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) can be calculated an engine control (4) for actuating aType: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Johannes Huber, Tobias Keller, Josef Thalhauser, Stefan Koeberl
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Publication number: 20230175453Abstract: An internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, at least one fuel delivery line for the delivery of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, and at least one differential pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the at least one fuel delivery line. The at least one differential pressure control valve is configured to perform a valve opening or valve closing movement based on a pressure difference between the at least one fuel delivery line and a reference volume having a reference pressure. The internal combustion engine further includes at least one pressure relief valve, separate from the at least one differential pressure control valve, and configured to open to cause a pressure relief in the reference volume and a decrease in the reference pressure if a drop occurs in the power to be performed by the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Alexander Mairhofer, Johannes Huber, Josef Thalhauser, Matthias Grotz, Michael Franz Litzlfellner, Alexander Gasteiger, Michael Perktold
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Publication number: 20230141267Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) operating in cycles, having: a plurality of piston-cylinder units (2), wherein each piston-cylinder unit (2) of the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) is assigned an ignition device (3) which can be controlled regarding activation and selection of an ignition timing by an engine control (4), wherein a piston-cylinder unit (2), when the ignition device (3) is activated, produces a power by combustion of a gas-air mixture, which can be transmitted as a torque to a crankshaft (5) of the internal combustion engine (1) an intake stroke (6) and an exhaust stroke (7), each coupled to the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) a supply device (8) for supplying a gas-air mixture under a boost pressure to the intake stroke (6) a signal detection device (9) for acquiring at least one signal which represents a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) or from which a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) can be calculated an engine control (4) for actuating aType: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Johannes Huber, Tobias Keller, Josef Thalhauser, Stefan Koeberl
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Patent number: 11572847Abstract: An internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, at least one fuel delivery line for the delivery of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, and at least one differential pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the at least one fuel delivery line. The at least one differential pressure control valve is configured to perform a valve opening or valve closing movement based on a pressure difference between the at least one fuel delivery line and a reference volume having a reference pressure. The internal combustion engine further includes at least one pressure relief valve, separate from the at least one differential pressure control valve, and configured to open to cause a pressure relief in the reference volume and a decrease in the reference pressure if a drop occurs in the power to be performed by the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Alexander Mairhofer, Johannes Huber, Josef Thalhauser, Matthias Grotz, Michael Franz Litzlfellner, Alexander Gasteiger, Michael Perktold
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Patent number: 11566576Abstract: An internal combustion engine with an open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein at least one combustion chamber (3) of the internal combustion engine (1) is designed to burn a fuel-air mixture using at least one combustion parameters that can be influenced by the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2) has an emission control loop that is configured to actuate the at least one actuator that influences the at least one combustion parameter as a substitute parameter for NOx emissions by means of a functional relationship in such way that at last one combustion parameter can be set for each target or actual power rating of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein the functional relationship takes account of an influence of a change of the exhaust backpressure (p3?) affecting at least one combustion chamber (3).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Douglas Keith, Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra
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Patent number: 11536210Abstract: An internal combustion engine (1) operating in cycles, having: a plurality of piston-cylinder units (2), wherein each piston-cylinder unit (2) of the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) is assigned an ignition device (3) which can be controlled regarding activation and selection of an ignition timing by an engine control (4), wherein a piston-cylinder unit (2), when the ignition device (3) is activated, produces a power by combustion of a gas-air mixture, which can be transmitted as a torque to a crankshaft (5) of the internal combustion engine (1) an intake stroke (6) and an exhaust stroke (7), each coupled to the plurality of piston-cylinder units (2) a supply device (8) for supplying a gas-air mixture under a boost pressure to the intake stroke (6) a signal detection device (9) for acquiring at least one signal which represents a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) or from which a power demand on the internal combustion engine (1) can be calculated an engine control (4) for actuating aType: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Johannes Huber, Tobias Keller, Josef Thalhauser, Stefan Koeberl
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Publication number: 20220333539Abstract: An internal combustion engine having an engine control configured to operate in first and second operating modes. The first operating mode is configured to leave as many ignition devices deactivated per cycle in dependence on the currently present power demand. The second operating mode is configured to reduce a risk of deflagration due to unburned gas-air mixture present in an exhaust stroke. After a first number (N1) of cycles, for a second number (N2) of cycles, the second operating mode has more piston-cylinder units produce power per cycle than required for the currently present power demand. After the second number (N2) of cycles, for a third number (N3) of cycles, in dependence on a currently present power demand per cycle, the second operating mode has so many piston-cylinder units produce power that this results in a torque of the crankshaft adapted to the currently present power demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Johannes Huber, Tobias Keller, Josef Thalhauser, Stefan Koeberl
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Publication number: 20220178323Abstract: An internal combustion engine with an open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein at least one combustion chamber (3) of the internal combustion engine (1) is designed to burn a fuel-air mixture using at least one combustion parameters that can be influenced by the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2), wherein the open-loop or closed-loop control device (2) has an emission control loop that is configured to actuate the at least one actuator that influences the at least one combustion parameter as a substitute parameter for NOx emissions by means of a functional relationship in such way that at last one combustion parameter can be set for each target or actual power rating of the internal combustion engine (1), wherein the functional relationship takes account of an influence of a change of the exhaust backpressure (p3?) affecting at least one combustion chamber (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Douglas Keith, Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra
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Publication number: 20220154665Abstract: An internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, at least one fuel delivery line for the delivery of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, and at least one differential pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the at least one fuel delivery line. The at least one differential pressure control valve is configured to perform a valve opening or valve closing movement based on a pressure difference between the at least one fuel delivery line and a reference volume having a reference pressure. The internal combustion engine further includes at least one pressure relief valve, separate from the at least one differential pressure control valve, and configured to open to cause a pressure relief in the reference volume and a decrease in the reference pressure if a drop occurs in the power to be performed by the internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Alexander Mairhofer, Johannes Huber, Josef Thalhauser, Matthias Grotz, Michael Franz Litzlfellner, Alexander Gasteiger, Michael Perktold
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Patent number: 10941712Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a regulating device, whereby a fuel-air mixture is burned in the internal combustion engine with a combustion air ratio controllable by the regulating device, whereby the regulating device comprises an emission control loop, which is designed to control the charge-air pressure as a substitute variable for the NOx emission by the actuators influencing the charge-air pressure via a functional relationship, such that, for each target power or actual power of the internal combustion engine, a charge-air pressure target value can be set, and whereby the internal combustion engine further comprises a variable valve train, by means of which an operating characteristic of at least one inlet valve can be varied, whereby the functional relationship takes into account the influence of an adjustment of the operating characteristic of the at least one inlet valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: INNIO JENBACHER GMBH & CO OGInventors: Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra, Ettore Musu
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Patent number: 10858988Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising at least one turbo charger, which comprises a compressor, at least one bypass valve, through which the compressor can be bypassed by at least a partial stream of air or an air-fuel mixture, and a control unit is provided. The control unit is configured to open or closed loop control the bypass valve. As such, the control unit is configured to at least partially open the at least one bypass valve and keep the at least one bypass valve open during a start of the internal combustion engine. The control unit is also configured to keep the at least one bypass valve open until an engine parameter of the internal combustion engine satisfies a predetermined startup criterion.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra, Georg Arnold
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Patent number: 10837351Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine whereby, in a piston-cylinder unit provided with a prechamber, the quantity of propellant gas supplied to the prechamber is adjusted to regulate the operating characteristics of an inlet and/or outlet valve of the piston-cylinder unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Josef Thalhauser, Nikolaus Spyra, Ettore Musu
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Patent number: 10794302Abstract: A method for a knock control for an internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, which is assigned to at least one intake valve, when knocking occurs in at least one cylinder by actuation of the intake valve associated with the cylinder detected as knocking, in such a way that the temperature of the charge of the cylinder detected as knocking is reduced, the knocking in the cylinder is reduced, on actuating the intake valve associated with the cylinder detected as knocking, a cylinder-specific and/or a global measure for power compensation of the internal combustion engine is performed.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Nikolaus Spyra, Josef Thalhauser, Christian Thorsten Trapp, Georg Tinschmann
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Patent number: 10724494Abstract: Internal combustion engine with a regulating device and at least one ignition device for igniting a fuel-air mixture in a piston/cylinder unit, whereby on the outlet side of the piston-cylinder unit, a turbocharger and a wastegate are provided, whereby via the wastegate an exhaust-gas turbine of the turbocharger can be flowed through, and whereby the exhaust-gas turbine drives a compressor arranged on the intake side of the piston-cylinder unit, whereby the regulating device, on detecting a predefined triggering condition, performs an adjustment of the ignition time and the opening degree of the wastegate, such that that the overall efficiency of the internal combustion engine is optimized, whereby the ignition time of the ignition device is brought by the regulating device to the optimal overall efficiency, and the opening degree of the wastegate is changed to provide the required output power of the internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OGInventors: Herbert Kopecek, Nikolaus Spyra, Josef Thalhauser
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Patent number: 10673363Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine, wherein a fuel-air mixture is burnt in the internal combustion engine and the internal combustion engine drives a generator, wherein the generator is connected to a power supply network and delivers power to the power supply network and wherein upon or after detection of a dynamic network fault by which the power delivery of the generator into the power supply network is reduced acceleration of the internal combustion engine is prevented or limited, wherein upon or after the detection of the network fault in the power supply network the fuel feed to the internal combustion engine is increased.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: GE Jenbacher GmbH CO OGInventors: Johann Hirzinger-Unterrainer, Uwe Liebscher, Herbert Schaumberger, Josef Thalhauser
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Publication number: 20190257242Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising at least one turbo charger, which comprises a compressor, at least one bypass valve, through which the compressor can be bypassed by at least a partial stream of air or an air-fuel mixture, and a control unit is provided. The control unit is configured to open or closed loop control the bypass valve. As such, the control unit is configured to at least partially open the at least one bypass valve and keep the at least one bypass valve open during a start of the internal combustion engine. The control unit is also configured to keep the at least one bypass valve open until an engine parameter of the internal combustion engine satisfies a predetermined startup criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Josef THALHAUSER, Nikolaus SPYRA, Georg ARNOLD
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Publication number: 20180355805Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a regulating device, whereby a fuel-air mixture is burned in the internal combustion engine with a combustion air ratio controllable by the regulating device, whereby the regulating device comprises an emission control loop, which is designed to control the charge-air pressure as a substitute variable for the NOx emission by the actuators influencing the charge-air pressure via a functional relationship, such that, for each target power or actual power of the internal combustion engine, a charge-air pressure target value can be set, and whereby the internal combustion engine further comprises a variable valve train, by means of which an operating characteristic of at least one inlet valve can be varied, whereby the functional relationship takes into account the influence of an adjustment of the operating characteristic of the at least one inlet valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: GE Jenbacher GmbH & CO OGInventors: Josef THALHAUSER, Nikolaus SPYRA, Ettore MUSU
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Publication number: 20180252150Abstract: A method for controlling an internal combustion engine whereby, in a piston-cylinder unit provided with a prechamber, the quantity of propellant gas supplied to the prechamber is adjusted to regulate the operating characteristics of an inlet and/or outlet valve of the piston-cylinder unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Josef THALHAUSER, Nikolaus SPYRA, Ettore MUSU