Patents by Inventor Klaus Bartholomä

Klaus Bartholomä 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: 10954963
    Abstract: A turbocharger, has a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium. The turbine includes a turbine housing and a turbine rotor. The compressor includes a compressor housing and a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing is arranged between the compressor and turbine housings in which the shaft is mounted. The turbine and bearing housings are connected via a fastening device mounted on a flange of the turbine housing with a first section and a second section that covers a flange of the bearing housing at least in sections. The fastening device is contoured curved on a surface of the second section facing the flange of the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Tobias Weisbrod, Jirí Klima, David Jerabek, Jan-Christoph Haag, Santiago Uhlenbrock, Stefan Rost, Klaus Bartholomä
  • Patent number: 10920718
    Abstract: A turbo compressor of an exhaust gas recirculation of an internal combustion engine, with a compressor housing, a compressor rotor, a shaft that is coupled to the compressor rotor and mounted in the compressor housing, a piston ring seal to prevent an exhaust gas blow-by flow in the direction of bearings, and a labyrinth seal, which seen in the direction of the exhaust gas blow-by flow, is positioned upstream of the piston ring seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Jiri Klima, Ondrej Tomek, Klaus Bartholomä
  • Patent number: 10746053
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine and compressor housing connected to a bearing housing. An inflow housing of the turbine and bearing housing are connected via a fastening device mounted to a flange of the inflow housing with a first section and partially overlaps a flange of the bearing housing with a second section. Between the inflow housing and the bearing housing, flanges of a nozzle ring and of a sealing cover are clamped. Adjoining surfaces contacting one another in a region of a first, second, and/or a third contact clamping region are hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Klaus Bartholomä, Santiago Uhlenbrock, Jan-Christoph Haag, Jirí Klíma, Tobias Weisbrod
  • Publication number: 20200025075
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine for expanding a first medium having a turbine housing and a turbine rotor, a compressor for compressing a second medium utilising energy extracted in the turbine during expansion of the first medium having a compressor housing and a compressor rotor. A temperature of the first medium that is to be expanded or is expanded is lower than a temperature of the second medium that is to be compressed or is compressed. The turbine rotor and the compressor rotor are directly connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph HAAG, Lutz Aurahs, Christoph Heinz, Klaus Bartholomä
  • Publication number: 20190360522
    Abstract: A device for air supply of a fuel cell operated with hydrogen, via a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The compressor is drive-effectively connected to a turbine of the turbocharger that can be driven by an exhaust gas flow of the fuel cell via a shaft and the turbocharger, is drive-effectively connected to a motor via the shaft. The mounting of the shaft of the turbocharger is formed by a gas or air-lubricated mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph HAAG, Lutz AURAHS, Christoph HEINZ, Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ
  • Publication number: 20190363380
    Abstract: A device for the air supply of a fuel cell operated with hydrogen, via a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The compressor is drive-effectively connected to a turbine of the turbocharger that can be driven by exhaust gas flow of the fuel cell via a shaft and also drive-effectively connected to a motor via a shaft. The compressor is connected to the fuel cell via an air supply duct for supplying compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph Haag, Lutz Aurahs, Christoph Heinz, Klaus Bartholomä
  • Publication number: 20190363381
    Abstract: A device for the air supply of a fuel cell via two compressor stages, designed with a first compressor of a turbocharger that is drive-effectively connected to a turbine of the turbocharger that can be driven by an exhaust gas flow of the fuel cell, and a supply air supply of the first compressor is connected to the second compressor via an air passage for supplying air compressed by the second compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph HAAG, Lutz Aurahs, Christoph Heinz, Klaus Bartholomä
  • Publication number: 20190338732
    Abstract: A turbo compressor of an exhaust gas recirculation of an internal combustion engine, with a compressor housing, a compressor rotor, a shaft that is coupled to the compressor rotor and mounted in the compressor housing, a piston ring seal to prevent an exhaust gas blow-by flow in the direction of bearings, and a labyrinth seal, which seen in the direction of the exhaust gas blow-by flow, is positioned upstream of the piston ring seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jiri KLIMA, Ondrej TOMEK, Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ
  • Publication number: 20190316514
    Abstract: A supercharging device for an internal combustion engine having a compressor that is driven by an electric motor for supercharging the internal combustion engine with air via an air feed passage, and an electric energy accumulator, which is fed with electric energy via a first power generator that is driven by the internal combustion engine. The energy supply the electric motor is connected to electric energy stored in the energy accumulator to drive the compressor independently of a current operating point on a power curve of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jan-Christoph HAAG, Lutz AURAHS, Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ
  • Publication number: 20190293080
    Abstract: A turbo compressor, with a shaft mounted in a housing to drive a compressor rotor and an electric motor, which drives the shaft. Bearings, via which the shaft is mounted in the housing, are designed as sliding bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jirí Klíma, Klaus Bartholomä, Ondrej Tomek
  • Publication number: 20190186388
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation blower of an internal combustion engine, with a stator and a rotor. Assemblies of the stator and the rotor, which serve for conducting exhaust gas, consist of a material that is corrosion-resistant and erosion-resistant when exposed to an acidic atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ, Ondrej TOMEK, Jirí KLÍMA
  • Publication number: 20190072002
    Abstract: A turbocharger, with a turbine and compressor housing connected to a bearing housing. An inflow housing of the turbine and bearing housing are connected via a fastening device mounted to a flange of the inflow housing with a first section and partially overlaps a flange of the bearing housing with a second section. Between the inflow housing and the bearing housing, flanges of a nozzle ring and of a sealing cover are clamped. Adjoining surfaces contacting one another in a region of a first, second, and/or a third contact clamping region are hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ, Santiago Uhlenbrock, Jan-Christoph Haag, Jirí Klíma, Tobias Weisbrod
  • Publication number: 20180087531
    Abstract: A turbocharger, has a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium. The turbine includes a turbine housing and a turbine rotor. The compressor includes a compressor housing and a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. A bearing housing is arranged between the compressor and turbine housings in which the shaft is mounted. The turbine and bearing housings are connected via a fastening device mounted on a flange of the turbine housing with a first section and a second section that covers a flange of the bearing housing at least in sections. The fastening device is contoured curved on a surface of the second section facing the flange of the bearing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Tobias WEISBROD, Jirí KLIMA, David JERABEK, Jan-Christoph HAAG, Santiago UHLENBROCK, Stefan ROST, Klaus BARTHOLOMÄ
  • Patent number: 6638007
    Abstract: A compressor casing with a volute-shaped flow duct is fastened by means of a rigid fixing arrangement to the bearing casing of the turbomachine, with simple and low-cost means in such a way that the emergence of fragments of a burst compressor impeller from the compressor casing can be prevented. The compressor casing has an outer spiral casing, which surrounds a duct section of the flow duct deflected towards the outside into the radial direction (B), and an inner casing insert piece, which is provided in the radial direction (B) between the spiral casing and the compressor impeller and whose inner contour, together with the outer contour of the hub of the compressor impeller, forms the duct section of the flow duct extending essentially in the axial direction (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Man B&W Diesel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Bartholomä, Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6547521
    Abstract: In order to make the components of a guide apparatus for an axial flow turbine easy to activate and also to permit only small gap flows, an axial flow machine is proposed with a guide apparatus, which comprises a row of adjustable guide vanes in the flow duct, which flow duct is bounded, on the one hand, by an inner spherically configured hub and, on the other hand, by an outer spherically configured guide vane carrier, the guide vanes being, on the one hand, rotationally supported in radial bearing holes of the annular guide vane carrier and, on the other hand, the spherically configured tip and root profiles of the guide vanes sealing against the guide vane carrier and the hub, in which arrangement the hub is embodied with a flexible hub contour at least in the sealing region of the inner tips of the guide vanes and the support for the guide vanes in the direction of the guide vane axes (A) is likewise designed to be flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: MAN B&W Diesel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Bartholomä, Karl Heinz Schrott