Patents by Inventor Leszek Goerlich

Leszek Goerlich 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: 9932927
    Abstract: A cylinder head cover for a cylinder head of a piston engine may include a cover body for mounting on the cylinder head. The cover body may include a cover body section and a first longitudinal side edge disposed opposite a second longitudinal side edge. An outer cover seal may seal off the cover body from the cylinder head and extend completely around along an outer edge of the cover body. A securing bridge may be fitted over the cover body on an outer side along the cover body section from the first longitudinal side edge of the cover body to the second longitudinal side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Leszek Goerlich, Christoph Lohre, Jochen Friz, Stefan Fleck, Siegfried Deiss
  • Patent number: 9598992
    Abstract: A separation device for separating contaminates from a gas flow may include a raw chamber receiving a contaminated gas and a clean chamber out of which a treated gas exits. A dividing wall may separate the raw chamber from the clean chamber. The dividing wall may include a perforated region defining a plurality of passage openings. The gas flow may be communicated from the raw chamber to the clean chamber via the plurality of passage openings. A gas-permeable separation structure may be arranged on a wall outlet side of the dividing wall facing the clean chamber. The separation structure may separate contaminates from the gas flow when subjected to a through flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Julius Aktas, Yakup Oezkaya, Leszek Goerlich, Ulrich Wiesner, Jan Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20160076479
    Abstract: A cylinder head cover for a cylinder head of a piston engine may include a cover body for mounting on the cylinder head. The cover body may include a cover body section and a first longitudinal side edge disposed opposite a second longitudinal side edge. An outer cover seal may seal off the cover body from the cylinder head and extend completely around along an outer edge of the cover body. A securing bridge may be fitted over the cover body on an outer side along the cover body section from the first longitudinal side edge of the cover body to the second longitudinal side edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan RUPPEL, Leszek GOERLICH, Christoph LOHRE, Jochen FRIZ, Stefan FLECK, Siegfried DEISS
  • Patent number: 9238980
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a crankcase ventilation device. The crankcase ventilation device may have at least one oil separating device and an oil return that feeds separated oil back to the crankcase. The vehicle may include a conveying device for driving a fluid other than blow-by gas. The conveying device may also drive the blow-by gas in the crankcase ventilation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Dimitri An, Sebastian Barthelmess, Leszek Goerlich, Corinna Krampe, Niklas Kull, Yakup Oezkaya, Frank Rohde, Stefan Ruppel, Harmut Sauter
  • Publication number: 20150337698
    Abstract: A separation device for separating contaminates from a gas flow may include a raw chamber receiving a contaminated gas and a clean chamber out of which a treated gas exits. A dividing wall may separate the raw chamber from the clean chamber. The dividing wall may include a perforated region defining a plurality of passage openings. The gas flow may be communicated from the raw chamber to the clean chamber via the plurality of passage openings. A gas-permeable separation structure may be arranged on a wall outlet side of the dividing wall facing the clean chamber. The separation structure may separate contaminates from the gas flow when subjected to a through flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Julius Aktas, Yakup Oezkaya, Leszek Goerlich, Ulrich Wiesner, Jan Scheffel
  • Patent number: 8960170
    Abstract: A combustion engine, in particular that of a motor vehicle, includes a ventilation device for feeding gases of a crankcase of the combustion engine enclosing at least one crankshaft to an air feed of the combustion engine, wherein the air feed feeds an airflow rate to the combustion engine. An adapter device may fluidically connect a full load path of the ventilation device to a full load line of the ventilation device and a part load path of the ventilation device to a part load line of the ventilation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Leszek Goerlich, Yakup Özkaya, Stefan Ruppel
  • Publication number: 20150020785
    Abstract: A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a crankcase ventilation device. The crankcase ventilation device may have at least one oil separating device and an oil return that feeds separated oil back to the crankcase. The vehicle may include a conveying device for driving a fluid other than blow-by gas. The conveying device may also drive the blow-by gas in the crankcase ventilation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dimitri An, Sebastian Barthelmess, Leszek Goerlich, Corinna Krampe, Niklas Kull, Yakup Oezkaya, Frank Rohde, Stefan Ruppel, Harmut Sauter
  • Patent number: 8893688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for venting a crank space in an internal combustion engine (1) having a suction device (5) for sucking out blow-by gases from the crank space (3) and having a venting line (4) which leads from the crank space (3) to the suction device (5) and in the course of which a throttle device (6) or a pressure regulating element (7) is arranged in order to bound a partial pressure which is generated by the suction device (5) in the crank space (3). It is essential to the invention here that an oil mist separator (8) which is embodied as an impactor is integrated into the throttle device (6) or into the pressure regulating element (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Yakup Özkaya, Leszek Goerlich
  • Patent number: 8733402
    Abstract: A pressure control valve including a valve housing having a first opening and second opening. The valve housing including a valve member configured to control gas flow between the first opening and the second opening. The valve member is supported by a first membrane and a second membrane, both of which are formed on a single-piece membrane body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Leszek Goerlich, Stefan Ruppel, Hartmut Sauter
  • Patent number: 8485164
    Abstract: A crankcase ventilation oil mist separator system, comprising: a first separator unit, which has at least one filter body arranged in a blow-by gas path such that blow-by gas flows through the body; a second separator unit which is arranged in a bypass path that bypasses the first separator unit; and a bypass valve which opens the bypass path when a differential pressure in the first separator unit exceeds a predefined value, wherein the second separator unit is an impactor separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Nic Sautter, Leszek Goerlich, Ulrich Hütter, Yakup Özkaya
  • Publication number: 20130061832
    Abstract: A combustion engine, in particular that of a motor vehicle, includes a ventilation device for feeding gases of a crankcase of the combustion engine enclosing at least one crankshaft to an air feed of the combustion engine, wherein the air feed feeds an airflow rate to the combustion engine. An adapter device may fluidically connect a full load path of the ventilation device to a full load line of the ventilation device and a part load path of the ventilation device to a part load line of the ventilation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Leszek Goerlich, Yakup Özkaya, Stefan Ruppel
  • Publication number: 20110174397
    Abstract: A pressure control valve including a valve housing having a first opening and second opening. The valve housing including a valve member configured to control gas flow between the first opening and the second opening. The valve member is supported by a first membrane and a second membrane, both of which are formed on a single-piece membrane body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Leszek Goerlich, Stefan Ruppel, Hartmut Sauter
  • Publication number: 20100307466
    Abstract: A crankcase ventilation oil mist separator system, comprising: a first separator unit, which has at least one filter body arranged in a blow-by gas path such that blow-by gas flows through the body; a second separator unit which is arranged in a bypass path that bypasses the first separator unit; and a bypass valve which opens the bypass path when a differential pressure in the first separator unit exceeds a predefined value, wherein the second separator unit is an impactor separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Nic Sautter, Leszek Goerlich, Ulrich Hütter, Yakup Özkaya
  • Patent number: 7799109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, in which the liquid portion exists in the form of small particles, especially for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, by separating and coagulating the liquid particles on a target area. The liquid mixture, after acceleration in acceleration openings provided for this purpose, impacts the target area at an approximately right angle. The aim of the invention is to improve the aforementioned device in such a manner that it allows as high a degree of separation as possible for different sized volume flows of mixtures. For this purpose, the number and/or the cross-sections of the acceleration openings is varied, depending on the volume flow of mixtures, between a small complete cross-section for a low volume flow and a large complete cross-section for a large volume flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Dunsch, Andreas Enderich, Leszek Goerlich, Stefan Ruppel, Yakup Özkaya
  • Publication number: 20100006075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for venting a crank space in an internal combustion engine (1) having a suction device (5) for sucking out blow-by gases from the crank space (3) and having a venting line (4) which leads from the crank space (3) to the suction device (5) and in the course of which a throttle device (6) or a pressure regulating element (7) is arranged in order to bound a partial pressure which is generated by the suction device (5) in the crank space (3). It is essential to the invention here that an oil mist separator (8) which is embodied as an impactor is integrated into the throttle device (6) or into the pressure regulating element (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Ruppel, Yakup Özkaya, Leszek Goerlich
  • Publication number: 20080155949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for separating a gas-liquid mixture, in which the liquid portion exists in the form of small particles, especially for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, by separating and coagulating the liquid particles on a target area. The liquid mixture, after acceleration in acceleration openings provided for this purpose, impacts the target area at an approximately right angle. The aim of the invention is to improve the aforementioned device in such a manner that it allows as high a degree of separation as possible for different sized volume flows of mixtures. For this purpose, the number and/or the cross-sections of the acceleration openings is varied, depending on the volume flow of mixtures, between a small complete cross-section for a low volume flow and a large complete cross-section for a large volume flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Dunsch, Andreas Enderich, Leszek Goerlich, Stefan Ruppel, Yakup Ozkaya