Patents by Inventor Markus Geminn
Markus Geminn 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: 10584627Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, having a housing, which is designed as a collecting manifold and which has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for the flow connection of two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust system and at most two connection openings provided on the housing for connecting a double-shell inner air-gap-insulated manifold. An exhaust system is developed in such a way that, at the same time, the tone of the exhaust gas noise and thus of the exhaust system is optimized over a plurality of important rotational speed ranges of the internal combustion engine by a modular assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Steffen Kauffmann, Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20180334946Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, having a housing, which is designed as a collecting manifold and which has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for the flow connection of two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust system and at most two connection openings provided on the housing for connecting a double-shell inner air-gap-insulated manifold. An exhaust system is developed in such a way that, at the same time, the tone of the exhaust gas noise and thus of the exhaust system is optimized over a plurality of important rotational speed ranges of the internal combustion engine by a modular assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Margit ROTH
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Publication number: 20180223720Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gas-carrying exhaust gas housing of an internal combustion engine comprising: a manifold section, having a central axis and multiple manifold pipe connectors, for securing on a flange plate for connecting to a cylinder of an internal combustion engine; a catalyst housing section having a central axis; and an exhaust pipe connector section provided downstream of the catalyst housing section, for connecting to an onward-conveying exhaust system. In addition, together with catalyst housing section and exhaust pipe connector section, the manifold section forms a two-shell exhaust housing having a first half shell and a second half shell, wherein the two half shells have a separation plane (T) running parallel to the central axis at least in sections, wherein the manifold section has multiple integral manifold pipe connectors which can be attached directly to a flange plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Alexander HORNUNG, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Adam KARCH
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Patent number: 9771852Abstract: An exhaust pipe flange with an exhaust gas pipe and with a flange plate fastened to the exhaust gas pipe, wherein the flange plate has an inner side which can be turned toward a cylinder head with a sealing surface which can be placed directly or indirectly against a cylinder head, and a seat in which the exhaust gas pipe is received. The exhaust gas pipe is joined to the flange plate and sealed in the region of the seat on the inner side by a welded connection.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Andreas Steigert, Markus Geminn
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Patent number: 9745885Abstract: A modular exhaust manifold 1 for a motor vehicle, with multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules, having: at least one engine flange, via which an inlet connection pipe of the manifold pipe modules can be connected to a cylinder head of the motor vehicle; at least one manifold pipe module, configured as a collector pipe module and having a contact flange, via which the exhaust manifold can be connected to an exhaust system of the motor vehicle, the respective manifold pipe modules having an overlap contour of a length a that permits the telescoping of two manifold pipe modules to an insertion depth t for coupling purposes, at least two manifold pipe modules being identical in shape, and a variation of the insertion depth t of at least 5 mm to 30 mm or 10 mm or 15 mm or 20 mm or 25 mm being obtained by the formation of length a of the overlap contour. A method for producing a manifold formed from multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20170051655Abstract: A manifold system for an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing designed as a collecting manifold, which housing has two inlet openings and an outlet opening for connecting two outlets of an internal combustion engine to an exhaust gas system in regard to flow and at least one connection opening provided on the housing for connecting to an outer shell of a double-shell air-gap-insulated manifold, and comprising at least one air-gap-insulated manifold connected to the connection opening, which air-gap-insulated manifold has an inner shell having an inlet opening for connecting to an outlet of the internal combustion engine in regard to flow and having an outer shell, wherein all air-gap-insulated manifolds are completely formed from sheet metal and are structurally or geometrically identical and, on the housing, the size of a distance A2 between one of the two inlet openings and the outlet opening is between 30 mm and 300 mm or between 50 mm and 120 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Tenneco GMBHInventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT
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Patent number: 9394813Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
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Patent number: 9291087Abstract: An exhaust gas system 1 for an internal combustion piston engine, having an exhaust manifold 2 having a plurality of manifold tubes Z1-Z4 and an exhaust gas fitting 2.1, and an exhaust gas line element 3 having an exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 that can be connected to the exhaust gas fitting 2.1 by the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1. The exhaust gas manifold 2 and at least the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 of the exhaust gas line element 3 each have a partition 2.2, 3.2, each forming two separate exhaust gas channels A2a, A2b, A3a, A3b each having a flow axis S2, S3, and comprising an end face 2.2s, 3.2s running transverse to the flow axis S2 in the area of the fitting 2.1, 3.1, wherein the edge segment R1, the edge segment R2, and/or the core segment K of the exhaust manifold 2 at least partially contact the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 in the axial direction when the internal combustion piston engine is in the warm state.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
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Publication number: 20150260077Abstract: An exhaust pipe flange with an exhaust gas pipe and with a flange plate fastened to the exhaust gas pipe, wherein the flange plate has an inner side which can be turned toward a cylinder head with a sealing surface which can be placed directly or indirectly against a cylinder head, and a seat in which the exhaust gas pipe is received. The exhaust gas pipe is joined to the flange plate and sealed in the region of the seat on the inner side by a welded connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Andreas STEIGERT, Markus GEMINN
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Publication number: 20150152762Abstract: An exhaust-gas heat exchanger for an exhaust system for cooling an exhaust-gas flow, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, wherein the two pipes are indirectly or directly welded to one another in sealing fashion at the inlet side, a jacket pipe is arranged around the outside of the outer pipe and an annular gap for coolant is arranged between the outer pipe and the jacket pipe, and the inner pipe has an axial flow cross section (A2) at the end as viewed in the flow direction (S) and has a perforation (P2), which forms a radial flow cross section, in a direction at right angles to a flow direction (S). Between the inner pipe and the outer pipe there is formed an exhaust-gas duct for the exhaust-gas flow, wherein an intermediate pipe which is mounted in displaceable and/or rotatable fashion on the inner pipe is provided with a perforation (P4) by which the axial flow cross section (A2) of the inner pipe can be at least partially closed off.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
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Publication number: 20140165544Abstract: A modular exhaust manifold 1 for a motor vehicle, with multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules, having: at least one engine flange, via which an inlet connection pipe of the manifold pipe modules can be connected to a cylinder head of the motor vehicle; at least one manifold pipe module, configured as a collector pipe module and having a contact flange, via which the exhaust manifold can be connected to an exhaust system of the motor vehicle, the respective manifold pipe modules having an overlap contour of a length a that permits the telescoping of two manifold pipe modules to an insertion depth t for coupling purposes, at least two manifold pipe modules being identical in shape, and a variation of the insertion depth t of at least 5 mm to 30 mm or 10 mm or 15 mm or 20 mm or 25 mm being obtained by the formation of length a of the overlap contour. A method for producing a manifold formed from multiple adjoining manifold pipe modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: TENNECO GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20120198825Abstract: An exhaust gas system 1 for an internal combustion piston engine, having an exhaust manifold 2 having a plurality of manifold tubes Z1-Z4 and an exhaust gas fitting 2.1, and an exhaust gas line element 3 having an exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 that can be connected to the exhaust gas fitting 2.1 by the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1. The exhaust gas manifold 2 and at least the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 of the exhaust gas line element 3 each have a partition 2.2, 3.2, each forming two separate exhaust gas channels A2a, A2b, A3a, A3b each having a flow axis S2, S3, and comprising an end face 2.2s, 3.2s running transverse to the flow axis S2 in the area of the fitting 2.1, 3.1, wherein the edge segment R1, the edge segment R2, and/or the core segment K of the exhaust manifold 2 at least partially contact the exhaust gas pipe fitting 3.1 in the axial direction when the internal combustion piston engine is in the warm state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
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Patent number: 7926852Abstract: A manifold for mounting on the cylinder head of internal combustion engines includes a manifold housing, a pipe connecting flange, and, for each cylinder, an individual flange with a fastener. To make handling easier, adjacent individual flanges are joined by an expansion arch.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbHInventor: Markus Geminn
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Publication number: 20080136182Abstract: A manifold flange is provided for mounting on the cylinder head of internal combustion engines. The manifold flange includes a manifold housing, a pipe connecting flange, and, for each cylinder, an individual flange with a fastening means. To make handling easier, adjacent individual flanges are joined by an expansion arch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: June 12, 2008Inventor: Markus Geminn
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Patent number: 7272927Abstract: An air gap-insulated exhaust manifold for internal combustion engines. The manifold includes a flange with openings for fastening elements and further openings, which align with the cylinder exhaust ports of the internal combustion engine. A gas-tight outer shell is connected to the flange. An inner shell is provided with openings, which align with the cylinder exhaust ports of the internal combustion engine. The outer shell has a trough-shaped lower part and a hood-shaped upper part, which is welded gas-tight to the lower part. The inner shell has a trough-shaped lower part and a hood-shaped upper part. The outer shell is connected to the flange in a gas-tight manner. The inner shell is firmly attached to the outer shell at only one place.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbHInventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
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Publication number: 20050097886Abstract: An air gap-insulated exhaust manifold for internal combustion engines. The manifold includes a flange with openings for fastening elements and further openings, which align with the cylinder exhaust ports of the internal combustion engine. A gas-tight outer shell is connected to the flange. An inner shell is provided with openings, which align with the cylinder exhaust ports of the internal combustion engine. The outer shell has a trough-shaped lower part and a hood-shaped upper part, which is welded gas-tight to the lower part. The inner shell has a trough-shaped lower part and a hood-shaped upper part. The outer shell is connected to the flange in a gas-tight manner. The inner shell is firmly attached to the outer shell at only one place.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth