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).

  • Patent number: 10584627
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Kauffmann, Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20180334946
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Margit ROTH
  • Publication number: 20180223720
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander HORNUNG, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT, Adam KARCH
  • Patent number: 9771852
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Steigert, Markus Geminn
  • Patent number: 9745885
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20170051655
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Tenneco GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen KAUFFMANN, Markus GEMINN, Andreas STEIGERT
  • Patent number: 9394813
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Patent number: 9291087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
  • Publication number: 20150260077
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas STEIGERT, Markus GEMINN
  • Publication number: 20150152762
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth, Marcel Womann, Alexander Jochem
  • Publication number: 20140165544
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20120198825
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: HEINRICH GILLET GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Thomas Weidner, Klaus Himmelstein
  • Patent number: 7926852
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Geminn
  • Publication number: 20080136182
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Markus Geminn
  • Patent number: 7272927
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth
  • Publication number: 20050097886
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Geminn, Andreas Steigert, Margit Roth