Patents by Inventor Markus Raindl

Markus Raindl 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: 10900431
    Abstract: A method for implementation with the operation of an internal combustion engine, having an ignition plug, which is arranged on a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, wherein: in a first step, a cylinder pressure at the ignition time at the combustion chamber is detected, as well as a breakdown voltage at the ignition plug; and in a second step, a current electrode distance of the ignition electrodes, representing a current ignition electrode wear state, is determined based on the detected cylinder pressure, the detected breakdown voltage and a constant of proportionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Raindl
  • Publication number: 20180187620
    Abstract: A method for implementation with the operation of an internal combustion engine, having an ignition plug, which is arranged on a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, wherein: in a first step, a cylinder pressure at the ignition time at the combustion chamber is detected, as well as a breakdown voltage at the ignition plug; and in a second step, a current electrode distance of the ignition electrodes, representing a current ignition electrode wear state, is determined based on the detected cylinder pressure, the detected breakdown voltage and a constant of proportionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Markus RAINDL
  • Patent number: 9726116
    Abstract: A gas mixer for mixing a first gas and a second gas, having a first, outer gas housing part, having an inlet for the first gas in a longitudinal axis and an inlet for the second gas in a transverse axis, a second, interior gas housing part set into the first gas housing part to form an annular space for a second gas, having a mixing space into which the first gas and the second gas are introduced for mixing. The first and second gas housing parts and the annular space are aligned along the longitudinal axis and the mixing space is aligned cylindrically along the longitudinal axis. A mixing device having a plurality of hollow rods is arranged in the mixing space. A hollow space of a hollow rod is in fluid communication on both sides with the annular space. The number of hollow rods extends transverse to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis and at least one hollow rod has a plurality of openings for the second gas, so that the hollow space is in fluid communication with the cylindrical mixing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
    Inventor: Markus Raindl
  • Publication number: 20140326221
    Abstract: A gas mixer for mixing a first gas and a second gas, having a first, outer gas housing part, having an inlet for the first gas in a longitudinal axis and an inlet for the second gas in a transverse axis, a second, interior gas housing part set into the first gas housing part to form an annular space for a second gas, having a mixing space into which the first gas and the second gas are introduced for mixing. The first and second gas housing parts and the annular space are aligned along the longitudinal axis and the mixing space is aligned cylindrically along the longitudinal axis. A mixing device having a plurality of hollow rods is arranged in the mixing space. A hollow space of a hollow rod is in fluid communication on both sides with the annular space. The number of hollow rods extends transverse to the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis and at least one hollow rod has a plurality of openings for the second gas, so that the hollow space is in fluid communication with the cylindrical mixing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Markus Raindl