Patents by Inventor Martin Förster
Martin Förster 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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Publication number: 20240133633Abstract: A heat exchanger including a heat exchanger block having first fluid channels and second fluid channels, including a fluid collector, the first fluid channels having a first fluid channel section and a second fluid channel section. A first fluid inlet is provided, which is fluidically connected to the first fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A first fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the first fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A second fluid inlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. A second fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channel section of the first fluid channels. The fluid collector has a third fluid inlet, a third fluid outlet, and a fourth fluid inlet, which is fluidically connected to the second fluid channels. A fourth fluid outlet is fluidically connected to the second fluid channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Martin SIEVERS, Uwe Foerster, Hicham ROUHANA
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Patent number: 11808189Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a wall-flow filter for removing fine particulate solids from gases, and to the use thereof for cleaning exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The invention also relates to a correspondingly produced exhaust-gas filter having a high filtration efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Manuel Gensch, Martin Foerster, Naina Deibel, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch
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Publication number: 20230311064Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Astrid MUELLER, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT, Martin FOERSTER, Stephanie SPIESS, Yannic WEIGL, Carsten HERZOG
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Patent number: 11679359Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Astrid Mueller, Meike Antonia Gotthardt, Martin Foerster, Stephanie Spiess, Yannic Weigl, Carsten Herzog
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Publication number: 20230127269Abstract: The invention relates to a wall-flow filter as a particle filter with catalytically active coatings in the channels which are closed in a gas-tight manner at the opposing closed ends of the channels A at the first end, wherein the inlet region of the filter is additionally supplied with a dry powder-gas aerosol which contains metal compounds with a high melting point (such as the metal oxides Al203, Si02, Fe02, Ti02, Zn02, etc. for example) and which is to simultaneously improve the catalytic activity and the degree of filtration efficiency with respect to the exhaust gas back-pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Martin FOERSTER, Juergen KOCH, Manuel GENSCH, Naina DEIBEL, Antje OLTERSDORF, Jan SCHOENHABER
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Patent number: 11566548Abstract: The invention relates to a wall-flow filter as a particle filter with catalytically active coatings in the channels which are closed in a gas-tight manner at the opposing closed ends of the channels A at the first end, wherein the inlet region of the filter is additionally supplied with a dry powder-gas aerosol which contains metal compounds with a high melting point (such as the metal oxides Al2O3, SiO2, FeO2, TiO2, ZnO2, etc. for example) and which is to simultaneously improve the catalytic activity and the degree of filtration efficiency with respect to the exhaust gas back-pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Martin Foerster, Juergen Koch, Manuel Gensch, Naina Deibel, Antje Oltersdorf, Jan Schoenhaber
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Publication number: 20220325645Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a wall-flow filter for removing fine particulate solids from gases, and to the use thereof for cleaning exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The invention also relates to a correspondingly produced exhaust-gas filter having a high filtration efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Manuel GENSCH, Martin FOERSTER, Naina DEIBEL, Antje OLTERSDORF, Juergen KOCH
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Patent number: 11441459Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall-flow filter, to a method for the production and the use thereof in order to reduce harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The wall-flow filter was produced by applying a powder-gas aerosol to the filter, whereby the powder was deposited in the pores of the wall-flow filter.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Naina Deibel, Martin Foerster, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch, Martin Roesch
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Publication number: 20220280930Abstract: The invention relates to a coating suspension for producing catalysts, to a corresponding method and to the catalysts themselves. In particular, a coating suspension is used during the production of the catalysts which leads to a porous catalytic coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Juergen KOCH, Martin FOERSTER, Jan GILLEIR, Pieter VAN GENECHTEN
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Patent number: 11400443Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing automobile exhaust gas catalytic converters, to the catalytic converters as such and to the use thereof. In particular, the method comprises a step which results in a smaller particle size of the catalytically active material used.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin Barth, Martin Foerster, Morten Schonert
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Publication number: 20220134324Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and a device for coating substrates of motor vehicle exhaust gas catalysts. In this respect, the substrates can be flow-though substrates or filter systems (“wall flow”). The invention particularly describes an improvement in such coating processes in which a suspension (washcoat) containing the catalytically active material is applied to or delivered onto such a vertically oriented substrate (monolithic substrate) from above (“metered charge” process).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Martin FOERSTER, Juergen KOCH, Astrid MUELLER, Stéphane MASSON
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Patent number: 11305269Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically coated wall-flow filter, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof in order to reduce harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Naina Deibel, Martin Foerster, Antje Oltersdorf, Juergen Koch, Martin Roesch
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Publication number: 20220080355Abstract: The present invention relates to a wall flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. Particle filters are commonly used for filtering exhaust gases from a combustion process. Also disclosed are novel filter substrates and their specific use in exhaust gas aftertreatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Astrid MUELLER, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT, Martin FOERSTER, Stephanie SPIESS, Yannic WEIGL, Carsten HERZOG
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Patent number: 11230955Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing automobile exhaust gas catalytic converters, to the catalytic converters as such and to the use thereof. In particular, the method comprises a step which results, independently of the actual drying process, in the catalytically active material used being dried. The invention is especially used in the coating of wall-flow filters.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin Barth, Martin Foerster
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Publication number: 20210404357Abstract: The invention relates to a wall-flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The wall-flow filter was produced by exposing the filter at least twice successively to a powder-gas aerosol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO, KGInventors: Martin FOERSTER, Benjamin BARTH, Manuel GENSCH, Jan SCHOENHABER
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Publication number: 20210396167Abstract: The invention relates to a wall-flow filter as a particle filter with catalytically active coatings in the channels which are closed in a gastight manner at the opposing closed ends of the channels A at the first end, wherein the inlet region of the filter is additionally supplied with a dry powder-gas aerosol which contains metal compounds with a high melting point (such as the metal oxides Al2O3, SiO2, FeO2, TiO2, ZnO2, etc. for example) and which is to simultaneously improve the catalytic activity and the degree of filtration efficiency with respect to the exhaust gas back-pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: UmiCore AG & Co. KGInventors: Martin FOERSTER, Juergen KOCH, Manuel GENSCH, Naina DEIBEL, Antje OLTERSDORF, Jan SCHOENHABER
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Publication number: 20210236976Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coated wall-flow filter. The wall-flow filter is coated with a powder aerosol.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Martin FOERSTER, Antje OLTERSDORF, Naina DEIBEL, Sascha ZOELLE, Jürgen KOCH, Manuel GENSCH, Wolfgang HASSELMANN
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Publication number: 20210138447Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically coated wall-flow filter, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof in order to reduce s harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Naina DEIBEL, Martin FOERSTER, Antje OLTERSDORF, Juergen KOCH, Martin ROESCH
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Publication number: 20210069691Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing automobile exhaust gas catalytic converters, to the catalytic converters as such and to the use thereof. In particular, the method comprises a step which results in a smaller particle size of the catalytically active material used.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin BARTH, Martin FOERSTER, Morten SCHONERT
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Publication number: 20210071561Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing automobile exhaust gas catalytic converters, to the catalytic converters as such and to the use thereof. In particular, the method comprises a step which results, independently of the actual drying process, in the catalytically active material used being dried. The invention is especially used in the coating of wall-flow filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KGInventors: Benjamin BARTH, Martin FOERSTER