Patents by Inventor Michael Senger

Michael Senger 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: 9470186
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger and a compressor, a discharge point of a tank ventilation system is provided in the intake passage of the internal combustion engine upstream from the turbocharger or the compressor. A Venturi nozzle is situated between the discharge point and a tank venting valve of the tank ventilation system. A defect or a detachment of the line between the Venturi nozzle and the discharge point is detectable with the aid of a change of an adaption value and/or of a correction factor in a control unit of the internal combustion engine or in a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Friedemann Heller, Michael Senger, Philip Heuser
  • Publication number: 20140345263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic hybrid drive system (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising driven wheels (2), which have friction brakes (3) for applying a friction braking torque to the driven wheels (2), and a continuously adjustable hydraulic transmission (4), which has a motor-side hydraulic machine (5) and a wheel-side hydraulic machine (6) having a direct fluid connection to the motor-side hydraulic machine, wherein the hydraulic machines (5, 6) are connected in series and to the driven wheels (2) of the motor vehicle in regard to driving, such that the hydraulic machines (5, 6) can be operated both as hydraulic pumps and as hydraulic motors, and at least one hydraulic fluid energy storage device (7), which is connected to the hydraulic transmission (4) in regard to fluid flow, wherein the motor-side hydraulic machine (5) is connected to the wheel-side hydraulic machine (6) in regard to fluid flow by means of a high-pressure hydraulic line (8) and a low-pressure hydraulic line (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Mirko Thulke, Elliot Morrison-Reed, Dennis Heine, Sebastian Nuber, Michael Senger
  • Publication number: 20140299110
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a turbocharger and a compressor, a discharge point of a tank ventilation system is provided in the intake passage of the internal combustion engine upstream from the turbocharger or the compressor. A Venturi nozzle is situated between the discharge point and a tank venting valve of the tank ventilation system. A defect or a detachment of the line between the Venturi nozzle and the discharge point is detectable with the aid of a change of an adaption value and/or of a correction factor in a control unit of the internal combustion engine or in a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Friedemann Heller, Michael Senger, Philip Heuser