Patents by Inventor Michael Stilgenbauer
Michael Stilgenbauer 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: 10646970Abstract: A boost control device for a turbocharger, assembled at room temperature, may not be geometrically optimal at turbocharger operating temperature. The geometric deviation in the boost control device introduced by the heating of the turbocharger to operating temperature, or during welding of the boost control device, is corrected by producing a first turbocharger at room temperature, determining the geometry of the deviation at operating temperature, producing a distance element that will introduce an equal and opposite deviation, introducing the equal and opposite deviation via the distance element in second and subsequent turbochargers, whereby thermal deviation and corrective deviation offset so that the turbocharger is geometrically accurate at operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Matthias Ruh, Michael Stilgenbauer
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Patent number: 10487724Abstract: A control arrangement (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (4) which has a charger housing (2), the control arrangement (1) having a spindle (15) which has a first end region (24) arranged outside the charger housing (2) and a second end region (25) arranged within the charger housing (2) and having a valve disk (18) which is connected to the spindle (15), wherein the valve disk (18) and the spindle (15) are separate components, and wherein the spindle (15) is connected by way of its second end region (25) to the valve disk (18) by means of a connecting means (26).Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh
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Patent number: 10309404Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3); a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5); and a compressor-side and/or turbine-side charge pressure regulating device (6) which has a shut-off element (7) which opens or closes a flow opening (9). The shut-off element (7) is in the form of a slide which is mounted on a guide (8) so as to be longitudinally displaceable along a longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8), and the flow opening (9) is arranged at least substantially at a right angle (?) with respect to the longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall, Rolf Sauerstein, Roman Koenig, Matthias Ruh
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Patent number: 10280835Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), with a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct (45) between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (33) comprising a pivotable flap lever (35), a flap plate (34), which is connected to the flap lever (35), for opening and closing the wastegate duct, and having a spring element (37) which is arranged between the flap lever (35) and a disc (36) fastened to the flap plate (34). The spring element (17) has an outer circumferential region (23) which is supported on a sliding contact surface (42), which is of curved form, of the disc (36).Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
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Patent number: 10273873Abstract: A compact flow control valve capable of providing long service life in a very hostile environment. The valve is a mono or dual coaxial slider valve capable of controlling two different functions sequentially, at least one of the functions being controlled progressively. The flow control valve controls the fluid connection between two volutes (6, 7) of a turbine housing (2) of a turbocharger as well as the fluid connection between the two volutes (6, 7) of the turbine housing (2) of the turbocharger and a waste gate port (9).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Philip Parma, Ivan Injac
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Publication number: 20180193967Abstract: A boost control device for a turbocharger, assembled at room temperature, may not be geometrically optimal at turbocharger operating temperature. The geometric deviation in the boost control device introduced by the heating of the turbocharger to operating temperature, or during welding of the boost control device, is corrected by producing a first turbocharger at room temperature, determining the geometry of the deviation at operating temperature, producing a distance element that will introduce an equal and opposite deviation, introducing the equal and opposite deviation via the distance element in second and subsequent turbochargers, whereby thermal deviation and corrective deviation offset so that the turbocharger is geometrically accurate at operating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Matthias Ruh, Michael Stilgenbauer
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Publication number: 20180073425Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), with a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct (45) between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (33) comprising a pivotable flap lever (35), a flap plate (34), which is connected to the flap lever (35), for opening and closing the wastegate duct, and having a spring element (37) which is arranged between the flap lever (35) and a disc (36) fastened to the flap plate (34). The spring element (17) has an outer circumferential region (23) which is supported on a sliding contact surface (42), which is of curved form, of the disc (36).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
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Patent number: 9909454Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3), a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5), a bearing housing (6) between the compressor housing (3) and the turbine housing (5), and a control capsule (7) which has a housing (8) on which is provided a retaining device (9) which interacts with a fastening device (10) on the turbocharger in order to fix the control capsule (6) to the compressor housing (3), the turbine housing (5) or the bearing housing (6). The retaining device (9) is arranged on an outer circumferential region (11) of the control capsule (7), and the fastening device (10) fixes the retaining device (9) in a non-positively locking manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb, Thomas Fitting, Michael Stilgenbauer, Ralf Christmann
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Patent number: 9869238Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), with: a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (10) comprising a pivotable flap lever (12), a flap plate (11), which is connected to the flap lever (12), for opening and closing the wastegate duct, and having a spring element (17) which is arranged between the flap lever (12) and a disc (18) fastened to the flap plate (11). The spring element (17) has an outer circumferential region (23) which is supported on a sliding contact surface (20), which is of curved form, of the flap lever (12).Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
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Patent number: 9856785Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3); having a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5); and having a charge-pressure regulating device (6). The charge-pressure regulating device (6) has at least two flap arrangements (7, 8) and two bypass duct openings (9, 10) assigned to the flap arrangements (7, 8).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Mathias Weber, Rolf Sauerstein
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Publication number: 20170370279Abstract: A compact flow control valve capable of providing long service life in a very hostile environment. The valve is a mono or dual coaxial slider valve capable of controlling two different functions sequentially, at least one of the functions being controlled progressively. The flow control valve controls the fluid connection between two volutes (6, 7) of a turbine housing (2) of a turbocharger as well as the fluid connection between the two volutes (6, 7) of the turbine housing (2) of the turbocharger and a waste gate port (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Matthias RUH, Philip PARMA, Ivan INJAC
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Patent number: 9664064Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2) which is provided with a variable turbine geometry (18) and/or a wastegate; and having an actuator (11) which is connected to the variable turbine geometry (18) and/or the wastegate via a coupling rod (14). The coupling rod (14) is connected at its end regions (21, 22) at one side to a pin of the actuator (11) by means of a lock washer (25) and at the other side to a pin (33) of an adjusting shaft (5) of the variable turbine geometry (18) and/or of the wastegate by means of a lock washer (26). The lock washers (25, 26) are integrated in the coupling rod (14).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Nico Kanoffsky
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Publication number: 20170058761Abstract: A control arrangement (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (4) which has a charger housing (2), the control arrangement (1) having a spindle (15) which has a first end region (24) arranged outside the charger housing (2) and a second end region (25) arranged within the charger housing (2) and having a valve disk (18) which is connected to the spindle (15), wherein the valve disk (18) and the spindle (15) are separate components, and wherein the spindle (15) is connected by way of its second end region (25) to the valve disk (18) by means of a connecting means (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Matthias RUH
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Publication number: 20160040678Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3); a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5); and a compressor-side and/or turbine-side charge pressure regulating device (6) which has a shut-off element (7) which opens or closes a flow opening (9). The shut-off element (7) is in the form of a slide which is mounted on a guide (8) so as to be longitudinally displaceable along a longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8), and the flow opening (9) is arranged at least substantially at a right angle (?) with respect to the longitudinal central line (LM8) of the guide (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Gerald SCHALL, Rolf SAUERSTEIN, Roman KOENIG, Matthias RUH
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Publication number: 20150300244Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3); having a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5); and having a charge-pressure regulating device (6). The charge-pressure regulating device (6) has at least two flap arrangements (7, 8) and two bypass duct openings (9, 10) assigned to the flap arrangements (7, 8).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Mathias WEBER, Rolf SAUERSTEIN
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Publication number: 20150147162Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), with: a turbine housing (2) which has a turbine housing inlet (8) and a turbine housing outlet (9) for exhaust gas, and which has a wastegate duct between the turbine housing inlet (8) and the turbine housing outlet (9), and a flap arrangement (10) comprising a pivotable flap lever (12), a flap plate (11), which is connected to the flap lever (12), for opening and closing the wastegate duct, and having a spring element (17) which is arranged between the flap lever (12) and a disc (18) fastened to the flap plate (11). The spring element (17) has an outer circumferential region (23) which is supported on a sliding contact surface (20), which is of curved form, of the flap lever (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
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Publication number: 20140169946Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2) which is provided with a variable turbine geometry (18) and/or a wastegate; and having an actuator (11) which is connected to the variable turbine geometry (18) and/or the wastegate via a coupling rod (14). The coupling rod (14) is connected at its end regions (21, 22) at one side to a pin of the actuator (11) by means of a lock washer (25) and at the other side to a pin (33) of an adjusting shaft (5) of the variable turbine geometry (18) and/or of the wastegate by means of a lock washer (26). The lock washers (25, 26) are integrated in the coupling rod (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Nico Kanoffsky
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Publication number: 20130202431Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3), a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5), a bearing housing (6) between the compressor housing (3) and the turbine housing (5), and a control capsule (7) which has a housing (8) on which is provided a retaining device (9) which interacts with a fastening device (10) on the turbocharger in order to fix the control capsule (6) to the compressor housing (3), the turbine housing (5) or the bearing housing (6). The retaining device (9) is arranged on an outer circumferential region (11) of the control capsule (7), and the fastening device (10) fixes the retaining device (9) in a non-positively locking manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb, Thomas Fitting, Michael Stilgenbauer, Ralf Christmann
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Patent number: 8407997Abstract: The invention relates to a multistep turbocharger arrangement (1) for an internal combustion engine with a high-pressure step (2), with a low-pressure step (3) which can be brought into operative connection to the high-pressure step (2) over a fluid passage system (4) which can be opened and closed, and with a control unit (5) for controlling the operative connection between the high-pressure step (2) and the low-pressure step (3), wherein the control unit (5) and the fluid passage system (4) are integrated in an engine exhaust manifold (6) which is disposed between the high-pressure step (2) and the low-pressure step (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2007Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall
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Publication number: 20100037606Abstract: The invention relates to a multistep turbocharger arrangement (1) for an internal combustion engine with a high-pressure step (2), with a low-pressure step (3) which can be brought into operative connection to the high-pressure step (2) over a fluid passage system (4) which can be opened and closed, and with a control unit (5) for controlling the operative connection between the high-pressure step (2)and the low-pressure step (3), wherein the control unit (5) and the fluid passage system (4) are integrated in an engine exhaust manifold (6) which is disposed between the high-pressure step (2) and the low-pressure step (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2007Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall