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).

  • Patent number: 10646970
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Ruh, Michael Stilgenbauer
  • Patent number: 10487724
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh
  • Patent number: 10309404
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall, Rolf Sauerstein, Roman Koenig, Matthias Ruh
  • Patent number: 10280835
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
  • Patent number: 10273873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Philip Parma, Ivan Injac
  • Publication number: 20180193967
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias Ruh, Michael Stilgenbauer
  • Publication number: 20180073425
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
  • Patent number: 9909454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb, Thomas Fitting, Michael Stilgenbauer, Ralf Christmann
  • Patent number: 9869238
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
  • Patent number: 9856785
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Mathias Weber, Rolf Sauerstein
  • Publication number: 20170370279
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Matthias RUH, Philip PARMA, Ivan INJAC
  • Patent number: 9664064
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Nico Kanoffsky
  • Publication number: 20170058761
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Matthias RUH
  • Publication number: 20160040678
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Gerald SCHALL, Rolf SAUERSTEIN, Roman KOENIG, Matthias RUH
  • Publication number: 20150300244
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael STILGENBAUER, Mathias WEBER, Rolf SAUERSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20150147162
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Matthias Ruh, Gerald Schall
  • Publication number: 20140169946
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Nico Kanoffsky
  • Publication number: 20130202431
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb, Thomas Fitting, Michael Stilgenbauer, Ralf Christmann
  • Patent number: 8407997
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall
  • Publication number: 20100037606
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Michael Stilgenbauer, Gerald Schall