Patents by Inventor Min Nguyen

Min Nguyen 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).

  • Method for Adjusting the Rotational Angle Position of the Camshaft of a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine in Relation to the Crankshaft
    Publication number: 20070261670
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the rotational angle position of the camshaft (3) of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine relative to the crankshaft (5) is provided. The crankshaft (5) is drivingly connected to the camshaft (3) via an adjusting drive (1), which is embodied as a triple-shaft gear mechanism, having a crankshaft-fixed drive shaft, a camshaft-fixed output shaft, and an adjustment shaft drivingly connected to an electric motor (4). A stop element is connected to the drive shaft and a counter-stop element is connected to the camshaft (3). The crankshaft rotational angle measuring signal and a position signal for the rotational angle of the adjusting shaft are detected during the starting step of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Min Nguyen, Heiko Dell, Holger Stork