Patents by Inventor Norbert Wand

Norbert Wand 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: 6997672
    Abstract: A burst protector for a turbocharger covers a first endangered segment of the housing. The burst protector includes insulation, a first sheet, and a second sheet. As a supplement, a casing is installed around the burst protector. The safety of a turbocharger in operation is increased by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignees: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Wendt SIT GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Wand, Michael Hartmann, Michael Groddeck, Wolfgang Bauer
  • Publication number: 20040018102
    Abstract: A burst protector for a turbocharger covers a first endangered segment of the housing. The burst protector includes insulation, a first sheet, and a second sheet. As a supplement, a casing is installed around the burst protector. The safety of a turbocharger in operation is increased by the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Norbert Wand, Michael Hartmann, Michael Groddeck, Wolfgang Bauer
  • Patent number: 6666175
    Abstract: A closed loop cooling water system for an internal combustion engine includes a radiator, an inlet line connecting the radiator to the internal combustion engine, a cooling water pump disposed in the inlet line, the cooling water pump having a suction side, a compensating tank, a compressor connected to the compensating tank, and a connecting line connecting the compensating tank to the inlet line on the suction side of the cooling water pump. The compressor supplies compressed air to the compensating tank to set the pressure level in the compensating tank. The pressure level in the compensating tank affects the pressure level on the suction side of the cooling water pump during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Wand, Michael Hartmann, Michael Groddeck
  • Publication number: 20030024490
    Abstract: A closed loop cooling water system for an internal combustion engine includes a radiator, an inlet line connecting the radiator to the internal combustion engine, a cooling water pump disposed in the inlet line, the cooling water pump having a suction side, a compensating tank, a compressor connected to the compensating tank, and a connecting line connecting the compensating tank to the inlet line on the suction side of the cooling water pump. The compressor supplies compressed air to the compensating tank to set the pressure level in the compensating tank. The pressure level in the compensating tank affects the pressure level on the suction side of the cooling water pump during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH.
    Inventors: Norbert Wand, Michael Hartmann, Michael Groddeck
  • Patent number: 5615641
    Abstract: A cylinder head has four valves and an injection valve arranged in the center thereof for an internal-combustion engine particularly for a diesel engine. The cylinder head includes a closed runner which is arranged concentrically with respect to an axis of the injection valve and which connects a compression bottom with a top side of the cylinder head. Coolant bores extend in direct proximity to inlet and outlet ports from a circumference of the cylinder head to an interior water space of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: MTU Motoren- Und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Koch, Werner Leicht, Norbert Wand
  • Patent number: 4121550
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled cylinder head for an internal combustion engine which is provided with inlet and exhaust channels disposed opposite one another in the cylinder head longitudinal direction, with a central chamber and with several inlet bores for the cooling liquid in the cylinder head bottom; two ring-shaped cooling channels are thereby provided surrounding the central chamber and disposed one above the other which are connected with each other by two overflow apertures disposed opposite one another in the cylinder head longitudinal direction so that the cooling liquid is forced to flow through the ring-shaped cooling channels one after the other in the circumferential direction in relation to the central chamber; two bores which are located opposite one another in the cylinder head cross direction in proximity of the cylinder head bottom thereby connect the lower ring-shaped channel with two cooling channels that are located along the longitudinal sides of the cylinder head and are fed by two inlet bores each
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Motoren-und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Wand, Wolfgang Rudert