Patents by Inventor Olaf Enke

Olaf Enke 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: 11333255
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body. The valve body includes a valve seat. The valve seat defines a bore therethrough. The valve body also includes a pair of end members connected to the valve body at opposing sides of the valve body. Each of the pair of end members includes a trunnion. The valve assembly further includes a valve shaft received in the trunnion of each of the pair of end members. The valve assembly includes a valve plate connected to the valve shaft. The valve plate is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The valve plate is adjacent to the valve seat when the valve assembly is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Brian A. Kunkel
  • Patent number: 10704444
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a reagent includes an axially translatable valve member positioned within a housing. A flux sleeve is surrounded by a coil of an electromagnet. A pole piece defines a return passageway for reagent to flow. A filter surrounds the pole piece and includes a cage and a mesh fixed to the cage. The cage includes a deformable first seal biasedly engaging an outer surface of the pole piece. The cage includes a second seal biasedly engaging the housing. The first and second seals define a closed volume such that all of the reagent flowing through the injector passes through the mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventor: Olaf Enke
  • Publication number: 20200182358
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body. The valve body includes a valve seat. The valve seat defines a bore therethrough. The valve body also includes a pair of end members connected to the valve body at opposing sides of the valve body. Each of the pair of end members includes a trunnion. The valve assembly further includes a valve shaft received in the trunnion of each of the pair of end members. The valve assembly includes a valve plate connected to the valve shaft. The valve plate is rotatable between a first position and a second position. The valve plate is adjacent to the valve seat when the valve assembly is in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Brian A. Kunkel
  • Patent number: 10655523
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a reagent includes a first injector body and a second injector body. The first injector body includes an outlet opening. The second injector body includes a reagent tube. The second injector body is movable relative to the first injector body. The injector further includes a valve assembly at least partly enclosed by the first injector body. The valve assembly is configured to selectively dispense the reagent through the outlet opening of the first injector body. The injector further includes a spring member positioned between the first injector body and the second injector body. The spring member is pre-loaded to bias the second injector body towards the first injector body. The spring member is further configured to limit a maximum movement of the second injector body relative to the first injector body in response to expansion of the reagent during freezing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: Abhijit P Upadhye, Alan Brockman, Olaf Enke, Mark Devito
  • Publication number: 20200063624
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a reagent includes an axially translatable valve member positioned within a housing. A flux sleeve is surrounded by a coil of an electromagnet. A pole piece defines a return passageway for reagent to flow. A filter surrounds the pole piece and includes a cage and a mesh fixed to the cage. The cage includes a deformable first seal biasedly engaging an outer surface of the pole piece. The cage includes a second seal biasedly engaging the housing. The first and second seals define a closed volume such that all of the reagent flowing through the injector passes through the mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Olaf ENKE
  • Publication number: 20190128256
    Abstract: A fluid pump includes a gear housing with a pocket wall and a base. The pocket wall and the base define a pocket that projects into the gear housing from a pocket surface. The fluid pump also includes a first gear rotatably positioned in the pocket. The first gear is spaced from the pocket surface by a first gap. The fluid pump also includes a second gear rotatably positioned in the pocket that engages the first gear. The second gear is spaced from the pocket surface by a second gap. The fluid pump also includes a selected shim that is selected from a plurality of shims in a shim set. The selected shim has a thickness that results in a desired clearance between the selected shim and the first face or the second face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Olaf ENKE
  • Publication number: 20180328250
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a reagent includes a first injector body and a second injector body. The first injector body includes an outlet opening. The second injector body includes a reagent tube. The second injector body is movable relative to the first injector body. The injector further includes a valve assembly at least partly enclosed by the first injector body. The valve assembly is configured to selectively dispense the reagent through the outlet opening of the first injector body. The injector further includes a spring member positioned between the first injector body and the second injector body. The spring member is pre-loaded to bias the second injector body towards the first injector body. The spring member is further configured to limit a maximum movement of the second injector body relative to the first injector body in response to expansion of the reagent during freezing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Abhijit P Upadhye, Alan Brockman, Olaf Enke, Mark Devito
  • Patent number: 7900604
    Abstract: A dampening stop pin that reduces a needle velocity at the time when the needle valve of a fuel injector is about to be seated in a closed position. A gap between a bottom surface of the stop-pin flange and a sealing seat of a nozzle is provided to compress the fuel trapped therein to form a fuel cushion that dampens the closing motion of the needle. Moreover, a diametrical clearance between an outer circumferential edge of the flange and an inner surface of a needle spring cage must be sized to prevent undesired high pressure from building up in the gap by venting a quantity of compressed fuel while still permitting the fuel cushion to dampen the closing force of the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Diesel Systems Technology
    Inventor: Olaf Enke
  • Publication number: 20060283984
    Abstract: A dampening stop pin that reduces a needle velocity at the time when the needle valve of a fuel injector is about to be seated in a closed position. A gap between a bottom surface of the stop-pin flange and a sealing seat of a nozzle is provided to compress the fuel trapped therein to form a fuel cushion that dampens the closing motion of the needle. Moreover, a diametrical clearance between an outer circumferential edge of the flange and an inner surface of a needle spring cage must be sized to prevent undesired high pressure from building up in the gap by venting a quantity of compressed fuel while still permitting the fuel cushion to dampen the closing force of the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Olaf Enke
  • Patent number: 6938880
    Abstract: The injection valve has a housing, a nozzle body and a clamping nut connected to the housing that contacts the nozzle body with first contact surface (9) acting on a second contact surface (10), whereby the clamping nut clamps the nozzle body against the housing. The first or second contact surface has a curvature (24) towards the second or first contact surface and the both contact surfaces are in contact in the area of the curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Günter Lewentz, Alwin Perras, Andreas Voigt, Hakan Yalcin
  • Publication number: 20040217321
    Abstract: The injection valve has a housing, a nozzle body and a clamping nut connected to the housing that contacts the nozzle body with first contact surface (9) acting on a second contact surface (10), whereby the clamping nut clamps the nozzle body against the housing. The first or second contact surface has a curvature (24) towards the second or first contact surface and the both contact surfaces are in contact in the area of the curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Gunter Lewentz, Alwin Perras, Andreas Voigt, Hakan Yalcin
  • Patent number: 6799748
    Abstract: The injection valve has a housing, a nozzle body and a clamping nut connected to the housing that contacts the nozzle body with first contact surface (9) acting on a second contact surface (10), whereby the clamping nut clamps the nozzle body against the housing. The first or second contact surface has a curvature (24) towards the second or first contact surface and the both contact surfaces are in contact in the area of the curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Günter Lewentz, Alwin Perras, Andreas Voigt, Hakan Yalcin
  • Publication number: 20030085304
    Abstract: The injection valve has a housing, a nozzle body and a clamping nut connected to the housing that contacts the nozzle body with first contact surface (9) acting on a second contact surface (10), whereby the clamping nut clamps the nozzle body against the housing. The first or second contact surface has a curvature (24) towards the second or first contact surface and the both contact surfaces are in contact in the area of the curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Olaf Enke, Gunter Lewentz, Alwin Perras, Andreas Voigt, Hakan Yalcin