Patents by Inventor Patric Hoecker

Patric Hoecker 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: 11220955
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor for inducting an internal combustion engine, comprising an electric motor (3) for driving a first compressor wheel (4), wherein, in at least one operating state, an inlet-side, first gas flow (5a) of the internal combustion engine (1) is compressed by the compressor (2), wherein the compressor (2) comprises a first compressor path (5) for the first gas flow (5a) and a second compressor path (6) for a second gas flow (6a), wherein the second gas flow (6a), in particular, in at least one operating state, opens into an exhaust gas flow (8) of the internal combustion engine (1) as a secondary air flow (6a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Cathrin Bergner, Uwe Tomm, Alexander Studnev
  • Patent number: 11105218
    Abstract: A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Waldemar Henke, Juergen Werner, Stefan Muenz, Sascha Weiske, Gerd Spinner, Uwe Tomm, Patric Hoecker
  • Publication number: 20200200071
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor for inducting an internal combustion engine, comprising an electric motor (3) for driving a first compressor wheel (4), wherein, in at least one operating state, an inlet-side, first gas flow (5a) of the internal combustion engine (1) is compressed by the compressor (2), wherein the compressor (2) comprises a first compressor path (5) for the first gas flow (5a) and a second compressor path (6) for a second gas flow (6a), wherein the second gas flow (6a), in particular, in at least one operating state, opens into an exhaust gas flow (8) of the internal combustion engine (1) as a secondary air flow (6a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Patric HOECKER, Cathrin BERGNER, Uwe TOMM, Alexander STUDNEV
  • Publication number: 20200011196
    Abstract: A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sascha KARSTADT, Waldemar HENKE, Juergen WERNER, Stefan MUENZ, Sascha WEISKE, Gerd SPINNER, Uwe TOMM, Patric HOECKER
  • Publication number: 20180252160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbocharger comprising a bearing housing, a turbine housing which is connected to the bearing housing, and a cartridge. The cartridge comprises a blade bearing ring and a disk, wherein a plurality of blades is arranged between blade bearing ring and disk. An insulation device is arranged between the disk and the turbine housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: PATRIC HOECKER, WALDEMAR HENKE
  • Patent number: 9841033
    Abstract: A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13?B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., Isolite GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Henke, Patric Hoecker, Stefan Muenz, Matthias Kroll, Werner Loibl, Holger Oberthuer
  • Publication number: 20160115823
    Abstract: A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13?B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Waldemar HENKE, Patric HOECKER, Stefan MUENZ, Matthias KROLL, Werner LOIBL, Holger OBERTHUER
  • Patent number: 8845279
    Abstract: A supercharger device, including, at least one of a variable turbine and a compressor geometry; a guide vane device arranged in a housing, wherein the guide vane device includes at least one vane mounting ring; at least one guide vane is at least one of rotatably mounted thereon the vane mounting ring and rotatably mounted therein the vane mounting ring; and an adjusting ring arranged coaxially to the vane mounting ring and mounted on the latter, which is rotated relative to the vane mounting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Florian Rentz, Ian Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8322978
    Abstract: An exhaust-driven turbocharger for a motor vehicle includes at least one of a variable turbine and a compressor geometry, a vane-mounting ring with guide vanes mounted rotatably thereon and a guide vane cage. The guide vane cage forms at least part of a flow duct and at the same time a mount for the vane-mounting ring. The guide vane cage is supported by spacer elements while creating an axial gap on a housing of the exhaust-driven turbocharger such that hot gas selectively flows behind the guide vane cage. Also, the guide vane cage is clamped between the turbine housing and the mounting housing of the exhaust-driven turbocharger without fixedly connecting the guide vane cage to either one of the two housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolay Dilovski, Patric Hoecker, Aurelia Kraemer, Michael Wein
  • Patent number: 8257027
    Abstract: An exhaust-driven turbocharger for a motor vehicle may include a bearing housing and a turbine housing, which are mounted in the bearing house by means of a common shaft. A guide vane cage surrounds the turbine wheel. The guide vane cage may have at least two arms. The arms may be used to help secure the guide vane cage between the bearing housing and the turbine housing such that it can move in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Florian Rentz
  • Patent number: 8225756
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adjusting mechanism for rotating the adjusting shaft of a variable valve control device for combustion engines, in which the crank of a crank-rocker mechanism or slider-crank mechanism is mounted on the camshaft and in which the rocker of the crank-rocker mechanism or the slider of the slider-crank mechanism can entrain the adjusting shaft in the desired direction of rotation by means of switchable freewheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Helmut Schoen, Peter Kuhn, Gordon Koehne, Patric Hoecker
  • Publication number: 20100316489
    Abstract: A supercharger device, including, at least one of a variable turbine and a compressor geometry; a guide vane device arranged in a housing, wherein the guide vane device includes at least one vane mounting ring; at least one guide vane is at least one of rotatably mounted thereon the vane mounting ring and rotatably mounted therein the vane mounting ring; and an adjusting ring arranged coaxially to the vane mounting ring and mounted on the latter, which is rotated relative to the vane mounting ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Florian Rentz, Ian Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20090317247
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-driven turbocharger (1) for a motor vehicle, with a bearing housing (2) and a turbine housing (3), a turbine wheel (18) and a compressor wheel, which are mounted in the bearing housing (2) by means of a common shaft, a guide vane cage (9), which surrounds the turbine wheel (18) with a defined gap, Essential to the invention is that the guide vane cage (9) has at least two arms (10), by means of which it is clamped between the bearing housing (2) and the turbine housing (3) in such a manner that it can only move in the radial direction, so that the guide vane cage (9) can expand in a stress-free manner in the radial direction (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Florian Rentz
  • Publication number: 20090290977
    Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust-driven turbocharger (1) for a motor vehicle, with a variable turbine and/or compressor geometry, a vane-mounting ring (8) with guide vanes (9) mounted rotatably thereon, a guide vane cage (10) which forms at least part of a flow duct (5) and at the same time a mount for the vane-mounting ring (8). Essential to the invention is that the guide vane cage (10) is supported by means of spacer elements (11) while creating an axial gap (12) on a housing (13) of the exhaust-driven turbocharger (1) in such a manner that hot gas can flow behind the guide vane cage (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Nikolay Dilovski, Patric Hoecker, Aurelia Kraemer, Michael Wein
  • Publication number: 20090194048
    Abstract: Disclosed is an adjusting mechanism for rotating the adjusting shaft of a variable valve control device for combustion engines, in which the crank of a crank-rocker mechanism or slider-crank mechanism is mounted on the camshaft and in which the rocker of the crank-rocker mechanism or the slider of the slider-crank mechanism can entrain the adjusting shaft in the desired direction of rotation by means of switchable freewheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Presta AG
    Inventors: Helmut Schoen, Peter Kuhn, Gordon Koehne, Patric Hoecker
  • Patent number: 6920755
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, and in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent from the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Patent number: 6920756
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent form the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Patent number: 6889503
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, and in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent from the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Patent number: 6802184
    Abstract: A turbocharger device for an internal combustion engine including two exhaust gas turbochargers, wherein a regulating device for adjustment of the supply of exhaust gas to one of the turbines or to both turbines is provided in the flow stream of the exhaust gas. A common exhaust gas inflow channel for both turbines is preferably provided on the turbine housing of one of the exhaust gas turbochargers, with two exhaust channel segments for supplying exhaust gas to the respective turbines branching off from the exhaust gas inflow channel. The regulating device is provided where the exhaust gas channel segments branch from the exhaust gas inflow channel on the turbine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, Borgwarner Inc.
    Inventors: Jürgen Huter, Siegfried Weber, Patric Hoecker, Frank Pflüger
  • Publication number: 20030196436
    Abstract: The invention concerns a charged internal combustion engine (1) with at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Munz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle