Patents by Inventor Paul Loeffler

Paul Loeffler 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: 6739134
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a turbine in the exhaust-gas tract and a compressor, driven by the turbine, in the intake tract, the turbine having a flow channel with a radial flow-inlet cross-section and a semi-axial flow-inlet cross-section, and a flow ring being provided which limits the two flow-inlet cross-sections. The turbine is furnished with variable turbine geometry for the changeable adjustment of the flow-inlet cross-section. To improve efficiency, the position of the flow ring in the housing of the exhaust-gas turbocharger is variably adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, 3-K Warner Turbosystems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Paul Loeffler, Helmut Finger, Hans-Josef Hemer, Ralf Koch
  • Publication number: 20030150211
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a turbine in the exhaust-gas tract and a compressor, driven by the turbine, in the intake tract, the turbine having a flow channel with a radial flow-inlet cross-section and a semi-axial flow-inlet cross-section, and a flow ring being provided which limits the two flow-inlet cross-sections. The turbine is furnished with variable turbine geometry for the changeable adjustment of the flow-inlet cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Paul Loeffler, Helmut Finger, Hans-Josef Hemer, Ralf Koch
  • Patent number: 6571558
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbine arranged in an exhaust gas line, and a compressor arranged in an in-take duct and connected to the turbine by way of a shaft, the compressor includes a compressor wheel forming at the same time a rotor of an electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Daimler Chrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Paul Löffler, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Patent number: 6553762
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor connected to the turbine so as to be operated thereby, the turbine includes a housing consisting of an inner and an outer shell formed from steel sheets and being arranged in spaced relationship so as to form therebetween an intermediate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler A.G.
    Inventors: Paul Löffler, Wolfgang Erdmann, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit, Jürgen Willand
  • Patent number: 6481205
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having an air intake duct and an exhaust duct and wherein the turbocharger includes a compressor arranged in the air intake duct and a turbine arranged in the exhaust duct and a shaft carrying the turbine wheel and the compressor impeller, an electric motor is provided which includes a rotor provided with an air mover disposed in the inlet area of the compressor and being controllable for rotation independently of the rotation of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Paul Löffler, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Patent number: 6443696
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger turbine of an internal combustion engine is provided with a spiral guide passage arranged in a turbine housing, a turbine impeller, a flow gap be ween the guide passage and the turbine impeller, and guide blades forming a guide cascade. The guide cascade with the guide blades projects axially from a support, arranged so as to be displaceable in the axial direction in the turbine housing, in such a way that the guide blades, in normal operation, are mounted in recesses of a housing wall part of the turbine housing, the recesses, in the form of a female piece, forming a mating profile shape for the guide blades. In braking operation of the internal combustion engine, the guide blades project into the flow gap during an axial displacement of the support. The device with actuation for the braking operation can be fitted as a complete module into the turbine spiral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Erdmann, Carsten Funke, Thomas Hardt, Paul Löffler, Erwin Schmidt, Siegfried Sumser
  • Patent number: 6314736
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbine portion of a vehicle engine turbocharger is provided with at least one variable guide-blade cascade with guide blades in a nozzle opening to the turbocharger rotor for effectively changing the cross section of the exhaust flow to the rotor wherein the angle of the guide blades is selectively settable by an adjusting device. The width dimension of the gap between the ends of the guide-blade cascade and the casing wall defining the nozzle is adjustable between a substantially zero gap dimension and a maximum gap dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Daudel, Wolfgang Erdmann, Peter Fledersbacher, Carsten Funke, Paul Löffler, Siegfried Sumser
  • Patent number: 6223534
    Abstract: In an engine braking arrangement for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas turbocharger including a turbine arranged in the engine exhaust duct and a compressor driven by the turbine and arranged in the engine intake duct, a brake valve disposed in the exhaust duct upstream of the turbine and a pressure relief line extending from the exhaust duct upstream of the turbine rotor to an area downstream of the turbine and including a stop valve, the stop valve is a rotationally adjustable rotary valve operable by an actuating device depending on the intake pressure in the intake duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Erdmann, Carsten Funke, Jürgen Lenz, Paul Löffler, Erwin Schmidt, Siegfried Sumser
  • Patent number: 6224333
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal-combustion engine has a turbine wheel which is arranged in a housing of the exhaust gas turbocharger and to which exhaust gas can be fed by way of a flow duct constructed in the housing. A variable baffle is provided for adjusting the flow cross-section of the flow duct. In order to equip the exhaust gas turbocharger with a braking function at low manufacturing and mounting expenditures, the baffle is movably accommodated in a matrix which is detachably held on the housing. The baffle and the matrix form an exchangeable braking module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Paul Loeffler, Erwin Schmidt, Siegfried Sumser