Patents by Inventor Peter Fledersbacher

Peter Fledersbacher 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).

  • Publication number: 20030115872
    Abstract: A compressor in a turbocharger has a compressor impeller in an inflow passage and an outflow region downstream of the compressor-impeller outlet edge. The outflow region is assigned a connecting passage, a stabilizing chamber and an outflow passage, the connecting passage being arranged with a lateral offset with respect to a longitudinal center axis of the stabilizing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Peter Fledersbacher, Helmut Finger, Helmut Daudel, Gebhard Bopp
  • 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: 6554568
    Abstract: In an exhaust turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including a turbine and a compressor, which is driven by the turbine, wherein the compressor comprises a compressor impeller in a flow duct, a transfer component with flow passages extends radially around the compressor impeller in the axial direction of the impeller and provides for communication with the flow duct. To provide for variable adjustment of the effective flow cross-section of the transfer duct, a transfer ring is provided which comprises two component rings, which are rotatable relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Helmut Finger
  • 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: 6539716
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas turbocharger and a compound power turbine connected to the crankshaft of the engine and an exhaust gas recirculation system extending between the engine exhaust duct upstream of the exhaust gas turbine and the intake duct downstream of the compressor of the exhaust gas turbocharger, the exhaust gas turbine and the compound power turbine have a size relationship determined by the power absorption capability &phgr; of each turbine such that: φ = m . ⁢ T p wherein: {dot over (m)} is the exhaust gas mass flow rate through the turbine, T is the exhaust gas temperature at the turbine inlet, and p is the exhaust gas pressure at the turbine outlet and the maximal compound power turbine absorption capability exceeds the maximal absorption capability of the exhaust gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Patent number: 6536214
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, in which a compressor is disposed in the intake duct and a turbine is disposed in the exhaust duct, and wherein the turbine has a turbine wheel in a turbine housing with at least one inlet flow passage for the introduction of exhaust gas which flow passage is provided with a variable turbine geometry for the variable setting of the effective turbine inlet flow passage cross-section, the variable turbine geometry being adjustable between a shut-off position that minimizes the turbine inlet flow cross-section and an open position that maximizes the turbine inlet flow cross-section, a gas-collecting chamber is provided which is in communication with the inlet flow passage in the turbine housing, the total volume of flow passage and the gas-collecting chamber being adjustable by an actuator movably disposed in the turbine housing as a function of the operating state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • 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: 6467454
    Abstract: For a spark ignited internal combustion engine having at least two inlet valves per cylinder each with a separate inlet passage and with a fuel injection device which injects fuel directly into the cylinder. An air charger for generating an air charge into one of the inlet passages and a connecting duct extending between the two inlet passages with a selectively opened and closed regulating device therein to apportion the flow of charge air through the separate inlet passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Patent number: 6457311
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has an exhaust-gas turbine in the exhaust tract and a compressor in the intake tract, the exhaust-gas turbine and the compressor being connected via a shaft which is supported in a casing of the exhaust-gas turbocharger via at least one bearing. In order to improve the efficiency of the turbocharger, the bearing has a non-contact design, in that, when the exhaust-gas turbocharger is in operation, the shaft is held at a distance from, and so as to be virtually free of friction with, a bearing receptacle fixed to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Gernot Hertweck, Siegfried Sumser, Juergen Willand, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020116926
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas turbine in the exhaust gas system and a compressor in the intake system for producing compressed charge air. A compressor rotor is arranged in a compressor inlet channel. In order to achieve a greater range of utilization, an adjustable shutoff element is arranged in the compressor inlet channel, upstream from the compressor rotor, for variable adjustment of the effective cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Peter Fledersbacher, Friedrich Wirbeleit, Juergen Willand, Hans-Georg Lehmann
  • Patent number: 6435167
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger with an exhaust gas turbine and a radial compressor includes an impeller which pumps air through guide vanes or wedge guide elements into a helical passage. It is proposed that the guide vanes or wedge vane elements be guided for axial displacement in the casing of the radial compressor and be able to be shifted across the pumped stream of the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Gernot Hertweck, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020106274
    Abstract: In an air compressor, particularly for an internal combustion engine, which compressor has a compressor housing with a flow duct structure and a recirculation arrangement including a bypass structure for recirculation some of the air entering the compressor wheel, a recirculating ring is arranged in the bypass flow structure around the compressor wheel which ring has a plurality of flow passages distributed uniformly around its circumference with inflow orifices at the radial inner end in communication with the compressor flow duct and outflow orifice at the radial outer end in communication with a by-pass flow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Peter Fledersbacher, Wolfgang Erdmann, Helmut Finger, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020085932
    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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Loffler, Wolfgang Erdmann, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit, Jurgen Willand
  • Publication number: 20020053207
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas turbocharger and a compound power turbine connected to the crankshaft of the engine and an exhaust gas recirculation system extending between the engine exhaust duct upstream of the exhaust gas turbine and the intake duct downstream of the compressor of the exhaust gas turbocharger, the exhaust gas turbine and the compound power turbine have a size relationship determined by the power absorption capability &phgr; of each turbine such that: 1 φ = m .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Patent number: 6378307
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine has an exhaust gas turbocharger with an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor. In addition, an air-driven turbine is provided which is torsionally connected to the compressor and to which combustion air can be supplied via an adjustable shut-off element. For operation of the exhaust gas turbocharger over a wide operating spectrum, an additional duct is provided between compressor inlet and the air inlet of the air turbine, the air supply in the additional duct being adjustable by the shut-off element. In the lower load range, in the case where the required boost pressure falls below a threshold value, the additional duct is opened by means of the shut-off element and the air supply to the compressor inlet is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Juergen Willand, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020043066
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, in which a compressor is disposed in the intake duct and a turbine is disposed in the exhaust duct, and wherein the turbine has a turbine wheel in a turbine housing with at least one inlet flow passage for the introduction of exhaust gas which flow passage is provided with a variable turbine geometry for the variable setting of the effective turbine inlet flow passage cross-section, the variable turbine geometry being adjustable between a shut-off position that minimizes the turbine inlet flow cross-section and an open position that maximizes the turbine inlet flow cross-section, a gas-collecting chamber is provided which is in communication with the inlet flow passage in the turbine housing, the total volume of flow passage and the gas-collecting chamber being adjustable by an actuator movably disposed in the turbine housing as a function of the operating state of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020040581
    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 intake 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Helmut Finger, Peter Fledersbacher, Paul Loffler, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020041813
    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: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Paul Loffler, Siegfried Sumser, Friedrich Wirbeleit
  • Publication number: 20020004004
    Abstract: In an exhaust turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including a turbine and a compressor, which is driven by the turbine, wherein the compressor comprises a compressor impeller in a flow duct, a transfer component with flow passages extends radially around the compressor impeller in the axial direction of the impeller and provides for communication with the flow duct. To provide for variable adjustment of the effective flow cross-section of the transfer duct, a transfer ring is provided which comprises two component rings, which are rotatable relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Siegfried Sumser, Helmut Finger
  • Publication number: 20010053329
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has an exhaust-gas turbine in the exhaust tract and a compressor in the intake tract, the exhaust-gas turbine and the compressor being connected via a shaft which is supported in a casing of the exhaust-gas turbocharger via at least one bearing. In order to improve the efficiency of the turbocharger, the bearing has a non-contact design, in that, when the exhaust-gas turbocharger is in operation, the shaft is held at a distance from, and so as to be virtually free of friction with, a bearing receptacle fixed to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Peter Fledersbacher, Gernot Hertweck, Siegfried Sumser, Juergen Willand, Friedrich Wirbeleit