Patents by Inventor Peter Thauer

Peter Thauer 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).

  • Mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engine having a combined throttle and compression control
    Patent number: 4182288
    Abstract: A mixture-compressing, spark-ignited internal combustion engine has a combined throttle and compression control. The engine has at least one main piston sliding in a main cylinder and driving a crankshaft, and an auxiliary piston sliding in an auxiliary cylinder, which auxiliary piston is driven at half the frequency of the crankshaft by a drive shaft activated by a drive means coupled to the crankshaft. The compression chamber formed by the auxiliary piston is connected with the compression chamber formed by the main piston, and a control device is provided for modification of the phase piston of the auxiliary piston relative to the main piston so as to achieve a compression chamber volume at compression top dead center of the main piston which is variable as a function of the operating parameters of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Thauer
  • Induction pipe for internal combustion engines
    Patent number: 3983853
    Abstract: An induction pipe for internal combustion engines having a distributor section and supply lines for the mixture with the deflector having means therein to even the distribution of the mixture and the deflector being formed by a wall between the branch off points and also provided with recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1976
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Gospodar, Kurt Reichel, Gustav Vogelsang, Peter Thauer